10/02/2016 Prime Minister's Questions


10/02/2016

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 10/02/2016. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

the interest of nurses who lay want to open more liberally on a Sunday

:00:00.:00:00.

to take full advantage. These are good ideas, and I hope she light

:00:00.:00:08.

consider supporting it. Questions to the Prime Minister.

:00:09.:00:19.

I know the House has been s`ddened by the death of Harry Harper, after

:00:20.:00:29.

a great career, an adviser to David Blunkett, he was returned to this

:00:30.:00:31.

place last May, succeeding David Blunkett himself. He was in this

:00:32.:00:36.

place a short time and becale a popular MP, recognised for his

:00:37.:00:39.

commitment to his constituents and his beliefs. He continued to carry

:00:40.:00:44.

out his work, as an MP, throughout his treatment, we offer his wife and

:00:45.:00:51.

their five children our condolences. This morning I had meetings with

:00:52.:00:54.

ministerial colleagues and hn additional to Mike Judy 's hn this

:00:55.:00:59.

House, I will have further comments to make -- in addition to mx duties

:01:00.:01:08.

in this House. I would like to agree about the sad loss for the lember of

:01:09.:01:11.

Sheffield and Hillsborough, he came to this House with an excellent

:01:12.:01:13.

record in local government `nd will be sadly missed. The whole House

:01:14.:01:19.

send our condolences to his family at this sad time. Housing is the

:01:20.:01:25.

number one issue in my constituency, queries on a workable local plan,

:01:26.:01:32.

looking after our green spaces and strongly offering the Conservative

:01:33.:01:38.

value of the right to buy, would the Prime Minister agree that the help

:01:39.:01:44.

to buy items, with one being taken out every 30 seconds, is thd right

:01:45.:01:48.

way to promote savings and dncourage homeownership? -- ISAs. I agree

:01:49.:02:02.

that is why these help to bty ISAs, where we matched the money they put

:02:03.:02:09.

in, it can ready help, and so what we have seen under this govdrnment,

:02:10.:02:13.

is 40,000 people exercise their right to buy their council House,

:02:14.:02:17.

now we're extending that to all housing association tenants and we

:02:18.:02:21.

have seen 130,000 people wotld help to buy, getting the first flat or

:02:22.:02:26.

the first House, and there hs more to do, mostly building housds, but

:02:27.:02:32.

helping people with their ddposits is vital. Jeremy Corbyn. Th`nk you,

:02:33.:02:40.

Mr Speaker. I joined the Prhme Minister and the member for

:02:41.:02:43.

Eastleigh in paying tribute to Harry Harper, the Honourable membdr for

:02:44.:02:49.

Sheffield and Hillsborough, a former miner who passed away last week

:02:50.:02:52.

just a short time ago Harry used his glass question here to ask the Prime

:02:53.:02:57.

Minister questions about thd Sheffield Masters and the steel

:02:58.:03:03.

industry -- his last question. I hope the primers to reflects on his

:03:04.:03:10.

-- hope the Prime Minister reflects on his diligence regarding that part

:03:11.:03:16.

of his committee. I said to his wife, how would they like to

:03:17.:03:22.

remember Harry? She said, wd have admired the bravery and carriage he

:03:23.:03:25.

showed in his life, which w`s formed in June the miners strike and which

:03:26.:03:30.

carried him forward for the rest of his life -- which was formed jeering

:03:31.:03:39.

the miners strike. People whll remember him as a decent man, and we

:03:40.:03:46.

are very sad at his passing. Mr Speaker, also following the member

:03:47.:03:49.

for Eastleigh, I have a question on housing. I have an e-mail from

:03:50.:03:57.

Rosie, cheese in her 20s. -, she is in her 20s. CHEERING

:03:58.:04:01.

LAUGHTER Unfortunately, the Rosie who has

:04:02.:04:19.

written to me does not have the same good housing that the Chief Whip of

:04:20.:04:28.

our party does. But aspirathon springs eternal. The Rosie who has

:04:29.:04:35.

written to me, cheese in 20s and she says, " -- she is in her 20s and she

:04:36.:04:43.

says, "I worked very hard at my job and I'm still having to livd at home

:04:44.:04:49.

with my parents, the lack of housing options are forcing her to consider

:04:50.:04:53.

moving, she says. She asks the Prime Minister, what action it he is going

:04:54.:05:00.

to take to help young peopld and families suffering from on realistic

:05:01.:05:05.

healths prizes and uncapped rents to get somewhere safe and secure to

:05:06.:05:11.

live? -- House prices. When you get a letter from the Chief Whip, that

:05:12.:05:14.

normally spells trouble, I should say. What I would say to Rosie, we

:05:15.:05:23.

want to do everything we can to help young people get on the housing

:05:24.:05:26.

ladder, that is why we have these help to save ISAs and I hopd she is

:05:27.:05:31.

looking at that, we are cutting taxes and she will be able to earn

:05:32.:05:36.

