:00:00. > :00:00.access for aid getting into the country but also that making sure
:00:00. > :00:00.that aid, particularly fuel, that it can also get around the country to
:00:00. > :00:25.communities in need. I know the whole house will wish to
:00:26. > :00:29.join me and paid tribute to Michael Meacher. He died suddenly last week
:00:30. > :00:33.and we send our condolences to his family and friends. Michael
:00:34. > :00:37.dedicated his life to public service, diligently representing his
:00:38. > :00:41.constituents for a staggering 45 years. He was a passionate advocate
:00:42. > :00:45.of the causes he believed in, including the environment, and he
:00:46. > :00:50.was able to put these into practice as a minister between 97-2003. This
:00:51. > :00:53.house and our politics are poorer place without him and I know
:00:54. > :00:58.colleagues from all sides of this chamber will remember him with
:00:59. > :01:01.affection and miss him greatly. Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings
:01:02. > :01:07.with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties
:01:08. > :01:12.in this house to have further meetings today. Can I associate
:01:13. > :01:17.myself with the sympathies expressed by the Prime Minister. Will my right
:01:18. > :01:20.honourable friend join me in celebrating that one in ten of the
:01:21. > :01:32.world's tractors are built in Basildon? Yanuyanutawa not an Airbus
:01:33. > :01:38.Basildon. And it is attracting Basildon. And it is attracting
:01:39. > :01:41.investment from well renowned organisations such as the Royal
:01:42. > :01:48.Opera house. All of this is leading to job creation and opportunity.
:01:49. > :01:51.Will he therefore do all he can to ensure that Britain remains a great
:01:52. > :02:01.place to do business and prosper in the? -- prosper in. Basildon has a
:02:02. > :02:04.special place in my heart. I didn't know all those statistics, but it
:02:05. > :02:13.now has an even more special place. I can to him that the long-term use
:02:14. > :02:17.claimants is down by 24% of the last year. He spoke about what a great
:02:18. > :02:21.place Britain is to do business. We are now six in the rankings in the
:02:22. > :02:26.world for the best place to setup and to run a business. I know the
:02:27. > :02:28.Leader of the Opposition, not least because his new spokesman is
:02:29. > :02:31.apparently a great admirer of the Soviet Union, will be pleased to
:02:32. > :02:40.start the day with tractor statistics.
:02:41. > :02:46.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can I start by associating myself with the
:02:47. > :02:51.remarks the Prime Minister made about Michael Meacher? On behalf of
:02:52. > :02:55.the Labour Party, his constituents and the much wider community, our
:02:56. > :02:59.condolences to his family. I spoke to them last night and asked how
:03:00. > :03:02.they would like Michael to be remembered. They thought about it
:03:03. > :03:06.and sent me a very nice message, which if I may, I will read out.
:03:07. > :03:11.Quite brief but very poignant. They said, when I was young one of the
:03:12. > :03:15.things he frequently said to me was that people went into politics
:03:16. > :03:18.because their principles and they wanted to change things to make
:03:19. > :03:21.things better, but in order to get into power they would often
:03:22. > :03:25.compromise on their principles and that this could happen again and
:03:26. > :03:28.again until, if they eventually did get into power, they would have
:03:29. > :03:35.become so compromise that they would do nothing with it. Michael was a
:03:36. > :03:41.decent, hard-working, passionate and profound man. He represented he his
:03:42. > :03:45.constituency with diligence for 45 years. He was a brilliant
:03:46. > :03:50.environment minister, as the Prime Minister pointed out. He was totally
:03:51. > :03:53.committed to parliamentary democracy and this Parliament, holding
:03:54. > :03:58.government or governments to account and he was a lifelong campaigner
:03:59. > :04:02.against injustice and poverty. We've remember Michael for all those
:04:03. > :04:05.things, we express our condolences and express are some these to his
:04:06. > :04:10.family at this very difficult time. His will be a hard act to follow,
:04:11. > :04:15.but we will do our best. Mr Speaker, following the events on
:04:16. > :04:18.Monday evening, and the belated acceptance from the Prime Minister
:04:19. > :04:24.of the result there, can he now guaranteed to The House and wider
:04:25. > :04:30.country that nobody will be worse off next year as a result of cuts to
:04:31. > :04:35.working tax credits? What I can guarantee is we remain
:04:36. > :04:39.committed to the vision of a higher pay, low tax, lower welfare
:04:40. > :04:45.economy. We believe the way to make sure that everyone is better off is
:04:46. > :04:49.to keep growing our economy, keep inflation low, keep cutting peoples
:04:50. > :04:53.taxes and introduce the national living wage. As for changes, the
:04:54. > :04:59.Chancellor will set them out in the Autumn Statement. I thank the Prime
:05:00. > :05:06.Minister for that, but the question I was asking was quite simply this.
