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:00:00. > :00:08.I'm grateful to the honourable gentleman, and we will leave it

:00:09. > :00:13.there for now. The clerk will now proceed to read the orders of the

:00:14. > :00:26.day. Queen's Speech, motion for a adjourned debate on question. I in

:00:27. > :00:29.for the House that I have selected amendment i in the Leader of the

:00:30. > :00:36.Opposition. The question is that a humble address may be presented to

:00:37. > :00:42.Her Majesty as on the order paper. I call the Shadow Home Secretary,

:00:43. > :00:46.Diane Abbott. I rise to move the amendment, standing in the name of

:00:47. > :00:53.the Leader of the Opposition, and that of my honourable friends. On

:00:54. > :01:00.occasion, much of what we do and say in this chamber must seem to

:01:01. > :01:05.ordinary members of the public looking on like something

:01:06. > :01:09.approaching an elaborate game. But we on this side of the House believe

:01:10. > :01:17.that this amendment today goes to the heart of current public

:01:18. > :01:24.concerns. We wish to commend the response of the emergency services

:01:25. > :01:27.to the recent terrorist attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire. We wish to

:01:28. > :01:32.call on the Government to recruit more police officers and

:01:33. > :01:37.firefighters. But above all we call on the Government to end the public

:01:38. > :01:43.sector pay cap and to give emergency and public service workers a fair

:01:44. > :01:51.pay rise. Because as we have seen, in recent months, in times of

:01:52. > :01:58.national and personal crisis, it is to public sector workers the country

:01:59. > :02:03.looks. We have all seen and read about the firefighters who ran

:02:04. > :02:06.towards danger and into the blazing Grenfell Tower to save lives, and

:02:07. > :02:10.some of us must have wondered whether we could have summed that

:02:11. > :02:14.courage. We all know about the NHS workers who came in off shift to

:02:15. > :02:26.save lives and help the Vic Tyms of the terror attacks -- the Vic

:02:27. > :02:33.victims of the attacks. And we know of the gallantry of the transport

:02:34. > :02:39.police who responded to the attacks. My mother was a nurse, and I know

:02:40. > :02:43.that the dedication and commitment of our public service workers is

:02:44. > :02:49.above price, but it is one thing for members of this House to praise

:02:50. > :02:54.Oblak service workers for their bravery, heroism and effectiveness

:02:55. > :03:01.at times of national emergency, but we need to treat them fairly every

:03:02. > :03:06.other day of the year. This is what we on this side of the House think,

:03:07. > :03:12.and increasingly, this is what the general public thinks. Ministers

:03:13. > :03:17.will be aware that the latest attitudes survey reveals that eight

:03:18. > :03:23.in ten people want more cash put into the NHS, seven in ten people

:03:24. > :03:31.want more investment in schools, and six in ten want higher spending on

:03:32. > :03:35.the police. I will come to Ministers' claims to have protected

:03:36. > :03:39.police budgets late in my remarks, but at this point, let me say this.

:03:40. > :03:47.The question Ministers have to answer is this. How long are they

:03:48. > :03:49.going to continue to peddle hard-line austerity when their own

:03:50. > :03:55.targets for closing the deficit recede ever further away, raising

:03:56. > :04:01.the question as to whether savage cuts are not counter-productive in

:04:02. > :04:06.terms of encouraging growth, and how long are they going to pursue

:04:07. > :04:11.austerity when any parent who has a child at school, anybody that uses

:04:12. > :04:14.an accident or emergency department, anyone who has an elderly relative

:04:15. > :04:19.in need of social care, can see for themselves that cuts have

:04:20. > :04:28.consequences, and that there is a human price to pay the Tory

:04:29. > :04:30.austerity. I am grateful to the Shadow Secretary of State for giving

:04:31. > :04:37.way, and I have much sympathy with the points she is making. I

:04:38. > :04:41.colleagues and I will be supporting the amendment. Why has the number of

:04:42. > :04:46.firefighters in Wales been cut by 20%? It is not for me...

:04:47. > :05:01.LAUGHTER SHOUTING.

:05:02. > :05:03.I think you will find that the funding available for the

:05:04. > :05:10.administration in Wales has been cut. In her statement to the House

:05:11. > :05:17.last week, the Home Secretary said, we have protect the police budget

:05:18. > :05:23.from 2015. She went on to say, there has been a lot of scaremongering

:05:24. > :05:28.about changes to the budget, and I repeat, here in the fight, that it

:05:29. > :05:36.will be protected. -- here in the House. We will be aware that the

:05:37. > :05:40.Government claimed that funds will make good any shortfall, but this is

:05:41. > :05:45.a tax increase to provide funds, not Government protection of the budget,

:05:46. > :05:50.and I wonder who she is accusing of scaremongering. Visit Her Majesty is

:05:51. > :05:58.Mike Inspectorate of Constabulary, who said in March, policing in

:05:59. > :06:01.England and Wales is in a perilous state as government cuts leads to

:06:02. > :06:04.vulnerable victims being let down and tens of thousands of dangerous

:06:05. > :06:11.suspect that large? Are they scaremongering? I thank my

:06:12. > :06:15.honourable friend forgiving way. Would she agree with me that

:06:16. > :06:20.particularly in the case of bobbies on the beat, that it does have an

:06:21. > :06:25.undermining effect where people are doing excellent work around knife

:06:26. > :06:28.and gun crime, particularly in hotspots, that taking away bobbies

:06:29. > :06:34.on the beat does have an undermining effect on otherwise excellent police

:06:35. > :06:38.work? I think the public fully appreciates that community policing

:06:39. > :06:42.and bobbies on the beat are important, not just in knife and gun

:06:43. > :06:47.crime, but also in providing the first line of connection,

:06:48. > :06:54.communication, with the community, when we come to look at the issue of

:06:55. > :07:03.terrorism. But I was wondering who it is the Home Secretary is accusing

:07:04. > :07:05.of scaremongering. Is it that the president of the police

:07:06. > :07:10.superintendents Association of England and Wales, who said, there

:07:11. > :07:16.are now 34,000 fewer staff working in policing that there were in 2010,

:07:17. > :07:25.including 19,000 fewer police officers? Or is it Steve White...

:07:26. > :07:35.I am grateful. On your fame, has she heard that the new Met Police

:07:36. > :07:42.coalition president Dick -- Cressida Dick has spoken about this. Has she

:07:43. > :07:52.ever known a demand of more resources more publicly? Members

:07:53. > :07:58.opposite can mock but Londoners are very concerned that within the

:07:59. > :08:02.overall levels of crime, there are rising levels of violent crime,

:08:03. > :08:08.rising levels of knife crime and gun crime and, no, I have never heard

:08:09. > :08:17.the Metropolitan Police states or clearly about the problems in

:08:18. > :08:29.relation to funding. I need is to make some progress. So, when the

:08:30. > :08:37.home secretary accuses people of scaremongering, she must explain why

:08:38. > :08:41.it is that every stakeholder in policing is telling us there is an

:08:42. > :08:50.increasing problem with government cuts to policing. And we know that

:08:51. > :08:55.over seven years of the Tories in government, we have 20,000 less

:08:56. > :09:04.police staff, 10,000 fewer firefighters, 1000... Could I ask

:09:05. > :09:06.whether she is able to tell me whether the honourable member who

:09:07. > :09:12.got up to complain about police cuts is related to the previous

:09:13. > :09:15.honourable member who was a new coalition government that they just

:09:16. > :09:23.the number of police officers by 20,000? I am grateful to my

:09:24. > :09:28.honourable friend for that helpful intervention. I ask the House to

:09:29. > :09:35.focus on the information he has just brought forward. So, over seven

:09:36. > :09:42.years of Eco Racing government, we have 20,000 fewer police staff,

:09:43. > :09:48.10,000 fewer firefighters, 1000 fewer Border Force guards and when

:09:49. > :09:53.the Conservatives came to office in 2010, they immediately cut security

:09:54. > :09:58.service personnel by 650 and now, they expect plaudits when they

:09:59. > :10:04.pledged to increase them. But all ordinary public sector workers have

:10:05. > :10:12.been faced with key phrases and pay caps. Which has made them worse off.

:10:13. > :10:16.And over that period, from the coalition Cabinet office 2010 at the

:10:17. > :10:21.month of May this year, inflation has seen prices rise by over 15%.

:10:22. > :10:24.So, in reality, whatever figures the government wants to draw round, but

:10:25. > :10:30.because of the levels of inflation, public sector workers have had

:10:31. > :10:38.effective cuts to their pensions and seen large-scale job losses. They

:10:39. > :10:43.have been asked to do more with less. We, on the side of the House,

:10:44. > :10:48.has said asking the security services and public sector workers

:10:49. > :10:53.generally to do more with less is unfair, unworkable and

:10:54. > :10:59.counter-productive. It has led to low morale, difficulties in

:11:00. > :11:02.recruitment and retention, particularly in parts of the country

:11:03. > :11:12.where house prices are spiralling, staff shortages and gaps in

:11:13. > :11:17.services, and this public services are amongst some of the most

:11:18. > :11:23.important services that any civilised society offers. My

:11:24. > :11:27.honourable friend, the member for Leicester South, will highlight in

:11:28. > :11:37.his remarks the effect of austerity and government cuts on our NHS. So,

:11:38. > :11:42.our cuts in vital services, the police, the Fire service, the Border

:11:43. > :11:47.Force, border service and security services have been serious. These

:11:48. > :11:52.cuts are in addition to the cuts that have already forced out more

:11:53. > :11:57.than 20,000 police staff. Let me speak about the counterterrorism

:11:58. > :12:01.strategy and the labour welcomes the considered approach outlined in the

:12:02. > :12:05.Queen's Speech. Too of the knee jerk reaction of the government has been

:12:06. > :12:09.for the legislation. We believe it is correct to review what is

:12:10. > :12:13.actually happening in relation to the evolving terrorist threat and

:12:14. > :12:19.its many varied sources and purposes. But, the terms of the

:12:20. > :12:23.counterterrorism if you are crucial, Labour police the following

:12:24. > :12:28.questions must be addressed, and they're sufficient resources and are

:12:29. > :12:33.being directed? Is the current legislation effective? What is the

:12:34. > :12:37.role of community policing and gathering intelligence? Sometimes

:12:38. > :12:40.ministers think that policing in communities has no role in combating

:12:41. > :12:50.terrorism but we believe it has a role. Is there a danger that

:12:51. > :12:55.communities are being alienated by Prevent, even though good work is

:12:56. > :13:02.being done under the Prevent badge and should we be reviewing Prevent?

:13:03. > :13:06.How can a community engagement be increased? Are the basic

:13:07. > :13:08.precautionary measures such as installing barriers to passing

:13:09. > :13:17.trucks that could be taken immediately? And as Maxell has said,

:13:18. > :13:24.should they be used more frequently and be subject to better process? If

:13:25. > :13:30.the government announced today that it was going to introduce more

:13:31. > :13:33.barriers to coxswain barge Muchall is a long major thoroughfare as we

:13:34. > :13:40.would support them and immediately advised to be issued to all elected

:13:41. > :13:44.officials, not to remove existing barriers as the current Foreign

:13:45. > :13:48.Secretary did when he was Mayor of London. Bat-mac Macksville. If this

:13:49. > :13:53.government announced it was going to halt and release and reverse the

:13:54. > :13:58.police budget cuts this year, we would support them. The government

:13:59. > :14:03.has announced a commission to tackle extremism. We welcome such a

:14:04. > :14:08.commission in principle, although some have suggested they are setting

:14:09. > :14:10.it up because it cannot make good on it should be the promises to

:14:11. > :14:18.introduce anti-extremism legislation. We would not that any

:14:19. > :14:21.laws against incitement and against conspiracy and against murder. Some

:14:22. > :14:29.perpetrators were known to the authorities. But we believe, I was

:14:30. > :14:34.at the Finsbury Park mosque with faith leaders and the Prime Minister

:14:35. > :14:38.and more than one of them raise the importance of a review of the

:14:39. > :14:43.Prevent strategy and we believe in common with many members of the

:14:44. > :14:46.communities involved, that the Prevent strategy, despite the good

:14:47. > :14:57.work that has happened, needs to be reviewed. It needs to not run the

:14:58. > :15:01.risk of alienating communities, we must work with all communities. The

:15:02. > :15:07.terror threat confronts all of us and we must all confront it

:15:08. > :15:13.together. But if they want to discuss with us, how we can help

:15:14. > :15:17.engage all communities in the fight against our common threat of

:15:18. > :15:31.terrorism, then we would be only too happy to help. I must make progress.

:15:32. > :15:37.When I was at the Finsbury Park mosque last week, they would have

:15:38. > :15:50.been concerned that members opposite do not want to take part seriously

:15:51. > :15:54.in a debate of this nature. I have noted that there was no promise of

:15:55. > :16:00.further legislation on counterterrorism and we know that

:16:01. > :16:03.Matt Hill has said that the security services already have enough powers,

:16:04. > :16:09.we on the side of the House Kincora and it now seems the majority of the

:16:10. > :16:14.cabinet King Carlos also. But the key issue when it comes to fighting

:16:15. > :16:22.terrorism remains resources. The party opposite has constantly sought

:16:23. > :16:32.to betray us as not facing up to the challenges posed by terrorism. But

:16:33. > :16:36.we, in our duties, whether it is the inner cities, whether it is areas

:16:37. > :16:41.like London Bridge or Finsbury Park or Manchester, we, in our

:16:42. > :16:48.communities, says up to the day-to-day threat of terrorism and

:16:49. > :16:52.disorder and, so nobody takes those issues more seriously than members

:16:53. > :17:00.on the side of the House. We speak for our communities, we speak for

:17:01. > :17:04.the parents concerned that their children may be drawn into terrorism

:17:05. > :17:11.activity and we seek to offer practical remedies, practical

:17:12. > :17:20.support, we seek to support the government in strategies that do not

:17:21. > :17:31.run counter to our liberties and community support.

:17:32. > :17:42.We say that talking tough on terrorism and anti-social behaviour

:17:43. > :17:53.is cheap. Security like all decent services in any civilised society

:17:54. > :17:57.costs money. The records show that sends 2010, the Tories have proved

:17:58. > :18:04.I'm willing to spend what is necessary to keep us safe. We only

:18:05. > :18:13.have to look at what has happened to police numbers, we only have to look

:18:14. > :18:21.at what has happened to Border Force officials and we only have to look

:18:22. > :18:27.at the closures of fire stations and the cuts and fire officers. The

:18:28. > :18:38.Labour Party is prepared to spend the money, commit the resources to

:18:39. > :18:47.keep us safe. And, in closing, let me... Closing... In closing let me

:18:48. > :18:53.say this... The Shadow Home Secretary is not giving way. Diane

:18:54. > :18:57.Abbott. In closing, let me say this, I said at the beginning that some of

:18:58. > :19:01.what we do in this House might appear to the public, looking on,

:19:02. > :19:04.whether they are looking at us on their television screens reading

:19:05. > :19:09.about it in the newspaper, it might seem to some people that some

:19:10. > :19:21.members of this House see this as a. We don't... -- see this as a game.

:19:22. > :19:26.On the side of the House we are fully aware of the fair and the

:19:27. > :19:35.horror with which the public regards recent terrorist averages and the

:19:36. > :19:39.fire at Grenfell house. We are talking about practical measures,

:19:40. > :19:50.real Jim Eadie involvement and above all, the resources to keep our

:19:51. > :19:55.communities safer. Order, the original question was that an

:19:56. > :20:05.address be presented to Her Majesty on the order paper, amendment I has

:20:06. > :20:09.been proposed on the order paper. The request has been that the

:20:10. > :20:15.amendment be made. I call the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd. Thank you, Mr

:20:16. > :20:18.Speaker. I can agree with one thing that the right honourable lady has

:20:19. > :20:23.said and that is that we do agree that the response from the emergency

:20:24. > :20:29.services to the series of attacks and the tragedy at Grenfell Tower

:20:30. > :20:33.has been truly heroic. The brave men and women of our emergency services

:20:34. > :20:36.were able to suppress their own emotions of fear and anger and as

:20:37. > :20:44.she has said, rushed in to save lives, putting their own on hold and

:20:45. > :20:51.their own thoughts on hold. The response to the Westminster Bridge

:20:52. > :20:56.and London Bridge attacks were fantastic. I have had the ability to

:20:57. > :20:59.meet first-hand paramedics and police officers who were first on

:21:00. > :21:03.the scene. It is because of their bravery that people are alive today

:21:04. > :21:07.who otherwise might have perished. The same is true of the Grenfell

:21:08. > :21:14.Tower fire, lives were saved because of the skills and the sacrifice of

:21:15. > :21:18.the brave men and women of our emergency services. We wore them a

:21:19. > :21:22.huge debt of gratitude and we stand behind them. I would say to the

:21:23. > :21:28.right honourable lady, nobody thinks of this as a game. We want to engage

:21:29. > :21:32.with you and debate with you because these are important subjects to be

:21:33. > :21:36.discussed, but we are all serious about what has happened and what

:21:37. > :21:41.could happen in the future, and what steps we need to take. In terms of

:21:42. > :21:47.her concerns about cuts to the Fire Service firstly, let me remind you

:21:48. > :21:51.of some facts. Sorry, remind the House of some facts, Mr Speaker. The

:21:52. > :21:58.fire crew was only seen in Grenfell Tower within six minutes, and over

:21:59. > :22:04.200 firefighters responded. Can the Shadow Home Secretary suggest the

:22:05. > :22:07.numbers were inexcusable? We should also remember that the number of

:22:08. > :22:11.fire incidents has halved in the last decade but the number of

:22:12. > :22:17.firefighters has fallen by less than 20%. They do an incredibly good job.

:22:18. > :22:21.And when it comes to firefighter recruitment, the government does not

:22:22. > :22:24.recruit fire and police staff, chief officers do and it is up to each

:22:25. > :22:27.Fire and Rescue Authorities to manage their resources and decide

:22:28. > :22:33.when and who to recruit. In fact, some fire and rescue services are

:22:34. > :22:35.reporting an increase in the recruitment of full-time

:22:36. > :22:39.firefighters. Public safety is an absolute priority for this

:22:40. > :22:43.government and under my watch, Fire and Rescue Service is and the police

:22:44. > :22:49.will continue to have the resources that they need to do their important

:22:50. > :22:53.work. In terms of policing, I will give way in a moment. I want to make

:22:54. > :22:56.points about resources because the right honourable lady has made some

:22:57. > :23:02.good points about this and I want to address them. In terms of resources,

:23:03. > :23:08.let us talk about the police. Since 2015, we have had protected the

:23:09. > :23:13.police budget. Since 2015, in cash terms, in order to maintain that, it

:23:14. > :23:18.is correct that the chief officers must maximise their access through

:23:19. > :23:23.the precept, in order to be able to say that be protected in real terms,

:23:24. > :23:25.I have to draw attention to the police transformation fund, and this

:23:26. > :23:30.is one of the differences between the side of the House and that side

:23:31. > :23:35.of the House. The side of the House know that we must focus on outcomes,

:23:36. > :23:39.that means continuing the business of police reform, continuing to fund

:23:40. > :23:44.it through the police transformation fund, because we are most concerned

:23:45. > :23:48.with outcomes. How do we get the best results for victims, how do we

:23:49. > :23:51.get the best results for communities? I give way to the right

:23:52. > :24:01.honourable gentleman. She is right to talk about police

:24:02. > :24:06.reform, which is important, but it misrepresents the Labour Party say

:24:07. > :24:09.that we are not interested in that. We introduced police community

:24:10. > :24:13.support officers whilst in government, and there was a constant

:24:14. > :24:18.reform. The real point is the party opposite have cut budgets not since

:24:19. > :24:24.2015 but since 2010, and that has been a massive cut in police budgets

:24:25. > :24:28.which has affected my constituents in Wrexham. I am delighted to have

:24:29. > :24:32.the honourable gentleman's support on police reform. He was right that

:24:33. > :24:37.there were cuts between 2010 at 2015, but we must look at the

:24:38. > :24:43.outcomes, and crime fell by a third jury that period. I am grateful to

:24:44. > :24:46.the Home Secretary forgiving way. Can she confirmed that the

:24:47. > :24:48.commission of the Metropolitan Police, the Head of Counter

:24:49. > :24:54.Terrorism, the head of the National Crime Agency and the chair of the

:24:55. > :24:57.police Chiefs Council have written to her as Home Secretary saying that

:24:58. > :25:03.the counter-terrorism policing and protective security grant will fall

:25:04. > :25:09.in cash terms by 7.2% over the next two years? I can confirm to the

:25:10. > :25:13.honourable gentleman that I have received this letter, and I will be

:25:14. > :25:17.speaking to all those individual leaders of those groups. The issue

:25:18. > :25:23.they are drawing attention to is because of the events that we have

:25:24. > :25:26.seen over the past three months. They are under tremendous strain.

:25:27. > :25:31.There are additional resources being deployed in order to work on the

:25:32. > :25:33.investigation in Manchester on the ongoing investigations into some of

:25:34. > :25:37.the terror events, and we recognise that and will be working with them

:25:38. > :25:42.to see how we can support them going forward. I thank the Minister for

:25:43. > :25:46.giving way. She mentioned that she felt there were 20% cuts to Fire

:25:47. > :25:50.Services in the country. On Merseyside the figure is higher.

:25:51. > :25:55.Since 2011 we have had a loss of nearly 300 firefighters, that is

:25:56. > :26:01.31%, and one third of fire engines. Both of the fire stations, the only

:26:02. > :26:05.two in my constituency, closing, which will make the situation less

:26:06. > :26:09.safe for my constituents, so will she look again at the funding for

:26:10. > :26:13.Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for my constituency? But I would ask

:26:14. > :26:16.the honourable lady what are the outcomes in her constituency? What

:26:17. > :26:21.are the level of fire is taking place? What is the work that they

:26:22. > :26:27.are doing? I would ask that a first look at the outcomes before coming

:26:28. > :26:30.straight back for more resources. My right honourable friend is

:26:31. > :26:33.presumably not wholly taken in by the Shadow Home Secretary posturing

:26:34. > :26:36.as a defender of people's safety when in 1989 she famously signed an

:26:37. > :26:40.early day motion calling for the scrapping of MI5 and the

:26:41. > :26:47.Metropolitan Police's special Branch. It is such an important

:26:48. > :26:50.point. It is a sad truth that the front bench, not the backbench, I

:26:51. > :26:54.know, but sometimes the front bench of the opposition have such a poor

:26:55. > :26:59.record on supporting the people who actually do such great work to keep

:27:00. > :27:08.us safe. Mr Speaker, I will make some progress first in

:27:09. > :27:12.interventions. We continue to invest in priorities like the NHS and

:27:13. > :27:18.national-security because we on this side know it is only with a strong

:27:19. > :27:22.economy that we can find our NHS, protect our elderly and back

:27:23. > :27:27.Britain's differences. The speech we heard last Wednesday set out the

:27:28. > :27:31.Government's legislative agenda for the next two years. It will build on

:27:32. > :27:37.our strong record of achievement in the last Government,, crime has

:27:38. > :27:41.fallen by a third, legal highs band, 900 bogus colleges close, police and

:27:42. > :27:45.intelligence agencies given more powers and tools to keep the public

:27:46. > :27:49.safe, and ambitious programme of police reform which I'm delighted to

:27:50. > :27:55.hear we may continue to get some support from the opposition on. 100

:27:56. > :28:01.metres pounds of funding provided to tackle violence against women and

:28:02. > :28:05.girls. A proud record on the NHS. NHS spending protected. More

:28:06. > :28:09.doctors, more nurses, more midwives and more GPs, and last year, the NHS

:28:10. > :28:15.treated more people than ever before. Now we will build on the

:28:16. > :28:19.foundations we have laid, working even harder to create a Britain that

:28:20. > :28:22.works for everyone, and above all else, this is a Government committed

:28:23. > :28:31.to keeping families, communities and our country safe. Like her, I want

:28:32. > :28:37.to hear about outcomes, and I know that recently one of the outcomes

:28:38. > :28:40.for West Midlands Police was that as police officers are pulled away onto

:28:41. > :28:46.anti-terror alerts and more high alert policing that the call-outs,

:28:47. > :28:49.the chief constables said the call-outs on other crimes have to be

:28:50. > :28:56.downgraded, and one of the things that was downgraded was call-outs on

:28:57. > :29:01.domestic violence. I would say to the honourable lady that the past

:29:02. > :29:06.three months have seen an extraordinary series of attacks that

:29:07. > :29:10.have put treasure on our police, and they have dealt incredibly well with

:29:11. > :29:15.it by having mutual aid coming from different areas to support them. So

:29:16. > :29:18.we recognise that there has been a particular search. I don't think her

:29:19. > :29:22.point holds water that we have to operate as though there were this

:29:23. > :29:26.level of attacks every three months, but I do recognise and I will be

:29:27. > :29:30.engaging with police chief officers to find out whether they have the

:29:31. > :29:35.support that we expect them to have despite the additional work that

:29:36. > :29:39.they need to do. I will make some progress and then I will come back

:29:40. > :29:43.to more interventions. In the last Parliament, we announced a 30%

:29:44. > :29:52.increase over five years in Government spending on

:29:53. > :29:53.counter-terrorism, increasing spending from 11.7 billion to 15.1.

