:00:15. > :00:16.The house will be aware of the dreadful accident at Didcot
:00:17. > :00:21.power station, in which one died and three are missing and the whole
:00:22. > :00:25.House will want to send our condolences to the family
:00:26. > :00:27.and friends of the victim, and our best wishes to those
:00:28. > :00:32.I also want to pay tribute to the quick and incredibly brave
:00:33. > :00:34.actions of our emergency services, who dealt with the incident
:00:35. > :00:39.The Health and Safety Executive will carry out a full investigation
:00:40. > :00:44.This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues
:00:45. > :00:47.and others and in addition to my duties in this House,
:00:48. > :00:54.I shall have further such meetings later today.
:00:55. > :00:57.I would like to associate myself and the people of Wiltshire
:00:58. > :01:00.with the Prime Minister's sentiments on today's occurrence in Didcot.
:01:01. > :01:02.Wiltshire has successfully integrated a number of Syrian
:01:03. > :01:04.refugees already, including babies and children that would have
:01:05. > :01:12.otherwise frozen or starved to death in the camps.
:01:13. > :01:15.There has been a serious delay by the Home Office,
:01:16. > :01:17.despite Wiltshire's claims to have tried to introduce more
:01:18. > :01:23.Can the Prime Minister say what more he can do and can he look into it
:01:24. > :01:26.and also outline, what can we do to fulfil our moral duty
:01:27. > :01:34.Let me first pay tribute to Wiltshire Council and many
:01:35. > :01:37.councils up and down the country who have done a magnificent job
:01:38. > :01:40.in integrating and taking in Syrian refugees and their families,
:01:41. > :01:45.finding them homes and schools and, I hope in time,
:01:46. > :01:50.If you look at what has happened across Europe in terms
:01:51. > :01:53.of the relocation and resettlement programme, actually,
:01:54. > :01:57.Britain has done far better than any other country in terms
:01:58. > :02:00.of this sort of resettlement programme.
:02:01. > :02:02.We said 1,000 by Christmas and we have delivered
:02:03. > :02:06.My honourable friend asked what more we can do.
:02:07. > :02:10.First of all I will make sure she can meet with the Home Office
:02:11. > :02:15.to talk about how we can make sure this system works well,
:02:16. > :02:18.we will continue to invest in the Syrian refugee camps,
:02:19. > :02:22.not least with the $11 billion we raised at the landmark London
:02:23. > :02:25.conference, and we will continue to do what we can to deliver
:02:26. > :02:36.the 20,000 Syrian refugees we said we would take into our country.
:02:37. > :02:43.I want to echo the Prime Minister's tribute to all of the emergency
:02:44. > :02:46.services in dealing with the major incident in Didcot.
:02:47. > :02:49.Our thoughts are with the families of the person who died and those
:02:50. > :02:52.of the families of those who are missing and injured.
:02:53. > :02:56.We rely on our emergency services and we should always make sure
:02:57. > :03:02.The NHS staff survey published yesterday shows that nine out of ten
:03:03. > :03:08.junior doctors already work extra hours beyond their normal contract.
:03:09. > :03:12.The survey also showed falling morale amongst this
:03:13. > :03:16.What does the Prime Minister think the Health Secretary's veto
:03:17. > :03:19.of a deal and imposition of a contract will do
:03:20. > :03:25.The Health Secretary did not veto a deal.
:03:26. > :03:31.We have had, for four years, discussions about how important
:03:32. > :03:36.it is to have an NHS that works on a more seven-day basis.
:03:37. > :03:40.Let me pay tribute to the fact that so many in the NHS work so hard
:03:41. > :03:44.already at the weekends, but what matters is making sure
:03:45. > :03:50.And what I would say to junior doctors is that no junior doctor
:03:51. > :03:54.working legal hours will receive a pay cut, this contract will not
:03:55. > :03:57.impose longer hours - in fact has tougher safeguards
:03:58. > :04:01.to make sure it reduces the hours that are worked.
:04:02. > :04:04.We are not seeking to save money from the new contract,
:04:05. > :04:07.and nights and Saturday evenings and Sundays continue to attract
:04:08. > :04:12.This is a good deal from a government that is putting
:04:13. > :04:23.This dispute with the junior doctors has been on the basis
:04:24. > :04:28.of misrepresented research about weekend mortality.
:04:29. > :04:31.I will read the Prime Minister what the researchers themselves say,
:04:32. > :04:37.and I quote, it is not possible to ascertain the extent
:04:38. > :04:39.to which these excess deaths may be preventable.