:05:07. > :05:12.Will he confirm, right now, that tax credit cuts will not make anyone
:05:13. > :05:17.worse off in April next year? What we want is for people to be
:05:18. > :05:21.better off because we are cutting their taxes and increasing their
:05:22. > :05:25.paid, that he is going to have to be a little patient, because although
:05:26. > :05:30.these changes passed the House of Commons five times, with ever
:05:31. > :05:33.enlarging majorities, we will set out our new proposals in the Autumn
:05:34. > :05:38.Statement and you will be able to study them.
:05:39. > :05:42.Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Speaker, this is the time when we
:05:43. > :05:43.asked questions of the Prime Minister on behalf of the people of
:05:44. > :06:11.this country. Thank you. Mr Speaker, if I may continue.
:06:12. > :06:15.People are very worried about what is going to happen to them next
:06:16. > :06:20.April. So what exactly does the Prime Minister mean, is considering
:06:21. > :06:23.it, there is an Autumn Statement coming up? We thought he was
:06:24. > :06:30.committed to not cutting tax credits. Is he going to cut tax
:06:31. > :06:35.credits or not, are people going to be worse for next in April next
:06:36. > :06:39.year? You must know the answer. First of all we set out in our
:06:40. > :06:45.election manifesto that we would find ?12 billion of savings on
:06:46. > :06:52.welfare. Order, there is too much noise in the chamber. Order! A bit
:06:53. > :06:57.of calm. The questions must be heard, and the answers must be
:06:58. > :07:00.heard. The Prime Minister. Thank you Mr Speaker. It is an
:07:01. > :07:04.important point because every penny we don't save on welfare is savings
:07:05. > :07:08.we have to find in the education budget or in the policing budgets,
:07:09. > :07:12.or in the health budget. The second point I would make is the cause of
:07:13. > :07:16.what has happened on the other place, of course we should have a
:07:17. > :07:20.debate about how to reform welfare and how to reduce the cost of
:07:21. > :07:23.welfare. I am happy to have that debate, but of course it is
:07:24. > :07:26.difficult to have that debate with the honourable gentleman, because he
:07:27. > :07:30.has opposed everything all welfare change that was made. He doesn't
:07:31. > :07:36.support the welfare cap. He doesn't support the cap on housing benefit.
:07:37. > :07:39.He doesn't think that any change to welfare is worthwhile. I have to
:07:40. > :07:44.say, if we want a strong economy and we want growth, we want to get rid
:07:45. > :07:50.of our deficit, we want to secure our country, we need to reform
:07:51. > :07:52.welfare. What we are talking about our tax
:07:53. > :07:56.credits for people in work. The credits for people in work. The
:07:57. > :07:59.Prime Minister knows that, he understands that. He has lost the
:08:00. > :08:03.support of many people in this country that are actually quite
:08:04. > :08:07.synthetic to his political project. Some of the papers who supported him
:08:08. > :08:11.have come against on this. He did commit to ?12 billion worth of cuts
:08:12. > :08:14.in the welfare budget repeatedly refused to say if tax credits would
:08:15. > :08:19.be part of this. In fact he said they want. Can he now give us the
:08:20. > :08:25.answer we are trying to get today? Answer the question.
