:00:00. > :00:00.of time. We need to look very fully at the finances to ensure it does
:00:00. > :00:00.deliver value to taxpayers putting a large amount of subsidy into the
:00:07. > :00:24.project. I shall have further such mdetings
:00:25. > :00:30.later today. The Royal Colldge of Midwives has called the govdrnment's
:00:31. > :00:33.plans to cut nurses' student grants appalling. The Royal Collegd of
:00:34. > :00:37.Nursing says they are deeplx concerned. Meanwhile, the honourable
:00:38. > :00:41.member for Lewis who is a ntrse so she would have struggled to
:00:42. > :00:44.undertake are training giving the proposed changes to the bursaries
:00:45. > :00:51.scheme. Why does the Prime Linister still think he is right to scrap
:00:52. > :00:56.grants for students nurses? For the very simple reason that we want to
:00:57. > :01:02.sit more nurses in training and more nurses in our NHS. We believe there
:01:03. > :01:06.will be an additional 10,000 nurses because of this change, bec`use the
:01:07. > :01:10.facts are today that two out of three people who want to become
:01:11. > :01:14.nurses cannot because it is constrained by the bursaries scheme.
:01:15. > :01:20.Moving to the new system, those people will be able to becole
:01:21. > :01:22.nurses. Andrew Griffiths! Mr Speaker, the number one
:01:23. > :01:27.responsibility of any government is the protection of its peopld. Does
:01:28. > :01:35.the Prime Minister agree with me that the nuclear deterrent `nd our
:01:36. > :01:37.membership of Nato are key to our defences, and that any move that
:01:38. > :01:40.would put it at risk would jeopardise our national sectrity? My
:01:41. > :01:45.honourable friend is absolutely right. It has been common ground on
:01:46. > :01:49.both sides of this House of Commons that the cornerstone of our defence
:01:50. > :01:54.policy is our membership of Nato and our commitment to an independent
:01:55. > :01:59.nuclear deterrent, which must be replaced and updated. They `re
:02:00. > :02:04.necessary to keep us safe, `nd at a time when we see North Kore` testing
:02:05. > :02:08.nuclear weapons, with the instability in the world today, we
:02:09. > :02:11.recommit ourselves to both Nato and our independent nuclear detdrrent,
:02:12. > :02:19.and I think the party opposhte has got some very serious questhons to
:02:20. > :02:26.answer. Jeremy Corbyn! Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. This week,
:02:27. > :02:33.the Prime Minister rather bdlatedly acknowledged that there is ` housing
:02:34. > :02:37.prices in Britain. He announced ?140 million fund to transform 100
:02:38. > :02:42.housing estates around the country, which actually amounts to ?0.4
:02:43. > :02:48.million per housing estate, to bulldoze and then rebuild. Ly maths
:02:49. > :02:52.is perfect! This money, Mr Speaker, is a drop in the ocean. It hsn't
:02:53. > :02:58.even going to pay for the bulldozers, is it? What we have done
:02:59. > :03:04.is doubled the housing budgdt, we are going to be investing over 8
:03:05. > :03:09.billion in housing, and that comes after having built 700,000 homes
:03:10. > :03:13.since becoming Prime Ministdr. We have got over 250,000 more
:03:14. > :03:17.affordable homes, and here hs a statistic he will like - in the last
:03:18. > :03:26.Parliament, we build more council houses than in 13 years of Labour
:03:27. > :03:30.government. Jeremy Corbyn! Well Mr Speaker, he has not thought this
:03:31. > :03:38.thing through very carefullx. Because every estate that hd
:03:39. > :03:43.announces he wishes to bulldoze will include tenants and people that have
:03:44. > :03:49.bought their homes under right to buy. Will those people, the
:03:50. > :03:51.leaseholders, will they be guaranteed homes on those rdbuild
:03:52. > :03:57.states that he is proposing to build? Luck, of course, I accept
:03:58. > :04:04.this isn't as carefully thotght through as his reshuffle! Which I
:04:05. > :04:09.gather is still going on, it hasn't actually finished yet! Of course,
:04:10. > :04:11.what we want to do is go to communities where there are sink
:04:12. > :04:15.estates and housing estates that have held the ball back and agree
:04:16. > :04:20.with those local councils, `gree with those local people and make
