:00:00. > :00:00.and have nothing to do with its past or -- present or future. Order.
:00:00. > :00:17.Questions to the Prime Minister Fiona Bruce.
:00:18. > :00:22.Everyone in this House and lany people watching at home know from
:00:23. > :00:27.yes, Prime Minister, the central role that Bernard, the Primd
:00:28. > :00:31.Minister's principal PBS pl`ys in the life of the Prime Minister and
:00:32. > :00:36.ten Downing St. This morning, my Bernard, my principal private
:00:37. > :00:42.secretary died of cancer. Hd was only 42. He was one of the lost
:00:43. > :00:46.loyal, hard-working, dedicated public servant that I have dver come
:00:47. > :00:50.across. I have no idea what his politics were, but he would go to
:00:51. > :00:55.the end of the Earth and back again for his Prime Minister, for Number
:00:56. > :00:59.ten, for the team he worked for Today we are leaving the se`t in the
:01:00. > :01:17.official's box where he used to sit empty as a mark of respect to him.
:01:18. > :01:29.This morning I had ministerhal meetings, and I will have ftrther
:01:30. > :01:34.such meetings later today. I echo the Prime Minister's
:01:35. > :01:45.sentiments regarding the passing of Mr Martin.
:01:46. > :01:51.I am told that the lack of ` secure family life is a root cause of many
:01:52. > :01:55.problems experienced by the children it helps. The Prime Minister is a
:01:56. > :02:00.champion of family life, so can he confirmed that announcement to be
:02:01. > :02:03.made later today will pass this family test by providing security
:02:04. > :02:06.for family relationships and opportunities for vulnerabld
:02:07. > :02:10.children? I thank my honourable friend for her
:02:11. > :02:14.remarks and there will be condolence books in Number ten and the Treasury
:02:15. > :02:18.and in the Security service where Chris Martin work. She is rhght that
:02:19. > :02:22.families are the best welfare state that we have. They bring up our
:02:23. > :02:27.children, they teach as the right values, and they care for us when we
:02:28. > :02:30.are sick. We want to help f`milies, and the Chancellor will havd
:02:31. > :02:34.something to say about that later as we boost the national living wage,
:02:35. > :02:38.as we boost tax cuts for working people, and as we help with
:02:39. > :02:49.childcare. All these policids should pass the test of helping Brhtain's
:02:50. > :02:53.families. Jeremy Corbyn. I `lso express my condolences to the family
:02:54. > :03:11.of Chris Martin on his death. The Prime Minister told me how hll he
:03:12. > :03:18.was on Remembrance Sunday. Hf our condolences could be passed on, that
:03:19. > :03:23.would be helpful. This week, Mr Speaker, councils made a colmitment
:03:24. > :03:28.to run areas on green activhty. With the Prime Minister join me hn
:03:29. > :03:33.commending those councils, `nd critical on Conservative cotncils to
:03:34. > :03:36.do the same? I commend all councils for wanting to promote green energy
:03:37. > :03:40.and we have made that easier in our country by having the feed hn
:03:41. > :03:48.tariffs and the other measures we have had to help for, particularly
:03:49. > :03:51.solar power and also wind power We will be taking part in the Paris
:03:52. > :03:56.climate talks because it is vital to get that global deal, but wd have to
:03:57. > :04:01.make sure that we take action locally as well as globally. If you
:04:02. > :04:04.compare the last Parliament to the previous Parliament, we saw
:04:05. > :04:11.something like a troubling hn the installation of renewable
:04:12. > :04:15.electricity. -- travelling. The commitment of those Labour councils
:04:16. > :04:19.is a bit of a contrast to the Prime Minister's performance becatse he
:04:20. > :04:33.used to tell us that his was the greenest government ever. Does he
:04:34. > :04:38.remember those days? First of all, I believe that the last government
:04:39. > :04:45.does rightly claim that record, the world's first green investmdnt bank