:04:40. > :04:44.To assume and they are avoidable would be rash and misleading.
:04:45. > :04:47.Is the Prime Minister and his Health Secretary being rash
:04:48. > :04:54.Let me agree with the right honourable gentleman
:04:55. > :04:56.about something, which is, this dispute has been
:04:57. > :05:02.plagued by scaremongering and inaccurate statistics.
:05:03. > :05:07.The British Medical Association, in their first intervention,
:05:08. > :05:17.In fact, it was so untrue that they had to take their pay
:05:18. > :05:21.calculator off their website and they never put it back again.
:05:22. > :05:25.Let me answer very directly the question about excess deaths,
:05:26. > :05:30.the 6,000 figure for excess deaths was based on a question asked
:05:31. > :05:33.by the Health Secretary to Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical
:05:34. > :05:41.Now we have had time to go into these figures in more detail,
:05:42. > :05:47.The Health Secretary was indeed guilty - he was guilty
:05:48. > :05:53.The true figures for excess deaths at the weekend are 11,000
:05:54. > :05:57.So perhaps the right honourable gentleman will now
:05:58. > :06:03.withdraw his totally unjustified attack on the Health Secretary.
:06:04. > :06:09.Will he withdraw it now he knows the figures?
:06:10. > :06:18.It is worth reflecting for one moment, there is no dispute
:06:19. > :06:21.with the junior doctors in Scotland or in Wales
:06:22. > :06:24.because their governments have had the sense to reach an agreement
:06:25. > :06:33.He must also be aware that the vast majority of the public of England
:06:34. > :06:39.are on the side of the junior doctors, not the Secretary of State.
:06:40. > :06:42.But the situation actually gets worse.
:06:43. > :06:48.A Freedom of information request by the BBC today reveals that
:06:49. > :06:50.when asked for the source of the Health Secretary's
:06:51. > :06:54.statistics, civil servants in the Department of Health decided
:06:55. > :06:58.to - and I quote - offer up the most bland statement
:06:59. > :07:02.possible that would neither confirm nor contradict
:07:03. > :07:09.Isn't it time that the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary
:07:10. > :07:12.actually apologised for what they have done and correct
:07:13. > :07:15.these statements andm indeed, whule they are about it,
:07:16. > :07:20.reach an honourable settlement with the junior doctors?
:07:21. > :07:23.I think the best that can be said is that he wrote that question
:07:24. > :07:28.I have given the fullest possible description of how the figure
:07:29. > :07:32.for 6,000 excess deaths was arrived at, and now the true
:07:33. > :07:37.I know that there is no withdrawal of his accusation
:07:38. > :07:41.against the Health Secretary, even after he gets those figures.
:07:42. > :07:45.He says there is no dispute in Scotland and Wales
:07:46. > :07:49.The reason for that is that in Scotland and Wales they are not
:07:50. > :07:52.trying to create more of a seven-day NHS.
:07:53. > :07:57.That seven-day NHS was not only in our manifesto -
:07:58. > :08:01.because I want to make sure that hard-working people can access
:08:02. > :08:05.health services at an equal rate right through the week,
:08:06. > :08:08.because you don't just get ill in the weekdays -
:08:09. > :08:12.but also, if he reads his own party's report into their election
:08:13. > :08:16.defeat, they admit that the concept of a seven-day NHS was a very
:08:17. > :08:22.What I would say to him is, you can see in England
:08:23. > :08:26.we are putting ?10 billion more into the NHS, we have
:08:27. > :08:29.10,000 more doctors, 10,000 more nurses,
:08:30. > :08:32.we are treating more patients, we now have a settlement of the GP
:08:33. > :08:36.contract, we have a settlement now of the junior doctors contract,
:08:37. > :08:40.we are building a strong NHS for patients, and that's
:08:41. > :08:53.We all want a strong and successful NHS.
:08:54. > :08:56.You don't achieve that by provoking industrial action,
:08:57. > :09:01.misrepresenting research, or failing to get a grip on the cost
:09:02. > :09:06.of agency staff in the NHS which now amounts to ?4 billion.
:09:07. > :09:10.Indeed, in the Prime Minister's own local NHS Trust,
:09:11. > :09:15.it has overspent on staffing costs by ?11 million this year,
:09:16. > :09:19.yet has spent ?30 million on agency staff.
:09:20. > :09:23.Will the chair of the Oxford anti-austerity campaign,
:09:24. > :09:28.writing another letter to himself, asking his local...
:09:29. > :09:31.On behalf of his constituents for the Health Secretary
:09:32. > :09:36.to intervene and support his local NHS?