:04:21. > :04:24.sure that local tenants get good homes, make sure homeowners are
:04:25. > :04:29.housed in new houses. That hs exactly what we want. Look `t what
:04:30. > :04:33.we have done on housing, we reform the planning rules, they opposed
:04:34. > :04:39.them. We introduced help to buy they opposed it. We introduced help
:04:40. > :04:42.to save, they opposed it. They have nothing to say about people trapped
:04:43. > :04:50.in housing estates who want a better start in their life. Mr Spe`ker I
:04:51. > :04:55.noticed the Prime Minister did not give any guaranteed to leasdholders
:04:56. > :04:59.on estates, and so there is another probably larger group on most
:05:00. > :05:04.estates that I have a questhon to ask him on behalf of, a ten`nt by
:05:05. > :05:10.the name of Darryl, who says, will be Prime Minister guarantee that all
:05:11. > :05:15.existing tenants of the council estates earmarked for redevdlopment
:05:16. > :05:19.will be rehoused in new council housing in their current colmunities
:05:20. > :05:27.with the same tenancy conditions as they currently have? We are not
:05:28. > :05:30.going to be able to deal with these sink estates unless we get the
:05:31. > :05:34.agreement of tenants, unless we show how we are going to support
:05:35. > :05:41.homeowners, how we are going to support communities. But isn't it
:05:42. > :05:47.interesting, Mr Speaker, who here is the small C Conservative who is
:05:48. > :05:51.saying, stay in your sink estate, have nothing better than wh`t Labour
:05:52. > :05:56.gave you after the war? We `re saying, if you are a tenant, you
:05:57. > :06:01.have the right to buy, here is help to save, we will help you ott, and
:06:02. > :06:05.that is the fact of politics today, a party on this side of the house
:06:06. > :06:12.that wants to give people lhke chances and they Labour opposition
:06:13. > :06:16.that says, stay stuck in poverty. Jeremy Corbyn! Mr Speaker, the Prime
:06:17. > :06:25.Minister does not seem to understand the very serious concerns that
:06:26. > :06:29.council tenants have when they feel they are going to be forced away
:06:30. > :06:35.from the community where thdy live, where their children go to school,
:06:36. > :06:38.and their community is so strong. But there is another area where the
:06:39. > :06:44.Prime Minister might be abld to help us today. His party manifesto said
:06:45. > :06:49.everyone who works hard shotld be able to own a home of their own So
:06:50. > :06:54.will families earning his so-called national living wage be abld to
:06:55. > :07:02.afford one of his discount starter homes? I very much hope thex will,
:07:03. > :07:06.because also, as well as st`rter homes... As well as starter homes,
:07:07. > :07:12.we're having shared ownershhp homes, and so if you take... When H became
:07:13. > :07:21.Prime Minister, a young person trying to buy a home needed ?30 000
:07:22. > :07:24.for that deposit. Order, I `pologise for interrupting, I say to the
:07:25. > :07:29.honourable lady, the member for Bishop Auckland, who aspires to be a
:07:30. > :07:33.stateswoman, that is not thd appropriate behaviour, shrill
:07:34. > :07:39.shrieking from a sedentary position, I want to hear the Prime Minister's
:07:40. > :07:44.answer! You needed ?30,000 for a deposit on a home, and that is now
:07:45. > :07:49.down to ?10,000 because of schemes we have introduced. I want people to
:07:50. > :07:54.own our own homes, so let's consider this issue - we are saying to the
:07:55. > :07:59.1.3 million tenants of houshng as a station is, we are on your side you
:08:00. > :08:05.can buy your own home, why does he still oppose that? -- housing
:08:06. > :08:12.associations. Well, Mr Speaker, I hope this word hope goes a long way,
:08:13. > :08:16.because research by Shelter found that families on his so-called
:08:17. > :08:22.living wage will not be abld to afford the average starter home in
:08:23. > :08:28.98% of local authority areas in England. So there is only the 2
:08:29. > :08:32.that may benefit from this. So instead of building more affordable
:08:33. > :08:37.homes, isn't the Prime Minister branding more homes as affordable?
:08:38. > :08:42.Which is not a solution to the housing crisis. Will he confirm that
:08:43. > :08:45.home ownership has actually fallen since he became Prime Minister?
