:00:00. > :00:15.will lead to a flight of talent from Wales. Questions to the Prime
:00:16. > :00:17.Minister. This morning, I had ministers -- meetings with my
:00:18. > :00:29.ministerial colleagues Mr Speaker, may I associate myself
:00:30. > :00:32.and the whole house with what the Government have said about the
:00:33. > :00:37.attacks in Paris. People in Blackpool were among those murdered
:00:38. > :00:43.on a Tunisian beach, and our tower was lit in red white and blue for
:00:44. > :00:46.those killed by terrorist in France. I raised an issue about
:00:47. > :00:50.neighbourhood policing and security being threatened by the scale of
:00:51. > :00:55.proposed cuts, and the Lancashire funding formula which has now been
:00:56. > :00:59.admitted to be flawed. Can I reflect him -- asking to reflect on the
:01:00. > :01:03.words, when facts change, change my mind, and when local intelligence
:01:04. > :01:09.can be crucial against, perhaps this isn't the time to jeopardise it with
:01:10. > :01:14.arbitrary Treasury cuts. I thank the honourable gentleman for what he
:01:15. > :01:18.says about Paris and the importance of the whole house coming together
:01:19. > :01:22.over this issue, and perhaps the house would like a brief update. One
:01:23. > :01:25.British and, Nick Alexander, was killed at the Bataclan Theatre.
:01:26. > :01:28.Three other British National Party now been released from hospital and
:01:29. > :01:35.returned to the UK. The Foreign Office and red cross of providing
:01:36. > :01:40.support for at least another 15 nationals for trauma. We will be
:01:41. > :01:44.providing support for all of those affected by what happened. There has
:01:45. > :01:48.been news from France this morning in terms of terrorist arrests, and I
:01:49. > :01:52.can say more about that later on. On policing, what I would say to the
:01:53. > :01:54.honourable gentleman is that we have quite rightly in this Parliament
:01:55. > :01:59.protected counter-terrorism policing. We are going to protect
:02:00. > :02:02.that again in this Parliament. What we have done in terms of policing
:02:03. > :02:07.otherwise is we have seen an increase in neighbourhood officers
:02:08. > :02:13.over the course of the parliament, and a 31% cut in crime. Let me
:02:14. > :02:16.commend the police, not just counter-terrorism police but all
:02:17. > :02:25.police, for the work they do, and we will announce our proposals next
:02:26. > :02:30.week. Mr Speaker, as our hearts go out to the people of France at this
:02:31. > :02:34.time, will the Prime Minister agree with me that the first duty of Her
:02:35. > :02:39.Majesty is government must be to protect British citizens from harm?
:02:40. > :02:45.So will he take immediate action to secure our UK borders from those who
:02:46. > :02:50.threaten our nation, and on security grounds alone, restore complete
:02:51. > :02:56.sovereignty over our British borders from the European Union? I think my
:02:57. > :03:01.honourable friend raises a very important question, and I want to
:03:02. > :03:04.explain in answering a very important point, which is because
:03:05. > :03:10.the UK is not only Schengen Area, we already retain full control over who
:03:11. > :03:19.is entering our country, and we are able to check all entrants at the
:03:20. > :03:22.border, EU nationals and EEA nationals included. On the house
:03:23. > :03:27.might be interested to know that since 2010 we have refused entry to
:03:28. > :03:31.almost 6000 EU national, and many of these were stopped at our border
:03:32. > :03:36.controls in Calais. In terms of other people we have stopped, since
:03:37. > :03:43.2010 we had denied entry to nearly 19 -- 95,000 people, and one of the
:03:44. > :03:47.principal reasons for not letting people in is national security
:03:48. > :03:51.concerns. We have that situation already because we are not in the
:03:52. > :03:59.Schengen Area. THE SPEAKER: Mr Jeremy Corbyn.
:04:00. > :04:05.I want to start, Mr Speaker, by expressing the horror of all those
:04:06. > :04:12.on this side of the house at the events in Paris on Friday evening,
:04:13. > :04:17.and our concern you'd -- continued solidarity with all victims, whether
:04:18. > :04:23.they be in Paris, Beirut, Ankara, Damascus or anywhere in the world.
