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followed, he can and will do, he can

do sort through questions and the

use of the order paper. But he

cannot do it any father just now.

Order. Substantial pressure on time

today. I thought that the house

would want urgently to express

support for the victims of racism,

and bigotry and denounce prevails,

purveyors.

To ask the Home Secretary

as she will make a statement on the

activities of Britain First, and

inflammatory statements from the

president of the United States?

Britain First is an extremist

organisation, seeking to divide

communities through the use of

people narratives, spreading lies

and the deputy leader of Britain

First is subject to a pending

criminal trial, accused of

religiously activated through the

posting of online material. British

people overwhelmingly reject the

prejudiced rhetoric of the far

right, the antithesis of the values

that this country represents.

Decency, tolerance, respect. We

stand with them. This is why we

launched the counter extremist

strategy. And why we launched the

action plan just last year. This

government will not tolerate any

groups who spread hate by demonising

others. We have been clearer.

President Donald Trump was wrong to

repost these videos, posted by

Britain First. When we look at the

wider picture, the relationship

between written and America, I know

how valuable the friendship is, as

Home Secretary I can tell the house

that the importance of the

relationship between the countries,

the intelligence between countries,

it is vital. It has undoubtedly

seized British lease. That is the

bigger picture and I would urge

people to remember that.

I thank the

Home Secretary for answering. The

last time I raised related matters

with you was when members raised the

opinion that after racist and sexist

behaviour, President Trump should

not address both houses. I thank the

answer. The extraordinary events

underlined by members from across

this house will correct to make this

column about him not coming here,

and the premature author of the

state visit should not go ahead. I

condemn the original content of the

messages, are and anybody espousing

this, online or in person, should be

exposed and dealt with. But we also

have to be clearer. This is the

president of the United States.

Sharing with millions, inflammatory

content, deliberately posted to

stoke up the trip, I convicted

criminal. Representing this

organisation, spreading hatred and

violence in person and online. He is

either a racist, incompetent or

unthinking.

Given the extraordinary events of

the last 24 hours, for correctly

condemning his actions, can she

confirm if the Prime Minister and

President have spoken? Has the

Foreign Secretary who just praised

the President's statements on

Twitter, saying that people related

to them, summoned ambassadors to

express concerns? President Trump's

actions and endorsement, could have

any impact on criminal proceedings

under way? Is the Home Secretary

were that she posted a video

classmate, helping to keep her out

of prison. And can she confirm when

the government will take tough

action, on the social media

companies. We have had no response

from Twitter, typically a

responsible attitude. Let me

conclude by emphasising that I love

America and Americans. My true

grandfather was an American GI who

came here to fight fascism. I have

travelled 25 of the states and it is

a country of people with

extraordinary generosity. But this

president represents none of those

things. In one of his last speeches,

Dwight Eisenhower said then the long

line of history, America knows that

this word, planet ever growing

smaller must avoid becoming a

community of the trip and the

approach Confederation of mutual

trust and respect. As we stand in

the shadow of the words of the

fallen colleague, Jo Cox, I hope we

have more in common. We must take a

stand against hatred from the it

comes, otherwise we slept, slip into

the darkness.

Just before I ask the

Home Secretary to respond, on the

basis of processional advice, I

ought to say this. As has just been

referenced by the honourable

gentleman, this is awaiting trial

and I hope that members will be

conscious that while giving vent two

opinions as they should and will do,

the importance of avoiding comments

that could be prejudiced to the

proper conduct of criminal

proceedings. I thank the honourable

gentleman. The Home Secretary.

Thank

you for your guidance regarding the

criminal case that has been referred

to. I hope the honourable member

will understand that I will not

reply to that particular element for

those reasons. I thank him for his

wants during the question. I have

those views about America, but I

also love the country, having worked

there for one year. As I said, I am

in awe of the mutual trust that we

have with America. The effort that

they need to work with us. The

values with American people and the

way that the work has been so

important to helping us on

intelligence matters which has

undoubtedly seized British lease.

He was particularly well he had done

about online social media extremism

of various sorts. We have taken it

extremely seriously, which is why I

prescribed national correction, the

first national far right group to be

prescribed in this way as a

terrorist organisation. We are very

careful with identifying what the

merits prescription or not. He may

have a different view, but in the

letter of the Lord that we abide by,

we have to be very clear where

members or activists embark on

actions which are or not legal. We

have to draw that line very

carefully. We have prescribed

national action and we will always

keep under review what other

organisations may be prescribed. He

asked what else we are doing with

online companies to make sure the

Internet is free of dangerous

material and you will no doubt know

that the UK has been leading in this

area. The Prime Minister has called

for more action, we called for more

war in the wake of the terrorists

attacks this year for a global

Internet forum for counterterrorism

which I went to myself in San

Francisco the launch of only some.

Internet companies are taking

action. Twitter now takes down to

95% of illegal material for using

artificial intelligence. The fact

that they are now engaging in

machine learning to get this hate

taken down is an incredibly

important investment and

breakthrough to ensure that more is

taken down. We are not complacent.

There is more that needs to be done

and we will always make sure that we

provide the vital leadership to

provide that it does take place.

Finally she asked about the Prime

Minister. He asked about whether she

had spoken to the president, and I

would just say to that big is the

Prime Minister will always have

regular calls with the president.

She has been explicit in criticising

this tweet and I know that she will

always make sure that she calls it

out where she sees it and that is

what she has done here.

The retweet

has been condemned, we can

concentrate by the wrong was done by

the original tweet, can I asked the

Home Secretary that by identifying

and putting down and putting out the

religious trains...

I thank my honourable friend from

the question and it is essential

that we have a fair approach to all

types of extremism. And with a view

to that we always make sure that the

far right extremism is treated just

as harshly as it should be as any

sort of Islamic terrorism. It is

interesting to observe that 25% of

the referrals to the channel

programme, the display programme

following prevent referrals, are in

fact on the far right side.

The Home

Secretary will appreciate that on

the side of the House we believe the

United States is our most important

ally. We would anticipate that any

British Government will want to work

closely with the United States on

issues of mutual concern. And we on

the side of the House, thou to know

one in our affection and respect for

the American people. But on the

question of the online activities of

the 41st president, does -- 45th the

Home Secretary except that the fact

that the 45th president chose to

retweet material from Britain First

is not just offensive to people of

Muslim heritage, it is not just

offensive to British people of black

and minority ethnic heritage, it is

offensive to all decent British

people will stop it is also an

attack on the values of this

country. So whilst on the side of

the House we appreciate the

importance of real politic, we would

also call on the Government to make

clear that in no way, and at no

time, does it give any support

whatsoever to the distasteful views

of the 45th president on race and

migration and our Muslim communities

internationally. Because to do

anything else would be a front to

voters in this country whichever

side of the House they support.