?11,000 before she starts p`ying any taxes. If Rosie is a tenant in a

:05:37.:05:41.

housing association home, she can buy that home because we ard

:05:42.:05:44.

introducing and extending the right to buy, and with help to bite she

:05:45.:05:49.

will have the opportunity to register for help to buy whhch gives

:05:50.:05:54.

people the chance to have a small deposit, but still a chance of

:05:55.:05:58.

owning their own home. If she wants to be a homeowner, shared ownership

:05:59.:06:03.

can make a real difference `nd in some parts of the country you will

:06:04.:06:06.

need a deposit of just a few thousand pounds to begin thd process

:06:07.:06:11.

of becoming a homeowner, but Ira lies that building more houses, we

:06:12.:06:17.

have got to deliver for Roshe - but building more buildings. I'l very

:06:18.:06:21.

pleased that the Prime Minister would like to help deliver decent

:06:22.:06:25.

housing, Rosie lives and works in London, as the Prime Ministdr knows,

:06:26.:06:31.

London is very expensive. Hd talks about people getting on the housing

:06:32.:06:35.

ladder, but the reality is, home ownership has fallen under his

:06:36.:06:40.

government by 200,000 and it rose by a million and the last Labotr

:06:41.:06:43.

government, and his record hs one of actually some years of failtre on

:06:44.:06:49.

housing. He said that counchl homes sold on the right to buy wotld be

:06:50.:06:53.

replaced like the like, can be primers to tell us how that policy

:06:54.:06:57.

is panning out? -- Gandhi Prime Minister. -- can the Prime Linister.

:06:58.:07:07.

What happened under Labour, one council home was built for dvery

:07:08.:07:10.

hundred and seven seat council homes they sold. That is the record -

:07:11.:07:17.

170. We have said we will m`ke sure that two homes are built for every

:07:18.:07:21.

council home in London, that is so, that is because the member for

:07:22.:07:27.

Richmond insisted on that in an amendment to the housing bill. These

:07:28.:07:32.

take some years to build, btt the money that they will be built, the

:07:33.:07:39.

money comes back to the Tre`sury. The Prime Minister should bd aware

:07:40.:07:44.

that just one home has been built for every eight that have bden sold

:07:45.:07:49.

under his government. Peopld are increasingly finding it verx devil

:07:50.:07:54.

called find anywhere to livd. The Chancellor's crude cuts in housing

:07:55.:07:58.

benefit for those in supported housing, they are putting at risk

:07:59.:08:03.

hundreds of thousands of elderly people, people with mental health

:08:04.:08:06.

condition, war veterans and women fleeing domestic violence unit

:08:07.:08:10.

support. Can the Prime Minister tell the House what estimate housing

:08:11.:08:14.

dividers have made in terms of the impact of this policy on supported

:08:15.:08:21.

housing? We are going to increase housing supply in the social sector

:08:22.:08:27.

by an ?8 billion housing budget gym this parliament which will build

:08:28.:08:31.

400,000 affordable homes. When it comes to our reforms of housing

:08:32.:08:36.

benefit, yes, we have cut housing benefit, because it was out of

:08:37.:08:39.

control when we came to govdrnment. There were families in London who

:08:40.:08:44.

were getting ?100,000 of hotsing benefit per family. Think how many

:08:45.:08:50.

people, think how many Rosid's were going to work, working hard, just to

:08:51.:08:56.

provide that housing benefit for one family. We support supported housing

:08:57.:09:01.

schemes and we will look very carefully to make sure they can work

:09:02.:09:05.

well in the future, but I m`ke no apology for the fact that in this

:09:06.:09:11.

parliament we are cutting social rents, so for Rosie, for ex`mple,

:09:12.:09:14.

living in social housing, going out to work but she will have lower rent

:09:15.:09:20.

under this government. I'm pleased the Prime Minister got onto the

:09:21.:09:25.

question of supported housing. Housing providers estimate that

:09:26.:09:28.

nearly half of all supported housing schemes will close, one in four

:09:29.:09:34.

providers are set to close `ll of their provision, this is a very

:09:35.:09:38.

serious crisis. I assume thd Prime Minister is not content to people

:09:39.:09:44.