:08:26. > :08:28.The answer will be set out in the Autumn Statement when we set out our
:08:29. > :08:34.proposals. I have to say to him, it has come to quite a strange set of
:08:35. > :08:39.events when you have the House of Commons voting for something five
:08:40. > :08:43.times, when there is absolutely no rebellion among conservative members
:08:44. > :08:47.of parliament, or indeed amongst Conservative peers and the Labour
:08:48. > :08:53.Party is left offending and depending on unelected peers in the
:08:54. > :08:56.House of Lords. We British politics a new alliance. The unelected and
:08:57. > :09:14.the unelectable. SHOUTING. Mr Speaker, it is very
:09:15. > :09:19.interesting the Prime Minister still refuses to answer the fundamental
:09:20. > :09:24.question. This is not a constitutional crisis, this is a
:09:25. > :09:29.crisis for 3 million families in this country, for 3 million families
:09:30. > :09:33.in this country who are very worried about what is going to happen next
:09:34. > :09:38.April. Just before the last election, the former Chief Whip, now
:09:39. > :09:43.Justice Secretary, said in answer to a question on the BBC world at one,
:09:44. > :09:50.are you going to cut tax credits? The answer was, we are not going to
:09:51. > :09:55.cut them. Why did he say that? What I said in the election is that
:09:56. > :10:01.the basic level of child tax credits would stay the same. At ?2700 per
:10:02. > :10:05.child it stays exactly the same. The point is this, if we want to get our
:10:06. > :10:09.deficit down, if we want to secure our, me, if we want to keep on with
:10:10. > :10:17.secure growth, we need to make savings on welfare. Even with his
:10:18. > :10:21.deficit denying, borrow forever plan, presumably he has to make some
:10:22. > :10:27.savings in public spending? If you don't save any money on welfare, you
:10:28. > :10:32.end up cutting the NHS, you end up cutting even more deeply police
:10:33. > :10:36.budgets. Those are the troops. One is he going to stop deficit denial,
:10:37. > :10:48.get off the fence and tell us what he would do?
:10:49. > :10:52.Mr Speaker... A moment ago, the answer is a need to be heard, the
:10:53. > :10:57.questions need to be heard. The man is going to ask his question and it
:10:58. > :11:03.will be heard. If it takes longer, so be it.
:11:04. > :11:09.Thank you Mr Speaker. I've five times asked the Prime Minister today
:11:10. > :11:12.whether or not people will be worse off if they receive working tax
:11:13. > :11:17.credits next April? He still hasn't been able to answer me or indeed
:11:18. > :11:27.many others. Can I put him a question I was sent... CHEERING
:11:28. > :11:43.Mr Speaker, it might be very amusing to members said, but...
:11:44. > :11:48.I was sent this question by Karen: Why is the Prime Minister punishing
:11:49. > :11:52.working families? I work full time and earn their living wage within
:11:53. > :11:59.the public sector. The tax credit cuts will push me and my family into
:12:00. > :12:04.hardship. Can he give a cast-iron guarantee to Karen and all the other
:12:05. > :12:08.families who are very worried what is going to happen next April to
:12:09. > :12:12.therein come, how they are going to make ends meet, could give them the
:12:13. > :12:16.answer today, I hope you will. I ask him, for the sixth time, please give
:12:17. > :12:19.us an answer to a very straightforward, very simple
:12:20. > :12:24.question. What I would say to Karen is this,
:12:25. > :12:28.if she is on the living wage, working in the public sector, next
:12:29. > :12:35.year in April she will benefit from being able to earn ?11,000 before
:12:36. > :12:39.she pays any income tax at all. It was around ?6,000 when I became
:12:40. > :12:43.Prime Minister forced up if she has children, she will benefit from 30
:12:44. > :12:48.hours of childcare every week. That is something that has happened under
:12:49. > :12:52.this government. But above all, she will benefit because we have a
:12:53. > :12:56.growing economy, because we have zero inflation, because we have two
:12:57. > :13:00.million more people in work, because we will train 3 million apprentices
:13:01. > :13:05.in this Parliament, and that is the fact. The reason the Labour Party
:13:06. > :13:10.lost the last election is they were completely un-trusted on the
:13:11. > :13:14.deficit, on debt and on a stable economy. And since then the deficit
:13:15. > :13:18.deniers have taken over the Labour Party. That is what happened. When
:13:19. > :13:23.you look at their plans, borrowing for ever, printing money, hiking up
:13:24. > :13:30.taxes, it is working people like Karen that will pay the price.