:08:46. > :08:50.There is a challenge of helping people to buy their own homds, that
:08:51. > :08:55.is what helped to bike was `bout, which they opposed, help to save,
:08:56. > :08:58.which they opposed. Isn't it interesting? He did not answer the
:08:59. > :09:06.question about the 1.3 millhon housing association tenants. No .. I
:09:07. > :09:12.want what is best for everybody let's put it like this, he owns his
:09:13. > :09:18.home, I own mind, why won't we let those 1.3 million own their homes?
:09:19. > :09:30.What are you frightened of? Prime Minister...
:09:31. > :09:42.When the noise disappears... Order! The Leader of the Opposition. I
:09:43. > :09:46.thank the Conservative backbenchers for their deep concern for the
:09:47. > :09:52.housing crisis in this country, it is noted. The Prime Minister gave no
:09:53. > :09:55.assurances to tenants, no assurances to leaseholders, no assurances to
:09:56. > :10:01.low-paid people who want to get somewhere decent to live. C`n I ask
:10:02. > :10:06.him one final question on this? And it is a practical question that is
:10:07. > :10:09.faced by many people all around this country who are deeply worrhed about
:10:10. > :10:14.their own housing situation and how they are going to live in the
:10:15. > :10:23.future? It comes from Linda, who is a council tenant, who is a council
:10:24. > :10:27.tenant for the last 25 years. And she says, I will eventually look to
:10:28. > :10:33.downsize to a property suit`ble for our ageing circumstances. Dte to the
:10:34. > :10:37.Housing Bill being put throtgh Parliament at present, if wd
:10:38. > :10:41.downsize, we will have to shgn a new tenancy agreement. If we st`y, we
:10:42. > :10:47.face having to pay the bedroom tax and debt. If we downsize, wd lose
:10:48. > :10:52.our secure home. It is a re`l problem that Linda and many like her
:10:53. > :10:57.are facing. If she was in the Prime Minister's advice Pirro, wh`t advice
:10:58. > :11:01.would he give her? The first thing I would say to Linda, we are cutting
:11:02. > :11:05.social trends in this Parli`ment, so she will be paying less in rent The
:11:06. > :11:10.second thing, if she is concerned about the spare room subsidx, it is
:11:11. > :11:16.not paid by pensioners, a point that he fails to make. The other point I
:11:17. > :11:21.would make to Linda, the other point I would make to Linda and all those
:11:22. > :11:24.who are in council houses or in housing association homes, hs that
:11:25. > :11:29.we believe in giving you thd chance to buy your own home and ard helping
:11:30. > :11:33.you to do that. Isn't it interesting what this exchange has shown? We
:11:34. > :11:37.have a Labour Party who havd got a housing policy that doesn't support
:11:38. > :11:40.home ownership, just as thex have got a defence policy that does not
:11:41. > :11:46.believe in defence, just as we have got a Labour Party that does not
:11:47. > :11:47.believe in work and they Labour leader who does not believe in
:11:48. > :12:04.Britain! Mr Speaker, as someone who grew up
:12:05. > :12:09.in social housing, may I welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to tear
:12:10. > :12:13.down poor quality, soulless high-rise estates and replaced them
:12:14. > :12:18.with affordable homes? Will he seize this opportunity to make sure these
:12:19. > :12:23.new homes are attractive, wdll designed places where peopld will
:12:24. > :12:26.actually want to live for generations to come? I think my
:12:27. > :12:30.honourable friend is absolutely right. If Labour wanted to have a
:12:31. > :12:38.constructive opinion, they would come along and say, how can we help
:12:39. > :12:41.knock down these sink estatds, rebuilds new houses, help pdople to
:12:42. > :12:44.own their own homes? That is what you are going to see, Mr Spdaker, in
:12:45. > :12:48.this Parliament, one side committed to opportunity, life chances,
:12:49. > :12:55.helping people get on, and `nother side wanting to keep people trapped
:12:56. > :12:59.in property. Angus Robertson. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The
:13:00. > :13:02.economic and intellectual contribution of college and
:13:03. > :13:09.university graduates to the UK is immense. The Smith Commission said
:13:10. > :13:13.the UK and Scottish Governmdnt should work together to explore the
:13:14. > :13:17.possibility of introducing formal schemes to allow international
:13:18. > :13:21.higher education students graduating from Scottish further and hhgher
:13:22. > :13:24.education institutions to rdmain in Scotland and contribute to dconomic
:13:25. > :13:31.activity for a defined period of time. Why did the UK Governlent this
:13:32. > :13:35.week unilaterally rule out ` return of a post study work visa whthout
:13:36. > :13:39.stakeholder discussions and before key Parliamentary reports? What I
:13:40. > :13:44.say to the honourable gentldman is we have an excellent scheme that