:04:24. > :04:27.We know that at least one British and has been killed, and many more
:04:28. > :04:33.injured. Many British people live and work in Paris, millions visit
:04:34. > :04:36.Paris and France every year. Can the Prime Minister continue what he was
:04:37. > :04:40.saying earlier in response to my friend the member from Blackpool in
:04:41. > :04:43.terms of giving support to the British affected by the attacks, and
:04:44. > :04:48.what the Government's latest advices on travelling to France and our need
:04:49. > :04:52.to show the best possible normality in relations with the French
:04:53. > :04:57.people? I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his remarks and I say
:04:58. > :05:01.what a pleasure it was to be with him last night at the England-France
:05:02. > :05:05.football match, where I thought there was a tremendous display of
:05:06. > :05:13.solidarity. I'm sure they can say in the Marseille is louder in the Stade
:05:14. > :05:19.de France, but I was proud to be there. There is never any
:05:20. > :05:23.justification for terrorism, and we can all be clear about that at all
:05:24. > :05:28.times. He asked specifically what we could do more to help British people
:05:29. > :05:32.caught up in his problems. Peter Ricketts, our ambassador in France,
:05:33. > :05:36.is doing a brilliant job, and I'm keeping my eye closely on the
:05:37. > :05:40.consular situation. In terms of travel advice, it is all on the
:05:41. > :05:43.Foreign Office website, but I agree with him, the most important thing
:05:44. > :05:48.is for people to carry on with their lives. It is important that the
:05:49. > :05:52.Eurostar continues to function, flights continue to go, people
:05:53. > :05:57.continue to travel to enjoy London and Paris and go about our business.
:05:58. > :06:00.Yes we need enhanced security, and that is happening with the way that
:06:01. > :06:05.the police are acting here in the UK and elsewhere, but one of the ways
:06:06. > :06:10.to defeat terrorism is to show them that we will not be cowed. We know
:06:11. > :06:15.that sadly after such atrocities as we have seen, intolerance often
:06:16. > :06:20.increases. Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, racism. Will the
:06:21. > :06:24.Prime Minister agree with me that it is vital that everyone in public
:06:25. > :06:28.life, particularly politicians, are careful about how we discuss these
:06:29. > :06:31.issues, and will he also join with me in making it very clear that the
:06:32. > :06:34.dreadful events of terrorism in Paris have nothing in common
:06:35. > :06:39.whatsoever with the 2 million British Muslims in this country who
:06:40. > :06:43.are as appalled as anyone else by the events in Paris last Friday? I
:06:44. > :06:48.will happily join the right honourable gentleman in that. Some
:06:49. > :06:52.of the strongest and best statements have been made by a whole series of
:06:53. > :06:57.magician Muslims coming together to say that these attacks are in no way
:06:58. > :07:01.carried out in their name. But I do think it raises an important issue,
:07:02. > :07:06.which cannot be said often enough, that these watches of Isil are no
:07:07. > :07:11.reflection of the true religion of Islam, which is a religion of peace.
:07:12. > :07:16.But at the same time, we do have to recognise that whether these
:07:17. > :07:19.terrorists are in Tunisia or Egypt or Paris or London they spout the
:07:20. > :07:24.same bile that they claim comes from the religion of Islam, and that is
:07:25. > :07:28.why we have to take apart what they say and prove that that is not the
:07:29. > :07:31.case. It is not good enough to say there is no connection between these
:07:32. > :07:36.terrorist and Islam, they are making a connection. We need to prove that
:07:37. > :07:41.it is not right, and the support of Muslim scholars is absolutely vital
:07:42. > :07:47.and I commend them for their work. Surely a crucial way to help defeat
:07:48. > :07:52.Isil is to cut off its funding, its supply of arms and its trade. Can I
:07:53. > :07:55.press the Prime Minister to ensure that our allies in the region and
:07:56. > :07:59.all countries in the region are doing all they can to clamp down on
:08:00. > :08:03.individuals and institutions in their countries who are providing
:08:04. > :08:07.Isil with vital infrastructure, and will he, through the European Union
:08:08. > :08:12.and other forums if necessary, consider sanctions against those
:08:13. > :08:15.banks and companies and if necessary countries who turn a blind eye to
:08:16. > :08:22.financial dealings with Isil which assist them in their work? We do
:08:23. > :08:24.play a leading role, as I said yesterday, in making sure that the
:08:25. > :08:29.supply of money and weapons and support is cut off, but I think we
:08:30. > :08:36.should be clear about where Isil got their money from originally. What
:08:37. > :08:39.happened was that because we didn't have a Government in Iraq that
:08:40. > :08:42.effectively represented all of its people, and because in Syria you
:08:43. > :08:47.have a leader who is butchering his own people, Isil was able to get
:08:48. > :08:52.hold of oil, get hold of weapons, get hold of territory, get hold of
:08:53. > :08:57.banks, and it is that that they have been able to use in order to fund
:08:58. > :09:00.their hatred and violence, and so we cannot dodge for ever the question
:09:01. > :09:05.of how to degrade and destroy Isil both in Iraq and in Syria, and that
:09:06. > :09:10.is why I will be setting out my response to the foreign affairs
:09:11. > :09:14.select committee. So yes, go after the money, the banks, cut off their
:09:15. > :09:17.supplies, but don't make that a substitute for the action that is
:09:18. > :09:23.required to beat these people where they are.