:09:37. > :09:39.I am very proud of the NHS in Oxfordshire and everyone
:09:40. > :09:42.who works in it and, having met recently with the head
:09:43. > :09:45.of the Oxford Radcliffe trust, I know that he supports this move
:09:46. > :09:55.My mother would look across the dispatch box and say,
:09:56. > :09:59.put on a proper suit, do up your tie, and sing
:10:00. > :10:40.If we are talking of motherly advice, my late mother would have
:10:41. > :10:43.said, stand up for the principle of a health service free
:10:44. > :10:53.Because that is what she dedicated her life to,
:10:54. > :11:02.We are three quarters of the way passed into this financial year,
:11:03. > :11:08.the NHS deficit is already ?2.26 billion.
:11:09. > :11:13.53% of NHS Trust finance directors say that the quality of care
:11:14. > :11:17.in their local area has worsened in this year.
:11:18. > :11:23.What will the deficit be by the end of next month?
:11:24. > :11:25.We will get deficits down because we are clamping down
:11:26. > :11:30.on the staffing agencies, on expensive management consultants,
:11:31. > :11:33.and introducing better public procurement.
:11:34. > :11:36.The honourable gentleman has to recognise this -
:11:37. > :11:41.we said we would back the Simon Stevens plan which means
:11:42. > :11:44.that at least 8 billion more into the NHS, although we put
:11:45. > :11:48.At the last election and subsequently, Labour have
:11:49. > :11:55.And when you look at the NHS today, my mother is equally proud
:11:56. > :12:01.And I know she would be pleased to know 1.9 million more people go
:12:02. > :12:06.to A, 1.6 million more operations, 10,700 more doctors,
:12:07. > :12:14.And if Nye Bevan was here today he would want a seven-day NHS
:12:15. > :12:18.because he knew the NHS was for patients up
:12:19. > :12:27.Nye Bevan would be turning in his grave if he could hear
:12:28. > :12:30.the Prime Minister's attitude towards the NHS.
:12:31. > :12:34.He was a man with vision, he was a man with vision who wanted
:12:35. > :12:37.a health service for the good of all.
:12:38. > :12:41.I tell you, our health service is run by brilliant people,
:12:42. > :12:45.brilliant doctors, brilliant nurses, brilliant staff.
:12:46. > :12:49.But I have got a question for the Prime Minister from one
:12:50. > :12:55.His name is Ashraf and he sent me a question saying this.
:12:56. > :12:59.As a doctor, I know full well the stresses on the NHS
:13:00. > :13:06.We already have a seven-day emergency service.
:13:07. > :13:10.How does increasing elective work improve safety at the weekend?
:13:11. > :13:15.If a truly seven-day NHS is wanted, we need more nurses,
:13:16. > :13:19.more admin staff, more porters, radiographers, physios -
:13:20. > :13:26.Will the Prime Minister now today commit to publishing the Department
:13:27. > :13:33.of Health's analysis of the real cost of introducing a seven-day NHS?
:13:34. > :13:36.And will he be prepared to pay for it, rather than picking a fight
:13:37. > :13:42.with the junior doctors who want to deliver it?
:13:43. > :13:46.What is not clear is whether or not Labour support a seven-day
:13:47. > :13:52.We do support a seven-day NHS and that is why we are putting
:13:53. > :13:55.in the ?10 billion, why we are putting in 10,000 more
:13:56. > :13:58.putting in 11,000 more nurses and crucially,
:13:59. > :14:02.yes, that is why we are looking at the contracts in the NHS to make
:14:03. > :14:05.sure it can work on a more seven-day basis.
:14:06. > :14:09.You can go to hospitals today in our country,
:14:10. > :14:12.like the Salford Royal in the north-west of England,
:14:13. > :14:17.operating on a seven-day basis within the existing budgets.
:14:18. > :14:20.This is good because they are using all their equipment on a seven-day
:14:21. > :14:24.basis, carrying out consultations seven days of the week,
:14:25. > :14:27.they carry out some operations seven days a week.
:14:28. > :14:29.That is good for the hospital, good for the staff working
:14:30. > :14:33.in it and, above all, good for patients.
:14:34. > :14:35.We don't just get ill on Monday to Friday.
:14:36. > :14:45.We've got world-class people working in our NHS,
:14:46. > :14:49.and together we are going to build that seven-day NHS.
