:00:00. > :00:00.that is the huge apprenticeship scheme that now allows people and
:00:00. > :00:00.encourages people from all backgrounds to have a successful
:00:07. > :00:17.career in the civil servants. Questions to the Prime Minister
:00:18. > :00:20.Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Prime Minister is in Poland and
:00:21. > :00:23.Romania and I have been askdd to reply. This morning I had mdetings
:00:24. > :00:29.with ministerial colleagues and others and inhibition to my duties
:00:30. > :00:35.in this house I will have other such meetings later today. As Christmas
:00:36. > :00:38.draws closer the Chancellor will now that people are having diffhculty
:00:39. > :00:41.making ends meet. You will not experience a lot of goodwill in the
:00:42. > :01:04.series -- season of goodwill. They help to 24,000 loan sh`rk
:01:05. > :01:09.victims to get debts written off. Will he have a word with his
:01:10. > :01:17.Business Secretary who seems to refusing to answer questions on the
:01:18. > :01:22.Daily Mirror on this question. We take very seriously illegal loan
:01:23. > :01:29.sharks and excessive interest charges on payday lending which is
:01:30. > :01:35.why the Tories introduced a cap on payday lending. On the question of
:01:36. > :01:39.funding for illegal money-l`undering and loan shark teams, we ard looking
:01:40. > :01:52.at a levy on the industry to meet funding requirements. Can you give
:01:53. > :02:01.an update on action against jacquard -ists who not only attack Mtslims
:02:02. > :02:07.but almost or so pillage mosques. Along side protecting culture and
:02:08. > :02:16.heritage, can we ratify the Hague commission? Thank you for r`ising
:02:17. > :02:19.this important issue and let me update the house on militarx action.
:02:20. > :02:26.16 aircraft are conducting strikes as well as drones. There ard 11
:02:27. > :02:31.missions and there were four strikes against oil fields and we are
:02:32. > :02:35.supporting Iraqi security sdrvices, and the Foreign Secretary is going
:02:36. > :02:40.to be in New York for talks on bringing an end to the horrdndous
:02:41. > :02:43.conflict in Syria. Very specifically, on the damage being
:02:44. > :02:48.done to the cultural artefacts of the area and we are providing ? 0
:02:49. > :02:51.million as part of a cultur`l fund and I have discussed that whth the
:02:52. > :03:02.director of the British Musdum. Ratifying the Hague Conventhon, that
:03:03. > :03:17.is moving apace. Angela Eagle. CHEERING
:03:18. > :03:26.Thank you, it is nice to get a warm welcome!
:03:27. > :03:33.Our hearts go out to those suffering the consequences of severe flooding
:03:34. > :03:36.in the north-west this week with thousands of businesses affdcted.
:03:37. > :03:41.The priority has to be for the government to get immediate help to
:03:42. > :03:48.all of them. One year on from the 20 13th-14th floods, only some have
:03:49. > :03:54.received payment from the government scheme. Does the Chancellor agree
:03:55. > :03:58.that this cannot possibly bd allowed to happen again, these people need
:03:59. > :04:03.urgent help now? Will the Chancellor give a guarantee that peopld will
:04:04. > :04:10.receive the help that they need and quickly? Let me welcome the
:04:11. > :04:18.Honourable lady to her placd and the warm support she has on the other
:04:19. > :04:22.side. Let me join her in expressing the sympathy of the whole House to
:04:23. > :04:26.those who have been with by the terrible floods and the record
:04:27. > :04:30.rainfall that has hit Cumbrha and Lancashire. The update is that we
:04:31. > :04:36.have one severe flood warning in place, power has been restored to
:04:37. > :04:42.168,000 homes, the West Coast Main Line is open, but we have to be
:04:43. > :04:47.there for the long term. We support the immediate rescue efforts, the
:04:48. > :04:52.military have been deployed. On recovery, I can now announcd a 50
:04:53. > :04:56.million fund for families and businesses affected in the `rea
:04:57. > :05:01.This will be administered bx the local authorities to avoid some of
:05:02. > :05:06.the administrative problems she alluded to. When it comes to
:05:07. > :05:09.rebuilding the Cumbria and Lancashire infrastructure, we are
:05:10. > :05:15.assessing the damage to floods the fences and the damage to ro`ds and
:05:16. > :05:20.funds will be made availabld. One of the benefits of the strong dconomy
:05:21. > :05:23.is helping people in need. H thank the Chancellor for that answer but
:05:24. > :05:32.you would not think from listening to him that he has got flood defence
:05:33. > :05:37.spending by a this year. -- that he has cut. After visiting the floods
:05:38. > :05:42.in the Somerset Levels in 2014, the Prime Minister told this Hotse that
:05:43. > :05:47.money is no object in this relief effort and whatever money is needed
:05:48. > :05:54.will be spent. I welcome thd announcement that the Chancdllor has
:05:55. > :05:59.just made but will need factor will he confirm that the same will apply?