with mental health conditions with nowhere to live, so can he `ssure

:09:45.:09:48.

the House that the warm words he has given on supported housing will be

:09:49.:09:52.

matched by action and he will stop this cut which will destroy this

:09:53.:09:58.

supported housing sector? Wd will continue to support the supported

:09:59.:10:00.

housing sector and the report that he quotes from, it was an opinion

:10:01.:10:05.

poll with an extremely leadhng question, if he actually looks at

:10:06.:10:08.

what it was he was looking `t. The changes that we are making, reducing

:10:09.:10:14.

social rents by 1%, every ydar for four years, that is good news for

:10:15.:10:18.

people who go out to work and work hard and like to pay less rdnt. That

:10:19.:10:22.

goes with the lower taxes they will be paying and the more childcare

:10:23.:10:25.

they will be getting, and the other change we are making which does not

:10:26.:10:29.

come into force until 2018, is to make sure that we are not p`ying

:10:30.:10:34.

housing benefit to social tdnants way above what we would pay to

:10:35.:10:37.

private sector tenants. The simple point is this, and this is where I

:10:38.:10:42.

think Labour had got to focts, every penny you spend on housing subsidy

:10:43.:10:47.

is money you can't spend on building houses -- have got to focus. Let's

:10:48.:10:52.

take this right back to Roshe in the beginning, it she would likd a

:10:53.:10:54.

country where we build homes that she would like a country whdre she

:10:55.:10:58.

can buy a home, she would lhke a country with a strong econoly so you

:10:59.:11:02.

can afford to buy a home, all of those things we are deliverhng, but

:11:03.:11:10.

you will not deliver these hf you go on subsidising housing, and the

:11:11.:11:14.

welfare benefit, one day Labour has got to realise that the welfare

:11:15.:11:17.

benefit has got to be brought under control. -- the welfare system.

:11:18.:11:23.

Shelter estimates that the leasures in the housing bill will lose

:11:24.:11:27.

180,000 affordable homes ovdr the next four years. The Prime Linister

:11:28.:11:31.

is overseeing a very damaging housing crisis, it is prising out

:11:32.:11:35.

people from buying, it is not providing enough social housing

:11:36.:11:41.

therefore many people are forced to rely on the private rented sector.

:11:42.:11:46.

The benches behind him recently voted against an amendment but

:11:47.:11:52.

forward by my honourable frhend or homes to be fit for human

:11:53.:11:59.

habitation. -- for. Labour hnvested ?22 billion in government, hn

:12:00.:12:02.

bringing social homes at two decent homes standard, and there are now 11

:12:03.:12:08.

million people in this country who are private renters. Does the Prime

:12:09.:12:13.

Minister know how many of those homes do not meet the decent homes

:12:14.:12:20.

standard? To listen to Labotr, when in the last five years, we built for

:12:21.:12:24.

council houses than they buhlt in 13 years. -- we built more. Whdre was

:12:25.:12:31.

he? Where was he when that was going on? 13 years and I hope this record

:12:32.:12:38.

on housing. What we are doing is an ?8 billion housing budget, that will

:12:39.:12:43.

provide 400,000 new affordable homes and a target to build a million

:12:44.:12:46.

homes during this Parliament, getting housing benefit down so we

:12:47.:12:49.

can spend money on housing `nd having a strong economy that can

:12:50.:12:55.

support the housing we need. Mr Speaker, I was asking through you,

:12:56.:13:01.

the Prime Minister, how manx of the 11 million renters are living in

:13:02.:13:05.

homes that are not going to make the decent homes standard and therefore

:13:06.:13:13.

are substandard? 1000 of those in the private rented sector do not

:13:14.:13:18.

meet that standard and shells found six out of ten renters have issues

:13:19.:13:23.

like damp, mould, leaking roofs and Windows, it is simply not good

:13:24.:13:28.

enough -- shelter found. Millions are struggling to get the homes they

:13:29.:13:31.

deserve, more families slipping into temporary accommodation,

:13:32.:13:36.

homelessness rising, too few homes being built, social housing under

:13:37.:13:40.

pressure, families forced into low standard, overpriced rented sector,

:13:41.:13:44.

young people unable to move out of the family home and start their own

:13:45.:13:47.

lives, when is the Prime Minister going to realise that there is a

:13:48.:13:52.

housing crisis in Britain, `nd his government needs to address it now,

:13:53.:13:56.

so that we do not continue with this dreadful situation in this country.

:13:57.:14:03.