:14:50. > :14:59.With such a large number of schools in Brecon and Radnorshire facing
:15:00. > :15:03.what can my right honourable friend do
:15:04. > :15:06.to encourage the Welsh Assembly to convert state schools
:15:07. > :15:13.in order that my constituents can benefit
:15:14. > :15:15.from the improvements to education that English pupils are
:15:16. > :15:19.seeing and hopefully save these excellent schools from closure?
:15:20. > :15:22.The issue of education is devolved in Wales -
:15:23. > :15:25.it's a responsibility for the Welsh Assembly Government.
:15:26. > :15:28.But I would urge them to focus that a good education
:15:29. > :15:31.depends not only on a finance, which is there, because of the way
:15:32. > :15:34.the Barnett formula works and because of the decisions
:15:35. > :15:39.we've taken about funding NHS in England, it also requires high
:15:40. > :15:44.and the publication of league tables so people can see how their children
:15:45. > :15:47.are doing, and crucially it requires these structural reforms.
:15:48. > :15:50.Free Schools, academies, introducing some diversity,
:15:51. > :15:54.some competition, and getting organisations that are passionate
:15:55. > :16:00.about education to provide state education.
:16:01. > :16:02.We want all the best organisations in there,
:16:03. > :16:05.providing the best education for our children.
:16:06. > :16:09.May I begin by associating the Scottish National Party
:16:10. > :16:11.with the comments of the Prime Minister and the leader
:16:12. > :16:14.of the Labour Party in relation to the tragedy in Didcot.
:16:15. > :16:18.Our thoughts are with all of those who have been affected.
:16:19. > :16:20.Will the Prime Minister congratulate the Scottish Government
:16:21. > :16:23.and his own colleagues who secured a deal on financial arrangements
:16:24. > :16:26.for the next phase of Scottish devolution?
:16:27. > :16:30.The Treasury position initially endangered ?7 billion of public
:16:31. > :16:35.At the beginning of this week, that was reduced to ?3 billion.
:16:36. > :16:37.Yesterday morning, it was ?2.5 billion.
:16:38. > :16:40.What changed the mind of the Treasury and helped them
:16:41. > :16:45.agree to a deal that will make Scotland no worse off?
:16:46. > :16:47.Well, let me agree with the Right honourable gentleman,
:16:48. > :16:54.It is an excellent deal for Scotland but it is also an excellent deal
:16:55. > :16:59.For those of us who want to keep the UK together, what we've just
:17:00. > :17:02.demonstrated is that you can have full-on devolution with a powerhouse
:17:03. > :17:06.parliament, with a fair fiscal settlement, inside the UK
:17:07. > :17:08.and I think that is something to be celebrated.
:17:09. > :17:11.Now we are going to move to a situation where
:17:12. > :17:13.the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament
:17:14. > :17:16.will have to start talking about policies and decisions
:17:17. > :17:21.But I'm happy that the negotiations went as they did.
:17:22. > :17:24.I'm happy we have a good outcome and I'm happy that Lord Smith,
:17:25. > :17:28.who was responsible for so much of this work, without a statement
:17:29. > :17:40.saying this delivers Smith and the principles in full.
:17:41. > :17:46.So no more grievance, no more fussing about process,
:17:47. > :17:47.no more arguments about the arrangements.
:17:48. > :17:51.We're indebted to Scotland's Finance Secretary, John Swinney,
:17:52. > :17:54.and to Nicola Sturgeon for securing a no-detriment deal for Scotland.
:17:55. > :17:57.The Prime Minister is right that all parties will have to lay
:17:58. > :17:59.out their plans in advance of the May elections
:18:00. > :18:04.so could he answer this question - is it actually true that in this
:18:05. > :18:07.time of austerity, his party, the Conservative Party,
:18:08. > :18:12.is planning tax cuts for high earners in Scotland?
:18:13. > :18:16.It will be Ruth Davidson, who is the only proper opposition
:18:17. > :18:19.figure in Scotland, who will be setting out the plans.
:18:20. > :18:23.If you are worried in Scotland about having a bit of a one-party
:18:24. > :18:27.state and a lack of accountability, if you think that the Labour Party
:18:28. > :18:30.in Scotland has lost its way, there is only one choice
:18:31. > :18:36.I think there are opportunities to cut taxes, there are opportunities
:18:37. > :18:40.to sharpen incentives, there are opportunities to attract
:18:41. > :18:50.businesses and people into Scotland and I'm sure that Ruth will be
:18:51. > :18:52.making those arguments and whatever she decides,
:18:53. > :18:58.she'll have my full and unequivocal support.