:13:45. > :13:48.covers, of course, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland,
:13:49. > :13:52.to say to world students th`t there is no limit on the number of people
:13:53. > :13:56.that can come and study in British universities, as long as thdy have
:13:57. > :14:00.two things, an English-langtage qualification and a place at the
:14:01. > :14:04.university. That is an incrddibly generous and open offer. And there
:14:05. > :14:10.is no limit on the number of people who can stay after they havd
:14:11. > :14:14.graduated, as long as they have a graduate level job. I think that is
:14:15. > :14:18.a clear message, that all of us whether involved in the Scottish
:14:19. > :14:21.Government, the Northern Irdland or Welsh or UK administrations, should
:14:22. > :14:26.get out and sell around the world, it is a world beating of, wd want
:14:27. > :14:27.the brightest graduates to study here and then work here, wh`t a
:14:28. > :14:38.great deal! Thank you. The return of post study
:14:39. > :14:45.visas is supported amongst others, all of Scotland's 25 publicly funded
:14:46. > :14:50.colleges, the University of Scotland, the representativds of
:14:51. > :14:54.higher education organisations, many other organisations and bushnesses,
:14:55. > :14:57.all parties including the Scottish Conservative Party, so why does the
:14:58. > :15:03.Prime Minister think they are all wrong and he is right? For the
:15:04. > :15:07.reason I have given. I think the clarity of our offer is world
:15:08. > :15:11.beating. The disadvantage of inventing a new post-work study
:15:12. > :15:15.route, where you are effecthvely saying to people coming to our
:15:16. > :15:19.universities, it is a key to stay with a less than graduate job,
:15:20. > :15:35.frankly, there are lots of people in our own country
:15:36. > :15:38.desperate for those jobs and we should be training them up `nd
:15:39. > :15:41.spilling them up. We don't need the world's brightest and best to come
:15:42. > :15:44.here and study and then to do menial jobs which actually, that is not
:15:45. > :15:46.what our immigration system is for. What we want is a system whdre
:15:47. > :15:48.people can come here, study and work and that is the system we should
:15:49. > :15:58.keep. Would the Prime Minister john me in
:15:59. > :16:01.praising the fact that Aldi are building a distribution centre in my
:16:02. > :16:09.constituency. It is situated off one of the busiest trunk roads hn the
:16:10. > :16:12.south-east of England. Could I ask my right honourable friend hf he
:16:13. > :16:17.would encourage the Departmdnt of Transport to take a review of that
:16:18. > :16:21.road to ensure it can cope with the increase of traffic being gdnerated
:16:22. > :16:27.by the expanding business activity in my constituency. I certahnly join
:16:28. > :16:32.him. The claimant count down in his own constituency has fallen by 9%
:16:33. > :16:36.since 2010 and this is welcome news. I will take up the point he says
:16:37. > :16:39.because obviously, we will only continue to attract investmdnt ever
:16:40. > :16:47.make sure our road and rail network is.
:16:48. > :16:50.The Prime Minister will be `ware that last week this House dhscussed
:16:51. > :16:54.the equalisation of the state retirement age between men `nd
:16:55. > :16:58.women. Can I ask him, does he feel the outrage of a generation of women
:16:59. > :17:03.born in the 1950s, who feel robbed and cheated out of their st`te
:17:04. > :17:06.pension, and will he give an undertaken, giving the unanhmous
:17:07. > :17:10.decision of this House, to `sk him to look at further improvemdnts to
:17:11. > :17:16.transitional arrangements that he will do so? I know this is `n issue
:17:17. > :17:19.that many colleagues have bden written to and there are sole
:17:20. > :17:22.important cases to look at. What I would say is we looked very
:17:23. > :17:26.carefully at this at the tile and decided no one should suffer more
:17:27. > :17:30.than an 18 month increase in the time before they were expecting to
:17:31. > :17:34.retire. I would also say th`t if you look at what we are putting in place
:17:35. > :17:47.with the single tier pension starting at ?150 a week, colbined
:17:48. > :17:49.with the triple lock that wd have, I think we have a very good sdttlement
:17:50. > :17:52.for pensioners. It is affordable for the taxpayer
:17:53. > :17:58.and generous for the future. By the 8th of January, within a period of
:17:59. > :18:03.just eight days, parts of London had exceeded the annual limit for
:18:04. > :18:12.nitrous dioxide pollution. Giving this medically serious news, will
:18:13. > :18:15.the Prime Minister and ensure that the Department for transport's
:18:16. > :18:23.current consideration of airport expansion prioritises air pollution
:18:24. > :18:34.concerns? And will he pledgd never to expand Heathrow Airport while
:18:35. > :18:40.nitrous dioxide levels are risking the health of millions of pdople?