Homelessness is less than h`lf the peak today than it was under the

:14:04.:14:10.

last Labour government. There is a simple point here. You can only

:14:11.:14:17.

invest in new houses, you c`n only restore existing houses, yot can any

:14:18.:14:20.

build new houses and support people into those houses if you have a

:14:21.:14:25.

strong economy. We inherited mass unemployment, and economy that

:14:26.:14:30.

completely collapsed, a banking crisis and now we've got zero

:14:31.:14:36.

inflation, wages growing, unemployment at 5%, and economy

:14:37.:14:39.

growing and people able, for the first time, to look to their future

:14:40.:14:44.

and see they can buy and own a house in our country.

:14:45.:14:51.

Mr speak your Nadia was a 19-year-old when Daesh came to her

:14:52.:15:05.

village. They tortured her, raped and made her laid. Nadia's story is

:15:06.:15:14.

the same as thousands of Yazidi women except thousands are still

:15:15.:15:19.

held in captivity and Nadia escaped. In fact, Nadia is in the public

:15:20.:15:23.

gallery today. Will the Minhster join me in accepting acknowledging

:15:24.:15:31.

Nadia's bravery and resilience and the qualities that allowed her to

:15:32.:15:42.

triumph over Daesh? Will he support Yazidi women? Let me thank ly friend

:15:43.:15:48.

for raising this issue and welcome Nadia, who is here with us today.

:15:49.:15:54.

Her and their Yazidi communhty have suffered appallingly at this

:15:55.:15:59.

murderous, brutal, fascist organisation in Syria and Iraq. We

:16:00.:16:05.

must do everything we can to defeat Daesh and its ideology. We `re

:16:06.:16:09.

playing a leading role in this global coalition. In terms of Iraq,

:16:10.:16:17.

where so many Yazidis suffered, Daesh have lost 40% of the territory

:16:18.:16:21.

controlled. As I said at thd time in the debate about Syria, this will

:16:22.:16:26.

take a long time. Building tp Iraqi security forces, working with Syrian

:16:27.:16:30.

opposition forces, building the capacity of governments in both

:16:31.:16:33.

countries to drive this org`nisation out of the Middle East. Howdver long

:16:34.:16:37.

it takes, we must stick at ht. Angus Robertson. We on these benches join

:16:38.:16:49.

in the condolences in relathon to Harry and pass on our condolences at

:16:50.:16:52.

this sad time to his family for supper by Minister made a vow and

:16:53.:16:56.

his party signed an agreement that there would be no detriment to

:16:57.:17:00.

Scotland with new devolution arrangements. Why is the UK Treasury

:17:01.:17:05.

proposing plans that may be detrimental towards Scotland to the

:17:06.:17:10.

tune of ?3 billion? First of all, we accept this myth principles of no

:17:11.:17:16.

detriment. No detriment to Scotland at the time when this transfer is

:17:17.:17:23.

made. -- the Smith principlds. And then no detriment of Scottish

:17:24.:17:27.

taxpayers, but also to the rest of the United Kingdom taxpayers, who we

:17:28.:17:31.

have to bear in mind as we take into account this very important

:17:32.:17:35.

negotiation. I have had good negotiations with the First

:17:36.:17:38.

Minister, negotiations are tnderway. I want us to successfully complete

:17:39.:17:42.

this very important piece of devolution in a fair and re`sonable

:17:43.:17:46.

way and these negotiations should continue. Let me remind the Right

:17:47.:17:51.

Honourable gentleman, if we had had full fiscal devolution, with oil

:17:52.:17:54.

revenues having collapsed bx 94 , then the right honourable Gdntleman

:17:55.:18:00.

and his party would be weeks away from a financial calamity for

:18:01.:18:09.

Scotland. Thank you. In the context of referendums, whether in Scotland

:18:10.:18:13.

or across the UK on EU membdrship, don't voters have a right to know

:18:14.:18:19.

that what is promised by thd UK Government can be trusted and will

:18:20.:18:23.

be delivered in full. Will the Prime Minister told the Treasury Time is

:18:24.:18:26.

running out on delivering of their fiscal framework and they mtst do a

:18:27.:18:30.

deal that is fair both to the people of Scotland, and fair to thd rest of

:18:31.:18:36.

the United Kingdom. I can tdll him everything that has been colmitted

:18:37.:18:39.

to by this government will be delivered. We committed to this huge

:18:40.:18:44.

act of devolution to Scotland and we delivered it. We committed to the

:18:45.:18:47.

Scotland Bill and are well on the way to delivering it. All the things

:18:48.:18:51.

we said we would, including those vital Smith principles. There is an

:18:52.:18:56.

ongoing negotiations to reach a fair settlement and I would say to the

:18:57.:18:59.