:18:59. > :19:01.A recent survey undertaken by Blaby District Council showed
:19:02. > :19:06.that 96% of the 1000 100 residents survey were satisfied
:19:07. > :19:13.Would my right honourable friend join me in paying tribute
:19:14. > :19:16.to the leader of the council, Conservative leader
:19:17. > :19:20.Terry Richardson, his councillor colleagues and all the officers
:19:21. > :19:23.in Blaby District Council who, whilst making savings that
:19:24. > :19:27.are necessary, are continuing to deliver a first-class service
:19:28. > :19:33.to the residents of South Leicestershire?
:19:34. > :19:36.I'm happy to join my honourable friend in doing that but he does
:19:37. > :19:39.make, I think, an important point which is, yes,
:19:40. > :19:42.we had to make difficult spending decisions, not least over the last
:19:43. > :19:44.five years, but satisfaction with local government services
:19:45. > :19:47.actually went up and I think this proves a larger point,
:19:48. > :19:51.which is you can reduce spending levels, find efficiencies
:19:52. > :19:56.and provide better services at the same time.
:19:57. > :20:02.My constituent Frank is on long-term sick leave due to severe depression
:20:03. > :20:07.but he is no longer entitled to sick pay, He was turned down for ESA
:20:08. > :20:11.and cannot claim JSA due to his job being kept open for him.
:20:12. > :20:15.He cannot leave his highly skilled job as a chef due to the threat
:20:16. > :20:19.of punitive sanctions, leaving him with no income.
:20:20. > :20:22.Will the Prime Minister look at this case specifically but also the wider
:20:23. > :20:26.issue of people with mental health issues who are unable to work
:20:27. > :20:32.I'm very happy to look at the individual case
:20:33. > :20:35.because the way our benefits system should work is clear,
:20:36. > :20:39.that if you are unable to work but, with help, could work,
:20:40. > :20:42.you should go on to employment and support allowance
:20:43. > :20:45.on the work-related activity group and get that help.
:20:46. > :20:48.If you are unable to work, you go onto the support group,
:20:49. > :20:51.It's not means-tested or time-limited.
:20:52. > :20:55.For people who have mental health issues and difficulties you have got
:20:56. > :20:58.the new personal independence payment system, which can address
:20:59. > :21:02.So quite rightly for a generous and compassionate country,
:21:03. > :21:05.we have a benefit system that supports those who cannot work
:21:06. > :21:11.while making sure that those who can work are encouraged to do so.
:21:12. > :21:21.It's fantastic news that unemployment in my constituency has
:21:22. > :21:25.However, I'm committed to helping even more residents back into work
:21:26. > :21:29.as we work towards our target of full employment.
:21:30. > :21:33.That is why on March 18th I will be holding a community and jobs fair,
:21:34. > :21:35.being together employers and the voluntary sector,
:21:36. > :21:39.for residents to find out the many ways they can get suitable
:21:40. > :21:42.employment and support from charities.
:21:43. > :21:45.I would like to invite the Prime Minister to come along
:21:46. > :21:48.to this event and see for himself the resourcefulness
:21:49. > :21:55.Let me thank my honourable friend and I'm sure I'll be doing a lot
:21:56. > :21:58.of touring the country in the weeks to come and perhaps a visit
:21:59. > :22:00.to the constituency would be worthwhile.
:22:01. > :22:04.We have now a much lower unemployment rate, our rate of just
:22:05. > :22:08.above 5% is one of the lowest in Europe but even at that rate,
:22:09. > :22:11.there is still much more to be done to match the jobs that
:22:12. > :22:21.are being created to the people that want to work and job says
:22:22. > :22:25.and apprenticeships and training programmes are absolutely
:22:26. > :22:28.essential so that we deliver on what we promised,
:22:29. > :22:32.The Prime Minister likes to go on about the importance of returning
:22:33. > :22:36.Can I remind the Prime Minister that on the 7th of January,
:22:37. > :22:39.we debated the issue of women's state pension and the fact that
:22:40. > :22:41.women are being discriminated by the state pension increase?
:22:42. > :22:44.The house decided by 158-0 and asked the government to mitigate
:22:45. > :22:50.Why has the government not respected the sovereignty of the vote of this
:22:51. > :22:55.I would argue very strongly we are not discriminating
:22:56. > :22:59.What we are making sure is that there is an equal age
:23:00. > :23:02.of retirement and that's right and to women who have been
:23:03. > :23:06.discriminated against in the pension system in the past, the single tier
:23:07. > :23:09.pension means many more will be retiring with a full pension
:23:10. > :23:12.and as they do so, they have the triple lock of knowing
:23:13. > :23:16.pensions will always go up by wages, prices or 2.5%,
:23:17. > :23:22.That's why pensioner poverty is at a record low and that's why
:23:23. > :23:25.pensioners know they can live in security and dignity
:23:26. > :23:32.South Thanet lags behind much of the south-east
:23:33. > :23:39.I've launched a new body locally, the Ramsgate Regeneration Alliance,
:23:40. > :23:43.that brings together businesses and community groups.