:18:41. > :18:44.I think my right honourable friend is absolutely right to raisd this.
:18:45. > :18:47.There are problems of our qtality and air pollution, not just in
:18:48. > :18:52.London but elsewhere in our country, and that is one of the reasons why
:18:53. > :18:56.we decided to delay the dechsion about airport capacity expansion,
:18:57. > :19:00.because we need to answer the question about air-quality before we
:19:01. > :19:05.provide the answer to that puestion. That is what the Environmental Audit
:19:06. > :19:09.Committee, recommended to this government. They said on air
:19:10. > :19:13.quality, the Government will need to re-examine the commission's findings
:19:14. > :19:19.in light of the air quality strategy. The point she makds is
:19:20. > :19:24.being taken on by the Government. Can I say to the Prime Minister he
:19:25. > :19:29.has answered the honourable member for Edinburgh East for the
:19:30. > :19:39.transitional arrangements for women born in the 1950s, it is not
:19:40. > :19:42.acceptable. As he is talking to other EU leaders, can he ask why
:19:43. > :19:49.some countries are not in l`menting the changes to 1944, and an -- can
:19:50. > :19:53.he look at what Italy, the Netherlands and Germany did about
:19:54. > :19:58.their transitional arrangemdnts to protect the people who have been
:19:59. > :20:03.affected? What other Europe`n countries do is a matter for them.
:20:04. > :20:06.We have the ability to make sovereign decisions about this
:20:07. > :20:11.issue, that is entirely right. What we have decided to do is put in
:20:12. > :20:15.place a pension system that is long-term affordable for our
:20:16. > :20:22.country, but also sustains ` very strong basic state pension right
:20:23. > :20:24.into the future. That is wh`t the single tier pension will make such a
:20:25. > :20:28.difference to people in our country, and the triple lock never ptt in
:20:29. > :20:31.place by Labour, we all remdmber that my silly increase to the
:20:32. > :20:36.pension we had under Gordon Brown, that can never happen again under
:20:37. > :20:45.our arrangements. Since 2010, my constituency has seen
:20:46. > :20:52.the generation of 200 new businesses, with a 240 minute pound
:20:53. > :20:57.investment in Bracknell town regeneration, falling emploxment is
:20:58. > :21:01.of genuine possibility. Does the Government agree with me th`t it is
:21:02. > :21:06.the Government's sound stew`rdship of the economy that has led to this
:21:07. > :21:11.economic success in the Bracknell constituency? I'm delighted to hear
:21:12. > :21:15.the news from Bracknell. We have low interest rates, inflation rhght on
:21:16. > :21:19.the floor, real wages growing so people are feeling better. People
:21:20. > :21:22.are investing in this country in huge numbers in terms of inward
:21:23. > :21:26.investment. Business investlent has been going up because peopld are
:21:27. > :21:29.confident about the future of our economy, and all of that is based on
:21:30. > :21:33.a long-term economic plan of dealing with our debts, getting our deficit
:21:34. > :21:37.down and making this countrx where people can start a business, run a
:21:38. > :21:41.business, expanded business and therefore create jobs and prosperity
:21:42. > :21:56.for all of our people. Over the last four
:21:57. > :21:59.years, excess winter death figures from the ONS had shown a st`ggering
:22:00. > :22:01.117,000 people have died unnecessarily as a result of the
:22:02. > :22:04.cold. 43,000 people tragically died last winter. I wonder of thd Prime
:22:05. > :22:07.Minister agrees with me that not only is that appalling, it hs also
:22:08. > :22:09.avoidable. Can I ask the Prhme Minister why he thinks so m`ny
:22:10. > :22:12.people are dying needlessly in our country and what he will do to stop
:22:13. > :22:14.that happening? I think the honourable gentleman is right to
:22:15. > :22:18.raise this. The winter death figures are published every year. They are
:22:19. > :22:23.standing rebuke to all governments about what more needs to be done.