:06:00. > :06:03.Absolutely money will be made available to those affected and to
:06:04. > :06:06.the communities who have sedn their infrastructure damaged. ?5,000 will
:06:07. > :06:11.be made available to individual families to repair their holes and
:06:12. > :06:14.protect them against future flooding and we will provide money to
:06:15. > :06:17.businesses who have seen thdir businesses ruins and there have been
:06:18. > :06:20.heartbreaking stories that we have seen on TV about businesses that
:06:21. > :06:25.have been affected as well, so that money is available. As I sax,
:06:26. > :06:29.because we have a strong and resilient economy, we are increasing
:06:30. > :06:34.the money we spend on flood defences, and it is just not the
:06:35. > :06:38.case to say that that has bden reduced. Under the last Labour
:06:39. > :06:46.government, they spent ?100 billion on flood defences. We are spending
:06:47. > :06:50.?2 billion on flood defences and increasing maintenance spending --
:06:51. > :06:59.?1 billion. It is precisely because we took the difficult decishons to
:07:00. > :07:02.fix our economy. I thank thd Chancellor for that and we will hold
:07:03. > :07:07.him to account on the promises he has made today. I note that the
:07:08. > :07:10.government's own figures show that the capital investment in flood
:07:11. > :07:16.defences will only protect one in eight of those households that are
:07:17. > :07:19.at risk. Mr Speaker, I see that the Prime Minister cannot be with us to
:07:20. > :07:25.answer questions today becatse he is visiting Poland and Romania on the
:07:26. > :07:35.latest leg of his seemingly endless European renegotiation tour.
:07:36. > :07:38.LAUGHTER He has been jetting all over the place.
:07:39. > :07:49.No wonder he had to buy his own aeroplane! Can the Chancellor tell
:07:50. > :07:56.us how it is all going? The good news is... Groaning. We havd a party
:07:57. > :08:15.leader who is respected abroad. The Prime Minister is in central and
:08:16. > :08:18.eastern Europe because we are fighting for a better deal for Great
:08:19. > :08:25.Britain, something that would not have happened if there had been a
:08:26. > :08:29.Labour government. Well, Mr Speaker, I have to tell him that manx of his
:08:30. > :08:44.own backbenchers are pretty unimpressed with how it is going. Mr
:08:45. > :08:49.Speaker, the honourable member for North East Somerset has described
:08:50. > :08:56.the Prime Minister's renegotiation efforts is pretty thin gruel. One
:08:57. > :08:59.honourable member has called them lame and trivial, and yesterday the
:09:00. > :09:08.honourable member for Richmond Park told the press that they were not
:09:09. > :09:12.all that impressive. Mr Spe`ker the Chancellor is well-known for his
:09:13. > :09:18.backbenchers. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Can I ask
:09:19. > :09:27.him the question his own side want answering? Given that the Prime
:09:28. > :09:40.Minister has pre-resigns, does he really aspire to be written's first
:09:41. > :09:48.post EU Prime Minister? -- written's -- Britain. Most opposition parties
:09:49. > :09:57.are trying to get momentum, they are trying to get rid of it! We are
:09:58. > :10:01.fighting for a good deal for Great Britain in Europe, we are fhghting
:10:02. > :10:04.to make the European economx more competitive for everyone and
:10:05. > :10:11.fighting for Great Britain getting a fair deal. That is what we `re
:10:12. > :10:14.fighting for but in the end this will be something we put to the
:10:15. > :10:19.people of Great Britain in ` referendum, and the only re`son that
:10:20. > :10:28.referendum is happening at `ll is because the Conservative Party won
:10:29. > :10:31.the general election. Mr Spdaker, the Chancellor is that of obsessing
:10:32. > :10:41.about issues in the Labour Party should be condemning activities in
:10:42. > :10:44.Conservative Future. I notice he did not answer the question abott his
:10:45. > :10:48.own prime ministerial activhties, he might be worried about somebody a
:10:49. > :11:07.few places down him on the bench, I am not sure. He is looking very
:11:08. > :11:15.cross! It is Oliver! Oliver is coming back for more! Mr Spdaker,
:11:16. > :11:27.she knows who she is. LAUGHTER
:11:28. > :11:33.If he won't listen, if he won't listen to the doubts of his own
:11:34. > :11:49.backbenchers, perhaps he will listen to someone who has written ht. I
:11:50. > :11:52.have a letter here. Mr Speaker, it is from Donald of Brussels.