:23:44. > :23:46.Can I invite my right honourable friend and the Coastal Communities
:23:47. > :23:50.Minister to this gem on our doorstep to see for themselves what it
:23:51. > :23:58.I'm very happy to put Ramsgate on my tour list for the coming
:23:59. > :24:02.months and we all remember the historic battle that he fought
:24:03. > :24:07.We have set up the Coastal Communities Fund.
:24:08. > :24:10.We have a dedicated minister in the government to try to help
:24:11. > :24:13.coastal communities and I will make sure that officials from his
:24:14. > :24:16.department meet with this new alliance and look
:24:17. > :24:22.at the Ramsgate coastal community team and what they can do to help.
:24:23. > :24:25.For two years my constituents and I campaigned against development
:24:26. > :24:32.The local council has listened and rejected the plans but then
:24:33. > :24:35.the Conservative Minister for Local Government called
:24:36. > :24:38.in the decision and overturned the wishes of the community,
:24:39. > :24:43.showing utter disrespect for local democracy.
:24:44. > :24:46.The Prime Minister preaches localism but will he finally admit
:24:47. > :24:50.that his government only believes in the devolution of blame for cuts,
:24:51. > :24:56.not the devolution of actual power for local communities?
:24:57. > :25:00.We have a long-standing system for local planning but also
:25:01. > :25:04.being able to call in decisions and that operated all the time under
:25:05. > :25:09.If anything, our local planning system is actually putting more
:25:10. > :25:11.power in the hands of local people because once they've
:25:12. > :25:16.completed their local plan, it is then much easier to say yes
:25:17. > :25:19.to developments that are within that plan and no to developments
:25:20. > :25:28.Last Friday I made separate visits to three families,
:25:29. > :25:32.all of whom have a child suffering from acute mental health
:25:33. > :25:34.difficulties, which the families felt had not been adequately
:25:35. > :25:38.assessed at the early stages by CAMS.
:25:39. > :25:40.Colleagues from across the chamber will be all too familiar
:25:41. > :25:44.I welcome the Prime Minister's recent commitment to reform mental
:25:45. > :25:50.Can I ask him to consider reviewing the provision of initial stage
:25:51. > :25:54.treatment and ask that he continues to be the champion for these
:25:55. > :26:00.Let me thank my honourable friend for his question.
:26:01. > :26:04.He is right that children and young people's mental health is a priority
:26:05. > :26:09.We can all agree across this house this is not an area that has had
:26:10. > :26:18.adequate attention or investment the many years.
:26:19. > :26:22.I would highlight particularly the problems of psychosis,
:26:23. > :26:25.sometimes caused by drug use, I would also raise the huge problem
:26:26. > :26:27.of eating disorders, where we see a rapid increase
:26:28. > :26:31.We have come a long way in increasing the number of talking
:26:32. > :26:34.therapies, something like 740,000 more people are accessing those
:26:35. > :26:36.therapies than when this government came to office but we recognise
:26:37. > :26:39.there is more to be done and that's why we are investing ?1.4 billion
:26:40. > :26:42.in systemwide transformation across children's and adolescents'
:26:43. > :26:52.Last week, ScottishPower refused to attend and evidence session
:26:53. > :26:56.with the cashback APPG where crucial evidence was uncovered.
:26:57. > :26:58.As a former litigator I am mightily convinced that over 2,000
:26:59. > :27:02.by constituents and over half a million people in the UK are owed
:27:03. > :27:14.people perceive the cash that they were promised
:27:15. > :27:29.I'm glad the honourable gentleman has raised this because it has been
:27:30. > :27:31.raised on previous occasions by the honourable member
:27:32. > :27:34.for Aberconwy and I know the cross-party group has done some
:27:35. > :27:36.Any alleged wrongdoing should be fully investigated.
:27:37. > :27:39.Ofgem can impose fines if they find companies have breached
:27:40. > :27:42.their licence and I'm very happy to arrange for a meeting between him
:27:43. > :27:44.and other members of the all-party group with relevant ministers
:27:45. > :27:52.Does my right honourable friend agree with me that with the Nato
:27:53. > :27:55.summit in Warsaw pending, with the threat of expansionism
:27:56. > :28:00.from Putin's Russia and the threat from Daesh, we are right in this
:28:01. > :28:05.government to support 2% of our GDP towards defence?