:09:24. > :09:27.Next week the Chancellor will present his Autumn Statement stood a
:09:28. > :09:30.house. Can the prime and is to clarify something about the source
:09:31. > :09:35.of the necessary extra funding to be set out for the security services
:09:36. > :09:38.which we support. Will it come at the expense of other areas, either
:09:39. > :09:42.within the Home Office budget or a win in other areas of public
:09:43. > :09:46.spending, or from new funding? Does he want to go on longer so that the
:09:47. > :09:53.Chancellor can explain the answer to him? We will set out in full our
:09:54. > :09:59.decisions next week, but we have already said that we will be funding
:10:00. > :10:02.an increase in the security services of 1900 personnel, safeguarding the
:10:03. > :10:07.counterterrorism budget, and we will be seeing an increase in terms of
:10:08. > :10:11.aviation security. All of this is part of an overall spending
:10:12. > :10:15.settlement. At the same time as funding our security, increasing our
:10:16. > :10:19.defence spending, we have to make decisions that eradicate our budget
:10:20. > :10:25.deficit and keep our economy strong. We don't do that just for the common
:10:26. > :10:29.-- current generation, we do it for our children and grandchildren,
:10:30. > :10:33.because none of these things, not even strong defence, is possible
:10:34. > :10:36.without a strong economy. I am not sure where the money is coming from
:10:37. > :10:42.following the Prime Minister's answer, but no doubt it will come.
:10:43. > :10:46.London has been targeted by terrorists before, and this weekend
:10:47. > :10:50.was Mike events in Paris have focused attention not just on London
:10:51. > :10:55.but also other cities throughout the whole of Britain. Policing plays a
:10:56. > :10:58.vital role in community cohesion, gathering intelligence of those who
:10:59. > :11:02.may be about to be a risk to all of us. But this is surely undermined if
:11:03. > :11:09.we cut the number of police officers by 5000. Does the Prime Minister
:11:10. > :11:12.agree with the commission of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard
:11:13. > :11:15.Hogan-Howe, who said, I quote, I genuinely worry about safety of
:11:16. > :11:19.London if the cuts go through on this scale? The right honourable
:11:20. > :11:23.gentleman asks where the money comes from. We on this side of the house
:11:24. > :11:31.never forget that every penny we spend comes from taxpayers. Borrowed
:11:32. > :11:35.money is simply taxes that are deferred, and that is why it is so
:11:36. > :11:38.important to eradicate our deficit at the same time as making sure we
:11:39. > :11:42.find our security intelligence services and police properly. We are
:11:43. > :11:48.protecting the counterterrorism budget. We see a 3800 increasing
:11:49. > :11:53.neighbourhood police officers in the last parliament at the same time as
:11:54. > :11:57.a 31% increase in -- 31% cut in crime. The Shadow Home Secretary has
:11:58. > :12:02.said that a 10% efficiency target for the police is doable. Is the
:12:03. > :12:05.Leader of the Opposition saying that he doesn't agree with his Shadow
:12:06. > :12:12.Home Secretary? There does seem to be a little bit of disagreement on
:12:13. > :12:17.the opposition front bench today. I have a question from a taxpayer,
:12:18. > :12:19.actually. And his name is John, and he says, at a time...