:04:46. > :04:50.pioneered in Britain, a tripling of renewable energy, a meeting of all
:04:51. > :04:53.our climate change targets, contributing to a new EU de`l, which
:04:54. > :04:57.means we go to the climate change conference in Paris with a strong
:04:58. > :05:01.European record and the ability to say to other countries that they
:05:02. > :05:05.should step up to the plate. Also, in the last Parliament we spent
:05:06. > :05:11.record sums helping develophng countries to go green, and hn the
:05:12. > :05:13.next five years we will spend $ billion on helping other cotntries,
:05:14. > :05:18.which will be crucial in buhlding the Paris deal next week. Thank you,
:05:19. > :05:25.Mr Speaker. The problem with the Prime Minister's answer is that to
:05:26. > :05:32.get to Britain's 2020 target it is the biggest in the EU. Some of his
:05:33. > :05:35.decisions recently, such as cutting support for solar panels on home and
:05:36. > :05:39.industrial projects, scrapphng the green deal, cutting support for wind
:05:40. > :05:43.turbines, putting a new tax on renewable energy, it increasing
:05:44. > :05:47.subsidies for diesel generators is it any wonder that the chief
:05:48. > :05:51.scientist at the United Nathons environment programme have
:05:52. > :05:57.criticised Britain on going backwards on renewable energy? The
:05:58. > :06:02.facts paint a different picture As I said, a tripling of wind power in
:06:03. > :06:05.the last Parliament, that is an enormous investment. The pohnt about
:06:06. > :06:09.solar panels, when the cost of manufacturing solar panels comets,
:06:10. > :06:15.as it has, it is right to rdduce the subsidy. If we don't reduce the
:06:16. > :06:19.subsidy, we ask people to p`y higher energy bills, something I sdem to
:06:20. > :06:24.remember the last Labour Party making rather a lot of. If xou look
:06:25. > :06:28.at the secretary of state for climate change's speed, you will see
:06:29. > :06:32.the right balance between affordable energy and making sure we mdet our
:06:33. > :06:35.green targets. That is what we are committed to. In addition to that,
:06:36. > :06:39.building the first nuclear power station for decades in our country,
:06:40. > :06:43.something that the Labour P`rty talk about a lot in government, but were
:06:44. > :06:50.clay-macro we are putting into action now we are in governlent Mr
:06:51. > :06:54.Speaker, in the past few wedks, 1000 jobs have been lost in solar
:06:55. > :06:59.companies in Britain as thex have gone bust. I have got a question
:07:00. > :07:06.from some apprentice solar panel fitters. They say that cutthng feed
:07:07. > :07:10.in tariffs mean you are stopping solar projects, that they nded to
:07:11. > :07:14.help our environment to givd us jobs. They ask the Prime Minister,
:07:15. > :07:21.why do you want to throw all of this away? We are doubling investment in
:07:22. > :07:25.renewable energy in this Parliament, and as for solar panels, I think I
:07:26. > :07:28.am right in saying that in the last Parliament over 1 million homes were
:07:29. > :07:32.fitted with solar panels. It is right that we go on supporthng that
:07:33. > :07:35.industry, but we should do ht, recognising that the cost of
:07:36. > :07:39.manufacturing solar panels has plummeted, and so therefore the
:07:40. > :07:44.subsidy should be what is ndcessary to deliver solar power, not what is
:07:45. > :07:51.necessary to pump up the hills of hard-working families. -- bhlls
:07:52. > :07:55.That is not much help to those who are losing their jobs in thd solar
:07:56. > :07:58.industry at the present timd. However, I would like to ask the
:07:59. > :08:02.prime ministers something else. Today is the International Day for
:08:03. > :08:06.the elimination of violence against women. On average, two women a week
:08:07. > :08:09.are killed by current or former partners, and domestic violdnce
:08:10. > :08:13.accounts for a quarter of all violent crime. Can the Primd
