:00:00. > :00:00.the interest of nurses who lay want to open more liberally on a Sunday
:00:00. > :00:08.to take full advantage. These are good ideas, and I hope she light
:00:09. > :00:19.consider supporting it. Questions to the Prime Minister.
:00:20. > :00:29.I know the House has been s`ddened by the death of Harry Harper, after
:00:30. > :00:31.a great career, an adviser to David Blunkett, he was returned to this
:00:32. > :00:36.place last May, succeeding David Blunkett himself. He was in this
:00:37. > :00:39.place a short time and becale a popular MP, recognised for his
:00:40. > :00:44.commitment to his constituents and his beliefs. He continued to carry
:00:45. > :00:51.out his work, as an MP, throughout his treatment, we offer his wife and
:00:52. > :00:54.their five children our condolences. This morning I had meetings with
:00:55. > :00:59.ministerial colleagues and hn additional to Mike Judy 's hn this
:01:00. > :01:08.House, I will have further comments to make -- in addition to mx duties
:01:09. > :01:11.in this House. I would like to agree about the sad loss for the lember of
:01:12. > :01:13.Sheffield and Hillsborough, he came to this House with an excellent
:01:14. > :01:19.record in local government `nd will be sadly missed. The whole House
:01:20. > :01:25.send our condolences to his family at this sad time. Housing is the
:01:26. > :01:32.number one issue in my constituency, queries on a workable local plan,
:01:33. > :01:38.looking after our green spaces and strongly offering the Conservative
:01:39. > :01:44.value of the right to buy, would the Prime Minister agree that the help
:01:45. > :01:48.to buy items, with one being taken out every 30 seconds, is thd right
:01:49. > :02:02.way to promote savings and dncourage homeownership? -- ISAs. I agree
:02:03. > :02:09.that is why these help to bty ISAs, where we matched the money they put
:02:10. > :02:13.in, it can ready help, and so what we have seen under this govdrnment,
:02:14. > :02:17.is 40,000 people exercise their right to buy their council House,
:02:18. > :02:21.now we're extending that to all housing association tenants and we
:02:22. > :02:26.have seen 130,000 people wotld help to buy, getting the first flat or
:02:27. > :02:32.the first House, and there hs more to do, mostly building housds, but
:02:33. > :02:40.helping people with their ddposits is vital. Jeremy Corbyn. Th`nk you,
:02:41. > :02:43.Mr Speaker. I joined the Prhme Minister and the member for
:02:44. > :02:49.Eastleigh in paying tribute to Harry Harper, the Honourable membdr for
:02:50. > :02:52.Sheffield and Hillsborough, a former miner who passed away last week
:02:53. > :02:57.just a short time ago Harry used his glass question here to ask the Prime
:02:58. > :03:03.Minister questions about thd Sheffield Masters and the steel
:03:04. > :03:10.industry -- his last question. I hope the primers to reflects on his
:03:11. > :03:16.-- hope the Prime Minister reflects on his diligence regarding that part
:03:17. > :03:22.of his committee. I said to his wife, how would they like to
:03:23. > :03:25.remember Harry? She said, wd have admired the bravery and carriage he
:03:26. > :03:30.showed in his life, which w`s formed in June the miners strike and which
:03:31. > :03:39.carried him forward for the rest of his life -- which was formed jeering
:03:40. > :03:46.the miners strike. People whll remember him as a decent man, and we
:03:47. > :03:49.are very sad at his passing. Mr Speaker, also following the member
:03:50. > :03:57.for Eastleigh, I have a question on housing. I have an e-mail from
:03:58. > :04:01.Rosie, cheese in her 20s. -, she is in her 20s. CHEERING
:04:02. > :04:19.LAUGHTER Unfortunately, the Rosie who has
:04:20. > :04:28.written to me does not have the same good housing that the Chief Whip of
:04:29. > :04:35.our party does. But aspirathon springs eternal. The Rosie who has
:04:36. > :04:43.written to me, cheese in 20s and she says, " -- she is in her 20s and she
:04:44. > :04:49.says, "I worked very hard at my job and I'm still having to livd at home
:04:50. > :04:53.with my parents, the lack of housing options are forcing her to consider
:04:54. > :05:00.moving, she says. She asks the Prime Minister, what action it he is going
:05:01. > :05:05.to take to help young peopld and families suffering from on realistic
:05:06. > :05:11.healths prizes and uncapped rents to get somewhere safe and secure to
:05:12. > :05:14.live? -- House prices. When you get a letter from the Chief Whip, that
:05:15. > :05:23.normally spells trouble, I should say. What I would say to Rosie, we
:05:24. > :05:26.want to do everything we can to help young people get on the housing
:05:27. > :05:31.ladder, that is why we have these help to save ISAs and I hopd she is
:05:32. > :05:36.looking at that, we are cutting taxes and she will be able to earn
:05:37. > :05:41.?11,000 before she starts p`ying any taxes. If Rosie is a tenant in a
:05:42. > :05:44.housing association home, she can buy that home because we ard
:05:45. > :05:49.introducing and extending the right to buy, and with help to bite she
:05:50. > :05:54.will have the opportunity to register for help to buy whhch gives
:05:55. > :05:58.people the chance to have a small deposit, but still a chance of
:05:59. > :06:03.owning their own home. If she wants to be a homeowner, shared ownership
:06:04. > :06:06.can make a real difference `nd in some parts of the country you will
:06:07. > :06:11.need a deposit of just a few thousand pounds to begin thd process
:06:12. > :06:17.of becoming a homeowner, but Ira lies that building more houses, we
:06:18. > :06:21.have got to deliver for Roshe - but building more buildings. I'l very
:06:22. > :06:25.pleased that the Prime Minister would like to help deliver decent
:06:26. > :06:31.housing, Rosie lives and works in London, as the Prime Ministdr knows,
:06:32. > :06:35.London is very expensive. Hd talks about people getting on the housing
:06:36. > :06:40.ladder, but the reality is, home ownership has fallen under his
:06:41. > :06:43.government by 200,000 and it rose by a million and the last Labotr
:06:44. > :06:49.government, and his record hs one of actually some years of failtre on
:06:50. > :06:53.housing. He said that counchl homes sold on the right to buy wotld be
:06:54. > :06:57.replaced like the like, can be primers to tell us how that policy
:06:58. > :07:07.is panning out? -- Gandhi Prime Minister. -- can the Prime Linister.
:07:08. > :07:10.What happened under Labour, one council home was built for dvery
:07:11. > :07:17.hundred and seven seat council homes they sold. That is the record -
:07:18. > :07:21.170. We have said we will m`ke sure that two homes are built for every
:07:22. > :07:27.council home in London, that is so, that is because the member for
:07:28. > :07:32.Richmond insisted on that in an amendment to the housing bill. These
:07:33. > :07:39.take some years to build, btt the money that they will be built, the
:07:40. > :07:44.money comes back to the Tre`sury. The Prime Minister should bd aware
:07:45. > :07:49.that just one home has been built for every eight that have bden sold
:07:50. > :07:54.under his government. Peopld are increasingly finding it verx devil
:07:55. > :07:58.called find anywhere to livd. The Chancellor's crude cuts in housing
:07:59. > :08:03.benefit for those in supported housing, they are putting at risk
:08:04. > :08:06.hundreds of thousands of elderly people, people with mental health
:08:07. > :08:10.condition, war veterans and women fleeing domestic violence unit
:08:11. > :08:14.support. Can the Prime Minister tell the House what estimate housing
:08:15. > :08:21.dividers have made in terms of the impact of this policy on supported
:08:22. > :08:27.housing? We are going to increase housing supply in the social sector
:08:28. > :08:31.by an ?8 billion housing budget gym this parliament which will build
:08:32. > :08:36.400,000 affordable homes. When it comes to our reforms of housing
:08:37. > :08:39.benefit, yes, we have cut housing benefit, because it was out of
:08:40. > :08:44.control when we came to govdrnment. There were families in London who
:08:45. > :08:50.were getting ?100,000 of hotsing benefit per family. Think how many
:08:51. > :08:56.people, think how many Rosid's were going to work, working hard, just to
:08:57. > :09:01.provide that housing benefit for one family. We support supported housing
:09:02. > :09:05.schemes and we will look very carefully to make sure they can work
:09:06. > :09:11.well in the future, but I m`ke no apology for the fact that in this
:09:12. > :09:14.parliament we are cutting social rents, so for Rosie, for ex`mple,
:09:15. > :09:20.living in social housing, going out to work but she will have lower rent
:09:21. > :09:25.under this government. I'm pleased the Prime Minister got onto the
:09:26. > :09:28.question of supported housing. Housing providers estimate that
:09:29. > :09:34.nearly half of all supported housing schemes will close, one in four
:09:35. > :09:38.providers are set to close `ll of their provision, this is a very
:09:39. > :09:44.serious crisis. I assume thd Prime Minister is not content to people
:09:45. > :09:48.with mental health conditions with nowhere to live, so can he `ssure
:09:49. > :09:52.the House that the warm words he has given on supported housing will be
:09:53. > :09:58.matched by action and he will stop this cut which will destroy this
:09:59. > :10:00.supported housing sector? Wd will continue to support the supported
:10:01. > :10:05.housing sector and the report that he quotes from, it was an opinion
:10:06. > :10:08.poll with an extremely leadhng question, if he actually looks at
:10:09. > :10:14.what it was he was looking `t. The changes that we are making, reducing
:10:15. > :10:18.social rents by 1%, every ydar for four years, that is good news for
:10:19. > :10:22.people who go out to work and work hard and like to pay less rdnt. That
:10:23. > :10:25.goes with the lower taxes they will be paying and the more childcare
:10:26. > :10:29.they will be getting, and the other change we are making which does not
:10:30. > :10:34.come into force until 2018, is to make sure that we are not p`ying
:10:35. > :10:37.housing benefit to social tdnants way above what we would pay to
:10:38. > :10:42.private sector tenants. The simple point is this, and this is where I
:10:43. > :10:47.think Labour had got to focts, every penny you spend on housing subsidy
:10:48. > :10:52.is money you can't spend on building houses -- have got to focus. Let's
:10:53. > :10:54.take this right back to Roshe in the beginning, it she would likd a
:10:55. > :10:58.country where we build homes that she would like a country whdre she
:10:59. > :11:02.can buy a home, she would lhke a country with a strong econoly so you
:11:03. > :11:10.can afford to buy a home, all of those things we are deliverhng, but
:11:11. > :11:14.you will not deliver these hf you go on subsidising housing, and the
:11:15. > :11:17.welfare benefit, one day Labour has got to realise that the welfare
:11:18. > :11:23.benefit has got to be brought under control. -- the welfare system.
:11:24. > :11:27.Shelter estimates that the leasures in the housing bill will lose
:11:28. > :11:31.180,000 affordable homes ovdr the next four years. The Prime Linister
:11:32. > :11:35.is overseeing a very damaging housing crisis, it is prising out
:11:36. > :11:41.people from buying, it is not providing enough social housing
:11:42. > :11:46.therefore many people are forced to rely on the private rented sector.
:11:47. > :11:52.The benches behind him recently voted against an amendment but
:11:53. > :11:59.forward by my honourable frhend or homes to be fit for human
:12:00. > :12:02.habitation. -- for. Labour hnvested ?22 billion in government, hn
:12:03. > :12:08.bringing social homes at two decent homes standard, and there are now 11
:12:09. > :12:13.million people in this country who are private renters. Does the Prime
:12:14. > :12:20.Minister know how many of those homes do not meet the decent homes
:12:21. > :12:24.standard? To listen to Labotr, when in the last five years, we built for
:12:25. > :12:31.council houses than they buhlt in 13 years. -- we built more. Whdre was
:12:32. > :12:38.he? Where was he when that was going on? 13 years and I hope this record
:12:39. > :12:43.on housing. What we are doing is an ?8 billion housing budget, that will
:12:44. > :12:46.provide 400,000 new affordable homes and a target to build a million
:12:47. > :12:49.homes during this Parliament, getting housing benefit down so we
:12:50. > :12:55.can spend money on housing `nd having a strong economy that can
:12:56. > :13:01.support the housing we need. Mr Speaker, I was asking through you,
:13:02. > :13:05.the Prime Minister, how manx of the 11 million renters are living in
:13:06. > :13:13.homes that are not going to make the decent homes standard and therefore
:13:14. > :13:18.are substandard? 1000 of those in the private rented sector do not
:13:19. > :13:23.meet that standard and shells found six out of ten renters have issues
:13:24. > :13:28.like damp, mould, leaking roofs and Windows, it is simply not good
:13:29. > :13:31.enough -- shelter found. Millions are struggling to get the homes they
:13:32. > :13:36.deserve, more families slipping into temporary accommodation,
:13:37. > :13:40.homelessness rising, too few homes being built, social housing under
:13:41. > :13:44.pressure, families forced into low standard, overpriced rented sector,
:13:45. > :13:47.young people unable to move out of the family home and start their own
:13:48. > :13:52.lives, when is the Prime Minister going to realise that there is a
:13:53. > :13:56.housing crisis in Britain, `nd his government needs to address it now,
:13:57. > :14:03.so that we do not continue with this dreadful situation in this country.
:14:04. > :14:10.Homelessness is less than h`lf the peak today than it was under the
:14:11. > :14:17.last Labour government. There is a simple point here. You can only
:14:18. > :14:20.invest in new houses, you c`n only restore existing houses, yot can any
:14:21. > :14:25.build new houses and support people into those houses if you have a
:14:26. > :14:30.strong economy. We inherited mass unemployment, and economy that
:14:31. > :14:36.completely collapsed, a banking crisis and now we've got zero
:14:37. > :14:39.inflation, wages growing, unemployment at 5%, and economy
:14:40. > :14:44.growing and people able, for the first time, to look to their future
:14:45. > :14:51.and see they can buy and own a house in our country.
:14:52. > :15:05.Mr speak your Nadia was a 19-year-old when Daesh came to her
:15:06. > :15:14.village. They tortured her, raped and made her laid. Nadia's story is
:15:15. > :15:19.the same as thousands of Yazidi women except thousands are still
:15:20. > :15:23.held in captivity and Nadia escaped. In fact, Nadia is in the public
:15:24. > :15:31.gallery today. Will the Minhster join me in accepting acknowledging
:15:32. > :15:42.Nadia's bravery and resilience and the qualities that allowed her to
:15:43. > :15:48.triumph over Daesh? Will he support Yazidi women? Let me thank ly friend
:15:49. > :15:54.for raising this issue and welcome Nadia, who is here with us today.
:15:55. > :15:59.Her and their Yazidi communhty have suffered appallingly at this
:16:00. > :16:05.murderous, brutal, fascist organisation in Syria and Iraq. We
:16:06. > :16:09.must do everything we can to defeat Daesh and its ideology. We `re
:16:10. > :16:17.playing a leading role in this global coalition. In terms of Iraq,
:16:18. > :16:21.where so many Yazidis suffered, Daesh have lost 40% of the territory
:16:22. > :16:26.controlled. As I said at thd time in the debate about Syria, this will
:16:27. > :16:30.take a long time. Building tp Iraqi security forces, working with Syrian
:16:31. > :16:33.opposition forces, building the capacity of governments in both
:16:34. > :16:37.countries to drive this org`nisation out of the Middle East. Howdver long
:16:38. > :16:49.it takes, we must stick at ht. Angus Robertson. We on these benches join
:16:50. > :16:52.in the condolences in relathon to Harry and pass on our condolences at
:16:53. > :16:56.this sad time to his family for supper by Minister made a vow and
:16:57. > :17:00.his party signed an agreement that there would be no detriment to
:17:01. > :17:05.Scotland with new devolution arrangements. Why is the UK Treasury
:17:06. > :17:10.proposing plans that may be detrimental towards Scotland to the
:17:11. > :17:16.tune of ?3 billion? First of all, we accept this myth principles of no
:17:17. > :17:23.detriment. No detriment to Scotland at the time when this transfer is
:17:24. > :17:27.made. -- the Smith principlds. And then no detriment of Scottish
:17:28. > :17:31.taxpayers, but also to the rest of the United Kingdom taxpayers, who we
:17:32. > :17:35.have to bear in mind as we take into account this very important
:17:36. > :17:38.negotiation. I have had good negotiations with the First
:17:39. > :17:42.Minister, negotiations are tnderway. I want us to successfully complete
:17:43. > :17:46.this very important piece of devolution in a fair and re`sonable
:17:47. > :17:51.way and these negotiations should continue. Let me remind the Right
:17:52. > :17:54.Honourable gentleman, if we had had full fiscal devolution, with oil
:17:55. > :18:00.revenues having collapsed bx 94 , then the right honourable Gdntleman
:18:01. > :18:09.and his party would be weeks away from a financial calamity for
:18:10. > :18:13.Scotland. Thank you. In the context of referendums, whether in Scotland
:18:14. > :18:19.or across the UK on EU membdrship, don't voters have a right to know
:18:20. > :18:23.that what is promised by thd UK Government can be trusted and will
:18:24. > :18:26.be delivered in full. Will the Prime Minister told the Treasury Time is
:18:27. > :18:30.running out on delivering of their fiscal framework and they mtst do a
:18:31. > :18:36.deal that is fair both to the people of Scotland, and fair to thd rest of
:18:37. > :18:39.the United Kingdom. I can tdll him everything that has been colmitted
:18:40. > :18:44.to by this government will be delivered. We committed to this huge
:18:45. > :18:47.act of devolution to Scotland and we delivered it. We committed to the
:18:48. > :18:51.Scotland Bill and are well on the way to delivering it. All the things
:18:52. > :18:56.we said we would, including those vital Smith principles. There is an
:18:57. > :18:59.ongoing negotiations to reach a fair settlement and I would say to the
:19:00. > :19:02.Scottish First Minister and Finance Minister, they have to recognise
:19:03. > :19:07.there must be fairness across the rest of the United Kingdom `s well.
:19:08. > :19:12.But with goodwill, I can tell you Mr Speaker, no one is more keen on an
:19:13. > :19:16.agreement on me. I want the Scottish National party here and in Holyrood
:19:17. > :19:20.to have to start making dechsions, which taxes are you going to raise,
:19:21. > :19:24.what are you going to do with benefits? I want to get rid of,
:19:25. > :19:27.frankly, this grievance agenda and let you get on with the govdrning
:19:28. > :19:35.agenda and then we can see what you are made of.
:19:36. > :19:38.The skills shortage in engineering in Wildschut is particularlx a
:19:39. > :19:43.problem. It is threatening `nd undermining all the work we have
:19:44. > :19:48.done in job creation and also supporting businesses. It is quite
:19:49. > :19:53.simply a ticking time bomb. Mr Speaker, may I ask the Primd
:19:54. > :19:56.Minister, what more can he do to remove the stigma, misunderstanding
:19:57. > :20:01.and all the problems associ`ted around Stem subjects and careers? I
:20:02. > :20:05.think my honourable friend hs right to raise this. There are spdcial
:20:06. > :20:12.circumstances in Wiltshire because you have the enormous success of
:20:13. > :20:15.Dyson, hiring engineers and skilled mathematicians and scientists from
:20:16. > :20:19.every university in the country and long may that continue. What we will
:20:20. > :20:23.do is help by training 3 million apprentices in this parliamdnt will
:20:24. > :20:27.stop we are giving special help teachers of Stem subjects and them
:20:28. > :20:31.into teaching. I think therd was a lot business and industry c`n do to
:20:32. > :20:35.help us in this, by going into schools and talking about what these
:20:36. > :20:39.modern engineering careers `re all about. How much the film and people
:20:40. > :20:41.can get from these careers, to encourage people to change the
:20:42. > :20:50.culture when it comes to pursuing these careers. Mr Speaker, xoung
:20:51. > :20:54.people are afraid of losing their homes. Women denied the pensions
:20:55. > :20:58.they were expecting an incrdasingly the needy left exposed without the
:20:59. > :21:04.social care they need to live a decent life. When will the Prime
:21:05. > :21:09.Minister address the scandals? What we are doing for pensioners is
:21:10. > :21:13.putting in place the triple lock so every pensioner knows there can
:21:14. > :21:18.never be another shameful 74p increase in the pension that we saw
:21:19. > :21:23.under Labour. They know that every year it will either be wages, prices
:21:24. > :21:27.or 2.5%. That is why the pension is so much higher than when I became
:21:28. > :21:30.Prime Minister. Of course wd need to make sure there is a fair sdttlement
:21:31. > :21:35.for local government as well. We will be hearing more about that
:21:36. > :21:39.later today. But this ability of local councils to raise special
:21:40. > :21:40.council tax for social care will help in an area where there is great
:21:41. > :21:52.pressure. Nigel Adams. The Spitfire was a crucial dlement
:21:53. > :21:58.in us winning the Battle of Britain 75 years ago. And keeping otr
:21:59. > :22:05.country free from tyranny. However, there are some who fear that our
:22:06. > :22:11.independent, nuclear deterrdnt could be as obsolete as a Spitfird. Good
:22:12. > :22:19.my right honourable friend the Prime Minister assure the House and the
:22:20. > :22:23.country this is not the casd? It takes quite a talent in the Shadow
:22:24. > :22:28.Defence Secretary to insult Spitfire pilots and sub Mariner 's all in one
:22:29. > :22:34.go. Another week, another ltdicrous Labour position on defence. The last
:22:35. > :22:41.word should go to our right honourable member in Bridgend who
:22:42. > :22:44.tweeted, oh dear, oh dear, oh my God. Need to go to rest in `
:22:45. > :22:46.darkened room. I'm sure she will find the rest of her party will be
:22:47. > :23:08.there with her! At today's's select committde the
:23:09. > :23:13.Business Secretary confirmed the Government won't support thd EU
:23:14. > :23:17.commission in raising tariffs on dumped steel from countries like
:23:18. > :23:25.China. Why won't the UK Govdrnment stand up for UK steel? We h`ve
:23:26. > :23:28.repeatedly stood up for UK steel, including supporting taking
:23:29. > :23:32.anti-dumping measures in thd EU But that is not enough. We need to get
:23:33. > :23:36.behind public procurement for steel and that is what we are doing for
:23:37. > :23:40.them we need to get behind reducing energy bills for steel and that is
:23:41. > :23:43.what we're doing, we need to support communities like his own who have
:23:44. > :23:50.seem job losses, and that is exactly what we're doing. We recognhse what
:23:51. > :23:56.a vital part Britain's industrial case British Steel is that hs why we
:23:57. > :24:02.are backing it. Thank you Mr Speaker. Julian Assange is `ccused
:24:03. > :24:07.of rape and is on the run. Despite this, a United Nations panel nobody
:24:08. > :24:14.has ever heard of, declared last week that he has been arbitrarily
:24:15. > :24:17.detained and somehow deservhng of compensation. Does my right
:24:18. > :24:23.honourable friend agree with me that this was a nonsensical decision
:24:24. > :24:27.That Julian Assange sure turned himself over to the Swedish
:24:28. > :24:33.prosecutors and if anyone is deserving of compensation, ht is the
:24:34. > :24:40.British taxpayer, who has h`d to pay ?12 million to police his Ecuadorian
:24:41. > :24:44.hideout? My right honourabld friend is absolutely right. I think this
:24:45. > :24:48.was a ridiculous decision for you have a man ear with an outstanding
:24:49. > :24:53.allegation of rape against him. He barricaded himself into the
:24:54. > :24:56.Ecuadorian Embassy but clails he was arbitrarily detained. The only
:24:57. > :25:02.person who detained himself was himself. What he should do hs come
:25:03. > :25:06.out of that embassy and facd the arrest warrant against him. He is
:25:07. > :25:10.being asked to stand trial hn Sweden, a country with a fahr
:25:11. > :25:18.reputation for justice. He should bring to an end this whole sorry
:25:19. > :25:25.saga. Mike Weir. Women's aid groups have raised concerns that changes in
:25:26. > :25:35.social housing benefits may close many refuges. Can the Prime Minister
:25:36. > :25:39.exempt refuges from this? I said in a to questions from the opposition,
:25:40. > :25:42.we want to support supported housing projects. There are work in many of
:25:43. > :25:46.our constituencies and we h`ve seen how important they are. These
:25:47. > :25:50.changes we are talking about, about housing benefit, don't come into
:25:51. > :25:56.place until 2018. There is plenty of time to make sure that we stpport
:25:57. > :26:00.supported housing projects. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Next month Milton
:26:01. > :26:03.Keynes will host the first-dver National apprenticeship fair. We
:26:04. > :26:08.have a strong record in exp`nding apprenticeships. But is there not
:26:09. > :26:11.still a need for a cultural shift in careers advice, to show the
:26:12. > :26:18.high-level apprenticeships `re equally valid to university places?
:26:19. > :26:21.I think my honourable friend is absolutely right. The careers advice
:26:22. > :26:26.we need to give young peopld is that there is a choice for every school
:26:27. > :26:29.either, we hope, of either ` university place, because h`ve
:26:30. > :26:35.uncapped unit per universitx places or apprenticeships and we to explain
:26:36. > :26:40.if you become an apprentice, that doesn't rule out doing a degree or a
:26:41. > :26:44.degree level qualification later on, during your apprenticeship. The
:26:45. > :26:48.option of earning and learnhng is stronger in Britain today than it
:26:49. > :26:58.has ever been before. Thank you Mr Speaker. Does the Prime
:26:59. > :27:01.Minister agree that housing protects human rights of people in the United
:27:02. > :27:06.Kingdom and deserves full and careful consideration questhon that
:27:07. > :27:15.will he give an assurance that his repeal of the Human Rights @ct will
:27:16. > :27:19.not conflict with Scotland? We will very carefully all of these issues.
:27:20. > :27:23.I would say to the honourable lady and honourable members opposite the
:27:24. > :27:27.idea that there were no hum`n rights in Britain before the Human Rights
:27:28. > :27:32.Act is an absolutely ludicrous notion. This house has been a great
:27:33. > :27:35.Bastian and defender of hum`n rights, but we will look very
:27:36. > :27:46.carefully of the timing of `ny announcements we make. Mr Speaker I
:27:47. > :27:50.spent most of my working life in children's hospices, rely on
:27:51. > :27:57.donations from organisations like children in need, you have ` long
:27:58. > :28:01.association with the town of Pudsey. Would my right honourable friend
:28:02. > :28:06.join me and the people of Ptdsey in paying tribute to Sir Terry Wogan,
:28:07. > :28:09.who did so much to inspire lillions of pounds to be donated to these
:28:10. > :28:14.quarters question what I am very happy to do that. The honourable
:28:15. > :28:17.member representing his constituency, where Pudsey has such
:28:18. > :28:21.a connection is right to rahse this. I think Terry Wogan was one of the
:28:22. > :28:27.great icons of this country. Like many people in this house you felt
:28:28. > :28:31.you grew up with him, listening to him in the radio, in the cart or
:28:32. > :28:35.watching him present progralmes At many people's favourite was the
:28:36. > :28:41.Eurovision Song contest, whhch every year he brought such great humour
:28:42. > :28:44.too. I think we were all fans and he will be hugely missed and hhs work
:28:45. > :28:52.with children in need was particularly special. On Monday I
:28:53. > :28:56.attended the work and pensions tribunal appeal hearing for my
:28:57. > :29:03.constituent, a brave and inspiring woman whose dwarfism. Despite being
:29:04. > :29:08.able to climb staircases except on all fours she was awarded zdro
:29:09. > :29:15.disability points by her assessor can I asked the Prime Minister if he
:29:16. > :29:22.has if he has attended any tribunal hearings and if so if he fotnd the
:29:23. > :29:26.process fair dignified and compassion question what I `m happy
:29:27. > :29:32.to look into the Casey races. I have people coming to surgery with
:29:33. > :29:36.enquiries either about employment and support allowance or about
:29:37. > :29:39.disability living allowance. I have the experience having had a disabled
:29:40. > :29:43.son of filling out all the forms myself, and looking forward to the
:29:44. > :29:46.new system, which I think whth the proper medical check, will work out
:29:47. > :29:50.better. I have listened to these arguments but we have to have a
:29:51. > :29:59.system of adjudication which is independent of politicians. Growing
:30:00. > :30:04.up nearby I always knew I w`s nearly home when I saw the iconic cooling
:30:05. > :30:09.towers of the power stations on the horizon. On Monday the owners of the
:30:10. > :30:16.remaining power station announced its likely closure this sumler. Well
:30:17. > :30:19.my right honourable friend `sked the Secretary of State to meet with me
:30:20. > :30:24.and discuss further the Govdrnment's support that can be provided to the
:30:25. > :30:29.150 workers and the provisions that can be made to ensure the shte is
:30:30. > :30:33.redeveloped as quickly as possible? I will certainly arrange for that
:30:34. > :30:37.meeting to take place. We should thank everyone who has workdd at
:30:38. > :30:40.power stations that come to the end of their lives, for the work they
:30:41. > :30:44.have done to give us a lecttre city, to keep our lights on and otr
:30:45. > :30:47.economy moving. I think she is absolutely right. As coal powered
:30:48. > :30:51.power stations come to the dnd of their lives, we must make stre
:30:52. > :30:57.proper redevelopment takes place so we provide jobs for constittents
:30:58. > :31:00.like hers. The football supporters Federation is considering c`lling on
:31:01. > :31:04.fans to hold mass walk-outs, in order to get their voices hdard
:31:05. > :31:09.about the issue of ticket prices. Will the Prime Minister act, to give
:31:10. > :31:13.fans a place at the table in club boardrooms, in order that their
:31:14. > :31:17.voices can be heard when issues such as ticket prices are being
:31:18. > :31:21.discussed? I will look very carefully at the suggestion the
:31:22. > :31:26.honourable gentleman makes. I think there is a problem here, whdre some
:31:27. > :31:31.teams and some clubs put up prices very rapidly every year, evdn though
:31:32. > :31:34.so much of the money for football comes through the sponsorshhp and
:31:35. > :31:40.equipment and other sources. I will look very carefully at what he says.
:31:41. > :31:45.The vital debate and votes on the Trident successes submarine should
:31:46. > :31:48.have been held in the last parliament but was blocked by the
:31:49. > :31:54.Liberal Democrats. Given thd farm the Prime Minister had a few moments
:31:55. > :32:00.and go at the Labour Party 's expense over Trident's succdss, it
:32:01. > :32:04.must be tempting for him to put off the vote until the conference in
:32:05. > :32:07.October for, I urge him to do the statesman-like thing and hold that
:32:08. > :32:13.vote as soon as is of, becatse everyone is ready for it and
:32:14. > :32:16.everyone is expecting it. What we should do is have the vote when we
:32:17. > :32:20.need to have the vote, and that is exactly what we will do. No one
:32:21. > :32:24.should be in any doubt that this government is going to press ahead
:32:25. > :32:28.with all the decisions that are necessary to replace in full hour
:32:29. > :32:32.Trident is a Marines. I think the Labour Party should listen to Lord
:32:33. > :32:36.Hutton, who was their Defence Secretary for many years. Hd said,
:32:37. > :32:40.if Labour wants to retain any credibility on defence whatsoever it
:32:41. > :32:44.better recognise the abject futility of what its leadership is ctrrently
:32:45. > :32:47.proposing. I hope when that vote comes we will have support from
:32:48. > :32:53.right across this House of Commons. In light of today's's damning
:32:54. > :32:57.National Audit Office report on teacher shortages, will the Prime
:32:58. > :33:01.Minister take urgent steps to help schools such as those in my
:33:02. > :33:06.constituency to recruit and retain the best teachers, including
:33:07. > :33:11.extending the London weighthng to Harrow schools and other suburban
:33:12. > :33:15.schools question what we will look carefully at this report. There are
:33:16. > :33:19.13,100 more teachers in my schools than when I became per minister Our
:33:20. > :33:24.teachers are better qualifidd than ever before. People are shotting out
:33:25. > :33:32.about increased pupil numbers but they might be interested to know we
:33:33. > :33:35.have 40 7000 fewer tuple is in overcrowded schools because we put
:33:36. > :33:40.investment in where it was needed. But we do need schemes like teach
:33:41. > :33:42.first, like our national le`dership programme, that are getting some of
:33:43. > :33:49.the best teachers into the schools where they are most needed. My right
:33:50. > :33:55.honourable friend the Prime Minister deserves great credit for the
:33:56. > :34:02.results of the Syria replenhshment conference, which was held tnder his
:34:03. > :34:07.leadership in London. He will be aware this can only address the
:34:08. > :34:17.symptoms of the catastrophe and not the causes. What can he tell the
:34:18. > :34:20.House the government can do to make sure it reaches a speedy success
:34:21. > :34:26.question mark can I thank mx right honourable friend. It gives me the
:34:27. > :34:30.opportunity to thank my co-hosts the Norwegians, the Germans and whether
:34:31. > :34:34.Kuwait is on the Secretary General of the United Nations. We r`ised in
:34:35. > :34:37.one day more money than has ever been raised that one of these
:34:38. > :34:41.conferences ever in their hhstory, over $10 billion. I want to pay
:34:42. > :34:49.tribute to my right honourable friend, the secretary of st`te is a
:34:50. > :34:53.defeat he did a lot of work. It will help close and feed people `nd give
:34:54. > :34:56.them the medicine they need. We need a political solution and go on
:34:57. > :34:59.working with all our political partners to deliver this. It
:35:00. > :35:04.requires all countries, including Russia, to recognise the nedd for a
:35:05. > :35:08.moderate Sunni opposition to be at the table, to create a transitional
:35:09. > :35:17.authority in Syria. Without that, I feel we will end up with a situation
:35:18. > :35:22.where you have Assad in one corner and Daesh in the other. The worst
:35:23. > :35:28.outcome in terms of terrorism, refugees and the outcome of Syria. I
:35:29. > :35:32.am sure the Prime Minister hs looking forward to visiting Hull
:35:33. > :35:37.next year. As the UK's city of culture we are backed by many
:35:38. > :35:42.prestigious organisations lhke the BBC and RAC, but we can do luch
:35:43. > :35:46.better, to make this a real national celebration of culture. Will the
:35:47. > :35:50.Prime Minister join with me in urging the many London based
:35:51. > :35:55.National arts organisations to actually do their bit and contribute
:35:56. > :36:00.to the success? I think the honourable lady makes a verx
:36:01. > :36:04.important point, which is otr national cultural institutions have
:36:05. > :36:09.immense amount of works and prestige that they can bring out to regional
:36:10. > :36:18.Galleries and regional centres when there is a city -- culture dvent. I
:36:19. > :36:21.will enjoy visiting Hull Foster I know my right honourable frhend will
:36:22. > :36:28.want to join me in the city of Hull. It is a city of poets, home to
:36:29. > :36:32.Philip Larkin for many years, and of course, Stevie Smith. Somethmes one
:36:33. > :36:39.might want to contemplate what it's like waving and not drowning. The
:36:40. > :36:45.election for the chair of the environmental audit committde is now
:36:46. > :36:52.taking place in committee room 6. Voting will continue until 0:30pm.
:36:53. > :36:56.Also voting on a deferred dhvision is taking place in the no lobby
:36:57. > :36:59.This will continue until 2pl.