:29:54. > :29:55.We introduced measures to disrupt the travel of foreign fighters. We

:29:56. > :30:01.passed the Investigatory Powers Act which gives agencies more powers and

:30:02. > :30:05.tools they need to keep people safe and secure... Further to her answer

:30:06. > :30:10.to the lady opposite, does it not increase treasures on police when

:30:11. > :30:13.there are calls for days of rage and other actions on the streets that

:30:14. > :30:16.pull the police into London and takeaway resources from areas such

:30:17. > :30:22.as mine in Hertfordshire that do have to do mutual aid? It is a very

:30:23. > :30:26.good point. We need to make sure that in this time when we have such

:30:27. > :30:29.terrible national events taking place that perhaps everybody gives

:30:30. > :30:34.out the message that we should support our police by having less

:30:35. > :30:37.protests of that type. I will make some more progress. We also

:30:38. > :30:40.legislated in the previous Parliament to strengthen our

:30:41. > :30:45.response to terrorist financing with the common finances act. We have

:30:46. > :30:49.also projected overall police funding in real terms since 2015 and

:30:50. > :31:00.funded an uplift in the armed police officers. That is not true! Last

:31:01. > :31:03.Friday I and a group of MPs from what West Midlands met with the

:31:04. > :31:07.Police and Crime Commissioners, and they told us the funding for the

:31:08. > :31:13.police has been cut by ?145 million in the West Midlands, that is 27%,

:31:14. > :31:20.resulting in officers being reduced by 2164, which is a quarter, and PC

:31:21. > :31:23.are sos by half, and the closure of Dudley's main police station, so I

:31:24. > :31:26.would like to ask her whether she would allow myself and a group of my

:31:27. > :31:30.colleagues to come and talk to her about the terrible level of cuts

:31:31. > :31:35.that her Government is imposed on West Midlands Police. He puts it so

:31:36. > :31:37.kindly, I am keen to have a tour, Topic. I would say to him that I

:31:38. > :31:43.assume that the figures he's looking at are from 2010, when I am

:31:44. > :31:47.referring to the figures from 2015, which have been protected in cash

:31:48. > :31:51.and real terms. What I would say to the honourable gentleman is I would

:31:52. > :31:54.welcome no doubt a visit from him perhaps to my police Minister to go

:31:55. > :31:58.through the figures and reconcile his thoughts with mine. I don't

:31:59. > :32:03.think we are going to do it across the House right now. I'm grateful

:32:04. > :32:08.for the Home Secretary forgiving way. She has said there is an uplift

:32:09. > :32:14.in armed police officers. Would she recall that the day I left office as

:32:15. > :32:18.police Minister in 2010, we had 7000 armed police on the streets of

:32:19. > :32:23.Britain, and we now have 5500, a 20% cut. So will she reflect on that

:32:24. > :32:30.statement and corrected for the House? I don't particularly recall

:32:31. > :32:33.that day, but I would say to the honourable gentleman that I stand by

:32:34. > :32:37.what I say, which is that we are funding a significant armed uplift,

:32:38. > :32:43.and these are trained on a different level to the ones that he oversaw as

:32:44. > :32:46.police Minister. These are much more effectively trained to the high

:32:47. > :32:52.level of counter-terrorism that is required on this level. I am

:32:53. > :32:58.grateful to my honourable friend. Could she confirm that the way we

:32:59. > :33:02.now operate police officers is that the old days of a police officer

:33:03. > :33:08.being an accredited firearms officer has completely changed, and now we

:33:09. > :33:14.have effectively squads of crack officers properly trained in all

:33:15. > :33:18.aspects of serious policing who frankly do a far better job than we

:33:19. > :33:22.have seen for many a long year? My honourable friend is exactly right,

:33:23. > :33:24.and we are in the process of recruiting in addition to those

:33:25. > :33:33.armed officers additional security staff. Over 1900 additional security

:33:34. > :33:36.staff, and in order to combat counter-terrorism, we also work with

:33:37. > :33:40.technology companies to tackle terrorist and extremist use of their

:33:41. > :33:45.platforms, and the UK has been leading in driving a global response

:33:46. > :33:48.on the subject. Leading CSPs announced the formation of an

:33:49. > :33:50.industry led global Forum to counter-terrorism which they

:33:51. > :33:57.committed to following a meeting in March. Would the right honourable

:33:58. > :34:02.lady not agree that in the perfect utopian society you would have no

:34:03. > :34:09.police at all, as Sir Thomas more would have it? So it is clearly not

:34:10. > :34:13.about numbers and vast amounts of cash, but effectiveness, would you

:34:14. > :34:16.not agree? I thank my honourable friend and welcome him to the House,

:34:17. > :34:21.thank you for his comment about wanting a much more peaceful world,

:34:22. > :34:26.something we can all endorse. I give way. I'm grateful to the Home

:34:27. > :34:29.Secretary. I have been listening with great interest to what she has

:34:30. > :34:32.been saying in her contribution. Surely therefore she would welcome

:34:33. > :34:37.the private members bill being introduced by my colleague in the

:34:38. > :34:40.Other Place, which is calling for an independent resource audit the

:34:41. > :34:45.English and Welsh police forces, and would she offer Government support?

:34:46. > :34:49.I thank the honourable gentleman for drawing my attention to it, and I

:34:50. > :34:52.will take a look at it. I look forward to coming back to the right

:34:53. > :34:56.honourable gentleman, but I will make progress now. In terms of what

:34:57. > :35:02.else we are to combat terrorism, earlier this month the Prime

:35:03. > :35:09.Minister and President Akron announced measures to tackle

:35:10. > :35:11.terrorism on the Internet -- president Ted Mack three.

:35:12. > :35:17.I think if you see them for yourself, you will find they do a

:35:18. > :35:22.really positive job in in gauging with communities. In addition,

:35:23. > :35:29.voluntary tailored programmes of support to people at risk of being

:35:30. > :35:32.radicalised have supported over a thousand at risk individuals since

:35:33. > :35:38.2012, but as we have sadly seen with the recent attacks at Westminster,

:35:39. > :35:47.Manchester, London Bridge and Finsbury Park, the country faces an

:35:48. > :35:51.increased risk of terrorism. People dead and hospitalised, families torn

:35:52. > :35:55.apart, communities left grieving. The Government must do everything in

:35:56. > :36:01.its power did TV the scourge of terrorism, and where we can learn

:36:02. > :36:08.more and improve, we will. That is why as set out in the gracious

:36:09. > :36:11.speech, our counter-terrorism approach across government will be

:36:12. > :36:16.looked at to ensure that the services have what they need to

:36:17. > :36:19.protect our country. If the review finds that further legislation is

:36:20. > :36:23.needed, then this House can be assured that we will put this before

:36:24. > :36:27.Parliament. And as I announced last week, there will also be a separate

:36:28. > :36:30.review of the handling of recent terror attacks to the good weather

:36:31. > :36:35.lessons can be learned about our approach to these events. This will

:36:36. > :36:44.be conducted by the police and MI5, and I have asked David Anderson to

:36:45. > :36:49.provide independent scrutiny. I am going to continue for a while. We

:36:50. > :36:51.will establish a new commission to support the Government in

:36:52. > :36:58.eradicating extremist ideology in all its forms. Britain is a

:36:59. > :37:02.wonderfully diverse, inclusive and open country, which many people

:37:03. > :37:06.proudly call home. Time and again, we have seen our communities come

:37:07. > :37:11.together, demonstrating unwavering acts of kindness, compassion and

:37:12. > :37:16.support for one another, but Disney's secret that there are those

:37:17. > :37:20.in Britain who do not share our values, who do not share our

:37:21. > :37:25.compassion outlook, who despise our way of life and wish to do us harm.

:37:26. > :37:29.That is what we saw in Finsbury Park, Westminster, London Bridge and

:37:30. > :37:33.Manchester. Streamers and cannot just be ignored, and neither can it

:37:34. > :37:36.be explained away. Extremists need to be confronted, and the narratives

:37:37. > :37:40.they used to weaponised people and breathe this horrific violence need

:37:41. > :37:50.to be called out and taken head-on, not afforded accommodation. Would

:37:51. > :37:52.she accept that talk of Islamic extremism in particular is in danger

:37:53. > :37:58.of being misinterpreted as being too much Islam when of course Islam is

:37:59. > :38:01.the Arabic word for peace, and the problem is those who perverts,

:38:02. > :38:08.distort and blaspheme in the name of Islam, and the true Islam was shown

:38:09. > :38:13.by Imam Mohammed who stood in front of the Keller and said that life is

:38:14. > :38:19.sacred, and would she not want to pursue a route that says the Islamic

:38:20. > :38:23.community should work with us to target those who would distort Islam

:38:24. > :38:27.and correct their interpretation rather than talk about Islamic

:38:28. > :38:31.extremism, which is in danger of making out that Islam is the

:38:32. > :38:34.problem. That is a very good point. We all need to choose our words

:38:35. > :38:39.carefully, but we also need to call out what we believe it is. We should

:38:40. > :38:44.talk about radical extremist ideology, whether it is Islamic or

:38:45. > :38:49.far I'd, but we need to be clear that we are equally hostile to both,

:38:50. > :38:57.and we will take action when either are doing damage to society.

:38:58. > :39:00.Following up body honourable gentleman has just said about the

:39:01. > :39:06.use of terminology, does she accept that there is a valuable store of

:39:07. > :39:13.experience from the past in the way in which agencies tackle the

:39:14. > :39:17.doctrines of fascism and Nazism and subsequently of Marxism Leninism,

:39:18. > :39:20.and questions like the use of vocabulary mean that we need a

:39:21. > :39:25.specialist agency to co-ordinated this effort in the future as we did

:39:26. > :39:30.successfully in those past instances?

:39:31. > :39:36.I thank my honourable friend for his contribution. This may be something

:39:37. > :39:42.the new commission for extremism might want to look at. Since 2015 we

:39:43. > :39:46.have had a strategy and at the heart of it is a partnership with

:39:47. > :39:50.communities to make sure we build on British values. We have published a

:39:51. > :39:57.hate crime action plan and funded additional security measures at over

:39:58. > :40:02.50 places of worship. We are supporting 53 civil society groups

:40:03. > :40:06.that are confronting extremism in their communities. But defeating the

:40:07. > :40:09.evil ideology of extremism is one of the greatest challenges of our time

:40:10. > :40:14.and there is more that we must be able to do. That is why we will have

:40:15. > :40:18.the new commission. The commission will support the government to

:40:19. > :40:24.identify and eradicate extremist ideology in all forms, across

:40:25. > :40:30.society, online, will work with communities, public and civil sector

:40:31. > :40:33.groups to promote and defend our democracy, freedom of belief and

:40:34. > :40:38.expression, the rule of law, mutual respect and opportunity for all. It

:40:39. > :40:42.will advise the government on what new powers might be needed to tackle

:40:43. > :40:48.the evolving threat. Work is underway on the design of the

:40:49. > :40:51.commission. Mr Deputy Speaker, turning to the future immigration

:40:52. > :40:56.system, the gracious speech included an Immigration Bill. This will allow

:40:57. > :41:01.the government to end the EU rules of free movement of EU nationals in

:41:02. > :41:04.the UK, ensuring we have the flexibility to create a fair and

:41:05. > :41:08.controlled immigration system. It will give us control over the

:41:09. > :41:12.numbers of people who come to the UK from the EU and welcome those with

:41:13. > :41:16.the skills and expertise to make the nation better. What these rules

:41:17. > :41:20.looked like will depend on the needs of the UK and we will consider all

:41:21. > :41:22.the options of the future system carefully. It is imperative we

:41:23. > :41:39.understand what the impact could sectors of the economy and the

:41:40. > :41:41.labour market and we make sure businesses and communities have an

:41:42. > :41:44.opportunity to contribute their views on any future system. As now,

:41:45. > :41:46.new immigration rules will be subject to scrutiny by Parliament.

:41:47. > :41:49.Having-macro an issue that has been annoying many of my EU constituents,

:41:50. > :41:51.who have been here for many years is whether the government will admit

:41:52. > :41:56.they will now face an income threshold if they wish to bring a

:41:57. > :42:02.family member here to the UK and for many of them who are on low incomes,

:42:03. > :42:06.for example, nurses on band five and below 22,000, they will not be able

:42:07. > :42:14.to bring a family member here. Can she confirmed that and will she

:42:15. > :42:19.conduct an investigation? The Prime Minister made her statement about

:42:20. > :42:23.the EU nationals this week. I would urge her to reassure her

:42:24. > :42:28.constituents who fall into that cohort, but they maintain those

:42:29. > :42:32.rides until at least we leave the EU and then after that they will have

:42:33. > :42:36.two years in which to apply. I cannot give her any more details

:42:37. > :42:40.more than that in terms of other rights. Those elements of other

:42:41. > :42:44.rights are subject to discussion with the European Union at the

:42:45. > :42:49.moment. But I would say the Prime Minister was cleared those 3.2

:42:50. > :42:54.million are going to be allowed to stay. We have additional discussions

:42:55. > :42:59.with the EU about elements of those rights, but I hope members will take

:43:00. > :43:04.that message back to any of their concerned EU citizens in their

:43:05. > :43:10.constituencies. I will give way. Can she clarify whether it is her

:43:11. > :43:16.intention that a different set of rules after Brexit will apply to EU

:43:17. > :43:21.nationals and nationals from outside the EU, who are visiting the United

:43:22. > :43:25.Kingdom? I would say to the honourable gentleman, those

:43:26. > :43:28.discussions have not yet concluded. What we have said is they will have

:43:29. > :43:33.this special right depending on when we negotiate the cut-off date,

:43:34. > :43:37.whether it is from whether Article 50 was invoked or when we actually

:43:38. > :43:40.leave the EU, but there will be existing rights in place for all

:43:41. > :43:50.those who can accumulate the five years and bows, depending when the

:43:51. > :43:55.cut-off date is, add to it because... I am going to make some

:43:56. > :44:00.progress. We will also bring forward a domestic violence abuse bill. It

:44:01. > :44:03.is chilling that everyday women and girls across the UK are being

:44:04. > :44:08.subjected to the most horrific abuse in their own homes. I am incredibly

:44:09. > :44:13.proud of the work the Conservative Government has done to support

:44:14. > :44:17.victims, bring perpetrators to justice and prevent those vicious

:44:18. > :44:20.crimes from taking place. In the last parliament we published our

:44:21. > :44:26.strategy to end violence against them in and girls. We made it clear

:44:27. > :44:32.everyone needs to play their part, friends, family and the police and

:44:33. > :44:39.we pledged ?100 million funding. We brought in domestic violence

:44:40. > :44:43.protection orders, and disclosure scheme and a specific offence for

:44:44. > :44:46.controlling or coercive behaviour. Focus on this crime has contributed

:44:47. > :44:56.to improvements for women. For the number of people suffering domestic

:44:57. > :44:58.abuse is too high. There are 2 million victims of domestic abuse

:44:59. > :45:05.every year in England and Wales and this is 2 million, too many. Too

:45:06. > :45:10.often, domestic abuse is not properly understood, recognised or

:45:11. > :45:15.dealt with and it can leave a devastating impact. Our landmark

:45:16. > :45:22.domestic violence and abuse Bill is aimed at addressing this insidious

:45:23. > :45:27.crime. I will give way. The bill is very welcome, what will she say to

:45:28. > :45:30.reassure those who fear that the definition, which is now going to be

:45:31. > :45:35.produced, may not be strong enough to capture the level of emotional

:45:36. > :45:41.and financial abuse which terrorises too many women in the UK today? I

:45:42. > :45:45.know the honourable gentleman has done a lot of work in this area and

:45:46. > :45:49.I would like to reassure him and stakeholders that we will be

:45:50. > :45:54.consulting widely to make sure we get it right so it does deliver the

:45:55. > :45:57.sort of strength of purpose he is referring to. The fact it will

:45:58. > :46:02.create a legal definition of domestic abuse to ensure it is

:46:03. > :46:06.properly understood, which will make sure we don't have the same

:46:07. > :46:10.situation of isolated pieces of domestic violence, not being added

:46:11. > :46:13.up into a pattern of really grotesque form of domestic violence,

:46:14. > :46:27.which some women have been subjected to. It will also lead to better

:46:28. > :46:32.protection and better prosecutions, we believe. It will ensure if

:46:33. > :46:36.abusive behaviour involves a child the court can hand down a sentence

:46:37. > :46:41.which reflects the devastating and lifelong impact that abuse can have.

:46:42. > :46:45.In addition, it will establish a domestic violence and abuse

:46:46. > :46:48.commissioner who will stand up for victims and survivors, raising

:46:49. > :46:56.public awareness and holding local authorities to account. I will give

:46:57. > :47:00.way. Is it possible within the remit of the commission, she could also

:47:01. > :47:06.look at those victims of domestic violence who subsequently are

:47:07. > :47:11.subject to a new form of abuse, which is a constant return to court

:47:12. > :47:18.by ex-partners demanding extra access to the children? This is a

:47:19. > :47:24.way of intimidating, bullying and impoverishing many of those who have

:47:25. > :47:27.the children in their care? Yes, absolutely and that is the sort of

:47:28. > :47:32.issue I would expect us to look at in this domestic violence Bill, to

:47:33. > :47:36.make sure that abuse doesn't take place. We want to be a society where

:47:37. > :47:40.domestic abuse isn't tolerated, where victims feel safe and

:47:41. > :47:44.supported and perpetrators are punished and we look out for the

:47:45. > :47:47.situation the honourable lady has just raised. Victims deserve the

:47:48. > :47:52.best treatment and justice than we will make sure they get it. I have

:47:53. > :47:56.the opposition will support this. Turning to have, as the government

:47:57. > :48:00.continues to strengthen economy, we can continue to invest in the NHS.

:48:01. > :48:05.Supporting the public service on which we all depend. As we have set

:48:06. > :48:10.out in our manifesto we have increased health spending by ?8

:48:11. > :48:14.billion a year in real terms by the end of parliament. Well-being is

:48:15. > :48:18.just not being strong in body, it is being strong in mind. This

:48:19. > :48:23.government recognises mental health should be given equal priority to

:48:24. > :48:27.physical health. That is why we will consider a reform of mental health

:48:28. > :48:30.legislation and it is prioritised in the NHS. We have been looking at the

:48:31. > :48:34.Mental Health Act to make sure the law is working for those who need

:48:35. > :48:38.support and we will be publishing a Green paper on children are young

:48:39. > :48:41.people'smental health to make sure best practice is being applied and

:48:42. > :48:48.there is sufficient access to support. In ten years, there will be

:48:49. > :48:52.2 million more people over the age of 75 and it is essential they will

:48:53. > :48:57.be able to live well and get the care they need. The government has

:48:58. > :48:59.invested an additional ?2 billion into social care to relieve

:49:00. > :49:03.pressure, but more needs to be done, which is why the government is

:49:04. > :49:10.committed to listening to views on how to reform the system. Plans will

:49:11. > :49:12.be consulted on in due course. This is a government with purpose,

:49:13. > :49:19.determined to deliver the best Brexit deal to secure a strong

:49:20. > :49:27.future as we leave the EU. I will give way. My right honourable friend

:49:28. > :49:31.will know there is much concern on both sides of the House about the

:49:32. > :49:38.situation for women who live in Northern Ireland, seek terminations,

:49:39. > :49:42.who cannot get them over in Northern Ireland, come to England but find

:49:43. > :49:47.themselves getting charged by the NHS. Can she give an undertaking

:49:48. > :49:51.that access for those terminations will not be affected and women can

:49:52. > :49:56.still come here from Northern Ireland and get that treatment? She

:49:57. > :50:01.is absolutely right, we are committed to health care for women

:50:02. > :50:08.and that includes access to terminations. We are a government

:50:09. > :50:10.with purpose, I am sure the right honourable gentleman will have an

:50:11. > :50:18.opportunity to speak at the end of this debate! We are determined to

:50:19. > :50:23.secure the best Brexit deal, determined to bring the United

:50:24. > :50:27.Kingdom closer together. Intent on building a strong economy and fairer

:50:28. > :50:31.society, taking action to keep families, communities and the

:50:32. > :50:36.country safe. I am not going to give way, the honourable lady will have

:50:37. > :50:40.the chance to make her own remarks. We will be challenging extremism,

:50:41. > :50:44.protecting the vulnerable, giving mental health the attention it

:50:45. > :50:48.deserves and improving social care for the long-term. Putting ourselves

:50:49. > :50:52.up the service of millions of ordinary working people, for whom we

:50:53. > :50:56.will work every day in the national interest. Setting out a programme

:50:57. > :51:06.for a Britain that works for everyone. I rise to address matters

:51:07. > :51:13.pertaining to security arising from the speech. My honourable friend

:51:14. > :51:26.will address health matters later. As I do so, I speak to the SNP's

:51:27. > :51:31.amendments to remove Scottish Fire and rescue from VAT without delay. I

:51:32. > :51:36.am hoping they will support the Labour Party amendment. The SNP have

:51:37. > :51:43.consistently opposed the party opposite's austerity agenda and the

:51:44. > :51:56.manner of which we won the election in Scotland, indicated that in these

:51:57. > :52:01.times, the PEI cap is no longer attainable. On the matter of police

:52:02. > :52:04.and Fire Service cuts, the Scottish Government has not impose the sort

:52:05. > :52:10.of cuts that have been seen south of the border. I will come to that

:52:11. > :52:14.later. I want to look in particular at the proposals for a counter

:52:15. > :52:17.extremism commission, the proposals to review whether the police and

:52:18. > :52:23.security services have the powers they need and concerns I and my

:52:24. > :52:26.party hold about the scope of the repeal bill, particularly for

:52:27. > :52:30.justice and home affairs issues. I also want to address the potential

:52:31. > :52:36.impact of Brexit on our security arrangements. The European Union

:52:37. > :52:41.enables European nations to come together, not just for the economic

:52:42. > :52:46.and social good, but to tackle crime and terrorism in the interest of all

:52:47. > :52:57.citizens across Europe. Last year, Rob Wainwright, the current British

:52:58. > :53:03.director of Europol, in the event of Britain new leaving the European

:53:04. > :53:06.Union, it would be difficult to negotiate security packs and trying

:53:07. > :53:11.to do so would be a damage limitation exercise. We have yet to

:53:12. > :53:15.hear any detail about how the government proposes to address this

:53:16. > :53:19.problem. We need to look at it closely. The Scottish National Party

:53:20. > :53:22.has welcomed the Prime Minister's change in tone and rhetoric

:53:23. > :53:26.following the attack at Finsbury Park. We were very pleased to hear

:53:27. > :53:31.the Prime Minister are quite all forms of extremism and we hope that

:53:32. > :53:34.signals the beginning of an approach by the government that will not

:53:35. > :53:40.single out any particular group in our community for counter extremism

:53:41. > :53:46.or terrorism measures, because we believe measures to counter

:53:47. > :53:50.extremism are important, but they must not be allowed to create

:53:51. > :53:55.division amongst our diverse communities across the United

:53:56. > :54:01.Kingdom. We continue to be concerned that despite the government's failed

:54:02. > :54:07.attempts to introduce a counter extremism and terrorism bill in the

:54:08. > :54:11.last Parliament, they have yet to offer any legal or definition of

:54:12. > :54:15.extremism or British values. We are concerned that the new plan in the

:54:16. > :54:18.speech to establish a commission to look at these measures risks

:54:19. > :54:23.bypassing parliamentary scrutiny and the need for legal certainty on

:54:24. > :54:27.these very nebulous terms of extremism and British values. I was

:54:28. > :54:31.pleased to hear the Home Secretary said in response to a question from

:54:32. > :54:34.me last week, any recommendations the commission brings forward will

:54:35. > :54:41.be fully scrutinised by this Parliament. We have already heard

:54:42. > :54:45.about the prevent strategy which has been controversial and concerns have

:54:46. > :54:50.been raised about its implementation. Can I respectfully

:54:51. > :54:53.suggest the UK Government look how we have implemented the prevent

:54:54. > :54:59.strategy in Scotland as a model on how things might be improved. The

:55:00. > :55:03.counter terrorism is a reserved issue, the implementation of

:55:04. > :55:05.policies to counter extremism is the responsibility of the devolved

:55:06. > :55:09.institutions and in Scotland we have worked hard to recognise we have

:55:10. > :55:15.diverse communities and they must all be allies in ensuring all our

:55:16. > :55:19.citizens are safe and the prevent delivery in Scotland has benefited

:55:20. > :55:22.from positive relationships, fostered with all communities in

:55:23. > :55:27.Scotland through years of regular engagement.