:22:24. > :22:27.First of all, we have maint`ined the cold weather payments. They may kick
:22:28. > :22:31.in as the cold weather conthnues. There are also the winter ftel
:22:32. > :22:37.payments. The increase in pdnsion going up by prices, earnings or two
:22:38. > :22:41.but 5%. We also have falling energy prices because of the falling oil
:22:42. > :22:45.price. I agree they're not falling as fast as I would like and that is
:22:46. > :22:49.why I think it is right that we have this competition commission enquiry
:22:50. > :22:53.into the energy industry, to make sure it is a fully competithve
:22:54. > :22:57.industry. It has come a long way. When I became Prime Minister, the
:22:58. > :23:03.independent energy companies were just 1% of the market. Therd are now
:23:04. > :23:06.15% of the market. The big six are being broken down through
:23:07. > :23:14.competition. All of those changes, plus home improvements, all of those
:23:15. > :23:20.things can make a differencd. Implementation of the Iran nuclear
:23:21. > :23:24.deal, in which a dish to pl`y in the sea was crucial
:23:25. > :23:27.right honourable friend inform the House what steps are being taken to
:23:28. > :23:33.ensure that Iran abides by hts side of the deal? I think my honourable
:23:34. > :23:37.friend is absolutely right `bout this. Now pay tribute to thd
:23:38. > :23:41.Secretary of State John Kerry for the incredible work he did, but also
:23:42. > :23:45.the Foreign Secretary who w`s by his side all the way through,
:23:46. > :23:48.negotiating what is a very tough and difficult deal. Where we have got to
:23:49. > :23:54.lose the adoption Day for this deal was in October, and since then, Iraq
:23:55. > :23:57.has started shipping 12.5 tonnes of enriched uranium to Russia. Now
:23:58. > :24:06.we're getting close to what is called the implementation d`te for
:24:07. > :24:10.this deal for this deal. Thd key point is Iran has granted the
:24:11. > :24:14.International atomic agency unprecedented access to makd sure it
:24:15. > :24:19.is doing all the things it said it would do in this deal. As I said, it
:24:20. > :24:23.is a good deal, it takes Ir`n away from a nuclear weapons, but we
:24:24. > :24:28.should enter into it, with ` very heavy heart and a very clear eyed,
:24:29. > :24:38.and a very hard head, in making sure this country does everything it it
:24:39. > :24:40.would. When the Government pushed through
:24:41. > :24:42.their changes to undergradu`te funding for years ago, they said
:24:43. > :24:46.that providing maintenance grants for the poorest students was key to
:24:47. > :24:54.the participation in higher education. No mention was m`de in
:24:55. > :24:55.the Conservative manifesto of ending those grants. Is it completdly
:24:56. > :25:02.unacceptable to make that fundamental change tomorrow, by the
:25:03. > :25:09.back door with -- without a vote in this House. The issue has bden fully
:25:10. > :25:12.debated in this House. Desphte all the warnings from the party
:25:13. > :25:15.opposite, more people are t`king part in higher education and more
:25:16. > :25:20.people from lower income backgrounds are taking part in higher education
:25:21. > :25:22.and I am confident that will continue to be the case.
:25:23. > :25:32.Thanks to this government's long-term economic plan,
:25:33. > :25:40.unemployment in North West Leicestershire now stands at an
:25:41. > :25:47.all-time low of 522. This S`turday, East Midlands airport will hold jobs
:25:48. > :25:50.fair with 350 positions avahlable. Will the Prime Minister join with me
:25:51. > :25:54.in wishing all the businessds in North West Leicestershire Mossop
:25:55. > :26:01.first in recruitment and retention that the Leader of the Opposition?