Scottish First Minister and Finance Minister, they have to recognise

:19:00.:19:02.

there must be fairness across the rest of the United Kingdom `s well.

:19:03.:19:07.

But with goodwill, I can tell you Mr Speaker, no one is more keen on an

:19:08.:19:12.

agreement on me. I want the Scottish National party here and in Holyrood

:19:13.:19:16.

to have to start making dechsions, which taxes are you going to raise,

:19:17.:19:20.

what are you going to do with benefits? I want to get rid of,

:19:21.:19:24.

frankly, this grievance agenda and let you get on with the govdrning

:19:25.:19:27.

agenda and then we can see what you are made of.

:19:28.:19:35.

The skills shortage in engineering in Wildschut is particularlx a

:19:36.:19:38.

problem. It is threatening `nd undermining all the work we have

:19:39.:19:43.

done in job creation and also supporting businesses. It is quite

:19:44.:19:48.

simply a ticking time bomb. Mr Speaker, may I ask the Primd

:19:49.:19:53.

Minister, what more can he do to remove the stigma, misunderstanding

:19:54.:19:56.

and all the problems associ`ted around Stem subjects and careers? I

:19:57.:20:01.

think my honourable friend hs right to raise this. There are spdcial

:20:02.:20:05.

circumstances in Wiltshire because you have the enormous success of

:20:06.:20:12.

Dyson, hiring engineers and skilled mathematicians and scientists from

:20:13.:20:15.

every university in the country and long may that continue. What we will

:20:16.:20:19.

do is help by training 3 million apprentices in this parliamdnt will

:20:20.:20:23.

stop we are giving special help teachers of Stem subjects and them

:20:24.:20:27.

into teaching. I think therd was a lot business and industry c`n do to

:20:28.:20:31.

help us in this, by going into schools and talking about what these

:20:32.:20:35.

modern engineering careers `re all about. How much the film and people

:20:36.:20:39.

can get from these careers, to encourage people to change the

:20:40.:20:41.

culture when it comes to pursuing these careers. Mr Speaker, xoung

:20:42.:20:50.

people are afraid of losing their homes. Women denied the pensions

:20:51.:20:54.

they were expecting an incrdasingly the needy left exposed without the

:20:55.:20:58.

social care they need to live a decent life. When will the Prime

:20:59.:21:04.

Minister address the scandals? What we are doing for pensioners is

:21:05.:21:09.

putting in place the triple lock so every pensioner knows there can

:21:10.:21:13.

never be another shameful 74p increase in the pension that we saw

:21:14.:21:18.

under Labour. They know that every year it will either be wages, prices

:21:19.:21:23.

or 2.5%. That is why the pension is so much higher than when I became

:21:24.:21:27.

Prime Minister. Of course wd need to make sure there is a fair sdttlement

:21:28.:21:30.

for local government as well. We will be hearing more about that

:21:31.:21:35.

later today. But this ability of local councils to raise special

:21:36.:21:39.

council tax for social care will help in an area where there is great

:21:40.:21:40.

pressure. Nigel Adams. The Spitfire was a crucial dlement

:21:41.:21:52.

in us winning the Battle of Britain 75 years ago. And keeping otr

:21:53.:21:58.

country free from tyranny. However, there are some who fear that our

:21:59.:22:05.

independent, nuclear deterrdnt could be as obsolete as a Spitfird. Good

:22:06.:22:11.

my right honourable friend the Prime Minister assure the House and the

:22:12.:22:19.

country this is not the casd? It takes quite a talent in the Shadow

:22:20.:22:23.

Defence Secretary to insult Spitfire pilots and sub Mariner 's all in one

:22:24.:22:28.

go. Another week, another ltdicrous Labour position on defence. The last

:22:29.:22:34.

word should go to our right honourable member in Bridgend who

:22:35.:22:41.

tweeted, oh dear, oh dear, oh my God. Need to go to rest in `

:22:42.:22:44.

darkened room. I'm sure she will find the rest of her party will be

:22:45.:22:46.

there with her! At today's's select committde the

:22:47.:23:08.

Business Secretary confirmed the Government won't support thd EU

:23:09.:23:13.

commission in raising tariffs on dumped steel from countries like

:23:14.:23:17.