:12:20. > :12:36.LAUGHTER SHOUTING.
:12:37. > :12:39.At a time when we are facing the greatest threat from terrorism ever
:12:40. > :12:44.faced, police numbers and resources are cut. Demands on the police have
:12:45. > :12:48.been increasing steadily as budgets are slashed, increasing stress on
:12:49. > :12:52.officers. Couple that with detrimental changes to their pay,
:12:53. > :12:57.terms, conditions and pensions, it is no wonder that morale in the
:12:58. > :13:00.police force is so poor, one in three are considering leaving the
:13:01. > :13:05.force. Will he be able to tell us whether or not this community
:13:06. > :13:10.policing and other police budgets are protected or not in next week's
:13:11. > :13:14.Autumn Statement? Let me tell him again, neighbourhood
:13:15. > :13:19.policing numbers have gone up by 3800. In the capital city, we have
:13:20. > :13:24.seen a 500% increase in neighbourhood policing. We have
:13:25. > :13:28.also, because we have cut bureaucracy, but the equivalent of
:13:29. > :13:31.an extra 2000 police on the streets. But I will tell the Leader of the
:13:32. > :13:37.Opposition something. As well as wanting resources, the police want
:13:38. > :13:40.the appropriate powers. And hasn't come to something when the leader of
:13:41. > :13:43.Her Majesty Osman opposition thinks that the police when fronted by a
:13:44. > :13:52.Kalashnikov waving terrorist isn't sure what the reaction should be!
:13:53. > :14:01.Mr Speaker, the attacks on Paris were quite clearly an attack on all
:14:02. > :14:06.of us. Does the Prime Minister agree that our resolve must be
:14:07. > :14:10.unbreakable? We should hunt down Isil wherever it is operating,
:14:11. > :14:16.wherever it is planning, wherever it is plotting, and if that means shoot
:14:17. > :14:22.to kill, then so be it, and if that means action in Syria, then so be
:14:23. > :14:26.it. I think my Hywel Poole friend is right. What I have said is that in
:14:27. > :14:31.order to respond to this very severe threat that we face, we need focus
:14:32. > :14:33.on counterterrorism here in the United Kingdom giving our
:14:34. > :14:37.intelligence agencies the laws they need, giving our police the powers
:14:38. > :14:42.they need, and making sure we are vigilant. We need counter extremism
:14:43. > :14:44.as we were discussing earlier, the importance of stopping the poisoning
:14:45. > :14:49.of these young minds, not least through these radical preachers on
:14:50. > :14:52.the Internet. But we also need to stop the problems at their source.
:14:53. > :14:58.We know where much of this problem is coming from. It is Isil, not just
:14:59. > :15:04.in Iraq, but in Syria. What I said to the house yesterday is I will
:15:05. > :15:07.prepare a detailed report to demonstrate that we do have a clear
:15:08. > :15:11.strategy of bringing in the neighbourhood powers, bringing in
:15:12. > :15:13.the regional powers, building a future for these countries and
:15:14. > :15:15.stability in the least, but I believe part of that is taking
:15:16. > :15:26.action against Isil wherever it is. In the wake of terrorist outrages
:15:27. > :15:30.and the ongoing civil war in Syria it is very welcome that there is
:15:31. > :15:36.significant diplomatic progress in trying to find a solution to the
:15:37. > :15:40.Syrian crisis. The UK joined the United States and France and Russia
:15:41. > :15:45.and Iran at talks in Vienna at the weekend and all signed a communique
:15:46. > :15:49.committing progress through the United Nations. Will he confirm that
:15:50. > :15:53.he will support a UN Security Council resolution on this before
:15:54. > :16:02.seeking to intervene Mellitah rally in Syria? I am grateful for asking
:16:03. > :16:04.this question. Russia has different aims to ours and have obediently
:16:05. > :16:13.threatened to veto any such resolution. -- repeatedly. It is
:16:14. > :16:15.always preferential to have the full backing of the United Nations
:16:16. > :16:22.Security Council but what matters most of all is that any action we
:16:23. > :16:28.would take would both be legal and would help protect our country and
:16:29. > :16:32.our people right here. You cannot outsource to a Russian veto the
:16:33. > :16:43.decisions we need to debar country safe. The first survey of UK public