:13:31. > :13:38.Mr Speaker, in my constituency, unemployment has fallen by 30% since
:13:39. > :13:44.2010. And this Government has delivered the M6 Link Road after 60
:13:45. > :13:48.years. It will treat even more jobs in my area when it's completed. Does
:13:49. > :13:50.the Prime Minister agree with me that the Conservatives are insuring
:13:51. > :13:57.Morecambe is back open for business? I remember visiting his
:13:58. > :14:01.constituency and looking at the very important roadworks that were being
:14:02. > :14:05.put in place which will up the port, help when we bring in the new
:14:06. > :14:10.nuclear power station and the other steps he wants to see, I can tell
:14:11. > :14:15.him the long-term youth claimant count in his constituency has fallen
:14:16. > :14:19.by 30% in the last year, Young people now able to work, to benefit
:14:20. > :14:26.from our growing economy. Angus Robertson. We associate ourselves
:14:27. > :14:32.with the condolences expressed by the and the Leader of the Opposition
:14:33. > :14:35.about Michael. Last week I asked the Prime Minister Erdogan tragic
:14:36. > :14:38.circumstances of Mike O'Sullivan, from north London, a disabled man
:14:39. > :14:42.who took his life after an assessment by the Department for
:14:43. > :14:47.Work and Pensions. We know 60 investigations had taken place into
:14:48. > :14:50.suicide wallowing the cancellation of benefits, but the findings have
:14:51. > :14:53.not been published. The Prime not been published. The Prime
:14:54. > :14:56.Minister said to me last week that he would look very carefully at the
:14:57. > :15:01.specific question about publication. Will he confirm when these findings
:15:02. > :15:07.will be published? I will write to him about this but my memory from
:15:08. > :15:10.looking into this afterward is there are very good reasons why we can't
:15:11. > :15:17.publish the specific report he talks about because it has personal and
:15:18. > :15:20.medical data in it which would not be appropriate for publication. If I
:15:21. > :15:23.got that wrong, I will write to him but that's my clear memory of
:15:24. > :15:29.looking into his question after last week. Tim Salter from Stourbridge in
:15:30. > :15:35.the West Midlands was 53 when he took his life. The coroner ruled a
:15:36. > :15:41.major factor in his death was greatly reduced living almost
:15:42. > :15:46.destitute. His sister said if of honourable people who will be
:15:47. > :15:50.affected the worst. The DWP need to publish these reviews. The Prime
:15:51. > :15:56.Minister says he is concerned about the views of the families involved.
:15:57. > :16:00.The families say the findings should be published. Really publish them? 3
:16:01. > :16:07.million families will have their child tax credit is cancelled. We
:16:08. > :16:11.knew the answer to these questions. Let me correct on its last point.
:16:12. > :16:15.Under the proposals we put forward, those people on the lowest levels of
:16:16. > :16:19.pay where protected because of a national living wage and those
:16:20. > :16:23.people on the lowest incomes where protected because we were protecting
:16:24. > :16:29.the basic award of a child tax credit in 2007 and ?80. The other
:16:30. > :16:34.part of the question is a bit I've already answered but I'll send them
:16:35. > :16:37.a letter if I got it wrong, they were too many personal and medical
:16:38. > :16:41.details for that to be published. I think they is an important
:16:42. > :16:50.consideration that in deciding whether to publish something. I'd
:16:51. > :16:56.like to ask the Prime Minister about Ruby, one of my youngest
:16:57. > :16:59.constituents, just one-month-old. Why should she faced the prospect of
:17:00. > :17:07.spending their entire working life paying off the debt would have been
:17:08. > :17:12.built up by this generation? I think Ruby is right, when we became the
:17:13. > :17:15.Government, one in ?4 spent by the Government was borrowed money. We
:17:16. > :17:21.had one of the biggest budget deficit anywhere in the world and
:17:22. > :17:24.it's always easy for people to say put off the difficult decisions,
:17:25. > :17:29.don't make any spending reductions, but what they are doing is burdening
:17:30. > :17:33.future generations with debt. What I would say to the Labour front bench,
:17:34. > :17:49.that is not generosity, that is actually selfishness. I think the
:17:50. > :17:54.lady must have misheard but Mrs Sharon Hodgson. We know about the
:17:55. > :17:59.broken promise about tax credits but for the final nail in the coffin of
:18:00. > :18:02.compassionate Conservative there's be hammered home everywhere to scrap
:18:03. > :18:08.universal infant free school meals in the spending review, taking hot
:18:09. > :18:13.meals out of the mouths of innocent name with infant children? Will he
:18:14. > :18:20.guarantee now not to scrap universal infant pre-school meals slowly does
:18:21. > :18:28.not go down in history as David the Denis Thatcher? I'm immensely proud
:18:29. > :18:32.it was part of the Government would introduce this policy 13 years of a
:18:33. > :18:38.Labour Government and did they ever do that? -- dinner snatcher. Do you
:18:39. > :18:43.remember the infant free school meals, Labour Party? I'm proud of
:18:44. > :18:47.what we have done and we will be keeping it.