:08:14. > :08:18.Minister is explained by a third of those referred to women's rdfuges in
:08:19. > :08:23.England are now being turned away? We have put more money into refuges,
:08:24. > :08:26.and the Chancellor will havd something to say about fundhng
:08:27. > :08:32.women's charities in his Autumn Statement today will stop the fact
:08:33. > :08:37.is, when it comes to rape crisis centres that we have protected, or
:08:38. > :08:40.domestic violence centres that we helped to fund, this governlent has
:08:41. > :08:44.a good record on helping wolen and making sure that the crime of
:08:45. > :08:49.domestic violence is properly investigated by the police, and
:08:50. > :08:56.prosecuted in our courts. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The late Denise
:08:57. > :09:02.Marshall, who was Chief Executive of the domestic violence charity that
:09:03. > :09:06.this very well when she said, "if you are a woman who has expdrienced
:09:07. > :09:11.some sort of violence, I believe you have the right to the very best
:09:12. > :09:17.service and the community owes you an opportunity to recover". In 012,
:09:18. > :09:20.the Prime Minister's governdd by the Istanbul convention on comb`ting
:09:21. > :09:24.violence against women and domestic violence, this would make women s
:09:25. > :09:30.support services clay-macro statutory and would have stopped the
:09:31. > :09:32.closure of this charity. Can the Prime Minister tell the House when
:09:33. > :09:37.he will ratify the Istanbul convention. We are going ond further
:09:38. > :09:41.than that, and in the statelent he will hear in a moment we will
:09:42. > :09:44.actually be putting more money into women's charities, including
:09:45. > :09:48.charities that fight domesthc violence, that fight rape, `nd make
:09:49. > :09:52.sure we cut out these appalling crimes in our country. In addition
:09:53. > :09:55.to that, we have done more than any other art and to help in terms of
:09:56. > :10:05.preventing forced marriage `nd preventing the horrors of FGM, that
:10:06. > :10:08.don't just happen in Africa but in our country too. I don't thhnk any
:10:09. > :10:16.government has got a strongdr record on those grounds. I have many
:10:17. > :10:21.constituents who come to my surgery desperate to be able to own their
:10:22. > :10:25.own home. Many are on low incomes and they recognised that a lonthly
:10:26. > :10:28.mortgage payments would be significantly lower than thdir
:10:29. > :10:32.current monthly rental paymdnts sometimes by up to 50% lower. Does
:10:33. > :10:36.my right honourable friend share in the excitement of many of mx
:10:37. > :10:39.constituents towards the st`rter home initiative contained in the
:10:40. > :10:41.housing bill, which was the affordable housing lower thd monthly
:10:42. > :10:51.outgoings of many people in this country? Clearly there were lots of
:10:52. > :10:55.individual interventions we can take, like help to ballet, which is
:10:56. > :11:01.basically put buying homes hn the reach of many more people. We can
:11:02. > :11:05.help people to save, which we do with our help to buy ice. Wd are
:11:06. > :11:08.contributing every time people make a saving, but the biggest
:11:09. > :11:11.contribution is by building more houses, which we will be dohng
:11:12. > :11:16.during this Parliament, and crucially, by maintaining a strong,
:11:17. > :11:19.secure and stable economy whth low interest rate so people can afford
:11:20. > :11:25.to take out a mortgage. Angts Robertson.
:11:26. > :11:28.May I begin by associating the Scottish National party with the
:11:29. > :11:32.condolences of the Prime Minister. Having spoken to him last wdek, I am
:11:33. > :11:36.aware of how much of a personal loss it is to him and of course to Chris
:11:37. > :11:41.Martin's family and friends. The dangers of unintended consepuences
:11:42. > :11:47.and escalation in Syria are clear for everybody to see in these days.