:16:44. > :16:49.opinion on military intervention since the Paris attacks has shown
:16:50. > :16:54.52% believe that the UK should engage with all countries to
:16:55. > :17:01.coordinate an appropriate response Mellitah Relay or otherwise backed
:17:02. > :17:05.by United Nations resolution and only 15% believe the UK should
:17:06. > :17:10.independently launch our strikes. Will he commit to giving a
:17:11. > :17:18.commitment to secure a UN Security Council resolution, which the UK and
:17:19. > :17:22.Russia agreed to? I could not be clearer. Of course it is or was
:17:23. > :17:32.preferential in whatever action you are taking, whether lifting people
:17:33. > :17:35.out of the Mediterranean or taking action in the Middle East against
:17:36. > :17:42.Isil, it is always preferential to have a you, United Nations Security
:17:43. > :17:47.Council resolution but is they are threatened with veto again and again
:17:48. > :17:58.my job is not to read an opinion poll but to do the right thing to
:17:59. > :18:07.debar country safe. -- keep our. The French armed police, who stormed the
:18:08. > :18:12.Bataclan and killed those vile murderous scum are heroes and so are
:18:13. > :18:18.the British armed forces who protect our public spaces and people. Will
:18:19. > :18:21.the Prime Minister sent a note of unequivocal support to those
:18:22. > :18:25.officers on patrol and ensure that in the review next week they have
:18:26. > :18:32.the resources they need to keep us safe? I absolutely agree. We ask the
:18:33. > :18:36.police every day to take risks on our behalf and let me thank the
:18:37. > :18:41.police who policed so effectively the game at Wembley last night. In
:18:42. > :18:49.terms of the French police the House would welcome an update. We have
:18:50. > :18:52.seen the news of an operation in Paris, two suspects have died, seven
:18:53. > :19:00.arrests made, this operation has finished. We should all bravery of
:19:01. > :19:05.the French police handling with what is a very challenging situation. I.
:19:06. > :19:08.I hope that can be consensus right across the House. If we are
:19:09. > :19:14.confronted with a situation like this the British police should not
:19:15. > :19:20.be in any doubt. If you have a terrorist who is threatening to kill
:19:21. > :19:24.people you can and must use force. -- lethal force. President Obama
:19:25. > :19:28.said I have emphasised the importance of tax credits to help
:19:29. > :19:33.working families afford childcare and keep families in the workplace.
:19:34. > :19:38.Does he agree with the importance the president of the United States
:19:39. > :19:41.has attached to tax credits? What is important is that we do the best we
:19:42. > :19:46.can to help low-paid people and that is why we are taking people out of
:19:47. > :19:53.income tax. 3 million of the lowest paid taken out of income tax since I
:19:54. > :19:57.became Prime Minister. An ?11,000 threshold before B will have to
:19:58. > :20:02.start paying tax at all. Helping working families with childcare,
:20:03. > :20:06.helping a national Living Wage starting next year, something I
:20:07. > :20:15.suspect President Obama would love to introduce in the United States.
:20:16. > :20:19.We are doing it here. Integrating health and social care would be a
:20:20. > :20:22.great prize for devolved cities and regions. Without effective
:20:23. > :20:27.democratic and clinical overstate things can go badly wrong. Already
:20:28. > :20:33.in Manchester a major hospital reorganisation is waiting judicial
:20:34. > :20:39.review. Can I ask him to ensure that proper safeguards are in place so
:20:40. > :20:43.the local authorities retain a last resort to refer NHS changes or
:20:44. > :20:49.independent clinical reviews? I will look carefully at what he says. This
:20:50. > :20:57.goes to a larger point which is we are currently changing the way our
:20:58. > :21:00.country is run. These big devolution deals in Greater Manchester and
:21:01. > :21:06.Liverpool and the West Midlands mean we are going to have powerful Metro
:21:07. > :21:11.wheres who are accountable to local people for their decisions they
:21:12. > :21:16.made, which as I direct form of accountability and we can be
:21:17. > :21:20.confident of devolving health and social care to those authorities.