:28:06. > :28:07.Isn't he shocked at the failure of the party opposite
:28:08. > :28:16.He makes an important point which is that we do face an insecure
:28:17. > :28:19.and unstable world, particularly with what Putin has done
:28:20. > :28:22.in the Ukraine, particularly with what we see in Syria and that's
:28:23. > :28:27.why I think 2% spending on defence and making sure we renew our nuclear
:28:28. > :28:31.To be fair to the Labour Party, they have got an answer.
:28:32. > :28:35.They are not going to spend 2%, they are not going to renew our
:28:36. > :28:38.Trident submarines, but they've come up with a brilliant answer.
:28:39. > :28:40.They are bringing back as their spokesman and spin
:28:41. > :28:48.Six months after saying - and this is the Leader
:28:49. > :28:50.of the Opposition - we could win in 2020,
:28:51. > :28:53.but only if we spent the next five years building this movement
:28:54. > :28:56.and putting forward a vision for the kind of politics,
:28:57. > :29:00.Six months on, Damian McBride is back.
:29:01. > :29:40.Last week I visited Palestine along with several of my honourable
:29:41. > :29:45.friends, where we visited the home of Nora and her family,
:29:46. > :29:51.who have lived in the old city of East Jerusalem since 1953.
:29:52. > :29:55.However, Israeli settlers are now trying to force Nora from her home
:29:56. > :30:01.of over 60 years, and there are many other cases.
:30:02. > :30:03.Does the Prime Minister agree with me that illegal settlements
:30:04. > :30:09.and constructions are a major roadblock that hinder peaceful
:30:10. > :30:14.negotiations, and what is this government doing to help prevent
:30:15. > :30:22.the infringement into Palestinian lives and land?
:30:23. > :30:25.Let me say, I think the question the honourable gentleman raises
:30:26. > :30:30.I am well known as being a strong friend of Israel but I have to say,
:30:31. > :30:34.the first time I visited Jerusalem and had a proper tour around that
:30:35. > :30:36.wonderful city and saw what has happened with the effective
:30:37. > :30:42.encirclement of East Jerusalem, it is genuinely shocking.
:30:43. > :30:46.What this government has consistently done is saying
:30:47. > :30:48.we are supporters of Israel but we do not support
:30:49. > :30:51.illegal settlements, do not support what is happening
:30:52. > :30:54.in East Jerusalem and it is very important that this capital city
:30:55. > :31:04.is maintained in the way it was in the past.
:31:05. > :31:09.One of my constituents, Alex Bagnall, is fighting
:31:10. > :31:12.to have his son brought back to the UK after he was taken
:31:13. > :31:16.to Poland by the mother illegally, as per the Hague treaty.
:31:17. > :31:27.Will the Prime Minister outline what representations,
:31:28. > :31:34.are being made to the EU and Polish authorities with regard to the Hague
:31:35. > :31:37.convention in order to help British families with the safe return
:31:38. > :31:39.of their abducted children, to offer hope to devastated families
:31:40. > :31:43.My honourable friend is right to raise a case like this and sadly
:31:44. > :31:46.there are far too many of them in our country.
:31:47. > :31:48.The straight answer is that the return decision
:31:49. > :31:50.is for the Polish court, and governments can't interfere
:31:51. > :31:52.in the decisions or processes of another country's justice system,
:31:53. > :31:55.but we do have the international child abduction and contact unit
:31:56. > :31:58.They've been in constant touch with Mr Bagnall,
:31:59. > :32:01.they are processing his paperwork, chasing their counterparts in Poland
:32:02. > :32:04.for information, and I will make sure the Foreign Secretary is aware
:32:05. > :32:06.of this case and does everything he can to help her
:32:07. > :32:18.Oil and gas has contributed over ?300 billion to Treasury coffers.
:32:19. > :32:20.The Scottish Government, trade unions and Oil Gas UK
:32:21. > :32:23.are calling for reductions to the headline rate of tax
:32:24. > :32:25.to support the industry in its hour of need.
:32:26. > :32:27.Yet instead of the so-called broad shoulders of the UK,
:32:28. > :32:30.what we see sloping shoulders of the Prime Minister repeatedly
:32:31. > :32:37.Will he commit to reduce the tax level of oil and gas and support
:32:38. > :32:43.What I would say to the honourable gentleman is, first of all,
:32:44. > :32:46.in the Budget last year, we reduced the burden of tax on oil
:32:47. > :32:50.and gas - something we were able to do because of the broad shoulders
:32:51. > :32:56.And now let us examine what has happened since that time.