:11:53. > :12:08.LAUGHTER And he writes, uncertainty `bout the
:12:09. > :12:16.future of the UK and EU is ` destabilising factor. He is right,
:12:17. > :12:21.isn't he? Well, since the Conservative Party announced its
:12:22. > :12:23.policy on the referendum, wd have received the lion's share of
:12:24. > :12:29.investment into Europe here in this country. We have built a strong
:12:30. > :12:33.economy because we stand up for Great Britain's interests abroad. It
:12:34. > :12:38.is a competitive place to btild and grow a business. There is someone
:12:39. > :12:43.called Tony who has been wrhting today. He happens to be the most
:12:44. > :12:46.successful Labour leader in history and he is describing the Labour
:12:47. > :12:53.Party is a complete tragedy at the moment. Can she ask some serious
:12:54. > :13:01.questions about the health service, the economy, social care? She can
:13:02. > :13:08.ask any of these questions, she has one more question, let's he`r it. Mr
:13:09. > :13:16.Speaker, I prefer this quotd from Tony. Just mouth the words. Five
:13:17. > :13:30.more Tory years and you feel repulsed by what they have done to
:13:31. > :13:33.our country. Mr Speaker, we all know that the Chancellor is so
:13:34. > :13:40.preoccupied with his own le`dership ambitions that he forgot about the
:13:41. > :13:45.day job, and that is why he ended up trying to slash working famhlies'
:13:46. > :13:48.tax credits in the budget. Shouldn't he spends time focusing on the
:13:49. > :13:58.national interest rather th`n his own interest? 3 million UK jobs are
:13:59. > :14:07.linked to trade with the EU, half our exports go there, and that is
:14:08. > :14:12.why they are putting it at risk by flirting with Brexit and th`t is why
:14:13. > :14:18.we know on this side of the house that Britain is better off hn. I
:14:19. > :14:21.thought the Labour Party voted for the referendum when it came before
:14:22. > :14:24.the House of Commons. We ard fighting for a better deal for Great
:14:25. > :14:28.Britain in Europe, and the truth is this. We have shown we have an
:14:29. > :14:32.economic plan which is delivering for Great Britain, and whether it is
:14:33. > :14:37.well funded flood defences of putting money into our national
:14:38. > :14:40.health service, or backing our teachers in the schools, or
:14:41. > :14:43.introducing a national living wage, we are delivering security for the
:14:44. > :14:48.working people of Great Britain and their economic and national security
:14:49. > :14:55.will be put at risk if the Labour Party got back into office.
:14:56. > :15:06.I recently visited David Wilton Holmes apprentice workshop `nd saw
:15:07. > :15:11.what the construction industry is doing to support apprenticeships in
:15:12. > :15:15.Hampshire. Can he tell us what more schools can do to promote
:15:16. > :15:19.apprenticeships as a viable alternative to post-16 studx? I
:15:20. > :15:26.think my honourable friend raises an important point. Schools have a duty
:15:27. > :15:31.to provide pupils on the range of training and education and hf
:15:32. > :15:35.schools can tell their pupils about the increase in the number of
:15:36. > :15:39.apprenticeship places we ard funding... There will be 3 lillion
:15:40. > :15:43.apprentices in this Parliamdnt, a huge commitment to young people in
:15:44. > :15:47.this country and a big commhtment to the construction industry. We want
:15:48. > :15:51.homes to be built and a challenge is to get skilled people in thd
:15:52. > :15:57.industry, something no doubt race by the business she spoke to. The
:15:58. > :16:04.million will help. Occasion`lly highly toxic and dangerous laterials
:16:05. > :16:12.are transported around the country. Is the public right to expect the
:16:13. > :16:17.highest safety standards and cooperation between safety `gencies?
:16:18. > :16:21.Absolutely, they are expectdd to have that cooperation. If hd is
:16:22. > :16:32.talking about the transport`tion of nuclear materials from the fast Lane
:16:33. > :16:40.base -- Faslane base, I met teams there. But if he has some thing else
:16:41. > :16:45.to ask about go ahead. Therd are reports in the North of Scotland
:16:46. > :16:50.about plans to transport dangerous material including potentially
:16:51. > :16:55.nuclear weapons grade uranitm from a nuclear facility, on public roads to
:16:56. > :17:00.Wick airport and it is belidved it will be flown to the United States.
:17:01. > :17:04.What will this nuclear material used for and have any of his colleagues
:17:05. > :17:12.or himself spoken to a minister in the Scottish Government abott this?
:17:13. > :17:17.The transportation of nucle`r materials has happened across this
:17:18. > :17:21.country over many decades. There are procedures for doing so. Thd Royal
:17:22. > :17:29.Marines and police service hn Scotland provide security. Hf he has
:17:30. > :17:33.specific concerns he wants to raise about the plans for the
:17:34. > :17:36.transportation, he can raisd them with us. The arrangements are in
:17:37. > :17:43.place to make sure we protect the public.
:17:44. > :17:46.The Chancellor will know thd Prime Minister said in his recent
:17:47. > :17:51.conference speech we have to get away from the lock them up or let
:17:52. > :17:57.them out mentality when it comes to prison reform. Our prison sxstem
:17:58. > :18:01.costs constituents of fortune. Would he agree the time for rehabhlitation
:18:02. > :18:05.that works is now and we should not be afraid to look at other
:18:06. > :18:10.jurisdictions to find new ideas to tackle an ongoing state failure I
:18:11. > :18:15.think he is right to raise the question of is an reform. Pdople who
:18:16. > :18:19.commit crime should go to prison but was and should be suitable to
:18:20. > :18:25.rehabilitate prisoners. It hs our Victorian prisoners that ard not --
:18:26. > :18:29.prisons that are not suitable and that is why we will knock them down
:18:30. > :18:35.and build housing in cities which is desperately needed and build modern
:18:36. > :18:39.prisons on the outskirts of inner cities and cities. I am protd a
:18:40. > :18:48.Conservative government is taking on this progressive social reform. They
:18:49. > :18:53.are a great British institution that earn billions for the econoly but
:18:54. > :18:57.I'm sure he will share my concern two curry houses a week are closing
:18:58. > :19:03.in this country due to government policies. The specialist propose
:19:04. > :19:07.colleges have failed. As a fan himself, will he reviewed the
:19:08. > :19:11.situation? He once likened the elements of a strong economx to that
:19:12. > :19:22.of a good curry. Will he he`d of the curry crisis? We all enjoy ` great
:19:23. > :19:28.British curry, but what we want is the curry chefs trained in Britain.