I

thank the Right honourable lady for

her powerful response. And I think

that it is fair to say that we have

been very clear. President Donald

Trump was wrong to retweet videos

posted by the far right group

Britain First. We have said so

clearly in this House and the Prime

Minister has said so clearly online.

We will continue to speak freely and

frankly when it takes place.

I think

the whole house will agree with the

Prime Minister's words. One of the

advantages of having such a special

relationship with the United States

is that when a friend tells you you

done something dreadfully wrong, you

tend to listen. And when the world

be a better place if the Prime

Minister could persuade the

President of the United States to

delete his Twitter account?

My

honourable friend makes an important

point. It is true, I think we all

listen more carefully perhaps to

criticism from our friends than from

people we don't have a relationship

with. So I hope the prime Minster's

comments will have some impact on

the president and it is interesting

to note my honourable friend advice

regarding Twitter accounts, I'm sure

many of this share his view.

On

these benches we have long taken the

view that the current President of

the United States should not be

afforded a state visit to the United

Kingdom and yesterday's actions have

reinforced that absolutely. We

respect absolutely the office of the

United States as a fantastic country

and ally, however the sharing of

tweets by a offensive organisation

is not for a high office and it must

be condemned. We call for the

Government to go further. Isn't one

of the key dangers of a state visit

that we have absolutely no idea what

the president will say or tweet next

and before he visits. What does he

actually need to say or tweet before

the idea of a state visit is ditched

once and for all?

An invitation for

the visit has been extended and

accepted. But the dates and the

precise arrangements have yet to be

agreed.

Local authorities have a key

role in combating extremism. Given

the Home Secretary say what the

Government plans to do further to

support local authorities to ensure

they can undertake this role?

Local

authorities do have an important

role to play. We had an active

engagement programme with them

through the prevent programme, which

allows us to support community

organisations who were really

embedded in the local area we can

then go out and engage with local

groups and provide the support to

safeguard people, safeguard

particularly young men and women who

may be becoming radicalised. I think

it is an incredibly important part

of how we look after our communities

in this country and we will continue

to do so.

We agree on the importance

of our relationship with the US and

our peoples have stood together

against far right extremism and

against Islamist extremism and will

do so again. That is exactly why we

cannot pander now. Because Britain

First gets its succour from

spreading its poison and extremism

online. That is how works and the

President of the United States has

just given it a rocket boost in

promoting hatred in our communities.

Online is where the new battle for

democracy is being fought. And the

Prime Minister has rightly

challenged Putin's Russia for what

she described as seeking to

weaponise information, to plant fake

stories in an attempt to sow

discord. That means, no matter what

diplomatic route we find to do it,

we cannot simply roll out a red

carpet and give a platform for the

President of the United States to

also soak discord in our

communities. We know he and they

will keep doing this and cheap

spreading extremism and we also know

from the fact finders, and from our

own history, where the spread of

extremism leads and less enough of

us are prepared to stand up now and

say no.

We do stand up to extremism.

We stand up to it in our own

communities and we stand up to it as

the Prime Minister has when she

criticised the president for doing

that retweet for which we are here

and discussing it today. In terms of

trying to clean up the online

community, the Honourable lady is

right in saying that is where so

much of the battle takes place. That

is why this Government is focused on

taking it down. And why our

relationship with the US is so

important. When I called for an

Internet Round Table of these

Internet giants after the first

terrorist attack in March, we got

the UK representatives coming. It

was only with the support of the US

that we were able to get the global

Internet forum setup. They are based

in San Francisco. Unable to work at

the highest levels without US

friends in order to get action taken

is the best way to achieve those

outcomes. I would just urge her to

bear that in mind.

About a month ago

the most popular man in the world

was a last eight employee of Twitter

who unplugged the account of the

President of the United States. Was

he not right and it Twitter is

genuine in its commitment to fight

hate crime online edition techno

hesitance in taking down the account

of the first Citizen of the US as it

would as any other citizen of the

world that peddle such a crime?

I'm

sure the Chief Executive of Twitter

will have heard the interesting

suggestion from my honourable friend

and we will leave it to them to

decide what action to take.

I think

it is pretty clear that on the basis

of what we already know about this

fascist president that mere words

are not enough. Action is needed.

Three times she has a ready been

asked by three people on the side of

the House to cancel the state visit.

Action is needed now, not a slap on

the wrist! Cancel the state visit!

I

thank the honourable gentleman for

his views. I can only repeat what I

said before, that the invitation has

been extended and accented and we

have yet to make the arrangements.

But thank you for your views.

Is it

irony that the President of the

United States loves Twitter who

talks about fake news actually

retweeted fake news. But the danger,

the real danger, is that the vast

majority of our constituents have

never heard of Britain first and

message given huge oxygen. Shouldn't

we all go back to constituencies and

go to our communities and say no

matter what that their faith is,

what their beliefs are, we are

together as a community and the

president was stupid in what he did.

I thank my honourable friend

anti-racist such an important point

which is we need to reassure our

communities that the sort of hate

that is promoted by Britain First is

alien to us and if we look to the

response, not only to the tragic,

tragic death of Jo Cox, but also to

the terrorist attacks that we had

this year. What we actually saw with

our communities coming together,

refusing to be divided and making

sure that we show that to be the

case around our own neighbourhoods

as well as across the benches of the

House.

How would she respond if

similar tweets to those made by

President Trump were made by a

Muslim leader promoting hatred?

Would they be allowed into the UK?

The honourable gentleman should not

rush to that conclusion. As I hope

he has heard I have been clear that

we take an evenhanded approach to

individuals and to extremism of any

sort which is why I took the time to

point out the right wing extremism

of the sort that we saw retweeted

and that we saw in natural action,

and why we prescribed it, is just as

hateful and dangerous as any sort of

radical Islamic type.

I congratulate

my right honourable friend and the

Prime Minister for their strong

words and strong action in

condemning this evil word teens

spread. Can she looked at

encouraging Internet companies to

ensure that accounts are clearly

identified as individuals but also

the representations that they

represent. There is a risk that this

is a general view of British people

and it clearly is not. We need to

isolate these people for the people

they are.