:18:48. > :18:56.CHEERING Thank you. Mr Speaker, my right
:18:57. > :18:58.honourable friend has demonstrated considerable leadership in ensuring
:18:59. > :19:05.Britain is the second-largest donor of aid in Syria. There is another
:19:06. > :19:08.crisis going on which the world is largely forgetting. In Yemen is an
:19:09. > :19:14.ongoing war, 1.4 million people forced to flee their homes, 3
:19:15. > :19:17.million face starvation, half a million children are at risk from
:19:18. > :19:21.malnutrition and the president of the International Red Cross has said
:19:22. > :19:24.in Yemen, after five months, we're in the same position as we are in
:19:25. > :19:31.Syria after five years. Please can we do more? He's absolutely right to
:19:32. > :19:36.raise this and we have been involved in trying to help the situation
:19:37. > :19:39.right from the start, as in Syria, a major contributor in terms of
:19:40. > :19:43.humanitarian aid. We've made it clear all parties should engage
:19:44. > :19:47.without conditions and in good faith in peace talks to allow Yemen to
:19:48. > :19:52.move towards a sustainable peace and that needs to be a piece based on
:19:53. > :19:56.the fact that all people in Yemen needs proper representation by their
:19:57. > :19:59.Government. There are similarities with Syria, which is having a
:20:00. > :20:08.Government on behalf of one part of the country, never a sustainable
:20:09. > :20:14.solution. How dare anyone in this House earning ?74,000 a year tell
:20:15. > :20:17.families their combined income of ?25,000 is too much and they need to
:20:18. > :20:21.give something back to balance the economy? Did the Prime Minister
:20:22. > :20:28.accused the listener 's manifesto because he knew he wouldn't be
:20:29. > :20:32.elected? -- refused to put this in his manifesto. When I became Prime
:20:33. > :20:37.Minister, nine out of ten families were getting tax credits, including
:20:38. > :20:41.MPs. That's how crazy the system we inherited was. We would use that
:20:42. > :20:48.during the last Parliament, opposed of course by Labour and the SNP, 26
:20:49. > :20:52.out of ten families. Our proposals would take that down to five out of
:20:53. > :20:55.ten families but these are not proposals on their own but
:20:56. > :21:00.accompanied by a national living wage, for first time. By allowing
:21:01. > :21:04.people to air and ?11,000 before paying tax, for the first time,
:21:05. > :21:14.those sorts of measures will help the thought of family she talks
:21:15. > :21:20.about. The Prime Minister spoke about conference about the plight of
:21:21. > :21:24.young people in the care system. Can he answer what the garment will do
:21:25. > :21:27.to improve the chances of these young disadvantaged children and
:21:28. > :21:33.give them opportunities as they move forward in their lives? The most
:21:34. > :21:38.important thing we can do is to speed up the adoption system so more
:21:39. > :21:41.children get adopted. What we have seen since I've been Prime Minister
:21:42. > :21:46.is an increase in adoptions but, because of one or two judgments, it
:21:47. > :21:50.slipped backwards a bit and need to work very hard to make sure more
:21:51. > :21:53.children get adopted. For those who can't be adopted, we need to make
:21:54. > :21:58.sure our residential care homes are doing the best possible job they can
:21:59. > :22:02.and that's why today I can announce I've asked the former chief
:22:03. > :22:06.executive of Barnardos, an excellent public servant, who I worked with at
:22:07. > :22:10.the Home Office, to conduct an independent review of children's
:22:11. > :22:12.residential care reporting to the Education Secretary at myself so we
:22:13. > :22:22.can take every step to give these children the best start in life.