:11:48. > :11:54.Observers agree that an air campaign alone will not lead to the tltimate
:11:55. > :11:58.defeat of Daesh on the ground. How many troops and from which countries
:11:59. > :12:01.does the Prime Minister havd in his plan for Syria? I thank The right
:12:02. > :12:05.honourable gentleman for his remark about Chris Martin, who I know
:12:06. > :12:09.helped all parties in this House when they had enquiries. Let me deal
:12:10. > :12:13.directly with the Syria isste and the question he asks. This hs so
:12:14. > :12:19.crucial. I am not arguing that action from the air alone c`n solve
:12:20. > :12:23.the very serious problem we have with Isil. Clearly we need `
:12:24. > :12:26.political settlement in Syrha, and a government in Syria that can act
:12:27. > :12:31.competitively with us against Isil. The question for the House which we
:12:32. > :12:36.need to address tomorrow and in the days to come is, should we wait for
:12:37. > :12:39.that, can we afford to wait for that political settlement before we act,
:12:40. > :12:43.and my view is we cannot waht for that. We should work as hard as we
:12:44. > :12:49.can for it, but we should bd acting now with allies because it hs about
:12:50. > :12:52.keeping our own people in otr own country safe. You asked specifically
:12:53. > :12:57.about ground troops. The fact is, there are troops in Syria, the Free
:12:58. > :13:01.Syrian Army and the Kurdish forces that would work with us to help
:13:02. > :13:04.eliminate Isil, but the full range of ground troops will only be
:13:05. > :13:08.available when there is a political settlement in Syria. The qudstion is
:13:09. > :13:10.simple, can we afford to waht for that settlement before taking action
:13:11. > :13:23.to keep us safe here at homd. The United Kingdom spent 13 times
:13:24. > :13:25.more bombing Libya than invdsting in its reconstruction after thd
:13:26. > :13:32.overthrow of the regime. Reconstructing Syria will bd
:13:33. > :13:35.essential to secure stability. How much does the Prime Minister
:13:36. > :13:40.estimate this all costs, and how much has he allocated from the UK?
:13:41. > :13:45.We have won the largest abutment budgets anywhere in the world, as
:13:46. > :13:49.the support we have given to the refugees which stands at ?1.2
:13:50. > :13:55.billion demonstrates. Clearly part of our plan, which I will sdt out
:13:56. > :13:58.tomorrow, will be to help ftnd the reconstruction and rebuilding of
:13:59. > :14:05.Syria, alongside the political deal we believe is necessary. I would far
:14:06. > :14:07.rather spend the money reconstructing Syria than in
:14:08. > :14:16.supporting people kept away from their homes, kept away from their
:14:17. > :14:22.country, who want to return. I know my right honourable friend hs aware
:14:23. > :14:30.of the growing cause of concern is running the conviction of Alexandra
:14:31. > :14:34.Blackman, who shot and insurgents in Afghanistan in 2011. If there is
:14:35. > :14:38.indeed new evidence, and if, as in many feel, that has been a
:14:39. > :14:43.miscarriage of justice, would my right honourable friend agrde it is
:14:44. > :14:49.right this matter should be looked into it again? What I would say is
:14:50. > :14:54.it is exactly what the crimhnal case review commission exists to look at,
:14:55. > :14:57.where there is or may have been a miscarriage of justice. As he
:14:58. > :15:02.knows, we gave the internal report the naval services to his ldgal
:15:03. > :15:06.advisers, so there is proper disclosure in this case. His legal
:15:07. > :15:09.team have said they're lookhng at the option of applying to the
:15:10. > :15:15.criminal cases review commission. Let me just say, our Royal Larines
:15:16. > :15:19.have a worldwide reputation as one of the world's elite fighting forces
:15:20. > :15:27.they've made an incredible conjuration to our country `nd we
:15:28. > :15:30.should make tribute to them. The government's handling of chhld
:15:31. > :15:35.sexual abuse enquiries has done little to restore public confidence
:15:36. > :15:38.so far for the last month they enquiry announced it had
:15:39. > :15:44.accidentally and permanentlx deleted all of the victim testimonids
:15:45. > :15:50.submitted through its website over an 18 day period without anx
:15:51. > :15:54.enquiry. These victims deserve justice and that their voicds to be
:15:55. > :15:58.heard. Can the Prime Ministdr please tell the House what independent
:15:59. > :16:02.investigation has taken place to establish the cause of the data
:16:03. > :16:07.loss, and to establish whether or not there is any chronology behind
:16:08. > :16:10.it? I am sure the whole house will welcome the fact that the Gothard
:16:11. > :16:15.enquiries up and running, and the best way to get justice is to make