It is a good point that we must be

careful. We must be careful not to

allow all this conversation about

the hatred and hate filled group to

feel interest in a group which we

want to make sure does not represent

Britain and does not represent our

values and should not in any way be

interpreted as doing so. It is an

interesting point we should all act

on.

Mr Speaker, hatred breeds hatred and

an attack on the Muslim community is

an attack on us all. Not content

with antagonising people in the

state, by giving a platform to

Britain First, a radically racist

and neofascist organisation, Donald

Trump is actively sowing seeds of

hatred in our country. At the time

when hate crimes in our country are

increasing, what action will be Home

Secretary take to mitigate against

this horrific action the president

has taken yesterday?

I would say to the honourable lady,

as she knows that we take all forms

of hate crimes seriously and we

always encourage the communities to

replace them... To report them when

it takes place. I have with Police

and Crime Commissioner 's and Chiefs

of police to ensure reporting does

take place. Critically, we have a

role to make sure that the online

companies do more to make sure it is

taken down and do more to ensure

that the sort of reports we have had

on the big news don't take place,

and do more to help us identify who

has been promoting some of this

hateful information. We are as a

Government on the front foot injury

and we engage with online companies

and show leadership that is expected

and make sure the material is taken

down.

Mr Speaker, we all condemn and feel

disgusted by the hate speech that

has been propagated by Mr Trump and

others. Does she agree with me that

the danger with these organisations

like Britain First is that they

cloak their hatred activities behind

a cloak of fluffiness and will

sometimes talk about Remembrance Day

and they actually do this in a very

insidious way to trick people? I'm

not suggesting this is Donald Trump,

he ought to have known better... But

these are the tactics they use, so

what is she doing with the

Government to really understand and

develop understanding so we can

fight this all the fronts that

affect our communities so

dangerously?

Think my honourable friend rate is

an important point, and she is

correct that sometimes extremist far

right groups do as she says and try

to hijack our national symbols and

our national days of Memorial and

remembrance, and we need to make

sure that we always call that out. I

am saying to my honourable friend

the best we can do is call it out

and make sure that we spread the

alternative story about British

values.

Paul Flynn.

2 million people signed a petition

of outrage when the president was

given an honour that has never been

offered to any other president, a

red-carpet visit to the country in

the first month of his office. Since

then he has dangerously increased

tension in every world conflict he

has addressed. He has disgraced

himself again and again and he

worries us because his impulse of

finger is on the nuclear button. If

he is allowed to come to this

country now, he should be treated as

anyone else who breaks the law and

charged with inciting racial hatred.

The Government should withdraw the

invitation

hear, hear.

I would repeat to the honourable

gentleman we have not yet made

arrangements for the visit but

invitation has been extended and has

been accepted.

Politics and Twitter is a toxic mix,

for politicians twitching encourages

the transmission of half formed

ideas instead of listening to

develop arguments of others. It

prompts a culture of instant

reaction as opposed to considered

thought and provokes people to

immediate outrage instead of calling

for reflection. Could my right

honourable friend Topley has helped

politicians taking to Twitter has

led to an improvement in modern

civilisation?

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Home Secretary.

I think that is a slightly young my

capacity -- that is beyond my

capacity to date. Saying to my

honourable friend, he is right in so

far as I think many of us could

benefit from a bit more considered

thought and pausing in contemplation

before pressing respond or reply to

Twitter attacks.

It is important that the messages of

hatred spread by the president of

the United States are condemned for

the violence they are. I speak on

behalf of my party to urge the

Government to rescind its offer of a

state visit to a president who has

used his global platform to

propagate and intolerance. Could I

ask the Home Secretary to elaborate

on the pressure that will be exerted

on social media platforms like

Twitter to prevent untrue and

poisonous content from permeating

our society?

I thank the honourable gentleman and

I would again repeat that in terms

of the visit from the president, the

invitation has been extended and

accepted, and I would also point out

that as the president of the United

States... We must remember the

United States itself as such an

important relationship with this

country in terms of keeping us safe

as well. So before we rush to making

those changes I would urge all

honourable members to just keep that

in mind, the importance. I also hope

he has heard from me this morning

about how very seriously we take the

issue of making sure that all

illegal and extreme content, that is

illegal, is taking down from Twitter

and other online platforms, and that

they take more of an active role

themselves in making sure that this

material does not stay up.

In a cynical attempt to harness the

Brexit vote in my constituency, the

EDL last year saw to organise a far

right march. Just nine people showed

up but that is named people to many.

Does the Home Secretary agree with

me that there is still work to do to

make sure that well the views of the

EDL and Britain First do not

represent the mainstream of this

country and they are abhorrent,

there is work to do to make sure we

bring forth more of those views to

make sure we can dispute them.

He is correct and they in no way we

present the views of the British

people as he and I and the rest of

the honourable members nonentity.

There is always more work to do. As

he says, even nine are unwelcome,

but as also has been pointed out

several times in the house today,

the real danger of encouraging

activity and extremism is

increasingly online. That is where

we are focusing so much of our

effort to ensure that we don't allow

it to continue.

In her previous role as Home

Secretary the Prime Minister banned

people from entering this country,

individuals who had promoted

organisations paddling hateful

ideology and fascism. This morning

David Duke, grand Wizard of a Ku

Klux Klan, applauded Donald Trump.

The New York Times notes that no

modern American president has

promoted inflammatory content like

this from an extremist organisation.

Not only has the Commander in Tweet

done this but I did it. Publicly

chastised by the British minister,

putting aside the question of eight

state visit, should even be allowed

to enter our country. Unprecedented

actions require unprecedented

response.

I will point out to the honourable

lady the Prime Minister has robust

Lee replied to the president and

made her views absolutely clear. --

she replied in a robust way. In

terms of what the honourable lady is

also proposing, we do not routinely

comment on individual exclusion

cases.

Is the Home Secretary satisfied that

President Trump's paper, not an

isolated and alone, does not

undermine the important security

ankle operation blessing to the

state? And just because somebody

stops using Twitter does not mean

they cease to be a twit. -- it does

not undermine the important security

relationship between the US and the

UK.

It does not undermine how close the

relationship is an matter how people

feel about the president himself, we

must protect our particular

relationship we have with the US,

which does so much of the British

people say.

Chris Bryant.

The Home Secretary is missing

something here. This was not an

accident and was not stupid but

deliberate and intentional. The

evidence is even after the Prime

Minister said he was wrong he

decided to stand by Britain First. I

say to the Home Secretary, it is no

good saying we have been robust. You

have been robust before and it has

not made the blind is the

difference. He is a repeat offender

and it will go on and on. You cannot

stand up to this kind of action that

Mac you cannot stand up to horrible

racism or pretend to do so and

invite the man in through the front

door.