:32:57. > :33:03.If there weren't the broad shoulders of the UK Government -
:33:04. > :33:08.if instead this was a genuinely fiscally independent Scotland -
:33:09. > :33:11.there would be a massive black hole in your budget.
:33:12. > :33:14.You would be cutting welfare, you would be cutting spending,
:33:15. > :33:17.you would be putting up taxes, you would be facing
:33:18. > :33:33.Every week, two women are killed in England and Wales by a current
:33:34. > :33:39.The question is not "Why doesn't she leave?"
:33:40. > :33:45.The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner is piloting a programme
:33:46. > :33:49.called Drive, which aims to change the behaviour of offenders.
:33:50. > :33:52.It is part of his new strategy to tackle violence against
:33:53. > :33:57.Will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating Katy Bourne
:33:58. > :34:02.for tackling domestic violence across Sussex?
:34:03. > :34:04.My honourable friend is right to raise this.
:34:05. > :34:07.We have got better at tackling the crime of domestic violence,
:34:08. > :34:10.but there is still so much more to do.
:34:11. > :34:13.I think Katy Bourne, who I know, does an excellent job as the Police
:34:14. > :34:18.I think this is a good example of the sort of thing that Police
:34:19. > :34:19.and Crime Commissioners, with their higher profile
:34:20. > :34:23.than police authorities ever had, can give a real lead on,
:34:24. > :34:26.and I would urge others around the country to do exactly that.
:34:27. > :34:29.We also need to make sure we are policing
:34:30. > :34:36.But I think PCCs like Katy Bourne can help lead the way.
:34:37. > :34:38.As the Prime Minister knows, resources were ring fenced
:34:39. > :34:42.following the fresh start agreement in November to help Northern Ireland
:34:43. > :34:48.Will the Prime Minister consider releasing some of that money,
:34:49. > :34:50.as has been hinted at by the Secretary of State,
:34:51. > :34:53.to help the Police Service of Northern Ireland as they face
:34:54. > :34:56.increasing pressures in front-line policing,
:34:57. > :34:59.and will he take the opportunity to reaffirm that there will be no
:35:00. > :35:02.rewriting of the past in Northern Ireland to legitimised
:35:03. > :35:07.terrorism or to promote a pernicious narrative that is about making
:35:08. > :35:12.equivalent the security forces and terrorism?
:35:13. > :35:16.What I say is that the fresh start agreement was a good agreement
:35:17. > :35:19.and an important part of it was dealing with these legacy
:35:20. > :35:21.cases and making sure they were dealt with more quickly.
:35:22. > :35:25.To me, it's always been about trying to heal the hurt of the legacy
:35:26. > :35:28.cases, rather than trying to write new narratives.
:35:29. > :35:31.I'll look carefully at what he says about resources because we need
:35:32. > :35:35.to make sure that the policing of Northern Ireland continues to be
:35:36. > :35:37.properly resourced, not least because we still face
:35:38. > :35:46.The United Kingdom endorses the code of good practice on referendums,
:35:47. > :35:51.published by the European Commission for Democracy through Law.
:35:52. > :35:56.It says equality of opportunity must be guaranteed for the supporters
:35:57. > :36:00.and opponents of the proposal being voted on, and equality must be
:36:01. > :36:07.ensured in terms of public subsidies and other forms of backing.
:36:08. > :36:10.Yesterday, Sir Jeremy Heywood sent a letter around the department
:36:11. > :36:15.preventing ministers from having access to civil service briefing.
:36:16. > :36:18.Can the Prime Minister check whether that letter was compatible
:36:19. > :36:25.I'm very happy with the letter that was sent out for this reason,
:36:26. > :36:29.which is that the government has a position on this issue.
:36:30. > :36:32.The government's position is that we would be better off
:36:33. > :36:37.Ministers are able to depart from that position and campaign
:36:38. > :36:44.It is right in terms of how we go about it,
:36:45. > :36:47.but it does not mean the government is neutral.
:36:48. > :36:48.It doesn't mean the civil service is neutral.
:36:49. > :36:52.The government has a policy, from which people can depart.
:36:53. > :36:55.As for the funding of the referendum campaign, we now have very clear
:36:56. > :36:58.laws in place and rules in place and the Electoral Commission to make
:36:59. > :37:02.sure that both campaigns are funded properly,
:37:03. > :37:11.and I think that is good for our democracy.