:55:28. > :55:34.We recognise that the way people are radicalised is changing, so we must

:55:35. > :55:37.remain vigilant and refresh our approach accordingly but continue to

:55:38. > :55:41.to work with the communities rather than against them in making sure

:55:42. > :55:47.terrorist messages will not resonate. Can I turn now to the

:55:48. > :55:52.question of whether the police and security services have all the

:55:53. > :55:58.powers but they need? We in the SNP believe they do have sufficient

:55:59. > :56:01.powers at their disposal, but the parliament to be looking at whether

:56:02. > :56:05.the police and security services have sufficient resources to fight

:56:06. > :56:15.terrorism. I'm fortified in that view by the quote from Max Hill, QC,

:56:16. > :56:19.when he said my view coming into the scrutiny, which we were told to the

:56:20. > :56:24.PM was to conduct, we do have the appropriate laws in place and that

:56:25. > :56:28.essentially the police and security services and those whose job it is

:56:29. > :56:35.to keep us save happy powers at their disposal. Mr Deputy Speaker,

:56:36. > :56:40.our police and security services... It is already a crime to incite

:56:41. > :56:46.violence, those suspected of terrorist activity can be searched,

:56:47. > :56:49.and those imprisoned and convicted of plotting attacks can be locked up

:56:50. > :56:53.for life, so we have the powers. During the passage of the

:56:54. > :56:59.investigatory power bill, the Scottish National Party urged that

:57:00. > :57:03.the Government should concentrate its resources on robust and targeted

:57:04. > :57:08.surveillance of suspects rather than subjecting the whole population to

:57:09. > :57:11.bank its suspicion list surveillance. During the election

:57:12. > :57:16.campaign and after the terrible terrorist atrocities, the prime

:57:17. > :57:20.Minster rightly faced a very difficult questions about the

:57:21. > :57:23.resources she is putting into targeted surveillance. The Prime

:57:24. > :57:33.Minister was Home Secretary. In years and it is clear her influence

:57:34. > :57:36.is still holds sway, for example in the immigration targets which

:57:37. > :57:40.continue to be missed. The Prime Minister must face up to her

:57:41. > :57:43.responsibility for cuts to police budgets and police numbers in

:57:44. > :57:53.England which have been dictated by her party's narrow austerity

:57:54. > :57:58.measure. It is not have to be this way, Mr Deputy Speaker. In Scotland,

:57:59. > :58:01.the Scottish Government have increased police numbers, and in

:58:02. > :58:05.particular have invested in the number of trained police armed

:58:06. > :58:10.responders whilst still balancing our budget. Mr Speaker, we have been

:58:11. > :58:15.able to do that despite the UK Government's repeated refusal to

:58:16. > :58:20.remove the burden of VAT from police Scotland. Police Scotland is the

:58:21. > :58:25.only territorial police authority in the United Kingdom are unable to

:58:26. > :58:28.recover VAT. I and my Scottish Government colleagues have

:58:29. > :58:32.repeatedly raised this with the UK Government. I wrote to the minister

:58:33. > :58:37.about the issue earlier this year. The SNP have tabled an amendment

:58:38. > :58:42.calling on the Government to rectify this anomaly and we call them a game

:58:43. > :58:46.to do that today. They recently rectified the anomaly for a number

:58:47. > :58:53.of national bodies full stop now it is time to do it for police

:58:54. > :58:56.Scotland. But notwithstanding, the Tory Government failure to rectify

:58:57. > :59:01.that anomaly, the contrast between Scotland and the UK in policing

:59:02. > :59:06.terms could not be starker. 20,000 police officers have been lost in

:59:07. > :59:10.England, but in Scotland we have maintained 1000 more than the number

:59:11. > :59:17.we inherited when the in-house and the first came into power in 2007

:59:18. > :59:20.and we have also increased fire and police others. In the days following

:59:21. > :59:25.the Manchester attack, police Scotland were able to provide

:59:26. > :59:31.heightened cover aren't policing without having to call on resources

:59:32. > :59:36.of the military. We have also protected the police resource budget

:59:37. > :59:41.since 2011, in England, the Home Office has cut the amount it has

:59:42. > :59:45.spent on pleasing by 20%. It is time for the party is a pitch to

:59:46. > :59:49.diverging attention from that when the resulting of police and

:59:50. > :59:53.emergency services and followed the Scottish Government's lead in giving

:59:54. > :59:58.these services the resources they need. Mr Deputy Speaker, I have

:59:59. > :00:02.already said that international corporation is essential to keep

:00:03. > :00:11.Scotland in the rest of the UK from the threats from cyber crime and

:00:12. > :00:18.terrorism. In this Parliament, SMP will... We will oppose any moves to

:00:19. > :00:21.use security cooperation as a bargaining chip in negotiations with

:00:22. > :00:27.our European friends and neighbours. It is too important for that. The

:00:28. > :00:30.Gracious Speech promised a new law concerning protection of personal

:00:31. > :00:36.data. We will not be able to continue with our EU colleagues

:00:37. > :00:44.unless we are protected with EU laws. In practice, there will be

:00:45. > :00:49.limits to how closely the UK and the EU 27 can work together if we in the

:00:50. > :00:54.United Kingdom are no longer accountable or subject to the

:00:55. > :00:59.oversight and adjudication of supranational institutions such as

:01:00. > :01:06.the European Court of juices. The European Court of Justice took a dim

:01:07. > :01:09.view of the provisions for the's as many of us have warned would occur

:01:10. > :01:15.when the bill was going through the house. If the UK does not comply

:01:16. > :01:19.with EU law on data sharing and produces protection, our former

:01:20. > :01:23.partners will not be able to share information with us under the laws

:01:24. > :01:27.by which they are bad. That would be a disaster for security cooperation

:01:28. > :01:33.and a disaster for business and universities and research. I am a

:01:34. > :01:37.little concerned that the Gracious Speech does not mention any specific

:01:38. > :01:44.pieces of legislation in relation to many of these areas of home affairs,

:01:45. > :01:50.and they confirmed that the repeal Bill will include powers allowing

:01:51. > :01:56.changes from negotiations to leave the hoof. It is vital that ministers

:01:57. > :02:02.and civil servants is and not handed vast powers to change our legal

:02:03. > :02:06.landscape without scrutiny, particularly in relation to security

:02:07. > :02:14.matters. It is also vital that with home affair matters, I'm delighted

:02:15. > :02:16.that the Prime Minister, the secretaries of State and Secretary

:02:17. > :02:21.of State for Scotland have now indicated that legislative consent

:02:22. > :02:26.will be put for the repeal Bill. Finally I want to return to human

:02:27. > :02:29.rights protections. During the election campaign, the Prime

:02:30. > :02:36.Minister spoke about ripping up human rights to fight terrorism. I

:02:37. > :02:40.suspect this attack was an attempt to distract from her own security

:02:41. > :02:44.failings and the impact of policing cuts in England. I renew my request

:02:45. > :02:48.to the Home Secretary to confirm there is nothing in the Human Rights

:02:49. > :02:53.Act of the European Convention of human rights that would stop a

:02:54. > :02:58.robust approach to terrorism and will she please today confirmed

:02:59. > :03:06.there are no funds to terror human rights to tackle terrorism. I remind

:03:07. > :03:11.her that the UNHCR affected... These are condom entry and mutually

:03:12. > :03:17.reinforcing objectives which must be pursued together as part of the

:03:18. > :03:20.state's duty to protect people in their jurisdiction. Terrorism is a

:03:21. > :03:25.fundamental attack on our way of life and we must response robustly

:03:26. > :03:30.and appropriately, but it is times like this that human rights must be

:03:31. > :03:34.protected and cherished and not attacked and undermined. The

:03:35. > :03:37.announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service today in

:03:38. > :03:42.relation to Hillsborough, we have seen the prospect of justice being

:03:43. > :03:47.brought about after many years after the Human Rights Act 20. Proper

:03:48. > :03:52.enquiry into the Hillsborough disaster. If we report human rights

:03:53. > :03:56.in this country, we undermine the traditions that we stand for and

:03:57. > :04:08.share in this House, and we play into the terrorist's hands. Thank

:04:09. > :04:13.you Mr Deputy Speaker. I want to start by extending on behalf of all

:04:14. > :04:19.of my constituents our most profound sympathy to the victims and their

:04:20. > :04:25.families of the horrific events of the recent attacks in Manchester,

:04:26. > :04:36.when Rudd West Minster bridge and the appalling Grenfell Tower fire. I

:04:37. > :04:40.think the decree was profoundly struck by the immediate inclination

:04:41. > :04:47.of people throughout the country to offer comfort and support to those

:04:48. > :04:51.in desperate need. It is I believe, Mr Deputy Speaker, incumbent on all

:04:52. > :04:57.of us to measure our language as we come to deal with these events. I

:04:58. > :05:00.wish to place on record my deep shock at the words that the Shadow

:05:01. > :05:08.Chancellor has recently used that the fire at Grenfell Tower amounted

:05:09. > :05:12.to murder. That was an inexpressibly appalling thing to say. In a

:05:13. > :05:19.civilised society that can be no room for this kind of talk. It is

:05:20. > :05:24.not normal, it is not politics as usual. It is disgraceful and

:05:25. > :05:29.intolerable. All of us in public life have a duty to measure with

:05:30. > :05:37.care what we say in an era of brutal untruths and to try and retain the

:05:38. > :05:41.language of reason and proportion. So in this Queen's speech, it is a

:05:42. > :05:47.moment the Government to set out its programme. I believe for the rest of

:05:48. > :05:56.the country to regain its sense of balance. I want, as do my

:05:57. > :06:00.constituents, to see our Government exercise resolution, prudence,

:06:01. > :06:07.integrity and humility at a very difficult time in our affairs. I

:06:08. > :06:16.want the Government to also exercise what Field Marshal Lord Montgomerie

:06:17. > :06:19.rightly called the's and have determination and energy. I place on

:06:20. > :06:24.record that I think our Prime Minister has all of these qualities

:06:25. > :06:28.in abundance and I commend and strongly support her. If they manage

:06:29. > :06:35.to do that, my constituents, to who I am most grateful for their

:06:36. > :06:40.confidence, will be content. Quite apart from the immense complexities

:06:41. > :06:43.and difficulties and grave uncertainties of the Brexit

:06:44. > :06:51.negotiations. This country has more than its fair share of major issues

:06:52. > :06:58.What is it in our system that seems to mean we cannot arrive at a sane

:06:59. > :07:06.national plan like other countries that deals effectively, humanely and

:07:07. > :07:12.decently with care for the elderly in all its complexity. I say get on

:07:13. > :07:18.and do it and work across all the parties and with all expertise that

:07:19. > :07:21.this country has to get this done. Incidentally generally speaking I

:07:22. > :07:26.worry very much about the denigration of expertise at all

:07:27. > :07:33.levels one and a deeply complicated world demands it more than ever. On

:07:34. > :07:43.many issues on reform to the care of elderly, on housing policy, on

:07:44. > :07:48.prison reform, on skill shortages, on nursing and leadership in the

:07:49. > :07:52.NHS, all of these are issues which cannot be shirked any longer. The

:07:53. > :07:58.Government must exercise its world to see that these matters are dealt

:07:59. > :08:02.with. The speech sets out a good way ahead to promote fairness and

:08:03. > :08:07.transparency in the housing market and to tackle unfair practice in the

:08:08. > :08:13.energy market to secure good properly funded schools, a very

:08:14. > :08:17.important issue in Mid Sussex. Highways jobs for the skills and an

:08:18. > :08:22.increased living wage for those in work. I think our constituents

:08:23. > :08:29.expect us to see to it that this is all done as well as an unrelenting

:08:30. > :08:33.effort to continue building of a strong economy in the safe hands of

:08:34. > :08:37.my right honourable man the Chancellor and the more obvious

:08:38. > :08:53.return to the Conservative facts of life. Mr Deputy Speaker in my 34

:08:54. > :08:57.years here, I do not think ever seen a way ahead that is more complex or

:08:58. > :09:07.more difficult for our country than it is now. In particular the ongoing

:09:08. > :09:14.low-level of education achievements into many parts of this country. A

:09:15. > :09:20.separate lap of skills, low wages for too many, geographic, economic

:09:21. > :09:27.and wealth inequality and intergenerational into inequality

:09:28. > :09:34.and a very naive approach indeed to international trade relations. If we

:09:35. > :09:39.have to leave the single market, obviously that restricts us from

:09:40. > :09:43.accessing the world's most skilled peoples and unless a good way is

:09:44. > :09:48.found to resolve this then it will further negatively influence our

:09:49. > :09:51.productivity. This is relevant to many of our industries and of course

:09:52. > :09:57.for our universities which are widely regarded as some of the very

:09:58. > :10:01.best in the world. Although Mr Deputy Speaker my views on

:10:02. > :10:04.immigration are well known, I have to say that in my judgment,

:10:05. > :10:10.persisting with the inclusion of students in the immigration targets

:10:11. > :10:14.makes no economic sense whatsoever and surely it is absolute madness to

:10:15. > :10:21.have halved our student intake from dynamic India to the benefit of

:10:22. > :10:25.America in Germany. Whatever happens in Brexit, we should be wanting to

:10:26. > :10:31.attract even more of these talented young people to our country and this

:10:32. > :10:36.is all of the peace with Britain retaining a global view of the

:10:37. > :10:41.world. Mr Deputy Speaker Britain seriously lacks key skills, there is

:10:42. > :10:47.a grave shortage of graduates in engineering and science made all the

:10:48. > :10:51.more acute due to the clamp-down on immigration which I have to tell my

:10:52. > :10:56.friend is already dissuading important young talent to come in to

:10:57. > :11:04.these shores as any employer of Ph.D. 'S will confirm. I have a

:11:05. > :11:08.suggestion in this rich at -- in this regard, they should scrap

:11:09. > :11:13.tuition fees for the core subjects, all of which are critical for our

:11:14. > :11:18.survival as our transition from the industrial to the digital world goes

:11:19. > :11:25.on at pace. A fact hardly seeming to appear on the Government's radar.

:11:26. > :11:28.Finally may I make a respectful suggestion to the House of Commons

:11:29. > :11:33.and to the Government. I think pretty much all of us in this house

:11:34. > :11:38.Mr Deputy Speaker are deeply concerned about the question of

:11:39. > :11:44.trust in public life. The Government has a very difficult tasks ahead and

:11:45. > :11:51.they need to remember that competence generates trust and

:11:52. > :11:55.respect. I want that to be the aim. To be a competent and effective

:11:56. > :12:06.government and therefore they trust of the people who did and did elect

:12:07. > :12:12.us. Yvette Cooper. Thank you Mr Speaker, it's good to follow my

:12:13. > :12:16.partner who makes a good speech. Can I join the shadow secretary in

:12:17. > :12:21.paying tribute to our police force and emergency services who have

:12:22. > :12:27.dealt with so many difficult incidents in the last few weeks and

:12:28. > :12:36.also our sympathies are the victims, both of the terror attacks and the

:12:37. > :12:44.grand for fire. -- Grenfell fire. This speech follows on, from the

:12:45. > :12:48.Prime Minister as if nothing has changed when in fact it is a lot has

:12:49. > :12:51.changed and the Prime Minister called the election wanting a

:12:52. > :12:57.landslide and instead has a hung parliament. And that means that this

:12:58. > :13:01.parliament must work differently and that it means the Queen's speech has

:13:02. > :13:05.to respond differently as well. Many people want to speak the debate

:13:06. > :13:10.today so I will keep my remarks short and concentrate on two areas

:13:11. > :13:14.were think the Government needs to change course as a result of the

:13:15. > :13:20.hung that has been delivered to us by the electorate. First on public

:13:21. > :13:27.services, and second on the approach to the Brexit negotiations. Mr

:13:28. > :13:30.Deputy Speaker, this week the Government recognised the importance

:13:31. > :13:36.of investing more in public services in Northern Ireland. It has rightly

:13:37. > :13:40.supported additional investments in school, in hospitals in Belfast,

:13:41. > :13:47.what about a Birmingham Bristol or in many other parts of the country?

:13:48. > :13:52.I would support the DUP's call for more investment to stop school cuts

:13:53. > :13:57.in Portadown but I also want to stop the school cuts in Pontefract as

:13:58. > :14:03.well. They are right to support for jobs in County Down, but what about

:14:04. > :14:10.places across the rest of the country as well? The Government

:14:11. > :14:21.cannot say to parents, patients, people needing support from police

:14:22. > :14:26.officers that as a result of a hung parliament, that they will have to

:14:27. > :14:33.face further cuts, teachers being lost, services being squeezed, but

:14:34. > :14:39.those in Northern Ireland can still have additional funding and cannot

:14:40. > :14:44.say to Crowley, to the police chiefs to everyone doing a magnificent job

:14:45. > :14:47.under difficult circumstances and who are overstretched, that somehow

:14:48. > :14:53.the Government can find ?1 billion to support Northern Ireland's and to

:14:54. > :14:57.support the Government keeping its own jobs but cannot support the

:14:58. > :15:01.additional resources that the police and emergency services need to

:15:02. > :15:08.support their jobs at this difficult time as well. And that is why I

:15:09. > :15:18.think the Government has to rethink. It would be easy to decide now to

:15:19. > :15:23.not go ahead with the cuts and the capital gains tax. Instead to cancel

:15:24. > :15:29.those and put that investments into additional police officers on our

:15:30. > :15:33.street instead. For the Government also to recognise that if we care

:15:34. > :15:37.about recruitment and retention in our public services, especially in

:15:38. > :15:40.the national Health Service were in many parts of the country they are

:15:41. > :15:47.struggling to recruit nurses and doctors that they need, to continue

:15:48. > :15:50.with this public service pay cap will make it harder for all of our

:15:51. > :15:55.services to get the talented staff that they need and in the end

:15:56. > :16:01.that'll cost all of us including the governments more in the long run. In

:16:02. > :16:05.the second area where I think the Government will need to change

:16:06. > :16:09.course is in its approach to the Brexit negotiations. Britain voted

:16:10. > :16:12.for Brexit in the referendum and parliament has voted to trigger

:16:13. > :16:18.Article 50 but the Prime Minister did not win the free hand that she

:16:19. > :16:21.wanted for the Brexit negotiations. She asked Fritz Lee voters said no

:16:22. > :16:27.so that means that they need to change their approach to the

:16:28. > :16:31.negotiations as well. If we are to get a deal which is not only the

:16:32. > :16:35.best for our culture but also sustainable and does not unravel in

:16:36. > :16:38.a few years' time, that is not undermined because there are so much

:16:39. > :16:41.disagree with not just in the House that across the country then there

:16:42. > :16:47.has to be an effort to build a consensus around the deal as well.

:16:48. > :16:51.Not just to get an agreement in Europe to build the consensus across

:16:52. > :16:55.Britain which is why I would urge the Government to not just keep

:16:56. > :17:00.pursuing negotiations through a narrow alley that to open up the

:17:01. > :17:04.process and to set a cross-party commission to hold the Brexit

:17:05. > :17:07.negotiations. Or to find otherwise of including more voice some more

:17:08. > :17:11.transparency, to strengthen the power so the select committee for

:17:12. > :17:16.Brexit and this house can properly have its say as well. I know that

:17:17. > :17:19.that does me difficult woes are working and it's a challenge for the

:17:20. > :17:25.frontbenchers with sexually both front benches and the whole house

:17:26. > :17:31.would benefit if we find a different way to do this. I'm very grateful

:17:32. > :17:36.for the honourable lady giving way, as usual she's making very powerful

:17:37. > :17:41.persuasive speech. I agree with what she says that would she extend that

:17:42. > :17:46.to give the Scottish and Welsh government a place and a say in the

:17:47. > :17:52.negotiations to leave the EU? I do certainly think the governments of

:17:53. > :17:56.both Scotland and Wales needs to be involved and in Northern Ireland to

:17:57. > :18:00.because this has to be something that works for the whole of the

:18:01. > :18:04.United Kingdom. I think that is possible but only if all sides of

:18:05. > :18:10.the houses or frontbenchers behave in a different way and recognises

:18:11. > :18:14.the responsibility on us by the parliaments we have been given. It

:18:15. > :18:23.means the Great Repeal Bill that the Government will be wanting to put

:18:24. > :18:28.forward, through Henry VIII powers because in a hung parliament the

:18:29. > :18:31.legislature cannot hand over huge power to the executive, the

:18:32. > :18:35.legislature itself must be involved in the decision step by step along

:18:36. > :18:41.the way. The Right Honourable Member for Mid Sussex was right when he

:18:42. > :18:46.said that the course before us is more complex than anything he or I

:18:47. > :18:50.can remember at any time and with a hung parliament we will have to work

:18:51. > :18:56.differently but that has to start with the Government and I would urge

:18:57. > :19:03.them to do so today. To start by changing course on public services,

:19:04. > :19:08.to change public sector pay and supporting public sector workers but

:19:09. > :19:13.also to change course in the approach to Brexit and doing so in a

:19:14. > :19:17.way that builds consensus and not division, that ought to be the

:19:18. > :19:25.spirit of what the Prime Minister has said. Doctor Julie Lewis. Thank

:19:26. > :19:29.you Mr Deputy Speaker, it's an honour to be re-elected once again

:19:30. > :19:38.to represent the lovely New Forest East constituency. I'm sorry to

:19:39. > :19:43.interrupt, I should've announced there is a time limit of six minutes

:19:44. > :19:51.and that is in order to accommodate as many people who want to speak as

:19:52. > :19:58.possible. Just six minutes starts now. I would at least benefit from a

:19:59. > :20:03.few extra seconds. Now there is plenty to welcome in the speech from

:20:04. > :20:09.the prioritisation of mental health to the forthcoming visit of the King

:20:10. > :20:15.and queen of Spain which will give us all the chance to show that our

:20:16. > :20:21.friendship with that great country is as enduring and immovable as the

:20:22. > :20:27.Rock of Gibraltar. I will touch however on to other aspects of the

:20:28. > :20:33.Queen speech and these will not come as a surprise to the colleagues who

:20:34. > :20:37.know my own areas speciality. The first is the reiteration of the

:20:38. > :20:41.Government 's's pledge to continue to meet the Nato commitment to spend

:20:42. > :20:49.at least 2% of national income in defence. I'm sorry to say it is not

:20:50. > :20:57.enough. One of the things that the Defence Select Committee managed to

:20:58. > :21:00.establish through a great deal of hard work and original research by

:21:01. > :21:06.its professional and dedicated staff, was the comparison over the

:21:07. > :21:11.decades of what had happened to defence as regards the Graaf showing

:21:12. > :21:19.something very different for other high spending subjects. And so we

:21:20. > :21:27.found that in the early 1960s, we spent similar sums, about 6% of GDP

:21:28. > :21:33.on welfare as on defence. Now we spend six times as much on welfare

:21:34. > :21:39.as we spend on defence. In the mid-19 80s, we spent similar sums at

:21:40. > :21:46.about 5% of GDP on education, on health and on defence. Now we spend

:21:47. > :21:50.two and a half times as much on education and nearly four times as

:21:51. > :21:59.much on health as we spend on defence. At the height of East West

:22:00. > :22:08.confrontation every year from 1981 until 1987 we spent between 4.3 and

:22:09. > :22:14.5.1% of GDP on defence. And yet, even after the Cold War had

:22:15. > :22:22.finished, even as late as the financial year 1995-96, we were

:22:23. > :22:25.spending 3% of GDP on defence and we were not including things like war

:22:26. > :22:30.pensions and MOD civil service pensions.

:22:31. > :22:39.I happily give way. I thank the former chair of the select, he for

:22:40. > :22:46.giving way. He liked me was at a dinner last night where it was

:22:47. > :22:49.pointed out that 2% without pensions and all the other bizarre thing is

:22:50. > :22:58.that this government ads in to get us to 2%, France will be spending 56

:22:59. > :23:05.billion on defence and Germany, when it gets to 2%, will be at 70

:23:06. > :23:09.billion. We are at 36 billion. How can we hold our heads up high and

:23:10. > :23:14.say we can defend ourselves with sums like that? The honourable Lady

:23:15. > :23:20.is a staunch defender of everything to do with different in this country

:23:21. > :23:23.in addict is right and it is a measure of the management downwards

:23:24. > :23:26.of our expectation is that we are supposed to ring the church bells in

:23:27. > :23:31.triumph at not falling below the bare minimum that Nato members are

:23:32. > :23:38.supposed to achieve. We really do have to rethink this, we really

:23:39. > :23:43.should be looking at 3% of GDP and not this bare minimum of 2%. But I

:23:44. > :23:48.mainly want to move on to what it said in the Queen's speech about the

:23:49. > :23:55.creation of a commission for countering extremism to support the

:23:56. > :23:59.government, it says, in stamping out extremist ideology in all its forms

:24:00. > :24:05.both across society and on the Internet so it is denied a safe

:24:06. > :24:14.place to spread. That implies, but it is not explicit hummer that this

:24:15. > :24:18.new body is going to be some form of executive agency and what I want to

:24:19. > :24:25.hear from the front bench is that that will be the case. Because at

:24:26. > :24:32.the moment we are approaching a key point where it looks likely that the

:24:33. > :24:39.territory seized by Isil-Daesh is going to be retaken from it. And

:24:40. > :24:43.that will rightly be hailed as a considerable achievement that we

:24:44. > :24:48.need to remember that only a few years ago no one had heard about

:24:49. > :24:56.Isil-Daesh and everybody was overwhelmingly concerned with

:24:57. > :25:00.Al-Qaeda. I would suggest that went Isil-Daesh has been removed from its

:25:01. > :25:06.territory, and it was unusual that a terrorist organisation could seize

:25:07. > :25:09.territory because by doing that it gave up the advantage of

:25:10. > :25:15.invisibility which is what most terrorist organisations make maximum

:25:16. > :25:20.use of, so when that Isil-Daesh moment has passed, there will be

:25:21. > :25:24.other groups which will take its place, perhaps fighting in different

:25:25. > :25:32.areas and perhaps not trying to seize territory. This will go on and

:25:33. > :25:37.on as long as there is no effective response to the underlying ideology.