:22:23. > :22:26.Redundant steelworkers such as those in Wrexham pay national insurance
:22:27. > :22:31.contributions and played by the rules. Why then is this Government
:22:32. > :22:37.limiting mortgage interest support for them in the future and making
:22:38. > :22:46.them pay twice, once through national insurance and once through
:22:47. > :22:49.paying back a loan? Isn't that type of action and irresponsible
:22:50. > :22:57.Government like his should not be pursuing and isn't it an example of
:22:58. > :23:02.compassionate conservatism dying? He refers to a temporary recession
:23:03. > :23:06.measure on mortgage payments which was continued for five years but he
:23:07. > :23:10.does give me the opportunity to say, as I promised I would last night, to
:23:11. > :23:14.update the House on what we're doing to help the steel industry which is
:23:15. > :23:19.important to his constituency and, on energy costs, we will refund the
:23:20. > :23:25.full amount of the policy costs they full amount of the policy costs they
:23:26. > :23:29.face as soon as we get the state aided judgment from Brussels. I can
:23:30. > :23:34.confirm that payment will be made immediately and throughout this
:23:35. > :23:42.Parliament, far more generous than what has been proposed by the party
:23:43. > :23:47.opposite. Graham Evans. I have had hundreds of e-mails from
:23:48. > :23:54.constituents regarding the Northern Powerhouse and I have just chose
:23:55. > :23:57.one. John e-mailed me to say, not to listen to lead of the opposition
:23:58. > :24:03.with his strategy of higher spending, higher borrowing, more
:24:04. > :24:10.debt, but instead to stick to the long-term economic higher wages,
:24:11. > :24:18.lower welfare, low tax society for that does the Prime Minister agree
:24:19. > :24:22.with John? I do agree. He has demonstrated more sense in his
:24:23. > :24:27.Melbourne leader the opposition did in his six questions. Not only have
:24:28. > :24:31.we seen an economy growing, 2 million more people in work,
:24:32. > :24:39.inflation that is low, living standards are rising, but actually,
:24:40. > :24:42.680,000 fewer work less household and 480,000 fewer children in
:24:43. > :24:46.workless households. If you want to measure the real difference is the
:24:47. > :24:52.growth in the economy is making, think of those children and
:24:53. > :24:57.households and the dignity of work. Last weekend was the first
:24:58. > :25:05.anniversary of the death from cervical cancer of the girl aged 23.
:25:06. > :25:12.In June 2013, she was concerned to ask for an early smear test was
:25:13. > :25:15.refused because she was under 25. As has been highlighted, her family
:25:16. > :25:21.have now written an open letter to the Prime Minister. Can I ask him
:25:22. > :25:26.not to offer here a reflex repeat of the rationale for current screening
:25:27. > :25:29.age policy, but to reflect on the questions raised about how this
:25:30. > :25:36.translates into refusing smear tests to young women like this and to
:25:37. > :25:41.consider the age related level since it was increased in 2004? He raises
:25:42. > :25:45.an absolutely tragic case and our thoughts go to her family and
:25:46. > :25:49.friends. He raises an important case because the UK National screening
:25:50. > :25:53.committee set the age of 25 and my understanding is the reason for that
:25:54. > :25:58.is not a resource is based decision, but because of the potential adverse
:25:59. > :26:02.medical consequences of carrying out screening routinely below that age
:26:03. > :26:04.that there would be a number potentially false positives because
:26:05. > :26:11.of actually anatomical changes were to go on at that age full that
:26:12. > :26:15.reason, not of resources decision. It is worth looking at. Those people
:26:16. > :26:24.who fear they have a family history and ask for a test, I will write to
:26:25. > :26:28.him on that specific issue. Yesterday the EU said we can no
:26:29. > :26:32.longer have filters on the Internet to protect our children from
:26:33. > :26:40.indecent images. I want to know what the Prime Minister is going to do to
:26:41. > :26:43.make sure our children remain protected. I think it's absolutely
:26:44. > :26:48.vitally important we enable parents to have that protection for their
:26:49. > :26:52.children from this material on the Internet. Like her, when I read my
:26:53. > :26:55.daily main was morning, I spotted over my cornflakes because they work
:26:56. > :27:03.so hard to put in place these filters but I can reassure her
:27:04. > :27:06.because we actually secured an opt out yesterday so we can keep our
:27:07. > :27:11.family friendly filters to protect children and I can tell our House we
:27:12. > :27:15.will legislate to put our agreement with Internet companies on this
:27:16. > :27:22.issue into the law of the land so our children will be protected. Tim
:27:23. > :27:25.Farron. Mr Speaker, can I associate myself with the Prime Minister 's
:27:26. > :27:30.early remarks about the late Michael Meacher, a decent man, a good MP,
:27:31. > :27:35.and an extremely effective Environment Secretary. Yesterday I
:27:36. > :27:40.visited the refugee camps on Lesbos and there I met families that were
:27:41. > :27:44.inspirational, and desperate run alongside at a charity workers I
:27:45. > :27:49.found there. I am ashamed we will not offer at home to a single one of
:27:50. > :27:52.those averaging families. My ask the Prime Minister this question? Will
:27:53. > :27:54.not offer at home to a single one of those averaging families. My ask the
:27:55. > :27:57.Prime Minister this question? With the aggrieved with the save the
:27:58. > :27:59.children plea that we take as a country 3000 vulnerable and
:28:00. > :28:05.accompanied children some as young as six? Let me again welcome him to
:28:06. > :28:12.his place for them it's good to see such a high turnout of his MPs.