:16:16. > :16:22.sure we have appalled enquiry we have spoken about. As for the
:16:23. > :16:27.specific issue she raises? Hf there is further detail, I will write to
:16:28. > :16:37.her. What is important is that the inquiry is up and running. 3000 jobs
:16:38. > :16:47.in new work will last under Labour. This month we celebrate the creation
:16:48. > :16:53.of the 10,000 new job in Newark Does the Prime Minister agrde that
:16:54. > :17:00.Newark leads away to a strong economy, high employment, hhgher
:17:01. > :17:04.wages and lower welfare? I `m delighted to hear that Newark has
:17:05. > :17:08.met this landmark and it is worth remembering that these 10,000
:17:09. > :17:12.figures, they are 10,000 people each with a job, with a livelihood, with
:17:13. > :17:20.a chance to support their f`milies. I well remember visiting my
:17:21. > :17:24.honourable friend's constittency. I do recognise that a business we
:17:25. > :17:32.visited last week announced the creation of over 800 jobs, so where
:17:33. > :17:39.Newark leads, I'm sure others will follow. As the Prime Ministdr ever
:17:40. > :17:45.heard of Alan Cartwright, Stefan Appleton... These are all tdenagers
:17:46. > :17:52.who was stabbed to death on the street of isn't ink in the last
:17:53. > :17:57.year. -- Islington. Given the growing culture of drugs, g`ngs and
:17:58. > :18:01.violence in my borough and lany other boroughs, does the prdmise to
:18:02. > :18:07.really think it is in the interests of my constituents and their safety
:18:08. > :18:11.to cut the Metropolitan Polhce? First of all, every life lost in the
:18:12. > :18:15.way she talks about course ` tragedy, and many of these lives
:18:16. > :18:20.have been lost because of drugs gangs and knife crime top overall,
:18:21. > :18:24.night crime has come down over the last few years, but there are still
:18:25. > :18:29.too many people carrying a knife and not recognising that not only it is
:18:30. > :18:33.against the law, it is a danger to themselves and others. We whll
:18:34. > :18:36.continue with our top appro`ch to knife crime with the work wd are
:18:37. > :18:40.doomed to disband gangs and I will work to try and yield with the
:18:41. > :18:45.problems of drugs. When it comes to policing, what we have seen in
:18:46. > :18:47.London is an increase in neighbourhood policing. The
:18:48. > :18:54.Metropolitan Police have done a good job in cutting back office cost and
:18:55. > :18:59.putting police on our streets. After many years of neglect under Labour,
:19:00. > :19:10.Jeremy Corbyn is seeing invdstment in roads and tourism. -- Cornwall is
:19:11. > :19:19.saying. Choral is a centre for the UK aerospace industry. Newqtay
:19:20. > :19:23.airport is the forerunner to be the location of the UK's spaceport. Does
:19:24. > :19:28.he agree that Newquay would be the perfect place for it? It is very
:19:29. > :19:33.good that in this parliament we have such strong voices were Cornwall
:19:34. > :19:37.speaking up for that county and making sure against the resources
:19:38. > :19:42.and help it needs. I am a strong supporter of Newquay airport, not
:19:43. > :19:47.just as user, but it providds the opportunity for a hub of grdat
:19:48. > :19:50.businesses in Cornwall. We want to become the European hub for space
:19:51. > :19:54.flight which will attract ftrther investment into the UK. There are a
:19:55. > :19:58.number of other airports in the running, so I wish them all well and
:19:59. > :20:05.can tell we are aiming to l`unch the selection process next year. The
:20:06. > :20:11.government and I disagree on which on what comes Jutes progress in
:20:12. > :20:16.gender equality. But I did `gree with the promised when he pledged to
:20:17. > :20:19.change the law to include mothers on marriage certificates. I've heard
:20:20. > :20:22.nothing since. I wondered if the Prime Minister agreed with le that
:20:23. > :20:28.with the fast approaching bhrth of my daughter, I'd like to be valued
:20:29. > :20:34.as equally in her life as mx husband. Will the Prime Minhster
:20:35. > :20:38.take this important, symbolhc step to ensure that mothers are not
:20:39. > :20:44.written out of history? This is an area where the honourable l`dy and I
:20:45. > :20:47.agree. My understanding is that proposals for legislation h`ve gone
:20:48. > :20:51.to the relevant committee in government, and she's made ` very
:20:52. > :20:59.article at case for why that bill should be included in the ndxt
:21:00. > :21:03.session. Will the Prime Minhster join with me in commending the
:21:04. > :21:08.French government for facing down Tara, continued with the clhmate
:21:09. > :21:13.summit in Paris next week Chris Rock will he act knowledge the ilportant
:21:14. > :21:17.role of legislators, and dods he agree with me that his personal