Hear, hear.

In the past the Home Secretary

repeatedly and rightly when she was

Home Secretary, the Prime Minister

said homophobes and races to stir up

hatred in this country will not be

allowed in this country and if they

come here they will be arrested.

That is what should happen in this

case and the Home Secretary knows

it. Just say it.

Hear, hear

I would say to the

honourable gentleman, there is no

pretence here and we are absolutely

clear in the action we will take

against people who propagate hate

and he should not underestimate the

Prime Minister's views on this and

the Prime Minister's absolute

clarity and criticising the

president and showing that the

public in her comments to him.

I will not take any criticism for

him on the fact that this side of

the house, this Government is

committed to the agenda of making

sure that we protect people and we

promote British values, and I will

continue to protect apposition from

here.

I thank the Home Secretary for her

very important words this morning,

echoing the Prime Minister. Would

she agree with me that all

politicians and community leaders at

every level and in every community

have a duty to be temperate in their

language, tolerant in their actions,

mindful of their social media

presence? And make sure that the

Home Secretary holds content

platforms to account so that

community cohesion and understanding

is maintained?

Yes, my honourable friend is correct

and the issue of making sure that we

support communities in their genuine

efforts and plans and programmes to

hold together, despite difficulties

that may come through, is incredibly

important. We saw that this year

when, despite the wake of a series

of terrorist attacks, our

communities did hold it together and

many of them went out of their way

to support other faiths and where

other people were criticising them.

That is the British way and those

are our values and what we should be

proud of.

Doctor Lisa Cameron.

We must take a firm stance against

hate speech and ensure future

generations do so. Would become

secretaries speak with colleagues

and consider supporting Holocaust

education in schools so younger

generations can understand the

importance of standing against

discrimination and the grave

consequences of inaction?

A very important point from the

honourable lady and I thank her for

raising it. The Holocaust

educational trust does good and

important work and I know that

because some of my children in my

schools in Hastings and right have

been on those trips and I have been

myself. It is a powerful way of

remembering the terrible things that

happened and how by remembering and

by learning we can make sure they do

not happen again. I support her

point.

Does the Home Secretary share my

astonishment that someone in the

position of the President of the

United States actually finds the

time to be trawling through Twitter,

looking for posts as abhorrent as he

has re-tweeted, does he share my

view that Barker making America

great again, his actions in

retweeting those tweets reflect

badly on his office and undermine

the very principles that the United

States was founded on? -- far from

making America great again.

That is why the Prime Minister was

swift and Bremen her response to his

Tweet.

Thank you. Mr Speaker, when I think

of Muslim children in Newcastle

waking up to find themselves being

attacked by the president of the

most powerful nation on earth,

because that is how it will appear

to them, my heart bleeds. But the

body get president is not

accountable to the children of

Newcastle. -- the 45th president. It

is a busy to them he does hold

themselves accountable but the

social media giants are accountable

to the Home Secretary so what will

the Home Secretary do to demonstrate

that accountability?

The honourable lady might prefer her

friends in the community to the

comment by Mike right honourable

friend the Secretary of State for

Communities and Local Government,

who very much made his comments as a

Muslim, and I think that other

Muslims in this country might take

comfort from that as well. In terms

of what we are doing online, we are

making sure that we provide the

leadership necessary to make as much

of this hate and illegal information

that are sometimes put online taken

down. In order to do that, the

relationship with the US, which is

what is critical for this house to

understand, the relationship with

the US is absolutely critical to

making real progress with the online

companies. They are American

companies and they are based in

Silicon Valley. They are subject to

US law. If going to make real

progress with these internet

companies, we have to do it in close

alliance with our American friends.

And when the Prime Minister has her

next regular conversation with the

United States president, could the

Home Secretary ensure that she

conveys to him that the prevailing

of this kind of hate speech simply

serves the ends of those who wish to

promote hatred in my constituency

and between different communities in

my constituency. And that she also

undertake to ask the Prime Minister

to convey to him that my black,

Muslim, Jewish and other minority

constituents, every time this hate

speech is perpetrated feel more fear

and alienation and suspicion from

others in the community. And that is

why C, the president, will not be

welcome in this country because he

is perpetrating and extending that

hate speech.

We are very clear that

the sort of hate that she describes,

the sort of division that has signed

by Britain first for instance is

completely unwelcome here in the UK.

And we will always make sure that we

will take action to call it out. We

also operate in the Home Office to

take down information that can

sometimes get up that should not be

there. We sometimes take down

terrorist content, around 2000

pieces a week. We are always short

that we have more information out

there to help bind our communities

together, like her, I share that

view and I have the same response in

my own constituency to be absolutely

clear that our communities will pull

together and pour all hate crime and

always say that.

May I offer the

Government a way out of the

diplomatic ditch that they are in.

Her Majesty the Queen, because of a

great and very welcome age has been

coming back on her engagements. She

has a royal wedding to look forward

to next year and the birth of a

great grandchild. Don't those facts

alone justify the Government

announcing the postponement of the

state visit by the President of the

United States for at least three

years?

I think the honourable

gentleman for his thoughtful advice

to the Royal family. And as I have

said previously, the dates have not

yet been agreed, but thank you for

your advice.

I'm very saddened by

what Trump has done, like many

people in our country, I have been a

great friend of America, as a very

young man I emigrated to the United

States and to cherish my green card.

But so many of my American friends

and relatives had said to me over

these last few hours, this man does

not speak for America. This man is

betraying the tradition of the

United States of freedom and liberty

and respecting everyone whatever

their religion or background.

Please, as we negotiate, please stop

this man coming on a state visit

because if he comes there will be

demonstrations of unparalleled in

the past in this country. Please

will she act now before it is too

late.

I think the honourable

gentleman for his comments and like

him I am a great admirer of America

and like him I have friends with

different views shall we say, to the

President who are keen to

communicate them to me. As far as

the invitation is concerned, I thank

him for his views, but no date has

been agreed yet.

Can I emphasise

that the issues that the President

of the United States has said on

Twitter is not what the American

people and of an sure that most

Americans would be both embarrassed

and abhorred by what the president

has done. The Home Secretary is in

charge of policing in this country,

say this is a very serious and

direct question. Racial and

religious hatred and inciting it is

a crime in this country. Have either

Twitter or the president of the US

committed a crime?

Mr Speaker, we

keep all potential crimes of the

type that the honourable gentleman

has referred to under review. I am

not going to comment on individual

cases of the type that he has said.

I am sure that he can conclude

himself of the line between free

speech and criminal activity and I

would think I will leave it at that.

Two years ago I tabled an early day

motion calling for the then

presidential candidate Trump to be

banned from visiting the UK in light

of the extremely divisive comments

he made at that time until he

retracted those comments. With his

tweets yesterday and overnight it is

clear that he has not changed, and

that is the key point. Can the Home

Secretary tell me why it is right

for someone so intent on stirring up

hatred contrary to the values of

this country to be invited to the UK

for an all-expenses-paid state visit

at the expense of the tax payer? Won

and what about the values of the

American people? The American people

of whom he's the president, the

American people he so many members

here on both sides of the had said

them admire. Those are the values

that I admire. Those are the values

that I feel we have so much in

common with.

The Home Secretary will

know very well that in this tolerant

country of ours Muslims and

non-Muslims live in peace together

as friends and neighbours and

sometimes as members of the same

families. How do I go back and

explain to my own constituents that

there is a national interest in

inviting somebody who is there to

divide our communities?

I would urge

the honourable gentleman to point

out perhaps some of the points that

I've made today in the House about

the way she is the American

president and we have such

admiration and affection for the

American people that we share values

with an insane many different ways.

And that we are so grateful to their

intelligence services and security

services, that with whom we work so

closely, that the closeness of that

work, the trust between this allows

up them to help save British lives

so effectively. That is why we have

such a close and special

relationship with the Americans.

Mr

Speaker, taking the charitable view

that the United States doesn't know

the character of this organisation

whose vile utterances he has

endorsed, will she ensure the House

that the Government will make him

well aware of its view of the

character of this organisation and

of its effects so that he has the

opportunity clearly to distance

himself from any association with it

before they can be any question of

him visiting the United Kingdom?

It

is certainly our intention to be

absolutely clear that the type of

organisation that he appeared to be

promoting in his retweet is wholly

unwelcome, it is full of hate and we

will continue to call that out. I

think my right honourable friend the

Prime Minister made that clear in

her criticism of him. That we will

not make an opportunity to make that

clear again and we will do so

strongly and family.

Back in 2010,

the now Prime Minister as Home

Secretary, banned radical Indian

tele- evangelist preacher for

entering the UK for his repeated

pattern of unacceptable behaviour

and in particular his line, every

Muslim is a terrorist. Eric sacked

workers at the time were, I am not

willing to allow those not conducive

to the public good to enter the UK.

Surely the same applies here to

President Trump and his frequent

Republican outbursts and

particularly that we are in

Islamophobia awareness month

dislodge the other day. The

Government own report was quoted.

That says that trigger events feed

Islamophobia, women with hijabs

being ripped off. Grand as being

murdered, pigs heads being left on

doorsteps. Can I ask that she does

the same as our predecessor, as our

Prime Minister did previously, also

a wrapper that was excluded for his

misogynist lyrics. Can they not

continue this and then this is it

altogether?

I thank the honourable

lady particularly for the point

about Islamophobia that we take

incredibly seriously and why it

featured so strongly in the hate

crime action plan that I launch last

year and why we have provided extra

money to make sure that mosques can

be protected. Which is why we

provide additional financial support

in the great work in combating

Islamophobia. We are very serious in

addressing the type of hate crime

that she addressed can be stopped so

we can protect people. The Prime

Minister was absolutely right to ban

the people that she referred to, we

do not comment on individual

exclusion cases, but I will make

sure that we always look very

carefully.

My constituents know only

too well where extremism ultimately

leads. And the actions of the

president cannot be set aside as a

mistake. He is a repeat offender as

has already been said. These are his

views. Anybody else holding these

views would not be welcome in this

country. The Home Secretary must see

the double standards that she is

representing here today by saying

that she condemns the actions of the

president but at the same time is

opening her arms with an invitation

to him to come to this country.

Surely, she has to say and send a

clear message, that he's not here.

I

don't accept that there are double

standards. What I accept is that we

have been totally consistent in

making sure that we call out hate

crime and we take aggressive action

in order to stop him. Which is why

my right honourable friend the Prime

Minister responded so strongly to

that tweet and white other Cabinet

ministers have also taken action as

well. We will always make sure that

we call it out and we take action in

order to stop the vile hate crime

that can take place.

Has anyone in

the UK Government actually asked for

these tweets to be taken down?

Mr

Speaker I will have to come back to

the honourable lady on that matter.

Can the Home Secretary provide me

with some guidance about how I

should respond to residents in my

incredibly diverse constituency when

they asked me why our Government is

affording someone with such an

horror and, vile, fascist and

bigoted views, the luxury of a state

visit? And if we don't take action

today, when will we?

Can I asked the

honourable lady to refer to

constituents, as I will mind, to the

strong response that the Prime

Minister responded with. Also I

would ask to point out why the

strong relationship the US is so in

her constituents' interest. Tell

them, explain to them, that it is

action that we have shared with the

intelligence services in the US that

helps to keep British people say. We

do not want to jeopardise any of

that. She shakes her head, that this

is an important point in terms of

keeping her constituents say. That

relationship is so critical would

not want to harm it at all.

Surely

the robust response required now is

to withdraw that invitation.

The

most important action that we can

take to stop the promulgation of the

type of hate crime that has been

promoted by Britain First and is

promoted by other extreme right-wing

groups is to make sure that we work

with major Internet companies to get

more action taken. And this is

exactly the area where the UK has

been leading internationally. It is

the area where the Prime Minister

has been leading at the recent UN

conference. The whole house can rely

on this Government to make sure that

we do that and that they deliver for

us.

In thinking the honourable

gentleman from Cardiff for

submitting his urgent question, I

would like to take this opportunity

to thank the Home Secretary and the

Shadow Home Secretary for being

present on this important occasion.

And coupled with that, perhaps I can

express my gratitude to all

colleagues for participating in this

very important set of exchanges.

Just before I called the Shadow

leader for business question, I

would emphasise that there is huge

pressure on time from now on,

because there is an emergency debate

under SA 24 to take place which can

run up to three hours. And two

debates to be conducted under the

auspices of the backbench business

committee. Therefore is a premium

now on short questions and short

answers.

Could I ask the Leader of

the House to update the House on the

previously announced business.

The

Leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom.

Thank you. The business for the week

commencing the 4th of December, will

include the continuing of the

European Union withdraw build a

four. Opposition Day six, a lot

today, there will be a debate on an

opposition motion is subject to be

announced. Continuation of the

committee European withdrawal Bill

Day five. Thursday the 7th of

December, debate on a motion on

prison reform and safety led by a

general debate on the UK fishing

industry, the subject of these

debates were determined by the

backbench business committee. Friday

the 8th of December the House will

not be sitting. The provisional

business for the week commencing the

11th of December will include Monday

the 11th of December, the second

reading of the Finance Bill. Tuesday

the 12th of December, continuation

committee of the European Union

withdraw

A fantastic.

Wednesday the 13th of December,

continuation of the European Union

Withdrawal Bill debate day seven.

Thursday 14th, debate and a motion

of the quality of pension provision

for women. Followed by debate on a

motion on the hormone pregnancy

tests. The subjects for these

debates were determined by the

backbench is this committee. Friday

15th of December the house will not

be sitting. Provisional business for

the week commencing 18th of December

and will include Monday the 18th of

December consideration committee of

the Finance Bill Day one. Tuesday

19th of December, consideration and

committee of the Finance Bill Day

two. Wednesday the 20th of December,

conclusion of continuation of the

committee of the European Union

Withdrawal Bill day eight. Thursday

the 21st of December, a general

debate on Russian interference in UK

politics and society, followed by a

general debate on matters to be

raised before the forthcoming

adjournment. The subjects of these

debates were determined by the

Backbench Business Committee. Friday

the 22nd of December, a very Merry

Christmas to everybody, Madam Deputy

Speaker. I should also like to

inform the house at the business in

Westminster Hall for December will

include Monday the 4th of December,

a debate on a petition relating to

public sector pay. Thursday the 7th

of December, debate on the women and

equality is committee report on

women in the House of Commons after

the 2020 election, and the

Government response. Monday the 11th

of December, debate and petitions

relating to a referendum on the deal

by the UK's exit from the EU.

Thursday the 14th of December,

debate and the Home Affairs

Committee report on asylum

accommodation and Government

response. Followed on the 19th of

December by a debate on the Northern

Ireland Affairs Committee report on

HM Government support for UK victims

of IRA attacks that use to get

Semtex and weapons and the

Government response. Madam Deputy

Speaker, I am sure the whole house

will want to join me in marking

world AIDS Day which takes place

tomorrow. Significant. Progress has

been made in fighting HIV but we

must continue to end stigma and HIV

transmission and raise awareness

about people living with HIV for

good. Scotland is much loved across

the whole country...

Hear, hear.

Both the UK Government and

Parliament are committed to

championing Scotland and Sunday over

Scottish interests so can take this

to wish everyone, and especially our

friends north of the border, a very

happy Saint Andrews Day?

Hear, hear.

And finally, Madam Deputy Speaker,

can I add my sincere congratulations

to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

and their engagement and wish them

all the very best for the future?

Thank you.

Shadow Leader of the House.

Can I thank the Leader of the House

for updating the House on the

forthcoming business. Can I ask

whether she is able to say whether

the report stage on the third

reading of the European Union

Withdrawal Bill, when that will be

coming before the house? And could

she say whether she is going to

publish the motion on restoration

and renewal before Christmas? I am

pleased to say the opposition day is

going to be on the subject of

Universal Credit. And I will thank

the speakers for granting a debate

on the Yemen as one of the two

honourable members you have been

born in Yemen, the other one being

the member for Leicester East, we

have happy memories of that country

and one of the abiding memories was

of Father Christmas arriving on a

camel. What the Speaker has done is

to provide a debate, giving the gift

of life and hope to those people

suffering in Yemen. Can I think the

Leader of the House for indicating

that the register of ministers'

interests will be updated shortly

but I am not clear what the word

shortly means, how long? Because the

ministerial code section 7.5 says a

statement covering relevant

ministers' interest will be

published twice a year. It was

honoured in 2016 but we have not

seen anything yet. Could I ask the

Leader of the House, she mentioned

the 22nd, wishing everyone a Merry

Christmas, but could she ensure by

writing to all departments that

there is not a plethora of

statements published on the 21st

because it is difficult to put our

constituents LAUGHTER

Used for return question ministers,

particularly as there isn't urgent

question on forensics services and

the minister says it is a serious

matter.

-- it is difficult to put our

constituents' views forward.

Transparency and accountability are

the watchword of our democracy.

Perhaps the Leader of the House can

explain why there is no general

amendment to the war resolution.

There have only been five occasions

where that has not happened. 1929,

came immediately before a general

election while the others in 74, 97,

2010 on July 2017, that was

immediately after a general

election. Erskine May points out it

is done on occasions and in

particular when it has been

necessary to proceed rapidly with a

Finance Bill. In anticipation of a

dissolution of parliament... Could

the Leader of the House update us as

to whether... What the Government's

thinking was and why there is not a

chance for the opposition of all

sides to put forward our alternative

case? Because we have had listening

chances before, as my honourable

friend the member for Dewsbury found

out when she got an amendment to the

Finance Bill ensuring that the

tampon tax was put through? -- was

not put through. This is about

democracy. The Leader of the House

and I have previously had a debate

about how Parliament is being raped

and the Government have raped

committees and they have a majority

when -- how Parliament is being

rigged and the Government have

rigged committees. And the content

of the house. I know in the streets

of Northampton and bolts people are

not going around chanting, what do

we want, sectoral analysis, when do

we want it, now? They are not. They

have elected as to do that. And we

say that on behalf of of those

constituents who want to see those

sectoral analyses.

The motion was very clear and what

it said was that the documents, the

impact assessments,

the sectoral

announcement of those should be

handed to the select committee, not

published but to be looked at and a

private session.

That is done all they can buy select

committees and that is what we want.

How could they possibly have an

inquiry about the evidence? --

without the evidence? If Parliament

is sovereign, the Secretary of State

has to listen to Parliament. Our

sovereign parliament has instructed

him to give up those papers. Madam

Deputy Speaker, there are a number

of anniversaries the Leader of the

House has alluded to, but someday,

as the honourable member for

Battersea reminded us at PMQs is

disability day. I know the Minister

is making a statement after this and

hope we will address the fact that

the governor take the disparity

between mental health and physical

conditions... A constituent of mine

has been penalised in her PIP

assessment while her mother is going

to cancer treatment but she may not

have her PIP because of mental

health conditions. The Leader of the

House ensure there is parity of

esteem in PIP assessments and help

the statement will deal how the

Government is dealing with areas in

the game had yesterday. 75,000

people affected and only 1000 have

been contacted to do with E S A. The

Chancellor's financial statement did

not mention disability or people

with disabilities once. People with

disabilities and their families are

set to lose £5,500 per year by 2022

because of existing tax and benefit

changes. It was a flat-lining

Government budget from a flat-lining

Government. Madam Deputy Speaker,

tomorrow is world AIDS Day. Diana,

Princess of Wales, did so much to

dispel the myth around AIDS and I

agree with the Leader of the House

that we want to congratulate her

younger son, Prince Harry, and

Meghan Markle on their engagement,

and fitting they have chosen

Nottingham contemporary, a gallery

hosting the Terrence Higgins trust

world AIDS Day charity fair as their

first public event and we wish them

a long and happy life together. As

Prince Harry's grandparents have

celebrated... And we wish Prince

Philip congratulations on his new

honour, as they celebrate there are

70 years. Finally, Madam Deputy

Speaker,, it is St Andrews Day and

we wish everyone called Andrew a

happy Saint Andrews Day, one of the

patron saint of our United Kingdom.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As

ever, the honourable lady raises a

wide range of interesting and

thought-provoking points. I would

like to first of all say as ever,

the report in the third reading of

the European Union Withdrawal Bill

and the motions on our and our will

be brought forward as soon as

possible and she will appreciate it

is not always possible to get such

our advanced... And last week she

welcomed me announcing the business

up until Christmas and I will always

say I will be as hopeful as possible

to the House, including providing

future information on the a

different part of the business. She

mentions the opposition Day subject

of Universal Credit. On the side of

the house, we welcome all views. We

have had a number of debates on this

subject in recent weeks and my right

honourable friend was pleased to

come to the house to address the

motion that was passed by this house

on Universal Credit, as I had

pledged would be the case, whenever

a motion was passed by this house.

He did fulfil that plate with an 12

week time frame and I hope that

honourable members did note that and

I look forward to this further

debate. I share with her and

enthusiasm for discussing the plight

of those living in Yemen after such

terrible, terrible times. I think we

look forward to the emergency debate

later on today. I will say to her

again, the register of ministers'

interests, it will be provided as

soon as possible. I can't be

specific but there is a lot of work

to begin to compile and finalise the

report and it will be provided soon

as we can. She asks that statements

be avoided, written ministerial

statements be avoided on the 21st of

December. I would say to her that

obviously members of the Government

can come under criticism for

publishing things, anything outside

of sitting days, but now, of course,

she wants to criticise the

Government for publishing things and

sitting days. I don't think we can

really except that sitting days

should be ring fenced simply because

they are drawing near to the end of

a period of sitting... So I think

she will need to bear in mind that

ministers make great efforts to

ensure that they make announcements

whilst the house is sitting on

giving us the opportunity to look at

that. She asks about the specific

point on the opposition's ability to

perform an alternative case by the

Finance Bill. If I may, I will write

to her on that point and I am

looking into that at the moment. She

suggests that there aren't any

people in her constituency of mine

who are walking about demanding

impact assessments. I think she

underestimates the people of

Northamptonshire and indeed

Oxfordshire. My honourable friend

and my PBS and I are very clear that

our constituents are interested, and

indeed it is the case that the

Secretary of State for exiting the

EU and his ministerial team have

been clear... The analysis was not a

series of impact assessments

examining the impact of EU exit on

the 58 sectors. In fact, in order to

meet the motion of the 1st of

November, we have taken a lot of

time to bring together the sectoral

analyses in a way that is accessible

and informative to the committee.

These analyses are being made

available to all members of the

House of Commons, and the House of

Lords, in a private reading room,

and the Secretary of State for

exiting the EU will be meeting the

select committee next Wednesday the

6th of December. Finally, she raises

the important issue of parity of

esteem for mental and physical

disability. I absolutely share her

determination that we should achieve

that. That is the goal and intention

of this Government, and I am sure

she will welcome, as I do, the fact

that its 2010, spending on

disability has increased by £7

billion. And what this Government is

determined to do is to enable people

with disabilities to have more

control over their lives and to

enable them to seek work that suits

their capabilities, to give them the

chance to improve their own lives as

far as is possible. Thank you, Madam

Deputy Speaker.

Order. The colleagues will have

heard the speech from these bigger

about the pressure on time today. --

what the Speaker said. He indicated

to me that he would like the

emergency debate on Yemen to start

no later than one o'clock. In which

case, I am going to run business

questions until 12:15pm but there is

then another statement, so

colleagues who might prefer to

intervene at a later statement could

perhaps bear that in mind. David

Amis.

My right honourable friend

fine temper a debate on boosting

trade between China the kingdom?

Only yesterday, the largest digital

marketing agency in China was

launched at the shard and I am

delighted that they launched it with

a British MD, Richard habits.

Having seen the opportunity from

China for our food and drink

business, I agree. On his specific

point regarding digital marketing,

there are a number of support

agencies that specialise in helping

UK firms to export to and invest in

China. These businesses demonstrate

that exporting to China is within

reach for larger companies, and we

welcome the decision for high link

to open an office in London.

Could I

think the Leader of the House for

the business for next week. Can I

also wish everyone a happy St

Andrew's Day. The SNP now join an

exclusive club with all the

opposition parties in which this

Government won't vote against thanks

to the Tory vote refuses, we now

have the unanimous agreement of the

south to tackle injustice. We were

wondering what type of motion might

tempt the Tory voters... Given the

childish nature of the failure to

participate in the democratic

structures of the House, maybe a

motion that this Government smells

might try and preserve the dignity.

This is not going to end well for

this Government. And I know that Mr

Speaker is considering my

correspondence that this may be in

contempt of this House to fully

comply with an earlier binding

motion of this House. I know Mr

Speaker has been typically generous

with this Government that patients

must be running thin. It is either

compliance or contempt and we must

return this House to the position

where this Government votes. This is

a national, sovereign parliament, it

is not a sixth form debating

society. Lastly, the latest piece of

Brexit chaotic cluelessness comes in

a... The total of the UK must now

come close to hundreds of billions

of pounds, that is why we must see

these wrecks that impact

assessments. We need a proper debate

about the true cost of Brexit and we

need to hear if there is any pace

that will make this Government think

again.

I am grateful to the

honourable gentleman for his feisty

remarks and I must say to him that I

was going to invite him for some

haggis, neeps and tatties in the

members tearoom after this in the

business question, but I might think

again if he feels this Government

smells. I am not sure that is even

orderly language! But nevertheless,

I'm willing to overlook it. He

mentions these Pacific issue of

pension age for women and of course

he will be aware that this is being

raised on a number of occasions. The

Conservatives in Government had

committed over £1 billion to support

those affected so that nobody will

see their pension age changed by

more than 18 months compared to the

1995 timetable. He will recognise

that the great news that we are all

living longer does mean that

therefore the age at which people

reach their state retirement and

therefore draw their state pension

does need to change with it. We are

trying to seek fairness across men

and women in that regard. He asks

about voting and as I made very

clear in my statement previously,

that we recognise that any motion

that is voted on by the House is

binding on the House, and opposition

Day motions that are voted on and

approved are binding on the House.

However, as Mr Speaker has made

clear, they are not binding on the

Government. And what I have agreed

in recognition in desire of the

House quite rightly, to see what

actions are taken as a result of

motion is approved by this House, is

that a statement will be provided in

respect of any opposition motion

that is passed by the House, with

the minister explaining exactly what

actions have been taken as a result.

My right honourable friend the

Secretary of State for the WP, came

before this House to provide such an

update only this week and there will

be further statement in the near

future. His final statement about

the cost of leaving the EU is one,

as he will know, not one at all that

the Government has said is the case.

It is simply something that is part

of the negotiations. The Government

is committed to seeking the best

possible deal for the United Kingdom

as we leave the EU. The negotiations

are in a positive face. We hope to

see some good, constructive results

from the December Council and we all

await those negotiations with

enormous interest.

Can we have a

debate on the importance and value

of further education skills,

especially following the disgraceful

attack yet again by the formal

inspector of schools who told

colleges to get off their backsides.

This is entirely wrong, 70% of our

education colleges are good or

outstanding and he previously

said... It is worth remembering that

Cinderella not only married a prince

but we got to banish the two ugly

sisters of snobbery and intolerance.

My honourable friend is a fantastic

champion for young people getting on

in life and I absolutely share his

enthusiasm for the contribution of

so many excellent colleges. Towards

giving young people the

opportunities they need and deserve.

Thank you to the Leader of the House

for the business statement. Could I

discreetly point out to the

honourable member that having a loan

is contravention of the clean air

act. This afternoon, we have two

important debates scheduled by the

backbench business committee. The

treatment of S M Es by our global

restructuring group and mental

health and suicide within a

community. Due to exceptional

circumstances far beyond the

backbench of these two important

debates this afternoon will be

severely restricted by time. Both

debates will have fewer on-site

public support with constituents

visiting this place to witness their

very real concern is being debated.

Could we now look at a potential

revision of standing orders to

enable some measure to protect time

for such debates for the backbench

business committee in the future?

Our constituents and the

constituents of all backbenchers

deserve that at least.

I think the

honourable gentleman raises a very

important point. I think we're all

disappointed to see the constraints

that have arisen through no

individual fault, but just as a

result of circumstances to the two

important debates he mentions. I

will certainly take that away and

look at it.

This is an issue where

the Government to make a statement

on how they are going to involve

leaseholders in the discussions on

building high-rise buildings with

cladding. They are having meetings

with the managing agents and others,

but leaseholders who may be isolated

not been brought in, not been

brought together, and would it be

possible for the Leader of the House

to consider asking that department

if they can announce before next

Tuesday how they will get the

leaseholders involved and how they

can talk to each other to have a

united front and share information?

My honourable friend is raising

something that is very important to

all of us. But we ensure the safety

of those who live in high-rise

buildings. If he wants to write to

make or talk to me after business

questions, I will certainly see to

help if I can raise this matter with

the Department.

Maher as the Leader

of the House if we can have an

urgent debate into fracking planning

applications. In my constituency the

multinational petrochemical company

has applied to the DC LG secretary

to avoid local democracy by taking

planning decisions out of the local

council hands and giving to the

national planning Inspectorate. I

like to ask the secretary how does

it fit with the Tory manifesto on

the promise to maintain public

confidence in the shale industry and

uphold rigorous environment

protection?

The honourable gentleman

might wish to raise that specific

question at DC LG questions on the

4th of December, as he will know

however, the subject of shale gas

exploration is one that has received

a huge amount of attention in this

place. The regulations are very

strong, and it is right that the UK

economy takes the opportunity to

benefit from that transition from

high carbon emitting coal, through

gas, which is lower carbon emitting

to our renewables future that we all

want to see.

Can we have a debate on

a weed called floating Penny Watt,

it is a strong contender for the

worst aquatic weed in the UK and it

is affecting large stretches of the

Thames and a debate would sort out

how we can deal with that.

I agree

with my honourable friend that this

week is a highly invasive non-native

species of causes a significant

environmental impact. The

Environment Agency has removed

thousands of tonnes of this plant in

part of a coordinated removal and

spraying to hold its growth. My

friend will be leased to know that

efforts have been redoubled to

remove this weed from the Thames and

distributors throughout October and

November and is putting a sprain,

removal and monitoring programme in

place from Spring 2010.

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This Saturday I will be taking part

as small business Saturday visiting

businesses on high Street, Christmas

markets and finishing with a chink

in Lewisham. Can we have a debate on

what support the -- drink. ... Two

surviving crew?

You are absolutely

right to highlight your own small

businesses in the value to the

economy. This Government not misread

supports businesses and the

contribution they make across the

UK. I'm sure many members will be

doing similar to the honourable lady

and visiting around more businesses

and I encourage them to do so.

Yesterday saw the long-awaited

publication by the Labour Mayor of

London of the draft London plan.

This could lead to the end of back

gardens in suburbia, the abolition

of car parking spaces in all new

developments, and at the same time

not a single new affordable homes is

built under his watch. This will

affect all Londoners. Can we have a

debate in Government time on the

drastic impact that this will have

across London?

My honourable friend

is absolutely right to hold the

Labour Mayor of London to account in

the way that he does. And to point

out that we do need thriving

economies. London absolutely needs

much more housing and affordable

housing and greater infrastructure

and unfortunately the men are all

too often criticises central

Government for his own failings.

Can

I say to the Leader of the House,

there was absolute astonishment from

MPs across this House and the fact

that the Chancellor in his budget

made no mention of defence and given

the crisis that defence is facing in

this country over the current time,

can I ask the leader to us the

Chancellor to come to this House and

explained how we're going to stop

cuts to our numbers of shoulders,

cutting the number of aircraft,

customer number of marines in order

to defend our country properly --

soldiers.

What I would say to the

honourable gentleman first and

foremost, this Government supports

all of our Armed Forces in our

defence sector to an anonymous

extent. We have committed --