:28:13. > :28:17.LAUGHTER . Let me answer him directly. We
:28:18. > :28:21.have taken a decision as a country to take 20,000 refugees and we think
:28:22. > :28:26.it is better to take them from the camps instead of taking them from
:28:27. > :28:33.inside Europe. I repeat again today that we believe we will achieve 1000
:28:34. > :28:36.refugees brought to Britain and housed and clothes and fed before
:28:37. > :28:40.Christmas, specifically on his question, though, about 3000
:28:41. > :28:43.children and the proposal made by save the children, I have looked at
:28:44. > :28:47.this very carefully and there are other experts to point to the real
:28:48. > :28:51.danger of separating children from their broader families and that's
:28:52. > :29:02.why to date we have not taken that decision. As he begins his
:29:03. > :29:06.negotiations on our reformed relationship with the European
:29:07. > :29:11.Union, in earnest, will my right honourable friend confirmed to our
:29:12. > :29:18.partners and the British people that no option is off the table, all
:29:19. > :29:23.British options will be considered, including the option of a
:29:24. > :29:27.relationship such as that of Norway if it's negotiable and within our
:29:28. > :29:32.interests? I can certainly confirm to my honourable friend that no
:29:33. > :29:35.options are off the table and, as I have been clear, if we don't get
:29:36. > :29:40.what we need in our green negotiation, I will absolutely rule
:29:41. > :29:44.nothing out but important, as we have this debate as a nation, we are
:29:45. > :29:47.very clear about the facts and figures and the alternatives,
:29:48. > :29:52.because some people are arguing for Britain to leave the EU, not all
:29:53. > :29:56.people, and have pointed to the position of Norway saying it's a
:29:57. > :30:00.good outcome. I would guide very strongly against that, Norway
:30:01. > :30:06.actually pays as much per head to the EU as we do and take twice as
:30:07. > :30:12.many per head migrants as we do in this country, but they have no seat
:30:13. > :30:15.at the table, no ability to negotiate. I'm not arguing all those
:30:16. > :30:20.who want to leave the EU say they want to follow the Norwegian pass,
:30:21. > :30:22.but some do, and I think it's important in this debate we are
:30:23. > :30:29.absolutely clear about the consequences of these different
:30:30. > :30:38.actions. Willa Prime Minister congratulate my 17-year-old
:30:39. > :30:43.constituent on her 3800 named in addition to get the exam board for
:30:44. > :30:48.the first time to accept women composers on the syllabus. Will he
:30:49. > :30:51.tell us is he a feminist? If feminism means that we should treat
:30:52. > :30:56.people equally, then, yes, absolutely. And I'm proud of the
:30:57. > :31:01.fact I have got sitting around the Cabinet table, a third of women on
:31:02. > :31:11.something we promised and something we delivered. Can I congratulate
:31:12. > :31:15.her, above all, for her achievement in terms of this eve petition. It
:31:16. > :31:26.sounds thoroughly worthwhile and her constituent and have done a good
:31:27. > :31:32.job. Andrew Turner. The NHS England knows that the Isle of Wight's
:31:33. > :31:37.clinical commissioning group is a significant outlier in relation to
:31:38. > :31:42.its allocation targets. Can my right honourable friend confirm that
:31:43. > :31:49.progress is being made to identify the factors affecting the island?