China. Why won't the UK Govdrnment stand up for UK steel? We h`ve

:23:18.:23:25.

repeatedly stood up for UK steel, including supporting taking

:23:26.:23:28.

anti-dumping measures in thd EU But that is not enough. We need to get

:23:29.:23:32.

behind public procurement for steel and that is what we are doing for

:23:33.:23:36.

them we need to get behind reducing energy bills for steel and that is

:23:37.:23:40.

what we're doing, we need to support communities like his own who have

:23:41.:23:43.

seem job losses, and that is exactly what we're doing. We recognhse what

:23:44.:23:50.

a vital part Britain's industrial case British Steel is that hs why we

:23:51.:23:56.

are backing it. Thank you Mr Speaker. Julian Assange is `ccused

:23:57.:24:02.

of rape and is on the run. Despite this, a United Nations panel nobody

:24:03.:24:07.

has ever heard of, declared last week that he has been arbitrarily

:24:08.:24:14.

detained and somehow deservhng of compensation. Does my right

:24:15.:24:17.

honourable friend agree with me that this was a nonsensical decision

:24:18.:24:23.

That Julian Assange sure turned himself over to the Swedish

:24:24.:24:27.

prosecutors and if anyone is deserving of compensation, ht is the

:24:28.:24:33.

British taxpayer, who has h`d to pay ?12 million to police his Ecuadorian

:24:34.:24:40.

hideout? My right honourabld friend is absolutely right. I think this

:24:41.:24:44.

was a ridiculous decision for you have a man ear with an outstanding

:24:45.:24:48.

allegation of rape against him. He barricaded himself into the

:24:49.:24:53.

Ecuadorian Embassy but clails he was arbitrarily detained. The only

:24:54.:24:56.

person who detained himself was himself. What he should do hs come

:24:57.:25:02.

out of that embassy and facd the arrest warrant against him. He is

:25:03.:25:06.

being asked to stand trial hn Sweden, a country with a fahr

:25:07.:25:10.

reputation for justice. He should bring to an end this whole sorry

:25:11.:25:18.

saga. Mike Weir. Women's aid groups have raised concerns that changes in

:25:19.:25:25.

social housing benefits may close many refuges. Can the Prime Minister

:25:26.:25:35.

exempt refuges from this? I said in a to questions from the opposition,

:25:36.:25:39.

we want to support supported housing projects. There are work in many of

:25:40.:25:42.

our constituencies and we h`ve seen how important they are. These

:25:43.:25:46.

changes we are talking about, about housing benefit, don't come into

:25:47.:25:50.

place until 2018. There is plenty of time to make sure that we stpport

:25:51.:25:56.

supported housing projects. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Next month Milton

:25:57.:26:00.

Keynes will host the first-dver National apprenticeship fair. We

:26:01.:26:03.

have a strong record in exp`nding apprenticeships. But is there not

:26:04.:26:08.

still a need for a cultural shift in careers advice, to show the

:26:09.:26:11.

high-level apprenticeships `re equally valid to university places?

:26:12.:26:18.

I think my honourable friend is absolutely right. The careers advice

:26:19.:26:21.

we need to give young peopld is that there is a choice for every school

:26:22.:26:26.

either, we hope, of either ` university place, because h`ve

:26:27.:26:29.

uncapped unit per universitx places or apprenticeships and we to explain

:26:30.:26:35.

if you become an apprentice, that doesn't rule out doing a degree or a

:26:36.:26:40.

degree level qualification later on, during your apprenticeship. The

:26:41.:26:44.

option of earning and learnhng is stronger in Britain today than it

:26:45.:26:48.

has ever been before. Thank you Mr Speaker. Does the Prime

:26:49.:26:58.

Minister agree that housing protects human rights of people in the United

:26:59.:27:01.

Kingdom and deserves full and careful consideration questhon that

:27:02.:27:06.

will he give an assurance that his repeal of the Human Rights @ct will

:27:07.:27:15.

not conflict with Scotland? We will very carefully all of these issues.

:27:16.:27:19.

I would say to the honourable lady and honourable members opposite the

:27:20.:27:23.

idea that there were no hum`n rights in Britain before the Human Rights

:27:24.:27:27.

Act is an absolutely ludicrous notion. This house has been a great

:27:28.:27:32.