:21:18. > :21:22.presence in Paris sends a mdssage out to the world about our
:21:23. > :21:26.continuing commitment to a lasting climate deal? I'm grateful for what
:21:27. > :21:30.he has said, I will be going to Paris from the start of this vital
:21:31. > :21:35.conference to set out what Britain and the EU will be doomed to bring
:21:36. > :21:39.about this deal. What we put on the table in terms of climate fhnance,
:21:40. > :21:43.nearly $9 billion over the next five years, is one of the most gdnerous
:21:44. > :21:50.offers ever. The good news `bout the Paris conference is that... We are
:21:51. > :21:53.going to see China and Amerhca as signatories to a deal, that means
:21:54. > :21:58.much more the world's missions will be covered by this. What we had to
:21:59. > :22:02.achieve is that it is a good deal with proper review clauses `nd the
:22:03. > :22:06.way of tightening any deal, to make sure we keep to 2 degrees. No one
:22:07. > :22:13.should be in any doubt that Britain is playing a leading role and has
:22:14. > :22:16.lead by example and with money. Mr Speaker, there will never bd a
:22:17. > :22:19.future where we don't need to steal, but the government is spendhng
:22:20. > :22:23.millions of pounds compensate the loss of UK still make in. C`n I
:22:24. > :22:27.asked the premise that he whll send a clear signal today to this
:22:28. > :22:32.potential investors in our TK steel industry, that he will do whatever
:22:33. > :22:44.it takes to back a sustainable, cutting edge UK still history? -
:22:45. > :22:48.steel future in the UK? I agree We want to support the business, so we
:22:49. > :22:52.are taking action on the kex men. When you look at what we have done
:22:53. > :22:58.through our Royal Navy and what we can do through Railtrack, wd should
:22:59. > :23:02.back British steel. We will be exempting heavy energy users like
:23:03. > :23:07.British Steel from the high electricity charges, but thhs does
:23:08. > :23:11.go rather to the questions `sked by the Leader of the Opposition. If we
:23:12. > :23:16.endlessly pressure builds for everyone else, it costs even more to
:23:17. > :23:21.exempt the high energy users. That's what you need a balanced programme
:23:22. > :23:24.was adamant we can do to help produce steel, including a clear
:23:25. > :23:32.infrastructure plan, is all to the good.
:23:33. > :23:42.In 2010, unemployment was around 5% of the work and employment. It has
:23:43. > :23:47.dropped 1.6% in my constitudncy I am sure my Red Bull friend `grees
:23:48. > :23:55.that help those people -- rhght honourable friend, we need to offer
:23:56. > :23:58.more opportunities for skills and training. Does my right honourable
:23:59. > :24:04.friend agree with that, and what more can the government offdr to
:24:05. > :24:09.help places like my constittency? All young people aged 18 to have a
:24:10. > :24:12.real choice of either being able to take on an apprenticeship, `nd we're
:24:13. > :24:17.planning for 3 million in this parliament, or be able to go to one
:24:18. > :24:22.of other universities. We don't want anyone left behind, everyond should
:24:23. > :24:24.have the choice. Unemployment has fallen in his constituency. We'll
:24:25. > :24:29.hear from the transfer in a minute about what has happened, but the
:24:30. > :24:34.fact is that Britain, over those five years, has grown as fast as any
:24:35. > :24:39.other G-7 country in terms of our economic performance. You c`n look
:24:40. > :24:43.back and see that the decishons made in 2011, 2012, difficult decisions,
:24:44. > :24:49.but they laid the platform for sustained and could tell macro
:24:50. > :24:57.economic growth and jobs. -, economic growth and jobs. Wd remain
:24:58. > :25:02.at the bottom of the league tables. Bradford's children can't bd filled
:25:03. > :25:06.any longer. Will the prime linisters support my call for a Bradford
:25:07. > :25:10.challenge based on the highly successful London challenge, and
:25:11. > :25:14.will he stop the dangerous changes to the school's funding for Miller
:25:15. > :25:23.which were dragged the children are Bradford further into the l`nd of
:25:24. > :25:27.inequality, despair and neglect We made commitments at the last
:25:28. > :25:32.election about funding our schools and funding school places, `nd we
:25:33. > :25:35.will be keeping all of thosd commitments, not just the rdvenue we
:25:36. > :25:40.provide to schools, where wd won't be reducing the amount which goes
:25:41. > :25:44.for every people. But spendhng much more unusual places in this
:25:45. > :25:48.parliament than in the parlhament which preceded me becoming Prime
:25:49. > :25:51.Minister. We are helping with building the academy chains and new
:25:52. > :25:56.free skills, and they are available to his constituency as for others.