:19:29. > :19:37.So we provide jobs for people in this country and that is wh`t our
:19:38. > :19:43.immigration controls providd. He is well aware from my representations
:19:44. > :19:47.of the need for a Southern relief road and bypass in Lincoln, delayed
:19:48. > :19:53.by bureaucracy for almost 100 years. He is acquainted with the nded to
:19:54. > :19:56.drive growth and economic well-being, utilising infrastructure
:19:57. > :20:00.to field the Midlands engind. What would he say to constituents should
:20:01. > :20:11.he visit the beautiful city of Lincoln other than any new road is
:20:12. > :20:15.better. I congratulate him on securing extra funding for Lincoln
:20:16. > :20:19.and ensuring a bypass will go ahead. I know he has concerns that the
:20:20. > :20:28.bypass is not big enough and it needs to be a dual carriageway
:20:29. > :20:32.bypass. What we need is to lake sure the local authorities agree with his
:20:33. > :20:40.assessment and I am happy to help him in that task. Since his budget
:20:41. > :20:50.in July I have asked time and again about how he intends to makd women
:20:51. > :20:57.prove in order to qualify for tax credits. Will he admit that this
:20:58. > :21:02.abhorrent policy is not workable and will he dropped the clause? It is
:21:03. > :21:09.reasonable to have a system that is fair to those who need it and those
:21:10. > :21:11.who pay for it, as well. We identified the specific casd she
:21:12. > :21:16.identifies in her question `bout women who have been the victim of
:21:17. > :21:19.domestic abuse or indeed rape, and that is why we are discussing
:21:20. > :21:29.changes to protect those vulnerable women. Over 4000 apprentices are
:21:30. > :21:36.being created in my constittency. Recently I met with a group of local
:21:37. > :21:40.businesses to discuss skills and apprenticeships. Would he confirm
:21:41. > :21:45.what the government is doing to help small businesses help peopld into
:21:46. > :21:51.training and employment and to continue to secure the economy of
:21:52. > :21:55.the Midlands engine? The grdat news is jobs are being created in the
:21:56. > :22:00.Midlands engine and in her constituency and we are invdsting in
:22:01. > :22:03.infrastructure there and also in the skills of the next generation with
:22:04. > :22:09.the apprentices she talks about We are backing the small busindsses by
:22:10. > :22:12.cutting corporation tax that small businesses pay and indeed increasing
:22:13. > :22:21.the employment allowance so they can take on more people without paying
:22:22. > :22:25.the job sacks. Medecins Sans Frontieres report that desphte
:22:26. > :22:34.giving GPS coordinates, sevdral of the hospitals have been bombed by
:22:35. > :22:39.particularly Assad forces, killing medics as well as patients. Can he
:22:40. > :22:46.explain, with so many forces involved in air strikes, how the
:22:47. > :22:50.government proposes to avoid this? Of course, there was the tr`gic
:22:51. > :22:56.situation of the bombing of the hospital that she mentions `nd there
:22:57. > :23:00.is a review going on to makd sure the coalition has got accur`te
:23:01. > :23:05.information for strikes. Whdn it comes to Yemen, we are workhng with
:23:06. > :23:10.the Saudi government to enstre they review this information and it is
:23:11. > :23:13.accurate. As for the Syrian government and President Assad, we
:23:14. > :23:26.have no control over them, which is one reason we would like to see a --
:23:27. > :23:31.Assad go. In my constituencx new jobs, good news for a consthtuency
:23:32. > :23:38.where unemployment has halvdd since 2010. Will he continue to vdst in
:23:39. > :23:46.the solar region economy. -, to invest in the Solent region economy.
:23:47. > :23:51.I am glad to hear about regdneration and it is part of good news in his
:23:52. > :23:56.area where the claimant count is down 25% in the last year, thanks to
:23:57. > :24:02.local businesses and to the work he has done as a new MP is attracting
:24:03. > :24:06.investment into his constittency, and I am glad he likes the red book
:24:07. > :24:13.of the government and does not have so much time for the little red book
:24:14. > :24:18.brandished by those oppositd. During the Autumn Statement the Ch`ncellor
:24:19. > :24:23.removed vital buses and support the student nurses. I have spokdn with
:24:24. > :24:28.nurses and some of the studdnts and all have said they would not have
:24:29. > :24:34.been able to have studied ntrsing without vital bursary support. What
:24:35. > :24:39.will you say about those who might be prevented from pursuing their
:24:40. > :24:43.dreams? Currently, we have ` situation where two thirds of the
:24:44. > :24:48.people in England who applidd for nurse training are turned down. That
:24:49. > :24:53.cannot be right and it means hospitals increasingly rely on
:24:54. > :24:57.agency or overseas nurses. We are reforming the education of nurses so
:24:58. > :25:05.that those who apply for nursing places are more likely to gdt.
:25:06. > :25:10.Carlisle and Cumbria has experienced a traumatic few days with the
:25:11. > :25:15.floods. It was good the Prile Minister saw first-hand the
:25:16. > :25:18.tremendous work of the emergency services and the issue surrounding
:25:19. > :25:27.flood defence and the impact of those floods on families. As part of
:25:28. > :25:31.the recovery, Cumbria found`tion, it has launched a flood appeal. I wrote
:25:32. > :25:35.to the PM asking for governlent support for the appeal as it would
:25:36. > :25:39.help many affected people in the county. With the Chancellor be able
:25:40. > :25:45.to offer such support from the government towards this much-needed
:25:46. > :25:50.fund? I think everyone will pay tribute to the people of Carlisle
:25:51. > :25:53.and the resilience they havd shown and the acts of friendship
:25:54. > :25:58.neighbours have shown to those affected by these terrible floods.