Bastian and defender of hum`n rights, but we will look very

:27:33.:27:35.

carefully of the timing of `ny announcements we make. Mr Speaker I

:27:36.:27:46.

spent most of my working life in children's hospices, rely on

:27:47.:27:50.

donations from organisations like children in need, you have ` long

:27:51.:27:57.

association with the town of Pudsey. Would my right honourable friend

:27:58.:28:01.

join me and the people of Ptdsey in paying tribute to Sir Terry Wogan,

:28:02.:28:06.

who did so much to inspire lillions of pounds to be donated to these

:28:07.:28:09.

quarters question what I am very happy to do that. The honourable

:28:10.:28:14.

member representing his constituency, where Pudsey has such

:28:15.:28:17.

a connection is right to rahse this. I think Terry Wogan was one of the

:28:18.:28:21.

great icons of this country. Like many people in this house you felt

:28:22.:28:27.

you grew up with him, listening to him in the radio, in the cart or

:28:28.:28:31.

watching him present progralmes At many people's favourite was the

:28:32.:28:35.

Eurovision Song contest, whhch every year he brought such great humour

:28:36.:28:41.

too. I think we were all fans and he will be hugely missed and hhs work

:28:42.:28:44.

with children in need was particularly special. On Monday I

:28:45.:28:52.

attended the work and pensions tribunal appeal hearing for my

:28:53.:28:56.

constituent, a brave and inspiring woman whose dwarfism. Despite being

:28:57.:29:03.

able to climb staircases except on all fours she was awarded zdro

:29:04.:29:08.

disability points by her assessor can I asked the Prime Minister if he

:29:09.:29:15.

has if he has attended any tribunal hearings and if so if he fotnd the

:29:16.:29:22.

process fair dignified and compassion question what I `m happy

:29:23.:29:26.

to look into the Casey races. I have people coming to surgery with

:29:27.:29:32.

enquiries either about employment and support allowance or about

:29:33.:29:36.

disability living allowance. I have the experience having had a disabled

:29:37.:29:39.

son of filling out all the forms myself, and looking forward to the

:29:40.:29:43.

new system, which I think whth the proper medical check, will work out

:29:44.:29:46.

better. I have listened to these arguments but we have to have a

:29:47.:29:50.

system of adjudication which is independent of politicians. Growing

:29:51.:29:59.

up nearby I always knew I w`s nearly home when I saw the iconic cooling

:30:00.:30:04.

towers of the power stations on the horizon. On Monday the owners of the

:30:05.:30:09.

remaining power station announced its likely closure this sumler. Well

:30:10.:30:16.

my right honourable friend `sked the Secretary of State to meet with me

:30:17.:30:19.

and discuss further the Govdrnment's support that can be provided to the

:30:20.:30:24.

150 workers and the provisions that can be made to ensure the shte is

:30:25.:30:29.

redeveloped as quickly as possible? I will certainly arrange for that

:30:30.:30:33.

meeting to take place. We should thank everyone who has workdd at

:30:34.:30:37.

power stations that come to the end of their lives, for the work they

:30:38.:30:40.

have done to give us a lecttre city, to keep our lights on and otr

:30:41.:30:44.

economy moving. I think she is absolutely right. As coal powered

:30:45.:30:47.

power stations come to the dnd of their lives, we must make stre

:30:48.:30:51.

proper redevelopment takes place so we provide jobs for constittents

:30:52.:30:57.

like hers. The football supporters Federation is considering c`lling on

:30:58.:31:00.

fans to hold mass walk-outs, in order to get their voices hdard

:31:01.:31:04.

about the issue of ticket prices. Will the Prime Minister act, to give

:31:05.:31:09.

fans a place at the table in club boardrooms, in order that their

:31:10.:31:13.

voices can be heard when issues such as ticket prices are being

:31:14.:31:17.

discussed? I will look very carefully at the suggestion the

:31:18.:31:21.

honourable gentleman makes. I think there is a problem here, whdre some

:31:22.:31:26.

teams and some clubs put up prices very rapidly every year, evdn though

:31:27.:31:31.

so much of the money for football comes through the sponsorshhp and

:31:32.:31:34.

equipment and other sources. I will look very carefully at what he says.

:31:35.:31:40.

The vital debate and votes on the Trident successes submarine should

:31:41.:31:45.

have been held in the last parliament but was blocked by the

:31:46.:31:48.

Liberal Democrats. Given thd farm the Prime Minister had a few moments

:31:49.:31:54.

and go at the Labour Party 's expense over Trident's succdss, it

:31:55.:32:00.

must be tempting for him to put off the vote until the conference in

:32:01.:32:04.

October for, I urge him to do the statesman-like thing and hold that

:32:05.:32:07.

vote as soon as is of, becatse everyone is ready for it and

:32:08.:32:13.

everyone is expecting it. What we should do is have the vote when we

:32:14.:32:16.

need to have the vote, and that is exactly what we will do. No one

:32:17.:32:20.

should be in any doubt that this government is going to press ahead

:32:21.:32:24.

with all the decisions that are necessary to replace in full hour

:32:25.:32:28.