:25:57. > :26:03.Does the Prime Minister agrded with me that the turmoil in northern Iraq
:26:04. > :26:07.and Syria gives opportunitids to resolve long-standing international
:26:08. > :26:11.disputes, not at least with Russia? Does he agree that the attack on the
:26:12. > :26:17.Russian bomber, something that never happened in the Holger Asian of the
:26:18. > :26:39.Cold War, was disproportion`te? -- in the whole of the Cold War. This
:26:40. > :26:44.is about a political transition I spoke to President Putin last week,
:26:45. > :26:49.he mentioned the issue of the downed jet. The backs on this aren't clear,
:26:50. > :26:53.but we should respect to kedp us back a right to protect its
:26:54. > :26:59.airspace, as we protect our own We need to get the bottom what
:27:00. > :27:04.happened. The Prime Minister very often tells us that the first duty
:27:05. > :27:11.of any government is to be tech the public. Will he give an unddrtaking
:27:12. > :27:13.to restore the the police and emergency services to ensurd the
:27:14. > :27:18.public in this country are protected? I think this govdrnment
:27:19. > :27:23.has a good record of protecting the public, not least because wd have
:27:24. > :27:29.protected counterterrorism police, and we allowed them to help in a
:27:30. > :27:44.coat of crime of 31% since H became Prime Minister. -- cut. A
:27:45. > :27:47.drink-driver destroyed lives of two young girls. Miss Baxter is
:27:48. > :27:52.paralysed from the neck down and still in hospital. He was sdntenced
:27:53. > :27:58.to just a three-year driving ban, a fine and a 20 week tag. Weeks later,
:27:59. > :28:02.he applied to Bolton Magistrates' Court for his tag to be removed so
:28:03. > :28:07.he could go on holiday to a stag party. Would my right honourable
:28:08. > :28:11.friend look to issue guidance to magistrates that a tag, when part of
:28:12. > :28:15.a sentence, should never be removed to allow criminals to go on holiday?
:28:16. > :28:20.I think my right honourable friend makes a poll point and I will look
:28:21. > :28:26.at this carefully. Let me express my some of the other victim, and what
:28:27. > :28:29.is a distressing case. It is always difficult to commentate on
:28:30. > :28:33.individual cases because I wasn t in the courthouse and did not hear the
:28:34. > :28:38.point made. The point he makes scenes be powerful. A punishment is
:28:39. > :28:45.a punishment, tag is a tie, and he is making a strong case. Today's
:28:46. > :28:50.middle east is resembling the central Europe of one century ago
:28:51. > :28:53.for some minorities, be thex linguistic, religious or sexual
:28:54. > :29:00.find them under more pressure than ever. I and my constituents and
:29:01. > :29:09.understand the threat posed to these groups by Isis. How is a prhme list
:29:10. > :29:15.are planning to back a bombhng campaign preventing Aleppo becoming
:29:16. > :29:20.the new Budapest? What I wotld say, will set up the argument clhnic
:29:21. > :29:26.tomorrow. There is a clear `nd present danger to the UK of based in
:29:27. > :29:31.Iraq, based in Syria, plannhng attacks against our country today.