:26:02. > :26:06.-- more success in recruitmdnt and retention. I'm delighted to hear
:26:07. > :26:10.there are only 522 people are unemployed in his constituency. May
:26:11. > :26:13.I praise him and all the people who have run jobs fairs in their
:26:14. > :26:20.constituencies which have m`de a huge difference in people fhnding
:26:21. > :26:23.opportunities. Since 2010, 60 4 of the rising public sector -- private
:26:24. > :26:32.sector employment has taken place outside London and the south-east.
:26:33. > :26:37.This is in growing terms a balanced recovery and we need to keep working
:26:38. > :26:42.to make sure it is. Last year, the Energy Secretary
:26:43. > :26:45.scrapped support for under the renewables obligation for ndw
:26:46. > :26:49.onshore wind projects, which will impact the three minute pound
:26:50. > :26:54.investment by Nissan at thehr wind farm in my constituency. -- ?3
:26:55. > :26:59.million. Does the Prime Minhster realise that his attacks on clean
:27:00. > :27:07.energy our debt to mental -, detrimental to businesses lhke
:27:08. > :27:12.Nissan? We had some extensive exchanges about this at the liaison
:27:13. > :27:16.committee yesterday. If you look at onshore wind, we will see another
:27:17. > :27:20.50% increase in onshore wind investment during this Parlhament.
:27:21. > :27:28.If we look at offshore wind, Britain has the biggest offshore wind market
:27:29. > :27:30.anywhere in the world. If wd look at solar, Britain has the fourth
:27:31. > :27:35.largest solar installation of any country anywhere in the world. And
:27:36. > :27:38.my new favourite statistic, 98% of those solar panels have been
:27:39. > :27:45.installed since I was Prime Minister. This is all good news and
:27:46. > :27:49.means we have a genuine clahm to be leading a renewables revolution
:27:50. > :27:53.Every single subsidy you give to these technologies is extra money
:27:54. > :27:59.that we put onto people's bhlls making energy more expensivd. It is
:28:00. > :28:03.right that we seek a balancd between decarbonising our economy btt making
:28:04. > :28:07.sure we do it at a low cost to our consumers and the people who pay the
:28:08. > :28:11.bills. That is what our polhcies are about.
:28:12. > :28:17.With the numbers of workless households in the UK at an `ll-time
:28:18. > :28:21.low, and with 1.4 million children being taught in schools ranked good
:28:22. > :28:24.or outstanding since 2010, does my right honourable friend agrde with
:28:25. > :28:27.me that the marker for one nation government is not the amount of
:28:28. > :28:31.money we spend on benefits, but is what we do to tackle the root causes
:28:32. > :28:37.of poverty? My honourable friend is absolutely
:28:38. > :28:41.right. As far as I can see, Labour's only answer to every single problem
:28:42. > :28:45.is to spend more money. It dnds up with more borrowing, more spending,
:28:46. > :28:49.more debt, all the things which got us into this problem in the first
:28:50. > :28:54.place. Our approach is to look at all the causes of poverty, `ll the
:28:55. > :28:58.things holding people back. Let s fix the sink estates, let's reform
:28:59. > :29:02.the failing schools, yet give people more childcare, let's deal with the
:29:03. > :29:06.addiction and mental health problems people have, and that way wd will
:29:07. > :29:09.demonstrate that this is thd Government and party helping people
:29:10. > :29:12.with their life chances where Labour just want to stick people where they
:29:13. > :29:18.are! The draft Wales Bill contains
:29:19. > :29:21.provisions which reverses the 2 11 settlement which was overwhdlmingly
:29:22. > :29:35.endorsed in the last Welsh referendum. Unless amended, the will
:29:36. > :29:41.be an upper -- opposition sparking a crisis. Why is this governmdnt
:29:42. > :29:45.treating Wales like a second-class nation? What this government has
:29:46. > :29:49.done is first of all hold a referendum, so the Welsh Assembly
:29:50. > :29:52.has those lawmaking powers. Secondly, the first governmdnt in
:29:53. > :29:56.history to make sure there hs a floor under the Welsh level of
:29:57. > :30:03.spending, never done by a L`bour government. And now in the Wales
:30:04. > :30:11.Bill, we want to make sure we give Wales those extra powers. Wd are
:30:12. > :30:13.still listening to the suggdstions made by him and the Welsh Assembly
:30:14. > :30:15.Government, but this governlent has a proud record, not only of
:30:16. > :30:20.devolution for Wales but in delivery for Wales.
:30:21. > :30:25.$30 oil is great for petrol prices, but it is potentially catastrophic
:30:26. > :30:31.in other respects. If it gods on like this, we risk seeing rdgimes
:30:32. > :30:34.under pressure, dramatic corporate failures and financial defatlt,
:30:35. > :30:39.enormous financial transfers out of our markets to pay for other
:30:40. > :30:42.country's deficits, a possible collapse in share prices and
:30:43. > :30:47.dividends for pensions, and a liquidity problem in our banking
:30:48. > :30:52.sector. May I invite the Prhme Minister to initiate an urgdnt
:30:53. > :30:57.review across Whitehall, to assess the effects of continuing low oil
:30:58. > :31:02.prices on our economy and bdyond, and in particular, work out how we
:31:03. > :31:07.can avoid the destruction of our own oil industry in the North Sda? My
:31:08. > :31:12.right honourable friend makds an important point, which is this very
:31:13. > :31:15.big move in the oil price. Ht has a highly beneficial effect for all our
:31:16. > :31:19.constituents are able to fill up their cars for less than a pound a
:31:20. > :31:28.litre, and that is a very bhg increase in people's dispos`ble
:31:29. > :31:33.income and Holywell come. A low oil price is good for the British
:31:34. > :31:36.economy which is a substanthal manufacturing and production economy
:31:37. > :31:43.-- wholly welcome. We need to look carefully at how we can help our own
:31:44. > :31:47.oil and gas industry. He did mention one other calamity which is it has
:31:48. > :32:01.led to a complete and utter collapse of the SNP's policy.
:32:02. > :32:06.Recent press reports suggest... Recent press reports suggest that
:32:07. > :32:10.although some on the Governlent s backbenchers would agree with me,
:32:11. > :32:20.despite the fact that my background would be what the Prime Minhster
:32:21. > :32:26.would consider to be menial, important to have a reduction on the
:32:27. > :32:30.?100 fixed odds betting terlinals. This government refuses to bring
:32:31. > :32:35.this industry under scrutinx. Can the Prime Minister ensure that his
:32:36. > :32:39.government will take a revidw of this dangerous, addictive and
:32:40. > :32:45.ever-growing problem? We have looked at this problem and this industry
:32:46. > :32:48.and we did make a series of changes including planning changes, but we
:32:49. > :32:56.keep this important situation under review.
:32:57. > :33:01.Whilst the floods over Christmas word bad for many areas in the North
:33:02. > :33:08.of England and Scotland, cold Valley residents were hit the harddst.
:33:09. > :33:15.?2100 and 3000 businesses flooded, Bridges lost, schools flooddd and a
:33:16. > :33:20.tip of asbestos which has ldd keeping 20 families out of their
:33:21. > :33:25.homes -- the colder Valley. Will the Prime Minister meet with me to
:33:26. > :33:30.discuss how we can help to discuss the damage, the shortfall in future
:33:31. > :33:36.flood schemes and the rebuilding of Todmorden high school as well? My
:33:37. > :33:39.honourable friend and I havd discussed Todmorden high school but
:33:40. > :33:43.I think we should meet again and discuss it again. First of `ll may I
:33:44. > :33:45.say mice of these and the sxmpathies of the whole house go out to those
:33:46. > :33:50.people and businesses which are flooded. Many people in his
:33:51. > :33:54.constituency and that that picking a time of year. We will do evdrything
:33:55. > :33:59.we can to help people get b`ck on their feet. There is a largd flood
:34:00. > :34:01.investment programme and thd maintenance investment programme
:34:02. > :34:04.which has been protected in real terms but there are number of other
:34:05. > :34:09.infrastructure pieces of work that needs to be done. I would commend
:34:10. > :34:14.the highways agency which h`ve been quick to examine roads and hn some
:34:15. > :34:19.cases have taken over repairs to local authority roads because they
:34:20. > :34:23.have the capacity to act and act quickly. As I said last week, the
:34:24. > :34:28.army was in faster, the mondy was distributed faster, the EA worked
:34:29. > :34:31.faster and round-the-clock but there are always more lessons to learn to
:34:32. > :34:33.demonstrate we want to get these communities back on their fdet as
:34:34. > :34:35.soon as possible.