:21:21. > :21:26.Our country has been too centralised for too long. Our northern cities
:21:27. > :21:30.will benefit from these massive devolution deals but if we devolved
:21:31. > :21:35.the power and the money we have to devolve the trust and the
:21:36. > :21:40.accountability as well. Against the backdrop of a tidal wave of local
:21:41. > :21:44.job losses, the Teesside collective industrial carbon capture is the
:21:45. > :21:49.very real potential to secure a major StepChange in our industrial
:21:50. > :21:53.renaissance. Ahead of the Paris conference will he meet with me and
:21:54. > :21:57.the industrial leaders driving this project so we can secure these
:21:58. > :22:03.immense climate change games with the UK leading this industrial
:22:04. > :22:08.revolution and make this initiative a reality for Teesside and the UK? I
:22:09. > :22:11.know how important it is that we all work on behalf of Teesside not least
:22:12. > :22:15.because of the difficulties that have been in Redcar and that is why
:22:16. > :22:20.we have the task force and that is why the additional resources are
:22:21. > :22:26.going in. I am happy to look at the project he docs about. It may be
:22:27. > :22:28.best for him to meet with the Energy and Climate Change Secretary. We
:22:29. > :22:38.have to make decisions about all of these technologies. In my
:22:39. > :22:43.constituency of North Warwickshire manufacturing is thriving thanks to
:22:44. > :22:47.innovative small businesses such as one group who are creating
:22:48. > :22:51.high-quality local jobs and apprenticeships in engineering.
:22:52. > :22:54.Given the challenges these types of company fees in finding traditional
:22:55. > :22:58.funding support what assurances can you give that this Conservative
:22:59. > :23:02.government understands the importance of our innovators and
:23:03. > :23:05.will continue to provide initiatives such as the annual investment fund
:23:06. > :23:11.to ensure British businesses continue to lead the way? We want to
:23:12. > :23:18.rebalance the British economy, not just in terms of the devolution of
:23:19. > :23:21.power, but also CE is thriving manufacturing sector. Manufacturers
:23:22. > :23:24.want to see continued investment into the captive bolt centres that
:23:25. > :23:32.do a good job of making sure technology taken up, strong support
:23:33. > :23:35.for the apprenticeship programme, and they also want to make the
:23:36. > :23:41.annual investment allowance permanent and it will be at ?200,000
:23:42. > :23:43.throughout this parliament so that manufacturing companies and others
:23:44. > :23:50.who want to make investments now they can do so in a way that will be
:23:51. > :23:54.profitable. My niece is safe and well having been caught up in the
:23:55. > :23:59.aftermath of the Paris attacks and she wants to know as a student for
:24:00. > :24:07.three years in Paris whether this country is going to be safe on her
:24:08. > :24:10.return? She is worried about the cuts to the ambulance, the police
:24:11. > :24:18.under services in this country and whether we will be prepared with
:24:19. > :24:22.those cuts to be as prepared as those in Paris. I want to know why
:24:23. > :24:29.we are not joining with the Russians to get a UN mandate to remove Isis
:24:30. > :24:34.from Syria. I am glad to year that his niece is safe after these
:24:35. > :24:37.terrible attacks. To answer her question, we are doing everything we
:24:38. > :24:43.can to make sure this country is safe. After the intelligence we had
:24:44. > :24:46.some years ago about the potential of a marauding firearms attack at
:24:47. > :24:51.multiple locations and perhaps the capital city or elsewhere we have
:24:52. > :24:56.run exercises, done research, looked at everything we can, to make sure
:24:57. > :25:01.that ambulances and crews will be able to go into a hot zone and
:25:02. > :25:04.recover casualties, that we have the right number of armed police in the
:25:05. > :25:10.different parts of our country, that we can respond including using other
:25:11. > :25:14.forces, and we have looked at what the French have done in terms of
:25:15. > :25:21.surging troops onto the street and we have made sure that can happen
:25:22. > :25:29.here. There's never a 100% guarantee of safety but we are doing
:25:30. > :25:34.everything possibly can. I warmly congratulate the Prime Minister on
:25:35. > :25:36.new funding that has been announced for special forces equipment, but
:25:37. > :25:42.may I draw his attention to the plight of David and Maria Summers
:25:43. > :25:47.who have struggled to obtain a permanent residency for Maria
:25:48. > :25:51.despite being married for 45 years? Did he encourage officials to look
:25:52. > :25:56.again at this case? I am happy to look again at this case but it gives
:25:57. > :25:59.me the opportunity given the constituency he represents to say
:26:00. > :26:03.something about a group of people that we see very little about
:26:04. > :26:09.because we do not comment on their amazing work, but Hereford is an
:26:10. > :26:12.important part of the nation's security domestic league and
:26:13. > :26:17.overseas. Very brave people work there and we should give them
:26:18. > :26:20.credit. My constituent was a soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan and is
:26:21. > :26:25.currently training to be a doctor in London. He told me that with the
:26:26. > :26:31.proposed in your doctors contracts morale in the NHS is law than at any
:26:32. > :26:40.other point during his time on the front line. Does he agree that Loma
:26:41. > :26:49.rile amongst our junior doctors is a threat to patient safety? -- low
:26:50. > :26:53.morale. Please look very carefully at what the government is offering
:26:54. > :26:59.before you decide to go one strike because what is on offer is not an
:27:00. > :27:04.increase in hours, for many doctors it will mean life long hours, it is
:27:05. > :27:10.not a cut in the pay bill for junior doctors, it is an 11% basic pay
:27:11. > :27:12.increase. It will mean a better rostering of doctors including at
:27:13. > :27:19.weekends with more support for consultants. Go on the Department of
:27:20. > :27:22.Health website, look at the calculator and see how you will be
:27:23. > :27:27.affected because we have given a guarantee that anyone working legal
:27:28. > :27:35.hours will not be worse off under this contract. This is good for the
:27:36. > :27:43.NHS, good for doctors, patients, good for patients and I hope the BMA
:27:44. > :27:46.will call off their damaging strike. Fundamental to the success of the
:27:47. > :27:50.Good Friday Agreement was the spirit of peace and reconciliation that saw
:27:51. > :27:54.dozens or hundreds of convicted terrorist released from prison. Many
:27:55. > :27:59.had been found guilty of murder. Yet in the last week we hear the
:28:00. > :28:03.alarming news of a 66-year-old former paratrooper being arrested in
:28:04. > :28:07.connection with events that took place 43 years ago. In a week we are
:28:08. > :28:11.all having to once again contemplate sending our young men and women into
:28:12. > :28:18.harm's way with our security services on high alert, what message
:28:19. > :28:24.does this send to our armed forces and security services? I understand
:28:25. > :28:28.his concern that the feeling that many will have on seeing this news
:28:29. > :28:32.but the truth is about our country is one of the most important things
:28:33. > :28:36.about it is the government does not decide who is prosecuted and who is
:28:37. > :28:41.not. We have the rule of law, independent prosecuting authorities.
:28:42. > :28:46.This is something people across the world pride out for and we have here
:28:47. > :28:51.and we have to support them even when they take decisions that
:28:52. > :28:54.sometimes we want attention. Yesterday the principal parties in
:28:55. > :28:58.Northern Ireland came together and agreed a deal to make sure that the
:28:59. > :29:03.devolved institutions and continue to work. That deal involved people
:29:04. > :29:07.who have lost loved ones to terrorism, who have been opposed to
:29:08. > :29:10.each other all of their lives, sitting down and working together to
:29:11. > :29:13.try to deliver good government for this part of the United Kingdom and
:29:14. > :29:21.that is what we should look to to the future. The decision last week
:29:22. > :29:28.by HMRC to close their offices in Bradford will mean the loss of over
:29:29. > :29:35.2000 high school high wage jobs, 1.2 million in business rates and almost
:29:36. > :29:41.12 million of the district's retail step goal spending which will have a
:29:42. > :29:47.devastating impact on Bradford. And you give me assurances that HMRC
:29:48. > :29:49.will meet with Bradford MPs to consider the clear economic and
:29:50. > :29:56.social case for keeping those offices in Bradford open? I am happy
:29:57. > :30:03.to ask the financial secretary to meet with the local MPs. We will
:30:04. > :30:06.make sure that Jobcentre plus and all of the supporters there for
:30:07. > :30:13.people who potentially are their jobs. In Bradford, the claimant
:30:14. > :30:18.count is down by 26% in the last year so jobs are available. It is a
:30:19. > :30:22.difficult and important point I am going to make, everyone in this
:30:23. > :30:27.House wants to see HMRC raise more money and make sure that people and
:30:28. > :30:33.companies do not avoid their taxes and that means reform and it means
:30:34. > :30:40.to make sure that HMRC is even more effective in raising the taxes on
:30:41. > :30:45.which our public services depend. Acknowledging that sport can bring a
:30:46. > :30:50.nation together and nations together, as demonstrated at Wembley
:30:51. > :30:55.last night, which he ensure that in addition to the welcome extra
:30:56. > :30:58.investment in the police and security services, investment in
:30:59. > :31:03.sports such as cricket will be maintained because they are a tool
:31:04. > :31:07.to help us face longer term challenges in integrating
:31:08. > :31:13.communities? I am sure over the next week the spending requests will
:31:14. > :31:18.quicken as we get closer to the spending review. It is important we
:31:19. > :31:21.have put in place the school sport premium for primary schools and it
:31:22. > :31:26.is making a real difference. There is a role for the sporting bodies to
:31:27. > :31:29.play. Many receive large amounts of money from the television contracts
:31:30. > :31:35.and the more of them that the more of them that can use that to ensure
:31:36. > :31:42.we are bringing on the young stars of tomorrow, that is absolutely
:31:43. > :31:47.vital. As the new leader of the anti-austerity movement in
:31:48. > :32:01.Oxfordshire, can he tell us how his campaign is going? What I said to my
:32:02. > :32:07.local council is what I say to every council, which is you have to get
:32:08. > :32:13.more for less, not less for more. On this side of the House we want to
:32:14. > :32:16.make sure that every penny that is raised in council tax is well spent
:32:17. > :32:29.and if his council would like to come in and get the same advice I
:32:30. > :32:34.will gladly oblige. At a time when he saw rightly emphasises the need
:32:35. > :32:38.for our solidarity with France, and I asked if he can see what he can do
:32:39. > :32:43.to ensure that the Franco British Council set up over 40 years ago to
:32:44. > :32:49.promote civil society partnership can continue to do its important
:32:50. > :32:52.work in fields as diverse as defence and community cohesion? Without a
:32:53. > :32:58.very small amount of funding from both governments it will not be able
:32:59. > :33:01.to do that. I am happy to look at that proposal. France and Britain
:33:02. > :33:05.have a lot to learn from each other and we should enter into these
:33:06. > :33:11.discussions in that spirit. We have a lot to learn about integrating
:33:12. > :33:14.people into our country, about how we have effective counter-terrorism
:33:15. > :33:17.policing, about how to share intelligence, and I am committed to
:33:18. > :33:26.making sure we burst you all of those things with France. Wigan
:33:27. > :33:32.council has had a cut in funding over the last five years and lost a
:33:33. > :33:35.third of its staff. Does he advise I should write to the leader of the
:33:36. > :33:40.council regarding the reduction or should I place the blame firmly
:33:41. > :33:46.where it belongs, with his government? If he is looking for
:33:47. > :33:51.someone to blame she might want to blame the Labour Party which left
:33:52. > :33:56.the country with the biggest budget deficit anywhere in the Western
:33:57. > :34:02.world. The advice I would give her about her local council is to look
:34:03. > :34:06.at its overall spending power, the combination of business rates,
:34:07. > :34:07.council tax and Grant and ask what money they have got to provide local
:34:08. > :34:19.services. Points of order come after the
:34:20. > :34:57.urgent question. But we will hear from him then.
:34:58. > :35:12.Order. Urgent question, Sir Gerald power. -- Howarth. Further to the
:35:13. > :35:15.question asked by my honourable friend, may I ask the Secretary of
:35:16. > :35:18.State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement about the
:35:19. > :35:28.arrest of a former member of the parachute regiment on duty in
:35:29. > :35:32.Londonderry in January 1972? Mr Speaker, I thank the honourable
:35:33. > :35:36.member for his question. As part of the ongoing investigation by the
:35:37. > :35:40.PSNI into the events surrounding Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in
:35:41. > :35:44.1972, a former soldier was arrested for questioning on the 10th of
:35:45. > :35:53.November. Only he were subsequently released on bail. Criminal Court
:35:54. > :35:55.investigations are a message -- matter for police to