:31:50. > :31:58.Really benefit from amendments to the new CCG formula? What I can say
:31:59. > :32:00.to my honourable friend is its right that assistance on allocations are
:32:01. > :32:05.made independent of Government and not by Government and so that is how
:32:06. > :32:08.the formula is reached. I can also tell him is an independent review of
:32:09. > :32:12.the funding formula underway and we expect to see its recommendations
:32:13. > :32:17.later this year but these things should be done in a fair and
:32:18. > :32:23.transparent way. The Prime Minister will remember meeting my
:32:24. > :32:30.constituents, Neal Shepherd and Sharon Wood, nine years ago this
:32:31. > :32:33.week. Neil took their children on holiday to Corfu and the children
:32:34. > :32:38.tragically died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The family's dearest wish
:32:39. > :32:41.is no other family suffers this heartbreaking tragedy they have
:32:42. > :32:47.endured. Tomorrow in the EU Parliament there will be a vote on a
:32:48. > :32:50.recommendation that the commissioner brings forward legislation to
:32:51. > :32:57.improve carbon monoxide safety and fire safety for tourism premises in
:32:58. > :33:02.the EU. Can I ask the Prime Minister that is MPs supported and if that
:33:03. > :33:06.motion falls, will he instigate legislation nationally in this
:33:07. > :33:10.country? First of all, I do remember the meeting we had and the great
:33:11. > :33:14.bravery of the parents after their terrible loss. Wanting to go on and
:33:15. > :33:18.campaign to make sure others did not use children in the way they had. I
:33:19. > :33:21.will look carefully at what you said about the European Parliament as for
:33:22. > :33:26.legislation in this country, we have strict regulation on particular
:33:27. > :33:30.things about fire resistant materials but I will look carefully
:33:31. > :33:39.at that too. Question 14, closed questions. Prime Minister,... We
:33:40. > :33:43.said at a long-term plan for the Midlands making its future engine
:33:44. > :33:46.for growth for the whole of the UK and across Government we are working
:33:47. > :33:51.with business leaders and local authorities to progress this
:33:52. > :33:57.ambition. I thank him for his answer. The Northern Powerhouse will
:33:58. > :34:01.help millions but it's the West Midlands which is the only region in
:34:02. > :34:07.the UK which has a trade balance surplus with China and its Greater
:34:08. > :34:12.Birmingham which is the fastest rate of private-sector job creation in
:34:13. > :34:18.the UK since 2010. So will the Prime Minister now ensure, in the national
:34:19. > :34:23.interest, but the West Midlands secures the best devolution deal
:34:24. > :34:26.possible? I think we have huge potential here to secure massive
:34:27. > :34:31.devolution to the West Midlands first ball I would say to everyone
:34:32. > :34:34.concerned they will be left out by the Northern Powerhouse, I think the
:34:35. > :34:39.West Midlands is in a perfect place to benefit both from the success and
:34:40. > :34:42.growth of London and of course a rebalancing of our economy towards
:34:43. > :34:47.the North of England. In terms of the West Midlands, we look forward
:34:48. > :34:52.to the West Midlands combined authority coming forward with its
:34:53. > :34:55.plans and what I would say to these areas contemplating devolution and
:34:56. > :34:59.devolution deals, the more you can put on the table, the builder you
:35:00. > :35:04.can be with your vision, the bolder response you would get Government.
:35:05. > :35:10.Can I tell a the Chancellor the strong support of the parties,
:35:11. > :35:12.businesses across the West Midlands, for a properly funded and
:35:13. > :35:18.significant devolution deal to strengthen the economy, boost
:35:19. > :35:20.productivity and get the brown site redeveloped to tackle congestion so
:35:21. > :35:26.we can transform the West Midlands with more jobs, better skills, quick
:35:27. > :35:29.transport links and new homes? I'm glad to hear from the honourable
:35:30. > :35:33.gentleman what an opportunity there is in the West Midlands to work
:35:34. > :35:37.across party to get the very best deal across all these authorities
:35:38. > :35:41.because, as I said, the more we can get the local authorities to come
:35:42. > :35:45.together and work together, and put their ambition and vision on the
:35:46. > :35:46.table, the better response they will get from the Government. Simon
:35:47. > :35:59.Burns. Does my right honourable friend
:36:00. > :36:03.agree with me that bullying in the workplace is reprehensible? Can he
:36:04. > :36:08.tell me whether the Government is planning any review of the
:36:09. > :36:16.legislation with a view to extending it to this chamber? Given that my
:36:17. > :36:21.right honourable friend has been called for a primaries as questions
:36:22. > :36:24.at 12:38pm, I would have thought any hint of bullying was clearly
:36:25. > :36:29.overemphasise in every conceivable way. He suffers no disadvantage and
:36:30. > :36:33.that's a good thing but bullying in the workplace is a problem and we do
:36:34. > :36:38.need to make sure it is stamped out and dealt with and that should apply
:36:39. > :37:02.in Parliament as elsewhere. Urgent question.
:37:03. > :37:03.The Leader of the House, Chris Grayling. Mr