:25:59. > :26:03.The Prime Minister, before he left for Central Europe, asked md to make
:26:04. > :26:07.sure we would be able to help on the point of my honourable friend
:26:08. > :26:11.raises, which he raced with the Prime Minister, and I can s`y we
:26:12. > :26:15.will support the work the Ctmbrian foundation does and will match by up
:26:16. > :26:20.to ?1 million the money thex are raising for their local flood
:26:21. > :26:24.appeal. When the Chancellor triples student
:26:25. > :26:30.tuition fees he set the rep`yment threshold at ?21,000. He has frozen
:26:31. > :26:34.that threshold and the Insthtutes of fiscal studies say many students
:26:35. > :26:39.will bear many extra thousands in repayments. Given he has broken his
:26:40. > :26:45.promise, will he send students of apology, or just a Bill? Thdre seems
:26:46. > :26:55.to be a collective amnesia on the other side they introduce ttition
:26:56. > :27:01.fees. -- introduced. And whdn they introduced tuition fees, thd payment
:27:02. > :27:06.threshold was ?15,000. We h`ve increased it to 20 1000. Th`t
:27:07. > :27:10.enables us to fund the lifthng of the cap, so more people who are
:27:11. > :27:16.qualified go to university. I would have hoped on this day, he would
:27:17. > :27:18.welcome the big investment we are making into Cambridge, not least the
:27:19. > :27:26.renovation of the Cavendish laboratory. The Hastings link road
:27:27. > :27:29.will finally open, delivering a business park, new homes for a new
:27:30. > :27:34.labour market and a countryside park. This has been talked `bout the
:27:35. > :27:39.decades but been commissiondd to build on the last five. Will he join
:27:40. > :27:44.me in welcoming new business to relocate to Bexhill and Hastings and
:27:45. > :27:49.to expand? I would encouragd businesses to locate to his area and
:27:50. > :27:55.he is right about the link road For decades, people have called for it.
:27:56. > :27:59.For all those years it is true there was a Conservative MP for Bdxhill,
:28:00. > :28:04.but there was a Labour MP for Hastings in many years and nothing
:28:05. > :28:13.happened. Now we have Conservative MPs in both areas we get thd
:28:14. > :28:17.investment it needs. On the 7th of September, the Prime Ministdr told
:28:18. > :28:22.me he could not remove refugees from the migration target becausd of the
:28:23. > :28:29.requirements for the office national statistics. I wrote to the ONS and
:28:30. > :28:32.they told me it would be possible. Will the Chancellor demonstrate
:28:33. > :28:46.Britain will do its bit and remove refugees from the migration target?
:28:47. > :28:51.First of all,... Let's hear the Chancellor. I'd tell you solething
:28:52. > :28:58.surprising, we talk to each other in this government. The cabinet get
:28:59. > :29:01.round and have meetings and stiff discuss things and we agree and move
:29:02. > :29:08.forward. They should try it in the Labour Party. On the honour`ble
:29:09. > :29:14.lady's question, the ONS is independent but Britain is doing its
:29:15. > :29:17.bit by taking the 20,000 refugees from Syrian refugee camps and we
:29:18. > :29:27.have always provided a home to genuine asylum seekers. Unddr
:29:28. > :29:32.current Tory regulations, slall children can be engulfed in flames
:29:33. > :29:35.by three centimetres in one second. Will the Chancellor speak to the
:29:36. > :29:39.Prime Minister and ask if hd will intervene with the Business
:29:40. > :29:43.Secretary to see if we can bring in a statutory instrument to ilprove
:29:44. > :29:50.flammability for children's play and dress costumes? I think my
:29:51. > :29:55.honourable friend is right to raise this case and we all saw thd tragedy
:29:56. > :30:01.that befell the family of the Strictly Come Dancing presenter and
:30:02. > :30:05.the campaign her family havd undertaken to change the
:30:06. > :30:10.regulations. It is true we don't have the same regulations for fancy
:30:11. > :30:15.dress costumes for children, which seems wrong. The Business Sdcretary
:30:16. > :30:19.is looking at it and we will make sure it changes. Will the Chancellor
:30:20. > :30:24.take this opportunity to correct the bizarre claim made yesterdax by
:30:25. > :30:29.Donald Trump about parts of London being no go areas for the
:30:30. > :30:31.Metropolitan Police? Will hd point out there are excellent
:30:32. > :30:36.relationships between the Mtslim communities of London and the
:30:37. > :30:41.police? I think the honourable gentleman speaks for everyone in
:30:42. > :30:44.this House. The Metropolitan Police do a brilliant job and they have
:30:45. > :30:48.fantastic relations with Brhtish Muslims and British Muslims have
:30:49. > :30:53.weighed a massive contributhon to our country. Donald Trump's comments
:30:54. > :30:57.fly in the face of the founding principles of the United St`tes and
:30:58. > :31:00.it is one reason why those principles have proved an
:31:01. > :31:07.inspiration to so many over the past 200 years. The best way to defeat
:31:08. > :31:18.nonsense like this is to engage in robust, democratic debate, `nd make
:31:19. > :31:29.it clear his views are not welcome. Cornwall Hospice care, one Hospice
:31:30. > :31:32.is in my constituency. Well appreciated and respected bx
:31:33. > :31:37.constituents. The issue thex have is they cannot run to capacity because
:31:38. > :31:40.they only receive 11% of funding from NHS funding. When he worked
:31:41. > :31:45.with me and colleagues in Cornwall to see what more money we c`n put
:31:46. > :31:51.into our hospices and Cornw`ll Hospice care? I know my honourable
:31:52. > :31:56.friend is a strong champion of his community and for the hospice he
:31:57. > :32:01.talks about. We have taken steps to help the Hospice movement, not least
:32:02. > :32:05.removing VAT paid in the last parliament. We want the right
:32:06. > :32:09.balance. It is a good thing hospices are funded in part by local
:32:10. > :32:14.charities and supported strongly by the community. They need thd backing
:32:15. > :32:17.of the NHS and we are putting money into the NHS because we havd a
:32:18. > :32:28.strong economy so they can help the Hospice movement. If business rates
:32:29. > :32:33.are localised without equalhsation, my authority, Gateshead, Bulls lose
:32:34. > :32:38.?9.4 million a year and that is on top of already severe revente
:32:39. > :32:42.support grant cuts proposed. The seven north-east authorities will
:32:43. > :32:49.lose 186 million a year and the combined 12 authorities in the
:32:50. > :32:55.north-east, ?223 million. Chty of London will gain 222 million and
:32:56. > :33:01.Westminster, 440 million. Is this the vision of the northern
:33:02. > :33:08.powerhouse? The top up and tariff system will of apply as we devolve
:33:09. > :33:12.business rates to reflect discrepancies he identifies. I would
:33:13. > :33:17.think the Labour Party would support devolution of business rates. It is
:33:18. > :33:22.an opportunity for local ardas to grow and see benefits of back growth
:33:23. > :33:25.and when it comes to the northern powerhouse we have the fant`stic
:33:26. > :33:30.announcement of the new trahn franchises which means over 1
:33:31. > :33:33.billion going into new trains, faster journeys and better journey
:33:34. > :33:40.experiences for people in the north. He should get behind it. Today there
:33:41. > :33:45.was an important report that said the TV debates at the gener`l
:33:46. > :33:48.election were a success, engaging people not normally interested in
:33:49. > :33:52.politics, particularly young people. Would the acting Prime Minister and
:33:53. > :34:00.I know he may have a person`l interest in this, be encour`ging TV
:34:01. > :34:09.debates at the next general election? The TV debates ard decided
:34:10. > :34:14.by a discussion between the parties and broadcasters. I think the Prime
:34:15. > :34:23.Minister did exceptionally well in them last time. It is my
:34:24. > :34:26.understanding the Home Secrdtary has banned 84 hate preachers entering
:34:27. > :34:34.the UK. Will the government to lead by example in considering m`king Mr
:34:35. > :34:40.Donald Trump number 85? The best way to confront the views of soleone
:34:41. > :34:45.like Donald Trump is to eng`ge in a robust, democratic argument with him
:34:46. > :34:48.about why he is profoundly wrong about the contribution of Alerican
:34:49. > :34:52.Muslims and indeed British Luslims. That is the best way to deal with
:34:53. > :34:53.Donald Trump and his views, rather than trying to ban presidential
:34:54. > :34:57.candidates.