:29:32. > :29:35.We don't live in a perfect world and we can't deliver a perfect strategy
:29:36. > :29:39.but we can deliver a clear, long-term strategy that will work.
:29:40. > :29:44.He talks about the lessons we learned from the last century. One
:29:45. > :29:49.of the lessons I would say we should learn is when your country hs under
:29:50. > :29:52.threat, and when you face aggression against your country, you c`nnot
:29:53. > :29:55.endlessly sit around and trhm about a perfect world, you need to act in
:29:56. > :30:08.the world we are in. Will my right honourable frhend join
:30:09. > :30:15.the in congratulating all the staff at the birthing unit, the mhdwives,
:30:16. > :30:18.matron and local activist Rhchard Hallett for scoring 100% on their
:30:19. > :30:24.friends and family survey on satisfaction and care? The committee
:30:25. > :30:29.might -- commitment of thesd people is only matched by the Consdrvatives
:30:30. > :30:33.commitment to the NHS, with the fact that into elections in a row we had
:30:34. > :30:39.promised and delivered great investment than the Labour Party?
:30:40. > :30:42.Can I say that she is absolttely right to highlight the friends and
:30:43. > :30:46.family test, a simple way of measuring whether our hospitals are
:30:47. > :30:51.giving great care and I think it has been a real advance in the NHS. As
:30:52. > :30:54.well as good schemes to makd sure you want your friend and falily
:30:55. > :30:58.treated in a hospital, we nded to provide the resources and that is
:30:59. > :31:03.what we're doing with the spending announced today, crucially on
:31:04. > :31:07.childbirth, it's not often H could the Daily Mirror but it is worth
:31:08. > :31:11.looking at what they are rahsing about the importance of a sdven day
:31:12. > :31:16.NHS and making sure we have high standards across the NHS evdry day.
:31:17. > :31:23.As well as the extra money we are putting into the NHS, the sdven day
:31:24. > :31:29.NHS will also mean a strongdr NHS. The big lottery fund supports
:31:30. > :31:35.important local project in ly constituency including a sm`ll
:31:36. > :31:40.children's playground and the purpose of women's aid projdct which
:31:41. > :31:42.play an essential role in the community, supporting the vtlnerable
:31:43. > :31:46.people this government has left behind. When he join with md in
:31:47. > :31:52.congratulating these local projects on their work and reassure the house
:31:53. > :31:54.that this government will protect the current level of Nation`l
:31:55. > :31:59.Lottery funding earmarked for charities and community projects? I
:32:00. > :32:03.can certainly say that we whll be protecting the big lottery fund it
:32:04. > :32:08.does an excellent job but I can t resist making the point that one of
:32:09. > :32:13.the things that the UK rings it s a bigger National Lottery, a bigger
:32:14. > :32:20.pot that can support Scottish charities -- UK brings. Let me make
:32:21. > :32:25.this point. Following what has happened to the oil price, hf there
:32:26. > :32:31.was a Scottish November Auttmn Statement, it would be a st`tement
:32:32. > :32:33.that was about cuts, cuts, cuts taxes, taxes, taxes and no relief
:32:34. > :32:55.from the National Lottery. Order. Order. Mr Brendan McNeill.
:32:56. > :33:00.Calm yourself. You may be cheeky but you are also exceptionally noisy!
:33:01. > :33:05.Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
:33:06. > :33:13.Mr Speaker, this Spending Rdview delivers on the commitment we made
:33:14. > :33:19.to the British people that we would put security first. To protdct our
:33:20. > :33:24.economic security by taking the difficult decisions to live within
:33:25. > :33:29.our means and bring down our debt, and to protect our national security
:33:30. > :33:35.by defending our country's hnterests abroad and keeping our citizens safe
:33:36. > :33:41.at home. Economic and national security provide the foundations for
:33:42. > :33:42.everything we want to support. Opportunity for all, the aspirations