:25:38. > :25:46.This is not the first time there has been talk of commissions of this

:25:47. > :25:53.sort. Back in 2013 David Cameron had a task force on countering extremism

:25:54. > :25:59.and ideology and on that occasion also evidence was taken. But I

:26:00. > :26:08.really believe that any future successful plan needs to draw on the

:26:09. > :26:13.similar threats that we faced and overcame in the past. As I said in

:26:14. > :26:18.an intervention earlier, there were huge agencies that were called into

:26:19. > :26:25.existence to counter other totalitarian ideologies. This rather

:26:26. > :26:31.massive book was never meant to be published, it is called The Secret

:26:32. > :26:36.History Of Pwe which was the political warfare executive, it was

:26:37. > :26:42.a classified history of all the work in bid to counter fascist and Nazi

:26:43. > :26:47.ideology and it was only published in 2002. Similarly there was an

:26:48. > :26:51.organisation, the information research department at the Foreign

:26:52. > :26:58.Office that worked on a grand scale to counter the poisonous ideology of

:26:59. > :27:04.Marxism Leninism. What we need today is something equally wide-ranging,

:27:05. > :27:10.equally proficient and equally capable of answering the thoughtful

:27:11. > :27:14.interjection of the honourable member from Swansea West when he

:27:15. > :27:20.talked about the vocabulary we should use, whether it is Islamic,

:27:21. > :27:24.un-Islamic, or only violent extremism, we need an agency to do

:27:25. > :27:28.that and until we get that and it operates to scale, we will continue

:27:29. > :27:34.to have groups cropping up to implement the ideology. We don't

:27:35. > :27:38.want that to happen. It is always a pleasure to follow the honourable

:27:39. > :27:42.gentleman from New Forest East and as he discusses the issue around

:27:43. > :27:46.this new commission for countering terrorism I look forward to debating

:27:47. > :27:49.with him and many other members and listening to what the government has

:27:50. > :27:53.had to say at this an important initiative and we need to get it

:27:54. > :27:56.right. As this house debate any issue around security and home

:27:57. > :28:01.affairs come not just today but in the coming weeks and months, we have

:28:02. > :28:05.to recognise what has happened in the last few weeks. With the

:28:06. > :28:09.terrorist outrages in Manchester and London Bridge and the Muslim welfare

:28:10. > :28:14.house at Finsbury Park and of course the tragedy at rental tower. Those

:28:15. > :28:18.issues and how this house response to it will be a measure of whether

:28:19. > :28:21.this parliament is serving the British people properly. As I look

:28:22. > :28:26.at this Queen's speech and try to address some of the dues and others

:28:27. > :28:31.that will occupy this Parliament there are three things I want to

:28:32. > :28:37.bring out. One is sovereignty, one is security and one is regulation.

:28:38. > :28:42.On sovereignty, as we debate the issues around Brexit, it seems to me

:28:43. > :28:47.that we need to recognise that criminals, terrorists that organised

:28:48. > :28:52.crime, do not recognise borders. They love borders, they can hide

:28:53. > :28:57.from justice, they can seek succour. So how we as a country keep our

:28:58. > :29:02.people safe and secure will partly be determined in how we work with

:29:03. > :29:07.other countries. In the European Union we had developed over a period

:29:08. > :29:16.of time a set of organisations and policies and systems that was

:29:17. > :29:19.keeping our people safe, Europol, the European criminal record

:29:20. > :29:22.information system, the Schengen information system, the European

:29:23. > :29:29.Arrest Warrant, these were systems and policies which helped our people

:29:30. > :29:34.and court terrorist and rapists and murderers. And as we debate our

:29:35. > :29:39.future relationship with these very important crime-fighting systems, we

:29:40. > :29:43.have to get it right. Some have said during the Brexit debate that we

:29:44. > :29:50.will still be part of those, don't worry. I do worry. I went to Europol

:29:51. > :29:56.in 2000 and met the head, Rob Wainwright, a Brit, who was a MI5

:29:57. > :30:02.agent. He led and lead that organisation very well but after

:30:03. > :30:06.Brexit it will not be a Brit leading Europol. And in the setting up of

:30:07. > :30:09.these institutions the British government over a period of time and

:30:10. > :30:13.parties of all different colours were absolutely at the centre of

:30:14. > :30:18.developing the rules for these crime-fighting mechanisms. We will

:30:19. > :30:24.not be after Brexit. I really worry about how these will evolve and it

:30:25. > :30:28.is a very important discussion. I also worry of course about the

:30:29. > :30:33.government's position on the European Court of Justice which

:30:34. > :30:36.manages issues around these European crime-fighting institutions. The

:30:37. > :30:39.rejection of the European Court of Justice is a serious mistake by the

:30:40. > :30:45.government and I think they will come to rue it. But as we talk about

:30:46. > :30:49.security, these European cooperation systems are fundamental but also is

:30:50. > :30:54.the need for more police. We heard from the Shadow Home Secretary, the

:30:55. > :30:58.mess that the current government has made in the police. We have heard

:30:59. > :31:02.from the Met Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, that this is a

:31:03. > :31:04.serious situation and I consider the government can quote figures after

:31:05. > :31:09.figures but if they look at what is happening in our constituencies,

:31:10. > :31:13.they will note the effect the cuts are having on police on the ground

:31:14. > :31:17.and in my own constituency since May 2015 we have lost nearly 10% of

:31:18. > :31:20.police officers which is having a big impact and crime is going up.

:31:21. > :31:25.That is the real impact and the government has got to stop these

:31:26. > :31:32.police cuts. In the Queen's speech we have seen this the most -- a

:31:33. > :31:37.proposed commission for countering extremism. It does beg many

:31:38. > :31:41.questions. Will it be independent? Will it be accountable to this

:31:42. > :31:45.house? Will it reach out to all groups who want to help the

:31:46. > :31:51.government fight extremism and will it look at all causes of extremism?

:31:52. > :31:55.Extremism must have multiple causes of course, common sense suggests

:31:56. > :31:59.that if the case, whether it is terrorist groups recruiting, hate

:32:00. > :32:02.preachers, there are many causes of extremism but there is one cause I

:32:03. > :32:09.want to focus on briefly and that is Islamophobia. Islamophobic is rife

:32:10. > :32:14.in our country. We don't speak out enough against it. British Muslims

:32:15. > :32:19.play an incredibly important and positive role in our society but

:32:20. > :32:25.that is rarely recognised. And in the media above all the way they are

:32:26. > :32:31.reported by some newspapers makes it seem as if British Muslims are the

:32:32. > :32:35.enemy within. This house needs to speak out against those press barons

:32:36. > :32:38.who allow that to be reported. In the sun we had a headline a few

:32:39. > :32:46.months ago, one in five British Muslims sympathies for jihadis. The

:32:47. > :32:49.Prez relate it said that was significant that Maccabi press

:32:50. > :32:55.regulator said that was significantly misleading but the

:32:56. > :33:00.headline still come. These headlines are irresponsible and when the Prime

:33:01. > :33:03.Minister and Home Secretary meets newspaper editors I hope this will

:33:04. > :33:06.be number one on their list because if we are not countering

:33:07. > :33:11.Islamophobia we're not working against one of the issues that is

:33:12. > :33:16.creating extremism. My last point is on regulation. We challenge the

:33:17. > :33:21.weight we debate regulations are not always bad, many are superb. I am

:33:22. > :33:25.afraid Conservatives have an ideological block on some

:33:26. > :33:29.regulations. I was once told by NMP that regulations were communist. I

:33:30. > :33:34.told him that thou shalt not kill was a good revelation and it was

:33:35. > :33:39.brought in before Marx and Lenin. It is a pleasure to follow the Right

:33:40. > :33:45.Honourable member for Kingston and Surbiton. When the NHS was launched

:33:46. > :33:49.in July 1948 it was on three core principles. That it should meet the

:33:50. > :33:53.needs of everyone, that it should be free at the point of delivery and

:33:54. > :33:57.that it should be based on clinical need and not the ability to pay and

:33:58. > :34:01.those in continue to serve as very well and are supported across this

:34:02. > :34:08.house and had been reinforced by the NHS Constitution. The extraordinary

:34:09. > :34:13.success of the NHS and public health has been in delivering an increase

:34:14. > :34:16.in life expectancy and seeing many people survive into adulthood who,

:34:17. > :34:24.even when I qualified as a doctor many years ago, would not have

:34:25. > :34:28.survived. But it leaves all of us with a team responsible at it and a

:34:29. > :34:31.challenge to make sure we can continue to provide and meet the

:34:32. > :34:36.needs of everybody as we move forward into the coming decades.

:34:37. > :34:39.What I would like to see is the Right Honourable Lady opposite

:34:40. > :34:44.pointed out about the importance of joint working across this house, as

:34:45. > :34:47.we have a different parliamentary arithmetic, I agree with her and I

:34:48. > :34:52.would also like to extend that to the way we talk about funding of

:34:53. > :34:56.health and social care. It is my view that we can no longer... Of

:34:57. > :35:01.course I give weight. I thank the honourable lady for giving way. I

:35:02. > :35:08.would like to tell her about Pauline who told me last week about her mum

:35:09. > :35:11.who is 79 and has dementia, heart failure, suffers seizures, is unable

:35:12. > :35:14.to eat or go to the toilet or address on her own and she agreed it

:35:15. > :35:19.was a scandal that need resolving because she has been denied a funded

:35:20. > :35:23.care place in a care home. The honourable lady makes a very

:35:24. > :35:26.important point and the case she illustrates is something we will all

:35:27. > :35:31.the across this house in our surgeries but what I would say to

:35:32. > :35:35.her is that we will not resolve this by having constant arguments about

:35:36. > :35:40.how we are going to achieve this. We must agree across the house how we

:35:41. > :35:44.are actually going to provide sustainable long-term funding. I

:35:45. > :35:48.would commend the work of the House of Lords select committee on

:35:49. > :35:52.providing long-term sustainable funding for health and social to and

:35:53. > :35:56.I very much welcome in the gracious speech of the commitment from

:35:57. > :35:59.ministers to look at sustainable solutions for social care but I

:36:00. > :36:04.would call on the government to extend that to health and social

:36:05. > :36:09.care because if we continue to look at these two systems in isolation,

:36:10. > :36:13.we fail exactly the kind of patients and individuals that the honourable

:36:14. > :36:17.lady opposite has referred to. I do hope that we will see that because

:36:18. > :36:23.again, the parliamentary arithmetic of this place is such that there is

:36:24. > :36:27.an additional responsibility for all of us to say, what can be achieved

:36:28. > :36:33.by the end of this Parliament? What can we achieve when the NHS reaches

:36:34. > :36:36.its 70th birthday next year? I would say that by working together we can

:36:37. > :36:40.achieve something really remarkable and I call on all members from all

:36:41. > :36:47.parties to work to make that happen. I would also very much welcome in

:36:48. > :36:51.the Queen's speech the draft patient safety bill. And I welcome the

:36:52. > :36:55.proposals within it but I would say to the Secretary of State that there

:36:56. > :36:59.is something we also need to get to grips with here and that is the

:37:00. > :37:02.impact of the workforce and the workforce challenge across health

:37:03. > :37:06.and social get on patient safety. I agreed with the points that have

:37:07. > :37:11.been made that it is time for us to think again about the impact of the

:37:12. > :37:17.public sector pay cap. Because there is no doubt in my mind that seven

:37:18. > :37:21.years of this cap are now having a significant impact on morale within

:37:22. > :37:26.the health service. And across our wider public sector. And again, I

:37:27. > :37:29.think the change in the parliamentary arithmetic and the

:37:30. > :37:33.message we have had from the electorate is very clear on this.

:37:34. > :37:36.They do value our public services and they do want to see this

:37:37. > :37:41.addressed and I think that one of the ways we will address the

:37:42. > :37:45.recruitment and retention and morale is by delivering them a fair pay

:37:46. > :37:50.settlement. I hope we can make further progress on that. Again, we

:37:51. > :37:54.only achieve the funding that is required for that by realistic

:37:55. > :37:58.cross-party working. What we saw during the election campaign and the

:37:59. > :38:03.manifesto was actually something that did try to address the issues

:38:04. > :38:06.of intergenerational fairness in how we fund these services and it may be

:38:07. > :38:10.that as we go board and look realistically at how we are going to

:38:11. > :38:14.fund our public services that we need to take ideas from all parties

:38:15. > :38:21.in order to achieve what we want to achieve so that we can do something

:38:22. > :38:28.about public sector pay and improve the

:38:29. > :38:36.One area I would like to touch on is around mental health and could start

:38:37. > :38:40.by declaring a personal interest in that I'm married to a consultant

:38:41. > :38:44.psychiatrist who is registrar of the Royal College of psychiatrists. I

:38:45. > :38:50.very much welcome that this is the party that legislated the parity of

:38:51. > :38:57.esteem but what we do know is that parity of esteem needs to be

:38:58. > :39:02.translated into practice. We need to say parity of esteem translated into

:39:03. > :39:05.the welcome extra funding being put into mental health actually reaching

:39:06. > :39:15.the front line and delivering. I'm very pleased to see the proposals of

:39:16. > :39:23.the... I had the Secretary of State will look at the select committee

:39:24. > :39:27.health and education committees and look at the proposals and the

:39:28. > :39:31.suggestions that we have seen within that. I also hope that the Secretary

:39:32. > :39:36.of State will look again the select committee at suicide prevention.

:39:37. > :39:40.Suicide remains the single biggest cause of death in men under the age

:39:41. > :39:46.of 50 and for young people of both sexes. This is a core challenge

:39:47. > :39:51.going forward, one issue we identified is something that is also

:39:52. > :39:56.within the proposals and that is how we involve the families of those who

:39:57. > :40:00.have serious mental health challenges in their care and

:40:01. > :40:04.treatment. That doesn't mean running roughshod over the important

:40:05. > :40:09.principles of confidentiality, very often these are simple things like

:40:10. > :40:14.making sure health professionals are aware of the consensus statement on

:40:15. > :40:18.how you actually achieve consent. I also hope that we can make further

:40:19. > :40:24.progress and I welcome the progress we have made so far on reducing the

:40:25. > :40:30.use of cells as a wholly inappropriate place of safety for

:40:31. > :40:34.those with mental health problems. There is far more we can do in terms

:40:35. > :40:40.of improving mental health and also we have excellent proposals in the

:40:41. > :40:43.five-year forward view, this is all about implementation and I urge the

:40:44. > :40:47.Secretary of State to do everything that he can to make sure the money

:40:48. > :40:51.reaches the front line, that there is transparency about that and

:40:52. > :41:00.that's what we can make further progress. Thank you Mr Deputy

:41:01. > :41:05.Speaker and could I say it is a pleasure to follow the Honourable

:41:06. > :41:09.Member for tartness to in the last Parliament shared the health select

:41:10. > :41:17.committee. It is widely accepted that the adult sector is in a crisis

:41:18. > :41:22.in the UK. Over recent years funding has fallen and the demand has risen

:41:23. > :41:28.and the sector has not kept up the pace. The Queen 's speech has failed

:41:29. > :41:33.to address long-term funding by the crisis that is currently

:41:34. > :41:41.overwhelming the care sector and the NHS as well. Hospitals and surgeries

:41:42. > :41:44.for, social care is on its knees and staff are working under impossible

:41:45. > :41:50.conditions with a system struggling to cope. The choice to provide less

:41:51. > :41:54.funding is compromising safe staffing levels. They talk about

:41:55. > :41:59.providing extra funding but this is set against the backdrop of enforced

:42:00. > :42:06.savings in the NHS which far in excess of the extra money they keep

:42:07. > :42:10.us that the NHS is going to get. However to look at social care is

:42:11. > :42:20.simply care for the elderly is simply wrong and counter-productive.

:42:21. > :42:26.Social care in 2015 - 16, nearly 33% were under the age of 65. They

:42:27. > :42:34.account for almost 50% of expenditure in social care, working

:42:35. > :42:39.age adults with a learning disability accounted for 33% of

:42:40. > :42:48.total expenditure at almost ?4.6 billion per year. What we need to do

:42:49. > :42:57.is recognise the full cost of social care and how those costs are going

:42:58. > :43:03.to be met. I have to say in the last fading few months of the Labour

:43:04. > :43:09.government the tripartite talks on ministers on how we could meet the

:43:10. > :43:18.cost of social care. Both members of the set, the Right Honourable Member

:43:19. > :43:24.for emphasised we needed to take control. I have to say if there is

:43:25. > :43:28.any example that shows we need to take control, it was the shambolic

:43:29. > :43:31.mess the Conservatives got into during the general election

:43:32. > :43:37.campaign. Is there going to be a cap or not. We need to take national

:43:38. > :43:44.action in relation to this, the sooner the better. Another couple of

:43:45. > :43:48.points, as a past officer I would urge the Government to publish the

:43:49. > :43:59.new Tobacco control plan. We have been waiting 18 months for this.

:44:00. > :44:02.Smoking rates among adults and children have fallen by target

:44:03. > :44:12.levels and rates of smoking during pregnancy are below 10%. That is why

:44:13. > :44:19.Britain is a world leader in Tobacco control with the UK coming top in

:44:20. > :44:25.control policies and passing legislation that goes further. I

:44:26. > :44:28.don't know if he shares my concern but when the EU Tobacco directive

:44:29. > :44:33.included faith think that that improvement he is now seen may well

:44:34. > :44:42.tail off as it is becoming more difficult to take up fading and get

:44:43. > :44:46.themselves off cigarettes. We have gone far better off than the

:44:47. > :44:50.European directors have told us today. My understanding is the new

:44:51. > :44:56.Tobacco control plan will have they ping in it and national NHS England

:44:57. > :45:03.have told us it is 95% safer than using cigarettes and that is a fact.

:45:04. > :45:12.There are some 2.8 million people who smoke, it is thus a way to get

:45:13. > :45:17.into in, who have voluntarily gone on to and we need to make sure the

:45:18. > :45:22.action plan for tobacco recognises that and more will need to be done.

:45:23. > :45:27.That might mean in public places as well have to say. I will give away

:45:28. > :45:35.for the last time. I declare an interest, is it not only healthier

:45:36. > :45:45.and safety, isn't it an issue of social justice because it is far

:45:46. > :45:52.cheaper to complete than smoke. I have to say some people who say they

:45:53. > :45:58.don't like vaping because it is owned by tobacco companies are

:45:59. > :46:05.wrong. I have been running against tobacco companies and they are wrong

:46:06. > :46:10.to choose that attitude. Mr Speaker I wonder if the right honourable

:46:11. > :46:17.gentleman was aware that of course the European tobacco products

:46:18. > :46:20.directive introducing, making more difficult for vaporising was

:46:21. > :46:26.introduced by a petition Labour Member of the European Parliament

:46:27. > :46:31.and the Conservatives at the time made exactly this point is that it

:46:32. > :46:36.would restrict it. I am aware of it and I'm also aware that is good for

:46:37. > :46:42.public health and I support it. Can I move on very quickly and one area

:46:43. > :46:49.the NHS has contributed to smoking cessation is in huge network of

:46:50. > :46:53.community farms which is an area treated I believe in a very shoddy

:46:54. > :46:58.manner by the last government. In January of this year the group I'd

:46:59. > :47:05.shared launch an investigation into the Government 's's reforms of

:47:06. > :47:08.community pharmacies and the reforms dented confidence in the sector and

:47:09. > :47:15.raised questions about the Government 's commitment. The group

:47:16. > :47:19.heard that community pharmacies can address the biggest challenges and

:47:20. > :47:21.we made recommendations as an all-party group that would help

:47:22. > :47:27.strengthen the ability to serve patients and mitigate negative

:47:28. > :47:31.impacts of reforms. The overriding priority is for community pharmacies

:47:32. > :47:34.and the Government to come together to develop and realise a shared

:47:35. > :47:38.vision of clinical services in community pharmacies. I hope the

:47:39. > :47:44.Government will take heed of the report and work constructively with

:47:45. > :47:50.the can the sector. Reforms have gone through and there has been a

:47:51. > :47:55.decrease of money into NHS pharmacies and money to take stock.

:47:56. > :48:02.I want to finish that section and say in the 2012 social care act, the

:48:03. > :48:10.Government gave responsibility for governments to reduce health and

:48:11. > :48:13.equality -- health inequalities and population health and running down

:48:14. > :48:18.our pharmacy sector community is not the way to do that. They should be

:48:19. > :48:26.working as health professionals and help improve populations, to keep

:48:27. > :48:30.the pressure off the NHS. I have one minute now and I just want to say

:48:31. > :48:35.nearly all of the work that is performed by our superb staff in the

:48:36. > :48:40.NHS, we are all aware of staff morale remaining very low and the

:48:41. > :48:45.situation has been worsened by the return cuts to pay to the Government

:48:46. > :48:52.'s's pay cap. Estimates say currently that between 2010 and 2016

:48:53. > :48:59.over ?4.3 billion was cut from NHS staff salaries, these other people

:49:00. > :49:05.that treated terrorist attacks and the people who treated the five

:49:06. > :49:09.victims a few weeks ago. No more of this. The Government should remove

:49:10. > :49:15.the pay cut to retain and attract staff to address the workforce

:49:16. > :49:19.shortage and to ensure stay the -- safer patient care. I will support

:49:20. > :49:27.the amendment if it is put to the helps. -- the House. It is a

:49:28. > :49:31.pleasure to follow on from the honourable Member who made some

:49:32. > :49:36.extraordinarily sensible points. May take this opportunity to associate

:49:37. > :49:42.myself behalf of my constituents in East Devon with the earlier tributes

:49:43. > :49:45.paid to victims of Grenfell Tower and the terrorist attacks and also

:49:46. > :49:52.pay tribute to the extraordinary work of the emergency services and

:49:53. > :49:59.NHS staff for their incredible efforts. Mr Deputy Speaker, in the

:50:00. > :50:04.2017 speech, the only mention on social care was that my ministers

:50:05. > :50:08.worked to improve social care and will bring forward proposals for

:50:09. > :50:12.consultation. This is in line with the revised section of the 2017

:50:13. > :50:19.Conservative manifesto. There have been no more plans announced of the

:50:20. > :50:28.details or when it will be published so when the green paper is published

:50:29. > :50:31.it will be vital that elderly people will be given a fair chance to

:50:32. > :50:41.respond and to put their views forward. While the system needs to

:50:42. > :50:45.be fixed, it is incumbent I believe to have a frank and honest

:50:46. > :50:50.conversation on how we fund and provide social care to the most

:50:51. > :50:55.vulnerable in our society. This issue has been kicked into the long

:50:56. > :51:01.grass for too long. I have two office to make this afternoon. The

:51:02. > :51:08.first is this. There are over 850,000 people in the United Kingdom

:51:09. > :51:12.living with dementia, that is the equivalent to the entire population

:51:13. > :51:17.of Devon and these numbers are expected to double in the next 20

:51:18. > :51:23.years. There are over 12,000 people living with dementia in Devon and

:51:24. > :51:31.4500 with dementia in East Devon. The number of over 65 is in Devon

:51:32. > :51:42.will increase from 195,500, in 2015 to too much and 64,420 30, an

:51:43. > :51:47.increase of 35.5%. 17% of the UK population are over the age of 65

:51:48. > :51:58.compared to 24% of the Devon population. 2.38% of the population

:51:59. > :52:02.of England are over the age of 85, compared to 6.25% of the population

:52:03. > :52:07.are bloodless Alderton in my constituency who are over the age of

:52:08. > :52:12.85. In other words, the rest of England will look like my

:52:13. > :52:21.constituency in 2050 with the ageing demographics. East Devon has over

:52:22. > :52:27.40,000 over the age of 65 so my offer to the Government as this, if

:52:28. > :52:31.you get long-term social care right, if you want to get it right

:52:32. > :52:36.nationally than look at what the country is going to look like in

:52:37. > :52:43.2050 which is what town to my constituency look like now. So get

:52:44. > :52:53.it right in Devon and you get it right. I'm sure my honourable friend

:52:54. > :52:54.will act as a guinea pig to get social care right in this country,

:52:55. > :53:03.that is often one. The second of is building on what

:53:04. > :53:06.some of us tried to do with the Prime Minister some bugs before the

:53:07. > :53:12.general election when we went to see her a cross-party group, to talk

:53:13. > :53:16.about long-term care and we thought it should be a political issue and

:53:17. > :53:21.we should build on earlier reports to get this right. Our efforts were

:53:22. > :53:25.not taken up at that point but in this new spirit following the

:53:26. > :53:28.election I believe we would all be prepared to work together and come

:53:29. > :53:34.again to make the offer. And where better to start than to build on the

:53:35. > :53:41.fairer care funding report from the Bulut report of July 2011 which

:53:42. > :53:45.contains many good things, not least a cap -- the Dilnott report. It also

:53:46. > :53:49.includes some form of insurance to cover the cap and we should leave

:53:50. > :53:53.nothing off the table but I believe it should be a cross-party group who

:53:54. > :53:59.steers the government forward. Those are the offered -- of the offers I

:54:00. > :54:02.make, to work with other backbenchers to work together to get

:54:03. > :54:08.social get right in this country and to offer up particular East Devon as

:54:09. > :54:12.the guinea pig, the template to get a properly integrated social care

:54:13. > :54:18.system integrated public with the rest of the NHS and if we get it

:54:19. > :54:25.right there, we get it right across the nation and everybody will be

:54:26. > :54:28.enormously grateful. I want to talk primarily about the state of GP

:54:29. > :54:33.services with particular reference to a surgery being closed on a

:54:34. > :54:38.temporary basis in Trimdon Village to try to make the point about the

:54:39. > :54:45.crisis I think there is in GP services. It is in my Sedgefield

:54:46. > :54:49.constituency. I understand that it is only a temporary closure and it

:54:50. > :54:52.will open again next month with limited services. I want to say a

:54:53. > :54:57.few words about the national picture. One in four patients now

:54:58. > :55:05.wait a week or more to the GP or do not get an appointment at all, we

:55:06. > :55:14.have 10,000 GPs, 3500 midwives and 4000 is short of the target we need,

:55:15. > :55:17.and health and would have said that only 3000 Training prices were

:55:18. > :55:23.filled and the number of GPs in the country dropped by almost 100 in the

:55:24. > :55:27.year to September 2016 and the NHS will have 1200 fewer family doctors

:55:28. > :55:30.than predicted in three years' time as they are struggling to fill

:55:31. > :55:39.training places. There has been a huge drop in the number of training

:55:40. > :55:43.GPs and in 2016 92 GPs practices closed and 34 were merged with other

:55:44. > :55:51.practices. A survey of 2000 GPs found that two in five plan to quit

:55:52. > :55:57.in the next two years. There has been a 150% rise in patients

:55:58. > :56:03.positive move GP practice since 2014 as closures are now at record

:56:04. > :56:08.levels. That is 255,000 people. Although the government want to

:56:09. > :56:11.recruit 5000 more GPs by 2020, one in three are considering retirement

:56:12. > :56:17.in the next five years which is about 10,000 doctors. This is part

:56:18. > :56:21.of the background that has led to the temporary closure of a GP

:56:22. > :56:26.surgery in Trimdon Village. The surgery is one of four operated by a

:56:27. > :56:31.medical group and the other three are situated in Sedgefield village,

:56:32. > :56:35.Fishburn and primly cholerae, surgeries with a very busy and

:56:36. > :56:43.service some of the most deprived areas -- primly colliery.

:56:44. > :56:54.The group announced that the surgery would need to close on June 21 2017

:56:55. > :56:59.June to unprecedented circumstances with our team and the continued

:57:00. > :57:04.difficulty in recruitment. 88% of residents in the area are registered

:57:05. > :57:08.with this medical group and the GP group have told me that the building

:57:09. > :57:13.that houses the surgery in Trimdon Village is not fit for purpose and

:57:14. > :57:19.that is not a reason for closing the premises for me but to upgrade them.

:57:20. > :57:24.I also understand that the GPs are actually planning to expand their

:57:25. > :57:30.facilities in Sedgefield village and this is good for the residents of

:57:31. > :57:36.Sedgefield but I don't see why investment cannot be due in

:57:37. > :57:41.surgeries such as Trimdon Village, especially when it is in the tenth

:57:42. > :57:44.most deprived area in Inman and Wales when the indices of

:57:45. > :57:48.deprivation article into consideration. Sedgefield Village is

:57:49. > :57:53.not. There is still a great need for the medical group to keep a surgery

:57:54. > :57:58.open in Trimdon. And looking at the figures the House of Commons library

:57:59. > :58:07.have provided a if you look at the kind of prescriptions and the amount

:58:08. > :58:12.that are issued to the residents of Trimdon, 95%, there are more

:58:13. > :58:17.restrictions distributed Internet than in 95% of areas in England and

:58:18. > :58:22.restrictions for gastrointestinal drugs are 48% above the national

:58:23. > :58:29.average, drugs for cardiovascular issues are 50% above the national

:58:30. > :58:35.average, for breathing difficulties 55% above the national average and

:58:36. > :58:38.antidepressants, some of which are issued for chronic pain, 51% above

:58:39. > :58:42.the national average and painkillers themselves are double what are

:58:43. > :58:48.issued over the national average. For the publishing of Trimdon, over

:58:49. > :58:52.40% is over the age of 50 which is well above the average for the rest

:58:53. > :58:55.of the UK of it as an ageing population with chronic health

:58:56. > :59:00.problems. I would say to the medical group, I know the issues and I know

:59:01. > :59:07.you of the best service you can but I do not believe that the closure of

:59:08. > :59:12.the surgery in Trimdon even if his temporary is going to be helpful

:59:13. > :59:16.even when our expansion plans for the surgery in Sedgefield. The

:59:17. > :59:20.surgery in Trimdon is not fit for purpose and therefore it must be

:59:21. > :59:24.made so. I can understand the problem around the shortage of GPs

:59:25. > :59:28.because it is not just an issue for this practice but all over the

:59:29. > :59:38.region and nationally. I know the closure of the Trimdon surgery is

:59:39. > :59:42.temporary and it will reopen in July but they medical groups and they

:59:43. > :59:46.wanted to permanently close the surgery and I said I would oppose

:59:47. > :59:53.that. A bullet in the top ten to percent of the most deprived areas

:59:54. > :59:57.in the country, how can be left without a GP surgery? -- village. Of

:59:58. > :00:01.course there are other surgeries as part of the medical group but for an

:00:02. > :00:05.ageing populations with high levels of chronic illness, forcing them to

:00:06. > :00:07.use other facilities will put pressure on those surgeries,

:00:08. > :00:13.extending waiting times even further. The crisis in GP provision

:00:14. > :00:15.is something that must be looked at nationally because it is now

:00:16. > :00:24.starting to affect people who really need the support and help.

:00:25. > :00:34.Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to speak briefly on the gracious speeches of

:00:35. > :00:37.my first modest contribution to the proceedings of this house. Before I

:00:38. > :00:42.go on I would like to pay tribute to my predecessor, Peter Lilley, who

:00:43. > :00:48.served in this house and served his nation for 34 years. Most honourable

:00:49. > :00:56.members on both sides of the house will be aware of this distinction in

:00:57. > :00:58.high office, serving under the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and also

:00:59. > :01:03.the premiership of John Major and also he is huge intellect and

:01:04. > :01:08.knowledge on a range of subjects. But they may be less aware of the

:01:09. > :01:13.genuine affection with which he is held by the people of Hitchin and

:01:14. > :01:21.Harpenden and I know that from every single day in the general election

:01:22. > :01:26.campaign! And how effectively was as a local constituency MP in addition

:01:27. > :01:33.to all the officers he held. I am inspired by his example. I would

:01:34. > :01:39.also like to thank the people of Hitchin and Harpenden for sending me

:01:40. > :01:44.here. To this house, to this chamber. Hitchin and Harpenden and

:01:45. > :01:47.all of our villages in between is not just physically beautiful,

:01:48. > :01:53.historic, with a landscape and character unique, not just in

:01:54. > :01:58.Hertfordshire but I believe England and this great nation as a whole.

:01:59. > :02:03.But the people, the people are what really makes a place special. And my

:02:04. > :02:10.constituents are special in a very good way! They are kind, open,

:02:11. > :02:15.tolerant, sometimes challenging, they do like writing letters. And it

:02:16. > :02:24.is a great honour to represent them here in this house. I come to this

:02:25. > :02:30.house with no yielded lineage but as a child of immigrants. My mother,

:02:31. > :02:36.born in Britain but grew up in Nigeria, became a pharmacist. My

:02:37. > :02:41.father, born and bred in Nigeria, now an NHS doctor. Both came to this

:02:42. > :02:49.country in the 1980s in search of a better life. In particular, Mr

:02:50. > :02:55.Deputy Speaker, they believed that a good quality education is the key.

:02:56. > :03:01.Not just for giving a child, an individual, a decent start in life,

:03:02. > :03:04.but being the foundation for the future health and prosperity for our

:03:05. > :03:13.society as a whole. They worked incredibly hard, sacrificed a lot,

:03:14. > :03:18.some might say too much, to pay for the best education that Britain

:03:19. > :03:24.could offer and I was immensely fortunate in that. It was indeed an

:03:25. > :03:28.amazing start in life. And it is education that I believe to be at

:03:29. > :03:34.the heart of everything, Mr Speaker. I believe we can do better. During

:03:35. > :03:38.the election campaign there was a lot of debate in my constituency and

:03:39. > :03:44.I know in many others about whether school funding was adequate, or the

:03:45. > :03:50.excessive bureaucracy that teachers still had to put up with. I happen

:03:51. > :03:54.to think we need more of the format and less of the latter. But the

:03:55. > :04:02.debate on education needs to be bigger than that. More fundamental.

:04:03. > :04:06.Are we truly preparing our children for the second industrial revolution

:04:07. > :04:14.we are living through, where we do not know what jobs will be like in

:04:15. > :04:18.ten years, let alone 20? Some on all sides of this house are obsessed

:04:19. > :04:23.around the type of school, whether it be comprehensive, grammar or

:04:24. > :04:30.private. But should we not focus more on outcomes rather than reform?

:04:31. > :04:35.And how do we significantly raise both the morale and the standards of

:04:36. > :04:38.teachers everywhere come in every school? I have promised my

:04:39. > :04:42.constituents that I will bring a relentless focus to this area and I

:04:43. > :04:47.intend to do so for every single day that I am in this house. And it

:04:48. > :04:53.starts with fairer funding for every school and in many areas, yes, that

:04:54. > :04:59.will mean more resources. I enter this house at a time when we face

:05:00. > :05:04.serious challenges as a nation, not just Brexit or indeed health and

:05:05. > :05:07.social care, but the challenge of creating the most dynamic,

:05:08. > :05:10.productive and technologically advanced economy in the world.

:05:11. > :05:17.Education is central to this challenge because it is our future.

:05:18. > :05:21.The world plus human capital produced by our education system

:05:22. > :05:25.needs to be combined with the financial capital investment with

:05:26. > :05:31.better in the structure and a more competitive, simpler tax system for

:05:32. > :05:35.individuals and businesses. That is what the 21st-century new economy

:05:36. > :05:40.looks like, Mr Speaker. Whilst all conservatives believe in world-class

:05:41. > :05:42.education and a dynamic, forward-thinking, free-market

:05:43. > :05:50.economy, we must also consider the type of society we are building

:05:51. > :05:56.together, a just society that, in the words of my right honourable

:05:57. > :06:00.friend the Prime Minister, works for everyone. That means zero tolerance

:06:01. > :06:07.for discrimination. That means making sure our increasingly diverse

:06:08. > :06:11.society of all creeds and races is more cohesive. That means that the

:06:12. > :06:17.poorest among us deserve the right to live not just in recent and, yes,

:06:18. > :06:22.safe social housing, but they also have the right to aspire to own a

:06:23. > :06:28.home of their own. These are the challenges of our age, these are the

:06:29. > :06:32.challenges that we need to meet and I look forward to working with

:06:33. > :06:39.colleagues from all sides of the house on meeting those challenges in

:06:40. > :06:43.our time. I congratulate and very warmly welcomed the honourable

:06:44. > :06:50.manner for Hitchin and Harpenden on a maiden speech both eloquent and

:06:51. > :06:54.self assured. It was a contribution of the highest quality and I think

:06:55. > :06:57.the reaction of colleagues bears testament to the truth of what I

:06:58. > :07:01.have said and in welcoming the honourable gentleman to the house I

:07:02. > :07:05.wish him every success in the course of his parliamentary career.

:07:06. > :07:10.Colleagues, before we continue the debate I have a short announcement

:07:11. > :07:13.to make. The house will know that the election of Deputy speakers took

:07:14. > :07:20.place today and that the ballot was closed at 1:30pm. The counting has

:07:21. > :07:29.now finished. Before I announce the result let me thank effusively I

:07:30. > :07:32.hope on behalf of all colleagues the honourable gentleman and member for

:07:33. > :07:39.South and West and the right honourable gentleman, the member for

:07:40. > :07:43.Knowsley for public spiritedly serving as temporary Deputy speakers

:07:44. > :07:49.during the debates on the Queen's speech. They excelled themselves in

:07:50. > :07:52.that role, they are great public servant and I think the house is

:07:53. > :07:58.extremely appreciative of what they have done.

:07:59. > :08:05.Let me pay this opportunity to pay a warm tribute to Natasha angle,

:08:06. > :08:11.Natasha unfortunately lost her seat at the general election, however she

:08:12. > :08:16.served with real commitment and effectiveness in the Deputy Speaker

:08:17. > :08:23.in the last Parliament and that was coming on top of the period of great

:08:24. > :08:26.distinction as the first share of the backbench business committee in

:08:27. > :08:31.all Natasha's served in this place for 12 years. We thank her for the

:08:32. > :08:42.quality and commitment of the service. I shall now announce the

:08:43. > :08:49.result of the ballot. Mr Lindsay Hoyle was elected Chairman of Ways

:08:50. > :08:56.and Means. Mrs Eleanor Laing was elected as first deputy chairman of

:08:57. > :09:02.ways and Means. Dame Rosie Winterton was elected second deputy chairman

:09:03. > :09:07.of ways and Means. I congratulate all three colleagues who have been

:09:08. > :09:15.elected and I greatly look forward to working with them. I also want to

:09:16. > :09:17.thank the Honourable lady for city and Durham for contesting the

:09:18. > :09:24.election and for all that she has done and continues to do in this

:09:25. > :09:31.house, not least in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association work which

:09:32. > :09:34.she enthusiastically than to great effect and takes. I'm sure we are

:09:35. > :09:42.going to hear a great deal more from her in the years to come in this

:09:43. > :09:48.chamber. The results in the camp will be made as soon as possible and

:09:49. > :09:53.will be published. I hope that we can have one last expression of

:09:54. > :10:06.congratulations with a suitable here here, after which I am keen to

:10:07. > :10:16.proceed with the debate. Well done. Maiden speech Doctor Paul Williams.

:10:17. > :10:23.Mr Speaker thank you for calling me. May I begin by paying tribute to my

:10:24. > :10:27.predecessor James Wharton, he showed a strong commitment to international

:10:28. > :10:31.development and he worked hard for his constituents. I would also like

:10:32. > :10:37.to thank the Member of Parliament before him, Barry Taylor who served

:10:38. > :10:44.Stockton South tirelessly for 13 years and was a formidable advocate

:10:45. > :10:46.for our community. Some of our colleagues were excited to see

:10:47. > :10:53.another doctor in the House, some members have been telling me about

:10:54. > :11:03.their bad backs and other problems that confidentiality and common

:11:04. > :11:11.decency prevent me from divulging. They can join me in keeping fit in

:11:12. > :11:14.my 6am in boot camp if they want. I'm a big physical activity

:11:15. > :11:19.enthusiast and I hope to encourage colleagues to lead active and

:11:20. > :11:21.healthy lifestyles. Mr Speaker, I invite you and other honourable

:11:22. > :11:28.members to set their alarms for tomorrow morning. Mr Speaker

:11:29. > :11:35.Stockton South is a diverse place with a proud history and a strong

:11:36. > :11:39.community with vast potential. It includes the large part of the town

:11:40. > :11:42.of Stockton, a vanguard of the Industrial Revolution and the

:11:43. > :11:47.birthplace of some of the finest ships to ever set sail. Innovation

:11:48. > :11:52.and industry have been a cornerstone in Stockton since the first tracks

:11:53. > :11:56.were laid for the Stockton to Darlington Railway and this is still

:11:57. > :12:02.evident in many of the businesses in the community. Today Stockton shows

:12:03. > :12:06.strong leadership and regional arts, we are proud to provide Sentry to

:12:07. > :12:12.refugees, we have a vibrant voluntary sector and good quality

:12:13. > :12:15.schools. Stockton South also includes yarn with a healthy

:12:16. > :12:22.small-business community, Eaglescliffe with the leading

:12:23. > :12:26.manufacturing business and if Coe. And Thornaby which has a proud

:12:27. > :12:32.history as an RAF base, protecting Teesside's industry. Thornaby was

:12:33. > :12:38.the place Margaret Thatcher walked over the rubble that was once the

:12:39. > :12:43.steel foundry. Her in the sporting wilderness. The people of Stockton

:12:44. > :12:50.South have asked me to dispatch Thatcherism into the wilderness.

:12:51. > :12:59.Diversity and tolerance between people of all faiths this to be

:13:00. > :13:05.cherished. There is also sadly diversity in terms of white health

:13:06. > :13:13.and socioeconomic inequalities that cannot be tolerated. Mr Speaker the

:13:14. > :13:19.life expectancy for some members in my constituency is ten years less

:13:20. > :13:24.than another's. Ten years difference. As a family doctor every

:13:25. > :13:29.day I see too many people who've been left behind. People battling

:13:30. > :13:32.mental health problems, besieged by loneliness and people with learning

:13:33. > :13:38.disabilities who have preventable illnesses. This holds people back

:13:39. > :13:43.and drain the potential, not only is it unjust but it is damaging to all

:13:44. > :13:47.of us. When a person's have become so poor that they cannot work or

:13:48. > :14:01.someone's father does a premature death, we all lose. The people who

:14:02. > :14:09.gain the most other people... We must challenge this so-called

:14:10. > :14:13.inverse care law that most in need are least likely to access health

:14:14. > :14:24.care. We need the most effort to help the most vulnerable. We should

:14:25. > :14:28.invest in making pregnancy safer and better for people from disadvantaged

:14:29. > :14:33.backgrounds. This is where the greatest gains can be made. We

:14:34. > :14:36.should remodel our health system so that prevention is given the status

:14:37. > :14:42.and the resources that are now forward to treatment services. Mr

:14:43. > :14:48.Speaker prevention is better than cure. The Queen's speech has not had

:14:49. > :14:52.anything to say about health inequalities or about our lack of

:14:53. > :15:00.investment in public health. Every single person who cast the vote

:15:01. > :15:05.wanted so much more. They have been let down. The pair who told me they

:15:06. > :15:09.will have to wait three years for their child to get an assessment for

:15:10. > :15:16.autism, they wanted improvements, the family's Wawrinka about the cost

:15:17. > :15:19.of care wanted clarity. Hard-working nurses facing ten years of pay cuts

:15:20. > :15:30.wanted fairness. And inspired a rejuvenated Electra

:15:31. > :15:38.the centre is here change. What an opportunity we have to listen to the

:15:39. > :15:42.voices. From many ordinary mouse came one extraordinary message. We

:15:43. > :15:51.must listen and we must act. Thank you. Hugh Merryman. Thank you Mr

:15:52. > :15:57.Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak in response to the gracious speech

:15:58. > :16:02.but also a pleasure to follow both the honourable Member. Tim Southee

:16:03. > :16:05.and the oral Member for Hitchin and Hartson, two new members, I would

:16:06. > :16:09.have to tell the honourable Member for himself that having ruptured my

:16:10. > :16:15.Achilles twice in the last two years, I will be looking at a pass

:16:16. > :16:23.note with a six in Boots nights but it is reassuring to have a doctor in

:16:24. > :16:29.the House. Kanno are so absolutely praised the contribution from our

:16:30. > :16:37.honourable friend, the Member for Hitchin in an hard to come he'll be

:16:38. > :16:41.reassured today, nonetheless Dora Scott in your constituency who also

:16:42. > :16:49.happens to be my art so will both be keeping an eye out. Mr Speaker I

:16:50. > :16:53.would like to focus on social care. And its impact on health. Being the

:16:54. > :16:57.Member for Bexhill and Battle where we have perhaps a higher proportion

:16:58. > :17:06.of retired than many honourable members in this house, requires me

:17:07. > :17:09.to really speak on their behalf. Mr Speaker in particular with an edge

:17:10. > :17:13.because I know all politicians tend to do when they on the side of the

:17:14. > :17:18.Government the bench, to try to urge that we get some form of consensus

:17:19. > :17:28.when it comes to this pressing issue. It causes me great concern at

:17:29. > :17:34.the moment that despite the extra maybe government has put into the

:17:35. > :17:38.social care system, radical reform is required. I welcome the ?2

:17:39. > :17:47.billion this government has put in earlier in the year but that still

:17:48. > :17:52.remains and funded -- underfunded. They also work on the 3% levy per

:17:53. > :18:02.tonne council tax bills were to my constituency where there is a small

:18:03. > :18:10.proportion, it falls to those people. It concerns me for another

:18:11. > :18:15.problem, intergenerational fairness. Is it right that my new constituents

:18:16. > :18:20.who do not have a home of their own are saving as hard as they can,

:18:21. > :18:23.paying private renting, for the deposit the paying more and more on

:18:24. > :18:29.council tax bills and therefore a home of their own will further be

:18:30. > :18:34.out of sight. We have two looked at funding and radical reform. That is

:18:35. > :18:45.where I would like to pinpoint the manifesto that we stood on. Does he

:18:46. > :18:51.think England should have seen the consequential slumber Northern

:18:52. > :18:58.Ireland deal? That'll be 30- ?40 billion for England which will help

:18:59. > :19:01.greatly in the cases making. One of the concerns she had when I looked

:19:02. > :19:05.at the Winter fuel allowance and the amount of money that we would put

:19:06. > :19:10.back into health as a result is that some of the money could help find

:19:11. > :19:15.the Scotland and Scotland already has the ability and make the

:19:16. > :19:19.decision to fund in that way so my concern is that as we devolve ever

:19:20. > :19:25.more powers to Scotland that is we don't get asked to devolve evermore

:19:26. > :19:32.finance to pay for its. I'll come back to a main telephone May. With

:19:33. > :19:36.respect to social care and the consensus and the intergenerational

:19:37. > :19:41.fairness, I would very much be looking at the idea contained in my

:19:42. > :19:48.party's manifesto because they were ideas that were worthy of more

:19:49. > :19:51.thought than was afforded by those in the opposition parties. I found

:19:52. > :19:55.it distressing that where we have honourable constituents, they were

:19:56. > :19:59.receiving literature through the letterbox is saying under the

:20:00. > :20:04.Conservatives, you will be forced to sell your home in order to get a

:20:05. > :20:07.residential care. That was put out by opposition parties in this case

:20:08. > :20:11.the Liberal Democrats when in fact it was in our manifesto that was

:20:12. > :20:17.changing the current practice of houses being sold. So it was cool

:20:18. > :20:21.completely misinterpreting the position. And worse it was doing so

:20:22. > :20:29.to a group in our community that of honourable to this type of scare

:20:30. > :20:34.tactic. In addition if I may the focus also relating to pensions,

:20:35. > :20:39.whilst I absolutely agree it would do in a constituency like mine, that

:20:40. > :20:42.we look after those on pensions, especially those on fixed incomes

:20:43. > :20:47.who have had no return over the last few years. It is equally true to say

:20:48. > :20:55.that the triple lock has given a 22% increase in pensions whereas

:20:56. > :21:01.earnings have only risen by just over 7% and prices by 12%. We have

:21:02. > :21:05.to look at the intergenerational fairness that this brings. We have

:21:06. > :21:12.to ask ourselves how we can ensure as well as equipping our elderly

:21:13. > :21:14.retired to make sure that they can continue it means, we also look

:21:15. > :21:19.after those who are ultimately going to be funding it. I'm absolutely

:21:20. > :21:24.delighted that this government is pushing ahead the consultation

:21:25. > :21:29.exercise, I absolutely believe that when it comes to contributions and

:21:30. > :21:33.social care, we should ask those people who can afford it takes on

:21:34. > :21:38.form of individual responsibility than to actually make this payments

:21:39. > :21:43.rather than effectively seeing the taxpayer subordinated to those that

:21:44. > :21:48.would inherit it. Yes I agree those people have worked hard all their

:21:49. > :21:54.lives but ultimately I want to make sure those people have the best

:21:55. > :21:59.quality social care that will not happen unless we reformed so ask all

:22:00. > :22:02.members and Right Honourable members to bouts think of the

:22:03. > :22:06.intergenerational fairness and to perhaps ask for those who can afford

:22:07. > :22:11.it to make more of a contributions are therefore those people starting

:22:12. > :22:15.off on the ladder who not only have to think of buying property on the

:22:16. > :22:19.home but also are saving for their own ages have the opportunity as

:22:20. > :22:21.well because without taking that adult decision we will never get any

:22:22. > :22:31.further reforming social care. Congratulations on your return back

:22:32. > :22:37.here, Madam Deputy Speaker, can I also make a plea on behalf on my

:22:38. > :22:41.schools? In a school manifesto platform, a hustings where all three

:22:42. > :22:44.candidates were there, the point I make to those school pupils was that

:22:45. > :22:47.there was no point in getting something today because you will

:22:48. > :22:51.have to pay for it tomorrow and more than anybody you will pay for it

:22:52. > :22:55.tomorrow. Despite what has been said about the popularity of our party

:22:56. > :22:57.with the young, more people in that school voted for the Conservative

:22:58. > :23:01.candidate than any other because they recognise we have the policies

:23:02. > :23:08.to deliver for them as well as those who are retired. David Hanson. Thank

:23:09. > :23:12.you, Madam Deputy Speaker and could I congratulate you on your election

:23:13. > :23:15.and also the right honourable members for Chorley and Doncaster

:23:16. > :23:21.Central on the elections to support the speaker in what is a fantastic

:23:22. > :23:26.role in this house. Could I also congratulate the honourable member

:23:27. > :23:29.for Hitchin and Harpenden on the continent maiden speech. Could I

:23:30. > :23:34.also particularly welcome my honourable friend from Stockton

:23:35. > :23:38.South on his maiden speech and he will bring great knowledge to this

:23:39. > :23:41.house and as a Labour gain in the election and perfectly pleased to

:23:42. > :23:47.see him. This was the eighth election I have fought in my

:23:48. > :23:52.constituency and the seven I have won so I I am pleased to be back

:23:53. > :23:56.because as ever, I have never got into an election where I have known

:23:57. > :24:00.I would win and this was particularly tough. But it is

:24:01. > :24:05.important that, having returned to this house, I represent all the

:24:06. > :24:09.people of my constituency and ensure issues are raised and important to

:24:10. > :24:12.them. The Prime Minister called this election about Brexit, the Queen's

:24:13. > :24:16.speech is largely about Brexit but the issue my constituents have

:24:17. > :24:22.brought forward were anything but Brexit most of the time. They were

:24:23. > :24:25.arguing about jobs, security, public spending, austerity and particularly

:24:26. > :24:29.about the issue I want to focus on today which is security and

:24:30. > :24:34.policing. Not just because in the middle of this election campaign we

:24:35. > :24:38.had the horrific events in Manchester, in Borough Market and

:24:39. > :24:42.latterly in Finsbury Park, but also we Muamba incident in this house

:24:43. > :24:47.earlier this year when a brave police officer lost his life

:24:48. > :24:50.defending our liberties -- we remember an incident. It is

:24:51. > :24:54.important to focus on the security and policing and on four particular

:24:55. > :24:57.areas. I want to know from the government how they intend to

:24:58. > :25:01.increase police numbers and what they intend to do to make sure that

:25:02. > :25:09.now has changed as my right honourable friend said, because we

:25:10. > :25:11.have now changed in relation to the focus on policing following

:25:12. > :25:16.incidents but also following the acceptance that austerity has been a

:25:17. > :25:19.difficult challenge for this community at large. I want to know

:25:20. > :25:24.what progress has been made on improving armed police because that

:25:25. > :25:29.is an issue we need to focus on particularly. I want to know what

:25:30. > :25:33.happened in relation to the European arrest warrant, and Europol, which

:25:34. > :25:36.the government so far have not committed to in the discussions to

:25:37. > :25:41.date and I want to know what plans they have done at terrorism

:25:42. > :25:45.legislation as a matter of course because the position with regard to

:25:46. > :25:48.policing has changed dramatically over the seven years of this

:25:49. > :25:54.government. We know what those figures are but it is worth

:25:55. > :26:02.repeating. We had 144,235 police officers on the street of Britain in

:26:03. > :26:07.2010 and we have now lost 21,376 officers since that time. We had a

:26:08. > :26:11.reduction of over 6000 police and community support officers in that

:26:12. > :26:17.time and firearms officers which the Home Secretary seems to trumpet but

:26:18. > :26:23.it can be seen earlier have reduced by over 1337th in that period. This

:26:24. > :26:30.is important because we need to focus on how we re-entered the

:26:31. > :26:35.police in this country at large. The situation is simply that police on

:26:36. > :26:39.the ground help reassure communities, help strengthen

:26:40. > :26:43.neighbourhood policing but also help with the big challenges of terrorism

:26:44. > :26:47.by being embedded in the community and picking up intelligence and

:26:48. > :26:54.ensuring they recognise some of the challenges of vulnerable adults from

:26:55. > :26:57.both fascist right and extremist Islamist terrorist potential on the

:26:58. > :27:00.other side of the spectrum. That policing on the ground makes a

:27:01. > :27:05.difference. If we look at the challenges we have we could ever

:27:06. > :27:12.forget that the lower number of police officers we have now are

:27:13. > :27:17.stretched very significantly. Having served as police Minister, he will

:27:18. > :27:23.remember the importance of the Minister defends police in providing

:27:24. > :27:28.security and stability in many of our important national

:27:29. > :27:33.infrastructure. Is to be a pole .5 million cut in the Ministry of

:27:34. > :27:36.Defence policing this year? -- 12.5 million. That means there will be

:27:37. > :27:42.less armed police officers a blue to support Home Office police. --

:27:43. > :27:45.available to support. It is important to indicate what the

:27:46. > :27:50.government means when they say uplifting in the number of armed

:27:51. > :27:55.police officers. We have a down lift of over 1500 armed officers. I give

:27:56. > :27:59.praise certainly to the speed and effectiveness of the response here

:28:00. > :28:08.in London and indeed in Manchester but the events in London happened

:28:09. > :28:11.within one mile of a significant armed police presence here. If that

:28:12. > :28:14.event happened in other parts of the country would have been a great

:28:15. > :28:19.difficulty in meeting the objectives and trying to get an armed police

:28:20. > :28:23.respond effectively at the speed which we would expect and which was

:28:24. > :28:28.delivered by brave police officers here in London. We have a situation

:28:29. > :28:34.whereby more police officers now are reporting sick because of the

:28:35. > :28:37.stress. We have seen since 2010 an increase of around 1500 police

:28:38. > :28:40.officers who have taken sick leave each year over that period of time

:28:41. > :28:44.and that is because they are under pressure because they are under

:28:45. > :28:51.stress and have not got the level of numbers we have had in the past. It

:28:52. > :28:55.should be remembered that police officers do not do 24 hour shifts,

:28:56. > :29:00.they take holiday, they sleep, they have time off. Those police officer

:29:01. > :29:07.numbers we have our very thinly stretched. Also we should recall the

:29:08. > :29:14.fact that the police up as a cohort is ageing. We currently have now

:29:15. > :29:18.increased with nearly 50% of police officers in the higher age range of

:29:19. > :29:22.police numbers. Unless we recruit effectively and speedily, we will

:29:23. > :29:26.not have the level of police we would wish to see in our community

:29:27. > :29:30.at large. I want to look at the other issue which I mentioned

:29:31. > :29:33.earlier which is that of the European arrest warrant and the

:29:34. > :29:36.European matters we face as part of Brexit. Yesterday in answer to a

:29:37. > :29:43.question that I asked the Prime Minister she said, as regards Cobra,

:29:44. > :29:47.Europol and the European Arrest Warrant, those will be matters for

:29:48. > :29:52.negotiation. I'm very sorry, they should be matters for negotiations,

:29:53. > :29:57.they should be matters which we are committed to as a United Kingdom

:29:58. > :30:01.government to participate in in the future. The European Arrest Warrant,

:30:02. > :30:07.Eurojust and Europol arts organisations which we need to

:30:08. > :30:09.ensure we tackle crime, stop terrorism, bring back people to this

:30:10. > :30:13.country who have committed heinous offences and export people to other

:30:14. > :30:17.countries who have committed Venus offences. I want a commitment from

:30:18. > :30:23.the government as soon as possible that they will commit to the

:30:24. > :30:25.European Arrest Warrant, Eurojust and the European Security

:30:26. > :30:29.cooperation measures that make so much difference to our lives and

:30:30. > :30:32.security. This is Queen's speech will be voted against the night and

:30:33. > :30:41.lightly until we get clarification on those key issues. Mike Wood.

:30:42. > :30:47.Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. All members will have their own examples

:30:48. > :30:51.of mental health casework. Often these constituents will have

:30:52. > :30:58.attended an advice surgery or send an e-mail for help about different

:30:59. > :31:04.problems entirely. It could be housing, employment or welfare it

:31:05. > :31:10.could even be a problem involving the criminal justice system. But it

:31:11. > :31:14.soon becomes clear after just a few questions and a little bit of

:31:15. > :31:22.probing that the underlying problem is one of undiagnosed or perhaps

:31:23. > :31:26.unsupported mental illness. Poor mental weakens people's life chances

:31:27. > :31:36.and many of the effects of also further aggravate the impact of

:31:37. > :31:42.mental illness. Sadly, an increasing proportion of the cases coming into

:31:43. > :31:46.our surgeries involved children suffering from poor mental health.

:31:47. > :31:50.Together with the Green paper on children and young people's mental

:31:51. > :31:56.health, I am pleased that the government has committed the ?1.4

:31:57. > :31:59.billion by 2020. It is absolutely the right thing to do and it will

:32:00. > :32:03.transform mental health treatment for children and young people and we

:32:04. > :32:10.all need to make sure that it is properly directed and spent in those

:32:11. > :32:15.areas where it was intended. Because it is a shocking fact that one in

:32:16. > :32:20.ten children in this country has a diagnosable mental health condition.

:32:21. > :32:24.I am pleased that the Prime Minister launched the mental health first aid

:32:25. > :32:30.training scheme expansion for secondary schools yesterday. It is

:32:31. > :32:34.essential that we do more to deliver early intervention, to support

:32:35. > :32:43.people's mental health rather than relying so heavily on acute mental

:32:44. > :32:48.health services. Once cases have deteriorated, sometimes to the point

:32:49. > :32:52.of psychosis. It is the difference between treating an illness rather

:32:53. > :32:57.than just tackling the immediate symptoms. A distinction that would

:32:58. > :33:02.be so obvious for physical health that surely nobody would argue

:33:03. > :33:08.against it. And that means making sure the training for GPs allows

:33:09. > :33:11.them to identify mental health conditions in patients who may have

:33:12. > :33:15.presented with a completely different illness. It also means

:33:16. > :33:23.making sure the continuous professional development for GPs

:33:24. > :33:26.allows them to keep up so that more senior GPs also have the

:33:27. > :33:33.understanding we need of mental health. And it means securing access

:33:34. > :33:37.to successful programmes like that introduced by the previous

:33:38. > :33:42.government and continued by this and other talking therapies where

:33:43. > :33:46.alternatives to drug based treatment are appropriate. I am pleased that

:33:47. > :33:52.the Mental Health Act is to be reformed pulls up it was doubtlessly

:33:53. > :33:59.introduced with the very best intentions and has suddenly had many

:34:00. > :34:03.beneficial effects. But in too many cases the starting point seems to be

:34:04. > :34:09.that it treats people with mental illness somehow as threats that need

:34:10. > :34:12.to be contained rather than as patients who need treatment and

:34:13. > :34:17.support. Of course there are times when people need to be detained,

:34:18. > :34:23.either for their own protection or for the protection of the public and

:34:24. > :34:26.those around them, but then the focus must be on medical treatment

:34:27. > :34:35.rather than what is effectively imprisonment. In terms of providing

:34:36. > :34:43.that support and the right environment, my honourable friend

:34:44. > :34:48.showed his appreciation to the government for the mental health

:34:49. > :34:51.hospital which has just opened in my constituency which will go a long

:34:52. > :34:56.way to providing that kind of support in the local community. I

:34:57. > :35:02.thank my honourable friend for that intervention and I absolutely agree

:35:03. > :35:06.and of course as part of the increased capital investment that

:35:07. > :35:10.the Prime Minister announced earlier this year, the ?10 billion of

:35:11. > :35:16.capital investment for the NHS will mean that not only will new

:35:17. > :35:21.buildings like the one my honourable friend referred to and indeed the

:35:22. > :35:25.new hospital in the West Midlands become more common colour but it

:35:26. > :35:32.will also improve the infrastructure that means our NHS can become more

:35:33. > :35:40.effective, such as the new urgent care centre at my own local hospital

:35:41. > :35:44.in Russells Hall. The Secretary of State should take great pride in the

:35:45. > :35:51.changes he has introduced to guidance on sections 135 and 136

:35:52. > :35:56.which means that a safe place should now usually be a place where

:35:57. > :36:00.patients can receive medical help rather than the default position of

:36:01. > :36:05.being a police cell. It is time for those changes now to be given a

:36:06. > :36:16.statutory footing and I hope the new bill will deliver that. Parity of

:36:17. > :36:21.esteem means that people with mental health conditions should have the

:36:22. > :36:28.same respect, equivalent status, the same dignity, as people with

:36:29. > :36:32.physical health conditions. It is obviously a positive step that that

:36:33. > :36:37.has been legislated for and I hope that we will see more and more

:36:38. > :36:42.efforts to make sure that that commitment becomes a reality for our

:36:43. > :36:47.constituents who are receiving treatment for mental health. And

:36:48. > :36:53.Madam Deputy Speaker, if I may briefly speak of my own experience

:36:54. > :37:00.of the health service, as some honourable friends know, I did get

:37:01. > :37:06.rather more direct and personal experience of our hospitals and GPs

:37:07. > :37:11.and outpatient clinics that I perhaps planned at the start of this

:37:12. > :37:17.year. And I would like to place on record my thanks to the doctors and

:37:18. > :37:20.consultants and nurses and support staff who were all absolutely

:37:21. > :37:27.fantastic in keeping the alive and meaning that I am here.

:37:28. > :37:39.It has also given me the chance to work with the formidable Ron Daniels

:37:40. > :37:47.so I hope during the course of this Parliament... That are estimated

:37:48. > :37:56.would save a quarter of the 44,000 lives that are lost every year to

:37:57. > :38:00.sepsis. Simple measures like instigating the National Registry to

:38:01. > :38:06.accurately record the true burden. Raising awareness nationally and

:38:07. > :38:16.also looking at commissioning levels to reinforce best practice. Doctor

:38:17. > :38:20.Philippa Whitford. Thank you very much, my congratulations on your

:38:21. > :38:26.re-election. I would like to echo what the honourable Member said in

:38:27. > :38:32.highlighting that across all for NHS services the biggest challenge is

:38:33. > :38:35.facing increased demand from an ageing population with huge

:38:36. > :38:46.workforce challenges. These are being aggravated by Brexit, also the

:38:47. > :38:55.1% pay Capcom members rightly paid should be to emergency services, it

:38:56. > :39:12.is now time we met the rhetoric with decent salaries. When I made my

:39:13. > :39:17.maiden speech two years ago, not from the point of view in replacing

:39:18. > :39:27.weapons of mass destruction that the security that comes to knowing you

:39:28. > :39:36.have a roof over your head. People of Grenfell were failed, they were

:39:37. > :39:39.failed by governments scrimping and saving and successive UK Government

:39:40. > :39:47.to did not act on warnings. The first issue raised was due to a

:39:48. > :39:57.fatal fire in my constituency and 99 when a disabled man lost his life.

:39:58. > :40:03.It is imperative in the wake of this tragedy that the way to establish

:40:04. > :40:07.the fact, one of the facts that we do know that local authorities had

:40:08. > :40:13.almost a quarter of ?1 billion in reserve so there is a good

:40:14. > :40:17.implication that it wasn't about saving, it may well have then that

:40:18. > :40:28.there were other serious failures that we await the full public

:40:29. > :40:33.enquiry. I was not saying they were saving because they didn't have

:40:34. > :40:38.money but that they were not sending spending the money. They did in

:40:39. > :40:44.putting sprinklers, we have 600 plus buildings across London and England

:40:45. > :40:49.that are covered in these panels, that clearly contained flammable

:40:50. > :40:52.materials, they do not have, we hear from Camden missing fire doors

:40:53. > :40:58.despite spending millions so there has been a focus on appearance and

:40:59. > :41:15.not on the substance of the building. Can I appeal to her to

:41:16. > :41:21.look at the evidence base before making claims because words are

:41:22. > :41:23.important and we have established an enquiry and then make

:41:24. > :41:34.recommendations and until then I think our remarks are premature.

:41:35. > :41:42.Other fighters have clearly been shown to relate to cladding were

:41:43. > :41:54.sprinklers could have made a difference so we have been warned

:41:55. > :41:59.repeatedly over the 18 years. They also died because of inequality.

:42:00. > :42:02.They lived in the richest borough in the richest city but yet they

:42:03. > :42:12.contained amongst the most poor and vulnerable. That tower is a shadow

:42:13. > :42:20.over the city and the people in it are not well served. We see people

:42:21. > :42:24.dying in Grenfell, dying in horror and dying suddenly and yet people

:42:25. > :42:33.die of inequality and deprivation all the time. We see a 20 year gap

:42:34. > :42:38.between longevity and the poorest in life expectancy and healthy life

:42:39. > :42:48.expectancy. 1400 children under 15 die every year as a direct result of

:42:49. > :42:59.poverty. Surely if that was happening we would be taking action.

:43:00. > :43:06.I again reiterate the comments, with the utmost respect which she agree

:43:07. > :43:11.that no one side in this place has a a hold on the moral things that

:43:12. > :43:15.guide us, all of us come into this place to make life better for all

:43:16. > :43:20.our constituents and the eradication of poverty runs deep into the root

:43:21. > :43:25.of conservatism as elsewhere in the House. If the lady had listened to

:43:26. > :43:30.what I says she would have heard I said UK governments, I talked about

:43:31. > :43:33.18 years, that is not one governments, that is repeated

:43:34. > :43:39.governments who have been complacent and who have not taken action. The

:43:40. > :43:44.children who are dying because they are born into poverty diet of low

:43:45. > :43:48.birth weight, chronic illness, suicide, road traffic accidents and

:43:49. > :44:05.poignantly, they dive house fires. The children who live, they lose

:44:06. > :44:13.their chance to succeed at school, child poverty is now approaching 4

:44:14. > :44:26.million. That is an indictment on everybody, an average of 40% live in

:44:27. > :44:30.poverty possesses an average that hides the inequality across the UK.

:44:31. > :44:36.There are wards of the North of England where actually it reaches

:44:37. > :44:46.the high 40s. -- that is nearly half of the children in that area growing

:44:47. > :44:55.up in poverty. If we thing that saves money we are wrong because

:44:56. > :45:03.we'll be picking up the pieces. We need to tackle this now. The biggest

:45:04. > :45:07.driver on ill-health as poverty and the biggest driver of poverty is the

:45:08. > :45:15.decisions that we make. We have heard to cuts to welfare act in 2012

:45:16. > :45:20.and 2015. That is when child poverty should stop falling Star rising.

:45:21. > :45:27.We have a responsibility as a promise to keep saying to every

:45:28. > :45:37.single person across this country. That includes children of this

:45:38. > :45:45.country. I just wonder if the Right Honourable Member is aware of the

:45:46. > :45:48.news today that the 20 coaches in EU, dear UK has the fifth lowest

:45:49. > :46:05.rate of child poverty. Last year we had a government that

:46:06. > :46:11.was trying to get rid of child poverty by putting a pen through it

:46:12. > :46:16.and removing the title from the commission for social mobility in

:46:17. > :46:22.child poverty and also abandoning the child poverty act and the

:46:23. > :46:26.commitment and measuring income because let's face it come at the

:46:27. > :46:39.money you have in your family has no contribution.

:46:40. > :46:54.To invest in their future and to not allow them to be cast aside because

:46:55. > :47:04.we will pay the price later. Maiden speech: Clark. -- Colin Clark. I am

:47:05. > :47:09.delighted to see a fellow Scot in the chair and congratulations. It is

:47:10. > :47:18.an honour to follow the honourable Member for central Irish. -- Central

:47:19. > :47:27.Ayrshire. The constituency was formed in 1983 and was loyally

:47:28. > :47:33.represented by two members. He was an able and well admired Member of

:47:34. > :47:38.Parliament, he became a Member of the Council in 2006, was knighted in

:47:39. > :47:43.2009. Lord Bruce of Dennehy. They wish to play Chile to my immediate

:47:44. > :47:49.predecessor Alex Salmond who was elected to Gordon in 2015. A former

:47:50. > :47:55.First Minister for Scotland he served both as Westminster and

:47:56. > :48:17.Holyrood, he was a parliamentarian for 30 years. I wish him all the

:48:18. > :48:22.very best. The home of the Gordon clan... This is good productive land

:48:23. > :48:30.on a scale that can compete dominated by family farms. It

:48:31. > :48:33.contains large parts of north Aberdeen rapidly expanding during

:48:34. > :48:37.the boom years and it is shown resilience. Industrious it has

:48:38. > :48:46.adapted to lower oil prices and I look forward to the city. Gordon has

:48:47. > :48:50.a diverse economy, a resilient economy by local entrepreneurs, an

:48:51. > :48:53.area of enterprise and employment, the number of registered businesses

:48:54. > :48:59.has grown from four and half thousand to 5000 200/5 years. Having

:49:00. > :49:08.seen downturns in the North Sea, many companies have moved focus

:49:09. > :49:14.overseas. Technology built a manufactured in the north-east and

:49:15. > :49:17.unique engineering techniques applicable to other injuries.

:49:18. > :49:34.Offshore oil and gas is focused on efficiency. This is to promote other

:49:35. > :49:50.industries such as tourism. The area is well served by hotels and very

:49:51. > :49:56.well served by golf courses. , during the Dail Broom there was

:49:57. > :50:06.thrust of high rent business rates increasing 100% and not unusual and

:50:07. > :50:12.coincide with the fragile recovery. It damages employment and damages

:50:13. > :50:16.sentiment and we are at risk of displacing jobs. The Scottish

:50:17. > :50:26.Government is committed every penny raised locally would stay local. It

:50:27. > :50:29.was none other than my predecessor, I ask that regional councils keep

:50:30. > :50:46.the funds if they so choose. Farming in Scotland is the bedrock

:50:47. > :50:58.of the food and drink industry, it accounts for 90% of total

:50:59. > :51:01.manufacturing and supports 360 jobs, agriculture, achieving a fair share

:51:02. > :51:03.of the high street price for being the bedrock of the food and drink

:51:04. > :51:20.industry. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary serves

:51:21. > :51:25.600,000 people and we depend upon its continued expertise. It is of

:51:26. > :51:28.the utmost importance that it preserves its international

:51:29. > :51:32.representation as a teaching hospital, in the last few years it

:51:33. > :51:35.has risked playing second fiddle to the hospitals of Glasgow and

:51:36. > :51:41.Edinburgh and the people of Gordon would ask you to respect the

:51:42. > :51:47.geography. It is 3-4 hours travel time to the central belt and we need

:51:48. > :51:52.to look at the shortage of doctors and nurses. Gordon like so many

:51:53. > :51:55.areas has an ageing population and I would encourage the Minister to

:51:56. > :51:57.bring the debate into the open and how we best prepare for demands on

:51:58. > :52:04.our services. Gordon and the whole of the

:52:05. > :52:09.Northeast make a huge conurbation to the Scottish and UK economy, paying

:52:10. > :52:16.for the services we all depend on, it is not an area of privilege but

:52:17. > :52:21.area of hard work, an area of new start-ups and reinvention, of

:52:22. > :52:24.enterprise and employment. Gordon is outward looking constituency, a

:52:25. > :52:29.confident area of optimism and growth is ready to embrace

:52:30. > :52:31.opportunities including Brexit. Through the democratic process

:52:32. > :52:38.Gordon has fiercely defended its place in the United Kingdom. I would

:52:39. > :52:42.suggest to the honourable members opposite this country needs to talk

:52:43. > :52:49.up its opportunities, its position in the world, and be positive about

:52:50. > :52:55.the road that lies before us. Doctor Lisa Cameron. Many thanks, Madam

:52:56. > :53:00.Deputy Speaker and a warm welcome back to your place in the house. I

:53:01. > :53:04.would also like to congratulate the honourable member for Gordon for an

:53:05. > :53:07.excellent maiden speech and welcome him to the house and also I'm sure

:53:08. > :53:14.he will serve his constituents extremely well also I welcome indeed

:53:15. > :53:20.the focus and investment that we have heard of in the Queen's speech

:53:21. > :53:26.in regard to mental health. Parity of esteem must be achieved. I would

:53:27. > :53:29.also prefer the house to my register and background in psychology. In

:53:30. > :53:34.Scotland we have a mental health Minister, we have continued

:53:35. > :53:39.prioritisation and someone who will lead that forward. I'm also

:53:40. > :53:43.extremely happy to be named the mental health spokesperson for my

:53:44. > :53:48.party in this house because we are also prioritising mental health

:53:49. > :53:52.here. A number of decades ago in the 1990s which is unfortunately showing

:53:53. > :53:58.my age when I started as a young psychologist in the NHS, patients

:53:59. > :54:03.could actually wait for up to a year to receive treatment which was

:54:04. > :54:07.absolutely ineffectual. They came with problems one year after the

:54:08. > :54:13.problem had started and often they had changed or multiplied. I welcome

:54:14. > :54:17.that we have across the United Kingdom been trying to establish

:54:18. > :54:22.waiting times and that is an important step forward for all. Time

:54:23. > :54:28.is crucial in terms of delivery of services. I would say I think it is

:54:29. > :54:32.extremely important that additional funding goes to those on the front

:54:33. > :54:38.line to clinicians. Most reviews since the 1990s that I have sat upon

:54:39. > :54:43.as a clinician at that time sought to increase the number of management

:54:44. > :54:47.staff in our NHS but it is extremely important that funding goes to the

:54:48. > :54:51.front line, the key professionals who deliver the services and

:54:52. > :54:55.particularly in relation to mental health, that has to be mental health

:54:56. > :55:00.practitioners so I would welcome some words from the Secretary of

:55:01. > :55:02.State regarding ensuring that prioritisation goes to start at the

:55:03. > :55:09.front line for the funding that is produced. Training of staff is also

:55:10. > :55:14.crucial and my honourable friend has spoken about the impact of Brexit

:55:15. > :55:19.and we cannot take it lightly. It is extremely important we have

:55:20. > :55:22.workforce planning. In recent weeks I have been contacted by concerned

:55:23. > :55:28.psychologist... Does my honourable colleague recognised the impact

:55:29. > :55:35.Brexit will have on staffing in that we have a 95% fall in EU nurses

:55:36. > :55:39.registering to come here and up to 60% of doctors in a GMC survey

:55:40. > :55:47.saying they would go back which would honestly threaten the issues

:55:48. > :55:51.of starving in the north-east. As always the honourable lady makes an

:55:52. > :55:55.excellent point and yes, it goes to the crux, because with Brexit

:55:56. > :56:00.looming we must ensure that our NHS and social care services continued

:56:01. > :56:04.to be adequately resourced and staffed and those are crucial issues

:56:05. > :56:09.I would wish to be taken forward. In recent weeks there has been a

:56:10. > :56:12.specific issue and I have been contacted by concerned psychologist

:56:13. > :56:18.is indicating particular worries regarding funding for their

:56:19. > :56:23.profession. If we are going to place mental health as a priority in the

:56:24. > :56:27.core of what we do, surely we have to ensure that funding for clinical

:56:28. > :56:31.psychologists continues in terms of their placements and I would very

:56:32. > :56:36.much welcome comment from the Secretary of State and reassurance

:56:37. > :56:41.in that regard. I want to briefly speak about services for people who

:56:42. > :56:49.have autistic spectrum disorder because many constituents come to me

:56:50. > :56:52.whose families are concerned that the children might merit a diagnosis

:56:53. > :56:58.of autism but continue to find this can be difficult and I am sure given

:56:59. > :57:03.the background I have done it is the same across the UK. Diagnosis as

:57:04. > :57:08.early as possible is absolutely crucial to ensure access to services

:57:09. > :57:13.and ensure that children meet their full potential. What level of

:57:14. > :57:17.funding will be made available and will any be ring fenced for

:57:18. > :57:23.diagnosis and particularly those with specific needs such as autistic

:57:24. > :57:27.spectrum disorder? I wanted to speak about child and adolescent mental

:57:28. > :57:32.health services. A real issue of command at the current time.

:57:33. > :57:37.Prevention is absolutely key and early detection is important,

:57:38. > :57:41.meaning that teachers will be important alongside parents and must

:57:42. > :57:46.have a point of contact in primary care they can reach in order to

:57:47. > :57:51.ensure that treatment and support can be taken forward. There is

:57:52. > :57:56.concern from professional bodies in relation to inpatient beds being

:57:57. > :58:01.made available within the locale and I have recently read reports that

:58:02. > :58:08.one patient from Somerset, a child, was sent for care in the Highlands,

:58:09. > :58:20.587 miles away. In terms of in patient beds come out of every beds,

:58:21. > :58:25.use of out of area beds has risen and it must be addressed. The

:58:26. > :58:31.knock-on effect of slashing mental health beds may be that A beds

:58:32. > :58:36.figures less are down but we need particular investment in mental

:58:37. > :58:41.health beds and ring fencing of money for mental health beds and

:58:42. > :58:48.services. Just to finish I want to mention the very important aspect

:58:49. > :58:53.that we sometimes forget which is in relation to mental health support

:58:54. > :59:00.for carers. Carers often feel at the very forefront of the crisis when it

:59:01. > :59:03.happens and we must look at services and funding to protect carers to

:59:04. > :59:09.ensure they have access to the support they need at the greatest

:59:10. > :59:14.time of crisis. Public sector pay is something that has been discussed

:59:15. > :59:20.widely across the house today and obviously pay recommendations must

:59:21. > :59:24.be reviewed. Many nurses and health care perpetual had been receiving

:59:25. > :59:29.paid at a level which, given information, as men they have

:59:30. > :59:35.effectively received a pay cut and that has to be taken forward -- it

:59:36. > :59:39.has meant. We cannot rely on our crucial health services in the time

:59:40. > :59:42.of need, we must also walk the walk and ensure we pay them effectively

:59:43. > :59:51.and fairleads and give them the justice they deserve. -- and fairly.

:59:52. > :59:54.It is delightful to see you back in your rightful place, and a delight

:59:55. > :59:59.to follow the honourable lady opposite as well because I predict

:00:00. > :00:02.we want to talk on mental health services, particularly those for

:00:03. > :00:07.children. I know it is a very sad case that many young people have

:00:08. > :00:11.troubled existences in school and it sometimes takes quite a long while

:00:12. > :00:14.to get a diagnosis for young people that they are suffering from mental

:00:15. > :00:26.health problems. Over the years I'm sure all colleagues will have seen

:00:27. > :00:29.people in their surgeries, desperate parents, and as a parent myself I

:00:30. > :00:30.can say there was nothing more desperate than feeling that your

:00:31. > :00:33.child is friendless, singled out, left out, missing out on what they

:00:34. > :00:36.should have as one of the happy period of their lives. What I would

:00:37. > :00:38.like to suggest to the Secretary of State going forward with the child

:00:39. > :00:42.and mental health services is that we look at how we can seamlessly

:00:43. > :00:47.integrate them with the schooling that children often are receiving or

:00:48. > :00:51.missing out on as a result of their conditions. One of the things told

:00:52. > :00:58.me by parents who have visited my surgery is that too their existing

:00:59. > :01:01.systems, the school system were a problem might be raised and the

:01:02. > :01:04.child and mental health service system where problems are being

:01:05. > :01:08.raised and parents are having to tell the same issues over and over

:01:09. > :01:14.again. There is no transparency of knowledge about the individual 's

:01:15. > :01:19.case and I had one rebel situation where parents were being pursued by

:01:20. > :01:25.the School for apparently true and sing of a young person and yet that

:01:26. > :01:29.young person was unable to escape from their room because of the utter

:01:30. > :01:35.mental trauma they were experiencing at the time and it took a huge

:01:36. > :01:40.amount of work to ensure that that young person got some degree of

:01:41. > :01:43.education at home. What I think is the way forward for many of our

:01:44. > :01:50.services is an integration with other services. I would like to make

:01:51. > :01:54.the plea that the child and mental health services has a better hook up

:01:55. > :01:59.with the educational services. It should never be that one group of

:02:00. > :02:06.professionals is not able to discuss the matter with another group to try

:02:07. > :02:12.to make, if a child or young person is having a period of ill or a

:02:13. > :02:16.crisis, should be conveyed to the school. I know there are all sorts

:02:17. > :02:21.of issues to do with protection of privacy but if a young person's

:02:22. > :02:26.opportunities to gain education qualifications are slipping away and

:02:27. > :02:30.it is impossible to get for a double home schooling or some sort of tutor

:02:31. > :02:33.support at home because there is not that dialogue, that is something we

:02:34. > :02:38.need to look at and that is why I'm so pleased to see there will be this

:02:39. > :02:43.Green paper and part about is considering how families get about

:02:44. > :02:47.mental health and treatment and also about how the Mental Health Act is

:02:48. > :02:56.included on the ground. I think we should look across the board at

:02:57. > :03:00.pharmacies. It is a debate that pharmacies should be encouraged to

:03:01. > :03:05.do more and not just be paid for the number of prescriptions they are

:03:06. > :03:10.dispensing. And to try to bring together some honourable members

:03:11. > :03:13.talk about loneliness, about dementia, and I'm absolutely certain

:03:14. > :03:17.there is a role for pharmacies to be able to make some seamless

:03:18. > :03:20.transition between drugs and care that is being given out as well as

:03:21. > :03:24.being able to be a listening service as well and I would like to see

:03:25. > :03:31.pharmacies doing far more and being encouraged to integrate more with

:03:32. > :03:35.other aspects of social care and GP led care in areas like mine where

:03:36. > :03:41.the national pharmacy Association has its headquarters. The honourable

:03:42. > :03:44.lady as outlined the issues for pharmacies and the importance but

:03:45. > :03:49.that she also agree there should be some funding or money set aside for

:03:50. > :03:53.the GP front line services? And one way of doing that is to work closer

:03:54. > :03:59.with pharmacies to ensure they get an all-inclusive picture when you

:04:00. > :04:02.visit your GP. I think he has a valid point and that is what I say

:04:03. > :04:05.that now that we have this Queen 's speech which some people have

:04:06. > :04:10.described as thin but I think is touching on the the point and gives

:04:11. > :04:13.us a chance to flesh it out and put in our views about what we want to

:04:14. > :04:18.happen, I would like to see pharmacies being brought more into

:04:19. > :04:24.supporting services than at the moment. I would also like to save

:04:25. > :04:28.that the West Herts Hospital trust that provide services for acute care

:04:29. > :04:31.in my area has been struggling for a considerable period and I would like

:04:32. > :04:36.to pay tribute to the fact that they are now turning around some of the

:04:37. > :04:41.problems they have. I have seen them recently and am pleased to say they

:04:42. > :04:45.have now got complete halt on hospital acquired infections, they

:04:46. > :04:50.have upgraded some wards and they have also launched a new community

:04:51. > :04:58.perinatal mental health team working with families. I believe that with

:04:59. > :05:01.the same resources they have now there are some visionary approaches

:05:02. > :05:06.to ensuring that we get the most out of our national health services. It

:05:07. > :05:11.is a shame that we focus on the negative in this place but I have

:05:12. > :05:19.toothache that I was frankly shocked that the overall member for simple

:05:20. > :05:28.as saying that somehow, I think she was supportive, but the Shadow

:05:29. > :05:33.Chancellor said about those families and individuals murdered over

:05:34. > :05:38.political positions. I found that was an atrocious comment that he

:05:39. > :05:45.made in public in Glastonbury and I'm sure she wants to respond but I

:05:46. > :05:51.think in these difficult times, whipping up resentment to political

:05:52. > :05:56.groups, and it was decades referred to in the Shadow Chancellor's

:05:57. > :06:01.speech, whipping up this feeling when we do not have the results and

:06:02. > :06:08.the BR a in my constituency is doing the testing on this panel, is deeply

:06:09. > :06:11.irresponsible. We should have a period of reflective calm. There are

:06:12. > :06:15.still unidentified remains in those buildings and to be passing judgment

:06:16. > :06:19.on what has caused those fires I think is deeply irresponsible. I do

:06:20. > :06:24.not think it should ever be acceptable to accuse murder without

:06:25. > :06:29.any evidence whatsoever and that is a very difficult to accuse people

:06:30. > :06:32.of. I shall give way as I am sure she would like to distance herself

:06:33. > :06:36.from the concept of murder. I think the honourable lady come if she paid

:06:37. > :06:40.any attention at all, would recognise I did not use that term at

:06:41. > :06:49.all and I talked about governments. The fire in Irving in 1999, 18 years

:06:50. > :06:54.ago, that identified cladding and sprinklers, that is many government

:06:55. > :06:58.and a long time that this place has not taken sufficient action on tower

:06:59. > :07:04.blocks. And what I'm saying is that in this period of deep distress and

:07:05. > :07:08.deep anguish and there are lots of things still to be found out and

:07:09. > :07:12.lots of lessons to be learned, it behoves all of us to not be using

:07:13. > :07:14.this as a political football. I have in future that we will stop doing

:07:15. > :07:22.this. I would like to say for me in the

:07:23. > :07:29.Queen's speech I'm delighted there is a real focus on mental health.

:07:30. > :07:33.Can I say to the Secretary of State that with the child mental health

:07:34. > :07:39.services can you please work with the education services to ensure

:07:40. > :07:42.that young people to not end up at a troubled period missing out

:07:43. > :07:47.opportunities to gain qualifications that they need and missing out

:07:48. > :07:51.opportunities of friendship and opportunities of making

:07:52. > :07:55.relationships. This is a tragedy that young people are feeling so

:07:56. > :07:59.isolated and then unfortunately they go on to add a third and then yet

:08:00. > :08:04.again the continuation of services drops off a cliff and we find there

:08:05. > :08:08.is no pick-up in the adult mental health services so I would like to

:08:09. > :08:13.say to this seamless progress through a transition to wellness in

:08:14. > :08:17.the Young lives is something we should take very seriously and I am

:08:18. > :08:24.pleased it is this government that has decided to be ahead of the

:08:25. > :08:30.campaign. I would like to congratulate you on your election

:08:31. > :08:33.today. The Queen's speech set out my strategy and no answers and did

:08:34. > :08:40.nothing to solve the problems of crisis in the health services. It is

:08:41. > :08:47.a crisis and back in the 80s and 90s when the Conservatives were in power

:08:48. > :08:53.we saw a massive crisis then and it has repeated itself. The issue is

:08:54. > :08:59.this, it is not that there is enough funding and staff, the Government

:09:00. > :09:06.needs the funding that it needs. Trolley waits for example, the paper

:09:07. > :09:15.I have recently seen says there are over 150,000 trolley waits, again

:09:16. > :09:19.this is an absolute disgrace during this time that we should be funding

:09:20. > :09:28.the NHS properly. We have been told about the GP crisis but again

:09:29. > :09:35.estimates this year so far estimate the number of GPs will actually drop

:09:36. > :09:42.and the fact remains they cannot get to see a GP and this is a real

:09:43. > :09:49.crisis. The deficits have been a problem, some of the commentators

:09:50. > :09:59.say it is not a correct figure put over 100 NHS Trust have a deficit.

:10:00. > :10:03.That was about ?5 million. We know the stress and we worry that the

:10:04. > :10:10.staff and because they don't have the resources. It hasn't been

:10:11. > :10:15.mentioned much because the Government fragments the health

:10:16. > :10:23.services, we are now not clear where you go to to get something done that

:10:24. > :10:31.they have a serious funding problem. I would like to level the Government

:10:32. > :10:39.is going to do about that. They also ask why wholesome CCG is working

:10:40. > :10:42.with Warrington and not others within its own health economy which

:10:43. > :10:47.should be doing. I have already raised this. I had the Secretary of

:10:48. > :10:54.State will look into it. In terms of social care, we had last year that

:10:55. > :10:59.the sea QC clearly said social care was at a tipping point and we know

:11:00. > :11:07.this, it has been discussed many times. If you look at the delay of

:11:08. > :11:14.transfers, again from a paper in the House of Commons library, in

:11:15. > :11:24.2016-1724.5% higher than the 2015-16 and 64% higher. This is a real

:11:25. > :11:30.problem. There is still no strategy and what it does need is proper

:11:31. > :11:34.funding for both councils. And proper funding for the NHS and

:11:35. > :11:38.health economies in each area. I want to move on to education which

:11:39. > :11:42.is the other big issue raised. Again the Government has not set out any

:11:43. > :11:47.strategy and neither has the Queen's speech addressed it. If the ruck

:11:48. > :11:50.cuts being taken place, headteachers are making them as we speak,

:11:51. > :11:58.especially around teaching assistants were some are talking

:11:59. > :12:02.about teachers as well. It is best summed up from this extract. In my

:12:03. > :12:07.school we manage the budget prudently and we have rising numbers

:12:08. > :12:13.so receive similar funding, in fact there has been a small increase in

:12:14. > :12:17.over ?1000. She goes on to say despite this without any planned

:12:18. > :12:23.increase on teachers and resources are unable to balance the budget,

:12:24. > :12:29.the increased costs for areas such as pension contributions, salaries

:12:30. > :12:32.and utilities may noted not have the capacity to set a balanced budget

:12:33. > :12:45.without making reductions carrying forward. We will need to retake a

:12:46. > :12:48.restructuring programme... I spoke to teachers and headteachers on a

:12:49. > :12:53.regular basis and I know the stress thereunder. It is not just more pay

:12:54. > :12:57.but it is about the workload which is a key factor in terms of stress

:12:58. > :13:09.and problems that teachers are facing. I just want to briefly go

:13:10. > :13:15.on, the proposal that the Government is talking about the election see

:13:16. > :13:20.everybody but one have huge cuts. Each one will have huge cuts, that

:13:21. > :13:29.will not address the problem, it will make it worse. It is not up to

:13:30. > :13:32.scratch. Further education colleges have been cut and cut over the years

:13:33. > :13:36.and if we talk about apprenticeships, making sure we have

:13:37. > :13:40.the skills, we need to make sure our further education colleges can

:13:41. > :13:44.deliver those sorts of things and have the funding that they need. We

:13:45. > :13:51.cannot achieve this that having that. Finally in the few seconds I

:13:52. > :13:54.have remaining I want to talk about defence and security. We have heard

:13:55. > :13:58.about police numbers and my constituents were saying they wanted

:13:59. > :14:04.more police on the street and our specialist security teams and more

:14:05. > :14:08.police officers on the street and in terms of the Armed Forces this

:14:09. > :14:11.government has cut the Armed Forces. We have the smallest army than it

:14:12. > :14:15.once was and when there's so much and challenges in the world it is

:14:16. > :14:25.appalling that they have done that. They should increase the amount of

:14:26. > :14:30.money for security. Thank you Myler Deputy Speaker can I say how good it

:14:31. > :14:34.is to see you back in your place. We have been treated to a range of

:14:35. > :14:38.excellent maiden speeches from the Honourable Member of Gordon, the

:14:39. > :14:42.honourable Member of pictured in an hearted and at the honourable Member

:14:43. > :14:48.or Stockton South. Fantastic speeches. They have the measure of

:14:49. > :14:52.this place already put in his absence I would like to reassure the

:14:53. > :14:58.Honourable Member of Stockton South that you can never have too many

:14:59. > :15:02.doctors in the House. I would like to welcome the commitment in the

:15:03. > :15:07.Queen's speech to the improvement on social care and very much welcome

:15:08. > :15:12.the plans for consultation. I think all of us who've gone through this

:15:13. > :15:25.election process will be aware of the importance. We started to

:15:26. > :15:28.implement something that looked like something that looked like a good

:15:29. > :15:36.idea but our public services are all about risk. That is what our social

:15:37. > :15:41.services are all about. In everything it seems, it seems like

:15:42. > :15:47.issues like dementia are people with chronic long-term problems that

:15:48. > :15:56.require ongoing care which for most of us won't be that expensive. For

:15:57. > :16:00.most of us mercifully they will not do, very few of us mercifully will

:16:01. > :16:07.require institutional care before a few of us it will be. This is a

:16:08. > :16:20.matter of huge importance as many of us know.

:16:21. > :16:31.... A number of our families. It is surely right that we do that and I

:16:32. > :16:39.have no doubt that it will come out loud and clear, I welcome it in the

:16:40. > :16:43.Queen's speech. I'm interested in mental health as it relates to the

:16:44. > :16:53.criminal justice system. It is welcome that we should be revising

:16:54. > :17:07.the 1983 Mental Health Act. It is due some revision and updating. 30%

:17:08. > :17:11.of men have had some involvement in mental health and have had to access

:17:12. > :17:18.the key to mental health services prior to their incarceration. 90% of

:17:19. > :17:26.people have some form of mental health problem. That is a huge

:17:27. > :17:33.indictment, not on the service but on all, it is absolutely right that

:17:34. > :17:39.in our general, we focus on the people that the prison system

:17:40. > :17:50.contain to have severe mental health problems.

:17:51. > :17:57.... The service it has to be said is under pressure, it is certainly

:17:58. > :18:02.running hot and my worry about the medical workforce, GPs and hospital

:18:03. > :18:13.doctors and nurses, everybody who works within our NHS is risking

:18:14. > :18:18.getting love Bo and running dry. It's absolutely right that we should

:18:19. > :18:22.now be looking at removing the cap for public pay workers under

:18:23. > :18:27.particular we think about those working in our health services.

:18:28. > :18:32.These people give far more back to the service then we give to them in

:18:33. > :18:36.terms of a package and we understand that, we go into medicine, health

:18:37. > :18:42.care and social care because we want to give something back. We're

:18:43. > :18:44.altruists but that only goes so far. When you have two supportive

:18:45. > :18:47.families and when you have to pay the mortgage and when you have to

:18:48. > :18:51.deal with every single thing that bears down on people and their

:18:52. > :18:58.working lives, it is pretty rotten when you see salaries increasing

:18:59. > :19:07.rightfully except in the public service. It is understandable that

:19:08. > :19:11.the employer should seek to the work I will support that but there does

:19:12. > :19:14.come a point in time and I welcome the Government indicating this at

:19:15. > :19:17.that point is rapidly approaching where we have to look at pay

:19:18. > :19:26.settlement for those who worked so well for us in the public sector.

:19:27. > :19:29.The Secretary of State will know this because we have discussed it.

:19:30. > :19:32.It is the case that health care outcomes in this country languish

:19:33. > :19:38.behind those with countries with which we can reasonably be prepared.

:19:39. > :19:43.I don't mean the OECD average, I'm in countries like France and Germany

:19:44. > :19:48.and Holland and we must do more to improve on the early indications

:19:49. > :19:52.that we have seen in terms of the table where Britain comes in a

:19:53. > :19:56.disappointing position. We want to improve on things like bowel cancer,

:19:57. > :19:59.we are overtaking France and Germany, we need to do that right

:20:00. > :20:03.across the board and I'm left to the conclusion that because money and

:20:04. > :20:08.inputs and outcomes causally related that we have to get the funding

:20:09. > :20:11.right. I hope very much that the Government will consider again the

:20:12. > :20:16.proposal put forward by the Honourable friend the Member for

:20:17. > :20:21.Totnes and the Honourable Member for East Devon to have a cross-party

:20:22. > :20:27.consensus commission around this issue so that we can discuss in the

:20:28. > :20:31.70th anniversary year how we can get funding, Caecina before our NHS and

:20:32. > :20:39.make sure this great institution is fit for the next 70 years. It'll be

:20:40. > :20:44.obvious to the House and there are great many people who wish to speak.

:20:45. > :20:50.I have two worn the House that after the next two speakers, I will have

:20:51. > :20:56.to reduce the time until speeches to four minutes. I so appreciated the

:20:57. > :21:00.good wishes that everybody has given to me on my real action this

:21:01. > :21:06.afternoon and I realised that I won't get any more good wishes now.

:21:07. > :21:13.That's fair enough, we will try to get everybody in six minutes Joe

:21:14. > :21:17.Furniss. Thank you Myler Deputy Speaker and congratulations. During

:21:18. > :21:22.the election campaign I spoke and listen to many doctors, nurses and

:21:23. > :21:29.other NHS professionals as well as service users. About the state of

:21:30. > :21:34.our NHS and social care. Added Deputy Speaker, each and every

:21:35. > :21:38.meeting I listen to people, many of whom who felt the moralising the

:21:39. > :21:44.state of the profession after seven years of the Tory government, from

:21:45. > :21:50.longer waiting times to Mr Ailey targets, to cancelling operations,

:21:51. > :21:55.to record of nursing lows. The NHS suffered greatly since 2010. Indeed

:21:56. > :21:59.the anger and frustration felt during the election campaign was

:22:00. > :22:02.reflected in the results which saw a reduction of the members opposite of

:22:03. > :22:08.what tout the majority of the Government. The public are simply

:22:09. > :22:13.rejected the Tories and austerity. So forgive me if I was as many

:22:14. > :22:19.others hopeful that this would be reflected in the Queen's speech.

:22:20. > :22:26.Instead the Queen's speech reflects a continued total disconnect

:22:27. > :22:33.On funding the Queen's speech belt attack of the -- failed to tackle

:22:34. > :22:41.the issue chronic underfunding. Over the top ten economies in the EU, UK

:22:42. > :22:46.spend the least of its 9.8%, compared to 10.4% on health funding.

:22:47. > :22:52.If the UK only half matched the EU average on health spending this

:22:53. > :22:56.would result to 35,000 extra hospital beds, 10,000 more GPs, or

:22:57. > :23:02.could reverse the cuts made to public health budgets. After the

:23:03. > :23:05.election the Prime Minister and her ministers appeared to be listening

:23:06. > :23:10.to the electorate when it was reported that they had said

:23:11. > :23:16.austerity was over. Sadly this is just Tory rhetoric and far from the

:23:17. > :23:20.reality. Only this week 's secret cost-cutting plans drawn up by the

:23:21. > :23:26.Tories have been leaked, suggesting a shocking details which could cause

:23:27. > :23:29.further danger for our NHS. Reports suggest that the NHS managers are

:23:30. > :23:35.being told to make difficult choices to curb overspending in a drive to

:23:36. > :23:39.cut costs. Full details of these plans have not been announced. In

:23:40. > :23:42.fact I don't believe the Secretary of State had any intention to do so

:23:43. > :23:49.before these leaks and instead they are being secretly worked on behind

:23:50. > :23:53.closed doors. This could mean even longer waiting times, rationing of

:23:54. > :23:57.care, job losses and ward closures in hospitals and I am deeply

:23:58. > :24:01.concerned about what this could mean for my constituents and I ask the

:24:02. > :24:05.government to fully disclose these plans for public scrutiny. The NHS

:24:06. > :24:12.belongs to the public and should be accountable to members of Parliament

:24:13. > :24:16.and the public at large. On pay, while workloads have increased

:24:17. > :24:20.nurses have been handed a 1% pay cap for seven years in a row which do

:24:21. > :24:24.not even cover the rise in inflation. In the election campaign

:24:25. > :24:28.the Prime Minister said that nurses go to food banks for a variety of

:24:29. > :24:34.reasons. I would suggest that the only reason is that the government

:24:35. > :24:40.has made them ?3000 worse off Saint 2010 whilst it continues to give tax

:24:41. > :24:46.breaks to the richest -- since 2010. We know that the conditions of NHS

:24:47. > :24:51.staff is leading to many leaving the service and it has Libs two

:24:52. > :24:55.vacancies unfilled and according to the Royal College of Nursing there

:24:56. > :24:59.are 40,000 registered nurse vacancies in England, an average

:25:00. > :25:04.rate of 11.1%. This has doubled in the past three years and in NHS

:25:05. > :25:08.hospitals up and down the country we are seeing the effects of it.

:25:09. > :25:12.Furthermore the government does Mike DeChambeau like approach to Brexit

:25:13. > :25:18.has created a feeling of uncertainty for EU nationals -- the government's

:25:19. > :25:24.shambolic approach. No wonder applications for EU nurses working

:25:25. > :25:27.in the UK has plummeted by 96%. Nurses and doctors are not crying

:25:28. > :25:35.wolf when they want is that the issues arising from lack of proper

:25:36. > :25:37.staffing levels. As the secretary of state made any assessment about what

:25:38. > :25:41.the impact of this property and applications means for the NHS and

:25:42. > :25:46.what action does he propose to take to ensure it is not affecting the

:25:47. > :25:50.health and safety of patients? The immigration bill as set out in the

:25:51. > :25:55.Queen's speech has provided no details to assure those currently

:25:56. > :25:59.living in the UK. Labour has been calling to guarantee all rights of

:26:00. > :26:06.EU citizens living in the UK since the referendum was decided. The

:26:07. > :26:11.Prime Minister has finally made a half-hearted offer to EU citizens at

:26:12. > :26:15.best with little clarity. I welcome any suggestions to help and support

:26:16. > :26:18.the NHS, thus I welcome the commitment of the government to

:26:19. > :26:23.reform mental health legislation to give it greater priority. But last

:26:24. > :26:27.Wednesday the Prime Minister gave no reassurance that no mental health

:26:28. > :26:32.trust will see its budget cut this year like 40% of them did last year.

:26:33. > :26:36.If the government wants to be taken seriously they must back their

:26:37. > :26:40.rhetoric with the financial support it needs. It has not done this. It

:26:41. > :26:44.is clear that the Prime Minister will find the money to cling to

:26:45. > :26:53.power but not to secure mental health spending. Finally, the

:26:54. > :26:57.debacle over demented tax revealed that this government would gladly

:26:58. > :27:01.forced the most vulnerable, in particular those suffering from

:27:02. > :27:04.long-term debilitating diseases like dementia to cover their own bill

:27:05. > :27:10.entirely when it comes to social care. Surely to get the best results

:27:11. > :27:13.we need to merge social care but we must pull the risk and not let the

:27:14. > :27:23.most vulnerable fend for themselves in old age. Maiden speech, Alex

:27:24. > :27:27.Bernhard. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker and how very nice it is to

:27:28. > :27:32.see you back in your rightful place. I'm honoured to stand before the

:27:33. > :27:34.house is the newly elected member for Brentford and longer, that most

:27:35. > :27:39.beautiful constituency into the most beautiful county of Essex in our

:27:40. > :27:48.beautiful country. At the heart of our community is the Brentford on

:27:49. > :27:52.the Shenfield conurbation, we have the UK headquarters of Ford, a major

:27:53. > :27:57.BT office, many hundreds of people who work hard in our square mile

:27:58. > :28:04.feeding and fuelling the city. A large number of small, medium and

:28:05. > :28:09.large enterprises built by the sweat of local people. We have high

:28:10. > :28:14.employment, high home ownership, good schools. Whilst I would not say

:28:15. > :28:18.that our mission should be to make the rest of the country more like

:28:19. > :28:23.Brentwood and longer, and there are some parts of the country that could

:28:24. > :28:28.benefit from being more like it. It is surrounded by the beauty of the

:28:29. > :28:32.much neglected Essex countryside which contains many wonderful rural

:28:33. > :28:37.villages and I think of one, Grinstead by Ongar which is

:28:38. > :28:42.mentioned in the Domesday book when it had 44 families and 520 pigs.

:28:43. > :28:48.That makes it slightly larger than it is today! It also has a small

:28:49. > :28:54.wooden church which is unremarkable but for its beauty and its age. Both

:28:55. > :28:59.of which are very great. You see it as the oldest wooden church anywhere

:29:00. > :29:02.in the world. It was built in the mid 19th century and it is a

:29:03. > :29:05.stirring thought that some of those families mentioned in the Domesday

:29:06. > :29:11.book may have shared that space we can occupy today and such things

:29:12. > :29:15.matter to me not because I am a sentimental old fool, although I am,

:29:16. > :29:23.but because for a long time I was a student and a teacher of medieval

:29:24. > :29:27.history. One of my friends was kind enough to suggest this is the

:29:28. > :29:30.perfect training for being a Conservative MP! They might have

:29:31. > :29:36.been right but perhaps not in the way they intended. I see a great

:29:37. > :29:44.many residences between that period and our own. The peasants revolt,

:29:45. > :29:48.1381, which started on the high Street in Brentwood, a rebellion

:29:49. > :29:54.against vexatious taxation levied by a distant, overbearing government. I

:29:55. > :29:57.would warn the house that my constituents attitude to taxation

:29:58. > :30:04.has changed little in the intervening 636 years. I think also

:30:05. > :30:09.of the writing of the Venerable Bede who said in the mid-7th century, the

:30:10. > :30:13.East Saxons formed a great friendship with that great man of

:30:14. > :30:18.the North, King Suite, and in our own time the people of my

:30:19. > :30:23.constituency form another great friendship with another great man of

:30:24. > :30:27.the North, Sir Eric Pickles. For 25 years a great servant of his

:30:28. > :30:36.constituency, his party and his country. He was much loved and he

:30:37. > :30:45.will be much missed. Sir Eric and I are alike in some ways. We are both

:30:46. > :30:50.great defenders of a property owning democracy but we are not alike in

:30:51. > :30:58.all ways. He is a great man and a great Yorkshireman to boot, where as

:30:59. > :31:05.I am a mere novice and a man of Wessex. I was born in Dorset, the

:31:06. > :31:09.son of two state school teachers who taught me everything I needed to

:31:10. > :31:16.know about the importance of hard work, family, education, and of

:31:17. > :31:20.home. And whilst these are all things that are important to my

:31:21. > :31:25.constituents today, I suspect they were important to the people of my

:31:26. > :31:30.area in the mid-14th century and in the mid-7th. I would not go so far

:31:31. > :31:35.as to say they are ever think. But I would say that without them we are

:31:36. > :31:39.nothing. This is a view that has been reinforced in me through my

:31:40. > :31:43.work with the Centre for Social Justice, bounded by my right

:31:44. > :31:46.honourable friend the member for Chingford and Wood Green and by my

:31:47. > :31:49.work in the Department for Education on the Monroe review of child

:31:50. > :31:54.protection which was established under the aegis of my honourable

:31:55. > :31:57.friend the member for East with an Shoreham. Wherever in our countries

:31:58. > :32:03.we find an absence of work, families who have been broken by poor

:32:04. > :32:07.mental-health, addiction or domestic abuse, where we find children

:32:08. > :32:14.failing in schools or families struggling with home, we find those

:32:15. > :32:20.social problems that are so knotty. They are the challenges of our time.

:32:21. > :32:25.The best way of tackling these problems, the best way of tracking

:32:26. > :32:32.link this property is by tackling these root causes -- tackling this

:32:33. > :32:36.poverty. We have a good record in government can record employment,

:32:37. > :32:40.1.8 million more children in good and outstanding schools, a troubled

:32:41. > :32:43.families programme that helps 400,000 families with complex

:32:44. > :32:48.problems get back on their feet and a huge programme of house-building.

:32:49. > :32:53.This is an area in which there will always be more to do. I know that

:32:54. > :33:00.this house will face many challenges in this Parliament, indeed historic

:33:01. > :33:03.challenges, perhaps to quote a former primers that we will feel the

:33:04. > :33:09.hand of history on our shoulder and who knows, at a time its hand might

:33:10. > :33:13.be on other bits of our anatomy! But the challenge of social justice is

:33:14. > :33:16.something that will continue throughout this Parliament and

:33:17. > :33:20.beyond and I'm here to try to do my part and serve my constituents.

:33:21. > :33:29.Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Maiden speech, Christine Jardine.

:33:30. > :33:33.Madam Deputy Speaker, thank you for choosing the two make my maiden

:33:34. > :33:36.speech in this debate which is of such crucial importance to our

:33:37. > :33:40.nation's future and it is a pleasure to follow the entertaining maiden

:33:41. > :33:45.speech by the Honourable member across the house. It is a particular

:33:46. > :33:51.honour for me to have the privilege of representing Edinburgh West 20

:33:52. > :33:55.years after the late Donald Gordon first won the seat for the Liberal

:33:56. > :34:01.Democrats. He was a great servant to the area as a Councillor, MP and MSP

:34:02. > :34:06.and was succeeded by John Barrett and Mike Crockart. They were

:34:07. > :34:09.replaced two years ago by my immediate predecessor, Michelle

:34:10. > :34:12.Thomson, whose powerful and moving speech on International Women's Day

:34:13. > :34:20.in which she revealed her own teenage trauma was, I'm sure, an

:34:21. > :34:23.inspiration to many. Now it is my privilege to serve the communities

:34:24. > :34:27.of Edinburgh West. I know each others is confident about

:34:28. > :34:31.constituency Buddha own unique is that there can surely be few sites

:34:32. > :34:36.which compare to the majesty of our three bridges across the River

:34:37. > :34:43.Forth. Whether you arrive by land, rail or by air in Edinburgh West,

:34:44. > :34:46.those three bridges seem somehow encapsulated the essence of the

:34:47. > :34:52.history of British engineering and its success. From the stark red

:34:53. > :34:57.girders of the 19th-century Forth Bridge, now a world Heritage site,

:34:58. > :35:01.to the distinctive 1960s architecture of the road bridge to

:35:02. > :35:07.the striking 21st-century sleekness of the soon-to-be completed we are

:35:08. > :35:11.promised Queensway Crossing. And all created along the route of Queen

:35:12. > :35:16.Margaret's 11th century crossing from which the community and they

:35:17. > :35:21.said it takes its name, South Queensbury. It is one of the many

:35:22. > :35:26.socially and culturally diverse communities from Newbridge,

:35:27. > :35:33.Kirkliston in the West through Barnton, Cramond, Muirhouse, drum

:35:34. > :35:39.Brae and Murrayfield whose Stadium is of course I'm too Scottish Rugby

:35:40. > :35:44.union, where we look forward to greeting the other nations of the

:35:45. > :35:48.United Kingdom, often with trepidation. Edinburgh West is also

:35:49. > :35:56.home to one of Scotland's's most celebrated couples, the UK's only

:35:57. > :36:00.giant pandas. I appreciate the right honourable and honourable members

:36:01. > :36:04.opposite may be relieved that they are no longer outnumbered in

:36:05. > :36:08.Scotland by the pandas since the recent election. Can I reassure them

:36:09. > :36:15.that I sympathise, they were not alone! The constituency is also a

:36:16. > :36:19.key driver in the economy of the region, an economy dependent on

:36:20. > :36:25.European trade and citizens who work in its health service and other

:36:26. > :36:28.sectors and now find they are under threat from Brexit. Edinburgh

:36:29. > :36:32.airport is a key link between Scotland and the international

:36:33. > :36:37.markets. The Royal Highland show crucial to agriculture, the RBS

:36:38. > :36:41.headquarters, a new plant one of the world leading drinks companies, all

:36:42. > :36:46.represent an economy now tensely awaiting the outcome of the next two

:36:47. > :36:50.years of negotiations. And why would an area which benefits from being

:36:51. > :36:54.home to many of these companies, and our committees are not without the

:36:55. > :36:59.challenges, common to many across the UK. The pressure on public

:37:00. > :37:04.services, rousing household debt, overstretched health and welfare

:37:05. > :37:08.services -- rising debt. Also local issues like a controversial proposal

:37:09. > :37:13.for a new bloodbath into the airport and a threat to a green belt and

:37:14. > :37:17.pollution along St John's Wood -- new flight path. I intend to

:37:18. > :37:21.dedicate myself to working with those groups who take on the

:37:22. > :37:25.challenges, groups like the award winning pennants and resident in

:37:26. > :37:30.Muirhouse or the community which is currently working to rebuild its

:37:31. > :37:33.historic public hall. And many others who campaigned tirelessly to

:37:34. > :37:39.improve the lives and the welfare of their neighbours. I promise to be

:37:40. > :37:40.their voice on the issues which affect their lives, livelihoods and

:37:41. > :37:48.health. I will work on the behalf of the

:37:49. > :37:55.open tolerant society I believe in which offers opportunities human

:37:56. > :37:58.rights. I'll remain true to the promise that are made on the

:37:59. > :38:04.doorsteps of Edinburgh West last month, to stand up to the

:38:05. > :38:10.constituency that spreads from two referendums on this most recent

:38:11. > :38:16.election. It's overwhelming preference is to remain at the heart

:38:17. > :38:18.of the E, they will have no luck with independent and I'm determined

:38:19. > :38:26.that the part of this United Kingdom. This quickly I would like

:38:27. > :38:33.to thank all members for the support that has been given, I would like to

:38:34. > :38:42.speak of Natasha Engels who would look be missed on both sides of the

:38:43. > :38:45.House. The four minutes I have a want to pay tribute to some of the

:38:46. > :39:00.amazing maiden speeches we have heard. The Honourable Member for

:39:01. > :39:01.Brentwood and it was great to follow on from the Honourable Member for

:39:02. > :39:16.Edinburgh West. It is a brand that the Honourable

:39:17. > :39:18.Member of Totnes made, she echoed everything I wanted to say that one

:39:19. > :39:20.message to ministers this with the consultation that is much welcome

:39:21. > :39:33.because we cannot kid ourselves that the current social care system is

:39:34. > :39:41.not working. Until we do we just rearranging deck chairs on a sinking

:39:42. > :39:44.ship. This consultation is not just about how we fund social care

:39:45. > :39:49.because if you just do that than we are missing a trick, and to look at

:39:50. > :39:56.the structure of social care and the population that he aimed to serve

:39:57. > :39:59.because the system was set many years ago, the population is very

:40:00. > :40:16.different. Patients now live with them and die

:40:17. > :40:18.from something else completely so it is a different population and meaty

:40:19. > :40:26.structure that service around their needs and what works best for them.

:40:27. > :40:34.I do want to declare an interest as a nurse because I worked for 2010-15

:40:35. > :40:40.under the pay cap know how difficult it is and how challenging those

:40:41. > :40:41.finances are most nurses by no work on the hospital banks to supplement

:40:42. > :41:01.their wages. We are seven years into this and

:41:02. > :41:16.when that we do need to subvert sources. The money we spend on

:41:17. > :41:25.agency fees will only increase because, every single shift they

:41:26. > :41:34.will be paid figures of ?34,000 and the RCM disputes this and says it is

:41:35. > :41:37.?26,000 because most nurses are earning as little as that of

:41:38. > :41:47.hospital managers who make important decisions but not life-threatening

:41:48. > :41:51.ones are paid on average and senior managers ?75,000 only to look at the

:41:52. > :42:03.pay structure as well as the pay freeze. When the Labour government,

:42:04. > :42:14.they wasted the opportunity and they wanted to reduce the wage bill of

:42:15. > :42:19.all times. Many nurses lost pay and great over change so let's not

:42:20. > :42:32.pretend that under Labour government were in charge that they'd had any

:42:33. > :42:36.better. I would like to say I wholeheartedly support the campaign

:42:37. > :42:41.to save our precious NHS and social care that is going on around the

:42:42. > :42:46.country not at least in South Tyneside are some of the noblest

:42:47. > :42:49.causes our country have. This causes of course are a threat from

:42:50. > :42:55.austerity and there are a few issues I would like to race today. First it

:42:56. > :42:58.is disgraceful that on the 69th anniversary of the NHS, we're

:42:59. > :43:02.talking about the possible downgrading and closure of my local

:43:03. > :43:09.hospital in South Tyneside. That is exactly what is happening. Next week

:43:10. > :43:12.a bogus consultation exercise will start and the consultation exercise

:43:13. > :43:18.that we only know too well from our experience in the area, we had an

:43:19. > :43:24.NHS walk-in centre used by 26,000 people a year. It closed following

:43:25. > :43:29.the very same Mickey Mouse consultation exercise. Saying now is

:43:30. > :43:35.going to have to sell Tyneside hospital now. This week there was a

:43:36. > :43:42.crowded week organised by the safe Tyneside Hospital group to demand

:43:43. > :43:51.its eyes open. There's only one reason why the South Tyneside

:43:52. > :43:55.Hospital is under threat and it and social care we are experiencing a

:43:56. > :43:59.national crisis, caused in Downing Street and a crisis can be solved in

:44:00. > :44:05.Downing Street. One word explains why our elderly and vulnerable left

:44:06. > :44:10.unwashed, and fed, neglected and vulnerable. It comes down to Tory

:44:11. > :44:15.government cuts. Noble councils have seen grants cut by over 50% and is

:44:16. > :44:20.the leader of South Tyneside Council, in Malcolm says I know

:44:21. > :44:26.social care is at its tipping point. Thirdly can I bring you towards the

:44:27. > :44:29.issue to cystic fibrosis. Over 10,000 people suffer from this

:44:30. > :44:36.life-threatening condition, half of these would die before they reach

:44:37. > :44:40.the age of 30. The drug has the potential to change this and is

:44:41. > :44:46.available from health sell visitors around Europe and it is recognised

:44:47. > :44:51.by clinical excellence and isn't recognised by the Government because

:44:52. > :44:55.once again cuts, cuts, cuts. I know people are going to be so where do

:44:56. > :45:00.we get the money from, I will tell you where, we can get it from the

:45:01. > :45:08.same magic Tory money tree that gave the DUP billion pound bulk in order

:45:09. > :45:14.to save their necks in office. We would benefit from the same magic

:45:15. > :45:22.money tree that give the same 1% richest in this country tax cuts,

:45:23. > :45:28.the same magic Tory government money tree that gives the richest 2%

:45:29. > :45:32.estate in this country and tax cuts and the same magic government Tory

:45:33. > :45:36.money tree that give the top 5% richest corporations in the country

:45:37. > :45:41.tax cuts. That is where we get the money from and I look forward to

:45:42. > :45:51.voting against this speech tonight and voting for a speech that will

:45:52. > :45:55.bring fairness to the country. For the new parliament, it gives us an

:45:56. > :45:58.opportunity to renew commitment to address significant challenges in

:45:59. > :46:02.Great Britain faces. Following the general election, the majority of

:46:03. > :46:06.people that I meet want us to work together to address challenges in

:46:07. > :46:11.the interests of everyone. This is certainly the case in regards to

:46:12. > :46:14.health and social care. People expect, want and deserve our

:46:15. > :46:20.commitment to work together to ensure that people get the

:46:21. > :46:24.compassion that they deserve. Mr Deputy Speaker the subject matter is

:46:25. > :46:27.immense and there will be many more opportunities to debate how health

:46:28. > :46:32.care, NHS and social care is supported to meet increasing demand.

:46:33. > :46:39.For now I wish to refer to a few areas using West Cornwall and my

:46:40. > :46:44.constituency of St Ives. It is imperative that we increase efforts

:46:45. > :46:48.to integrate services. In Cornwall and on silly, GPs and health care

:46:49. > :46:53.workers have drawn up impressive locality plans, plans that bring

:46:54. > :46:56.services together that promise to improve patient care and make better

:46:57. > :47:02.use of resources so that more people can be treated. However progress is

:47:03. > :47:09.slow as these are frustrated by processes and external managers,

:47:10. > :47:12.I've raised in this house the closure of a Community Hospital

:47:13. > :47:17.closed due to fire safety concerns in February 20 16. Despite

:47:18. > :47:23.considerable local women to termination, the community remained

:47:24. > :47:26.closed even hundreds of patients have been residents in urgent care

:47:27. > :47:31.hospitals which is not the best place for them or the hospitals

:47:32. > :47:37.concerned. It remains closed because no one NHS body will take

:47:38. > :47:41.responsibility to reopen its community beds. Moving further west

:47:42. > :47:45.and slyly overseas, on Saint Mary 's on the Isle of silly there is the

:47:46. > :47:48.integrated effort to integrate social care, however the process is

:47:49. > :47:52.painfully slow and the islands have a Community Hospital in a council

:47:53. > :47:55.run care home, patient care could be even better if the services can be

:47:56. > :48:02.brought closer together. There is wide agreement towards this and

:48:03. > :48:07.islanders came close to losing their care due to lack of process towards

:48:08. > :48:11.integration shared service precision. There is an urgent need

:48:12. > :48:16.to integrate services that patient care and useful resources further

:48:17. > :48:20.improved. There is also a need to train and support and pay adequately

:48:21. > :48:25.our care and support workers, this will reduce the pressure on urgent

:48:26. > :48:30.care as we improve the community. Cornwall Council received an extra

:48:31. > :48:35.12 million from the Treasury in April, yet three months in the

:48:36. > :48:38.council is yet to make clear to use the additional funds. It is vital

:48:39. > :48:42.that the council addresses this issue. It is also important that

:48:43. > :48:48.during this parliament a considerable amount must be done to

:48:49. > :48:50.remove the pressure on health care services. Prevention, improved

:48:51. > :48:57.education and understanding expectations are key to this. Health

:48:58. > :49:01.care specialists have made it clear to me that much more must be done to

:49:02. > :49:04.provide education for us all so that we are much more empowered to look

:49:05. > :49:10.after our own health and well-being. Long before we go to an NHS provider

:49:11. > :49:14.for treatment. This is true the diabetes which is such a big impact

:49:15. > :49:21.on peoples lives. Education and better use of technology offers a

:49:22. > :49:27.brighter future for people with this condition and I urge the Government

:49:28. > :49:31.not to lose sight to deliver these measures for those who suffer from

:49:32. > :49:35.diabetes. In my constituency I found people unclear where to turn to for

:49:36. > :49:43.diagnosis and treatment and as a result they go to other services

:49:44. > :49:47.more appropriate. The great service could be delivered and considerable

:49:48. > :49:55.pressure reduced if we can give during this parliament greater

:49:56. > :50:01.clarity. It is a pleasure to see you back in your place Mr Deputy

:50:02. > :50:07.Speaker. Can I claim by congratulating honourable members in

:50:08. > :50:11.their maiden speeches today, in particular our friends the different

:50:12. > :50:16.parties who were representing constituencies in Scotland. I will

:50:17. > :50:22.be focusing on defence and international security and I think I

:50:23. > :50:25.must not be the only one of the House who are somewhat dismayed that

:50:26. > :50:31.defence got so little attention during the election campaign which

:50:32. > :50:37.perhaps explains why defence has had such a pure poor showing in the

:50:38. > :50:42.Queen's speech and not a single defence minister has appeared in the

:50:43. > :50:46.dispatch box five days since the Queen's speech, that said I would

:50:47. > :50:50.like to start with a note of consensus. The bill on flexible

:50:51. > :50:54.working for the Armed Forces is something I believe we can work

:50:55. > :50:58.with. There is much to be welcomed in the fact the Government is

:50:59. > :51:03.looking at this seriously as it is a model that works elsewhere in the

:51:04. > :51:07.world. Our manifesto committed to having a case for Armed Forces

:51:08. > :51:10.represented on a statutory footing, something which is the norm in

:51:11. > :51:16.countries like Germany, Netherlands and Denmark. Mr Deputy Speaker, our

:51:17. > :51:19.serving personnel should be properly represented within the military and

:51:20. > :51:22.with defence policy does Willett decision makes and we look forward

:51:23. > :51:28.to making the case here in Parliament. I would also like to

:51:29. > :51:33.express our continued frustration at the lack of a national shipbuilding

:51:34. > :51:37.strategy. In the last Parliament the Government continue to move the

:51:38. > :51:44.goalposts and avoided being upfront with the country on what was

:51:45. > :51:50.happening despite continuous attempts, the Government continued

:51:51. > :51:56.to duck and dive. The time for ducking and diving is over. If it is

:51:57. > :52:02.not written then get it written. If it is written than the Government

:52:03. > :52:06.needs to get it published. More fundamentally what's the grave

:52:07. > :52:11.omission of the Queen's speech and a new. The previous STS are was based

:52:12. > :52:17.on the premise that Britain would still be a Member of the European

:52:18. > :52:20.Union. Given that it has not taken Brexit into account the risk

:52:21. > :52:23.analysis and ultimately the conclusions show will actually

:52:24. > :52:28.require updating with some considerable urgency. We will also

:52:29. > :52:33.hold the Government to account on its actions abroad. On Monday of

:52:34. > :52:35.this week the Defence Secretary gave a very helpful briefing on the

:52:36. > :52:45.current situation in Syria. But we remain concerned about the

:52:46. > :52:48.deconfliction lines between Russia and collation forces. We would also

:52:49. > :52:55.like to hear more about what the government is doing to tackle the

:52:56. > :52:59.cause of Daesh on line. There is something more profound we would

:53:00. > :53:02.like to see change and that is the defence posture of the United

:53:03. > :53:06.Kingdom government. We would like to see not only a shift away from the

:53:07. > :53:10.militaristic projection around the world which relies on Trident but we

:53:11. > :53:15.would like to see a shift towards defending our own waters and those

:53:16. > :53:20.in the Icelandic gap and the high North. This is a massive dereliction

:53:21. > :53:24.of duty on the part of the government in keeping its citizens

:53:25. > :53:26.safe and it is also a dereliction to what we owe our allies. It was

:53:27. > :53:33.therefore -- it was a former US general who

:53:34. > :53:36.describe the north Atlantic as the Nato lifeblood and the transatlantic

:53:37. > :53:40.link so I plead with the government to face up to its responsibilities

:53:41. > :53:44.in the high North. I do not have time to cover everything but however

:53:45. > :53:51.long we are here for I will be sure to get round to it. Thank you, Mr

:53:52. > :53:57.Deputy Speaker. All of us must listen and learn. One lesson I take

:53:58. > :54:02.from the election is that we on this side of the house must explain our

:54:03. > :54:05.values to a new generation and White our approach is one that gives

:54:06. > :54:09.people opportunities, a chance to make the most of their lives, and

:54:10. > :54:16.funds the public services we care about. And we must get on with the

:54:17. > :54:19.job we have been asked to do, to see through a good Brexit, heal

:54:20. > :54:23.divisions in society, sort out housing, set out how we will fund

:54:24. > :54:27.public services sustainably and tackle the sense people have of

:54:28. > :54:34.being overlooked too often by those in authority. In this green speech

:54:35. > :54:36.the patient safety Bill creating an independent body to investigate

:54:37. > :54:41.patient safety should help achieve exactly that for the NHS. It should

:54:42. > :54:46.give people a safe space to speak up, drive a stronger culture of

:54:47. > :54:49.listening and learning, applying lessons from the airline industry so

:54:50. > :54:55.patients are less likely to suffer the consequences of mistakes. The

:54:56. > :55:00.commitment on mental health in the Queen's speech along with the 1.4

:55:01. > :55:03.billion extra funding for children and young people's mental health

:55:04. > :55:07.announced in the last budget addressed with the quick concerned

:55:08. > :55:12.in society and particularly young people and I personally welcome the

:55:13. > :55:15.introduction of mental health first aid training for teachers so more

:55:16. > :55:22.children get mental health help at school. Providing social care as

:55:23. > :55:26.more people thankfully lived longer is one of the great challenges we

:55:27. > :55:32.face as a country and one I am afraid the party opposite shirked in

:55:33. > :55:36.this election. We committed an extra 2 billion in our last budget but we