Trident is a Marines. I think the Labour Party should listen to Lord

:32:29.:32:32.

Hutton, who was their Defence Secretary for many years. Hd said,

:32:33.:32:36.

if Labour wants to retain any credibility on defence whatsoever it

:32:37.:32:40.

better recognise the abject futility of what its leadership is ctrrently

:32:41.:32:44.

proposing. I hope when that vote comes we will have support from

:32:45.:32:47.

right across this House of Commons. In light of today's's damning

:32:48.:32:53.

National Audit Office report on teacher shortages, will the Prime

:32:54.:32:57.

Minister take urgent steps to help schools such as those in my

:32:58.:33:01.

constituency to recruit and retain the best teachers, including

:33:02.:33:06.

extending the London weighthng to Harrow schools and other suburban

:33:07.:33:11.

schools question what we will look carefully at this report. There are

:33:12.:33:15.

13,100 more teachers in my schools than when I became per minister Our

:33:16.:33:19.

teachers are better qualifidd than ever before. People are shotting out

:33:20.:33:24.

about increased pupil numbers but they might be interested to know we

:33:25.:33:32.

have 40 7000 fewer tuple is in overcrowded schools because we put

:33:33.:33:35.

investment in where it was needed. But we do need schemes like teach

:33:36.:33:40.

first, like our national le`dership programme, that are getting some of

:33:41.:33:42.

the best teachers into the schools where they are most needed. My right

:33:43.:33:49.

honourable friend the Prime Minister deserves great credit for the

:33:50.:33:55.

results of the Syria replenhshment conference, which was held tnder his

:33:56.:34:02.

leadership in London. He will be aware this can only address the

:34:03.:34:07.

symptoms of the catastrophe and not the causes. What can he tell the

:34:08.:34:17.

House the government can do to make sure it reaches a speedy success

:34:18.:34:20.

question mark can I thank mx right honourable friend. It gives me the

:34:21.:34:26.

opportunity to thank my co-hosts the Norwegians, the Germans and whether

:34:27.:34:30.

Kuwait is on the Secretary General of the United Nations. We r`ised in

:34:31.:34:34.

one day more money than has ever been raised that one of these

:34:35.:34:37.

conferences ever in their hhstory, over $10 billion. I want to pay

:34:38.:34:41.

tribute to my right honourable friend, the secretary of st`te is a

:34:42.:34:49.

defeat he did a lot of work. It will help close and feed people `nd give

:34:50.:34:53.

them the medicine they need. We need a political solution and go on

:34:54.:34:56.

working with all our political partners to deliver this. It

:34:57.:34:59.

requires all countries, including Russia, to recognise the nedd for a

:35:00.:35:04.

moderate Sunni opposition to be at the table, to create a transitional

:35:05.:35:08.

authority in Syria. Without that, I feel we will end up with a situation

:35:09.:35:17.

where you have Assad in one corner and Daesh in the other. The worst

:35:18.:35:22.

outcome in terms of terrorism, refugees and the outcome of Syria. I

:35:23.:35:28.

am sure the Prime Minister hs looking forward to visiting Hull

:35:29.:35:32.

next year. As the UK's city of culture we are backed by many

:35:33.:35:37.

prestigious organisations lhke the BBC and RAC, but we can do luch

:35:38.:35:42.

better, to make this a real national celebration of culture. Will the

:35:43.:35:46.

Prime Minister join with me in urging the many London based

:35:47.:35:50.

National arts organisations to actually do their bit and contribute

:35:51.:35:55.

to the success? I think the honourable lady makes a verx

:35:56.:36:00.

important point, which is otr national cultural institutions have

:36:01.:36:04.

immense amount of works and prestige that they can bring out to regional

:36:05.:36:09.

Galleries and regional centres when there is a city -- culture dvent. I

:36:10.:36:18.

will enjoy visiting Hull Foster I know my right honourable frhend will

:36:19.:36:21.

want to join me in the city of Hull. It is a city of poets, home to

:36:22.:36:28.

Philip Larkin for many years, and of course, Stevie Smith. Somethmes one

:36:29.:36:32.

might want to contemplate what it's like waving and not drowning. The

:36:33.:36:39.

election for the chair of the environmental audit committde is now

:36:40.:36:45.

taking place in committee room 6. Voting will continue until 0:30pm.

:36:46.:36:52.

Also voting on a deferred dhvision is taking place in the no lobby

:36:53.:36:56.

This will continue until 2pl.

:36:57.:36:59.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS