:00:00. > :00:00.encourage people into Dublin and the North of Ireland, and look forward
:00:00. > :00:07.to capitalising on the next series of Game Of Thrones. Questions to the
:00:08. > :00:24.Prime Minister. Mr Speaker, this morning, I had
:00:25. > :00:27.meetings with ministerial colleagues and in addition to my duties today,
:00:28. > :00:36.I shall have further such meetings this morning. -- today. On her 21st
:00:37. > :00:41.birthday in 1947, a young woman declared her whole life, whether
:00:42. > :00:46.long or short, would be dedicated to the service of our nation. Nobody,
:00:47. > :00:50.Mr Speaker, could possibly argue that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
:00:51. > :00:56.has done anything other than fulfil her promise to the nation with
:00:57. > :01:01.dignity and grace. People across the country will be marking the Queen's
:01:02. > :01:03.90th birthday tomorrow in many different ways, many honourable and
:01:04. > :01:10.right Honourable members will have joined the WRI in the four the Queen
:01:11. > :01:14.initiative, tidying the neighbourhoods, some will be raising
:01:15. > :01:19.a small glass and many will be having a proper knees up. So when
:01:20. > :01:27.the Prime Minister next has an audience with the Queen, will he
:01:28. > :01:34.pass on my best wishes and those... And those of the whole house. To our
:01:35. > :01:43.remarkable monitor, and long may she rain.
:01:44. > :01:47.CHEERING. I'm very glad my honourable friend
:01:48. > :01:52.has raised this, I will certainly pass on his best wishes and best
:01:53. > :01:55.wishes from right across Yorkshire. Tomorrow is an important landmark,
:01:56. > :01:58.not only for Her Majesty the Queen but also for the country and
:01:59. > :02:04.Commonwealth as a whole. She has served our nation with such dignity,
:02:05. > :02:07.with such ability for so many years, 64 years on the throne and I think
:02:08. > :02:12.it is right we will have the opportunity in the House tomorrow to
:02:13. > :02:15.pay tribute to what she has done and I know the whole country and the
:02:16. > :02:24.whole house will want to join me in saying, long may she reign over us.
:02:25. > :02:28.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I am also
:02:29. > :02:36.looking forward to wishing her a happy birthday tomorrow. But until
:02:37. > :02:43.then, Mr Speaker, until then, could the Prime Minister explain why he is
:02:44. > :02:49.intent on forcing good and outstanding schools to become
:02:50. > :02:53.academies against the wishes of teachers are parents, school
:02:54. > :02:58.governors and local councils? The short answer is because we want
:02:59. > :03:03.schools to be run by head teachers and teachers and not by bureaucrats,
:03:04. > :03:08.that is why we support the policy. But we also support it because of
:03:09. > :03:13.the clear evidence of academies. If you look at converter academies, 88%
:03:14. > :03:18.of them are either good or outstanding and you look at schools
:03:19. > :03:23.started by academies, they see a 10% improvement on average over the
:03:24. > :03:28.first two years. The results are better, education is improving, I
:03:29. > :03:31.say let's complete the work. Mr Speaker, he hasn't managed to
:03:32. > :03:36.convince the former chair of the Education Select Committee, his
:03:37. > :03:41.friend the Member for Beverly Ann Holderness, who said, "Current
:03:42. > :03:46.evidence does not approve that academies raise standards overall or
:03:47. > :03:50.for disadvantaged children." Why is the Prime Minister ignoring evidence
:03:51. > :03:56.of select committee chairs and so many others on this issue? The
:03:57. > :04:02.results speak for themselves. Under this Government, there are 1.4
:04:03. > :04:07.million more pupils in good or outstanding schools, but let me take
:04:08. > :04:10.him to a school near where he lives. Let's try the downhills primary
:04:11. > :04:15.school not far from his constituency. It was in special
:04:16. > :04:19.measures, taken over by an academy and two years later, it was a good
:04:20. > :04:23.school, so the question I would put to the Leader of the Opposition and
:04:24. > :04:30.indeed so many other MPs opposite, why do you want to stand on a picket
:04:31. > :04:39.line under a banner saying "Save our failing schools"? Mr Speaker, as he
:04:40. > :04:44.well knows, every teacher, parent, pupil wants the best they can get
:04:45. > :04:47.for their schools and they want a good education system. What many are
:04:48. > :04:53.concerned about is this top-down reorganisation. If he won't listen
:04:54. > :04:56.to the former chair of the Education Select Committee, will he listened
:04:57. > :05:02.to his friend the Member for Colchester, who said this, "If a
:05:03. > :05:07.school is well governed, well-run and performing well, it should be
:05:08. > :05:12.left alone and allowed to do its job." Can the Prime Minister explain
:05:13. > :05:16.why good school leaders should focus their time and resources not on
:05:17. > :05:22.educating children but on arbitrary changes imposed from above? Let me
:05:23. > :05:27.make two points on the specific issue he raises. I would say to
:05:28. > :05:31.outstanding or to good schools, they have nothing to fear from becoming
:05:32. > :05:36.academies, but a huge amount to gain. The truth is, even about
:05:37. > :05:41.outstanding or good schools, we want them to be even better and the truth
:05:42. > :05:45.is academies and greater independence, letting headteachers
:05:46. > :05:50.run their schools, has been hugely effective and actually, this is
:05:51. > :05:53.something started by the Labour Government, given rocket boosters
:05:54. > :05:56.under this Government. We have seen massive improvements in our schools
:05:57. > :06:00.because of academies and we say let's get on with it, finished the
:06:01. > :06:07.job and give all of our children are great opportunity. Mr Speaker, I'm
:06:08. > :06:12.sure the Prime Minister is aware of the views of people in Oxfordshire
:06:13. > :06:18.on this issue. Councillor Tilly, the Conservative Cabinet member for
:06:19. > :06:28.education in his own county, said, "I am fed up with the from above",
:06:29. > :06:33."Saying you will do this and you won't do that." He claims to be an
:06:34. > :06:36.advocate of devolution so is he not concerned about criticisms from the
:06:37. > :06:39.Member for altering the sale West who says there is little
:06:40. > :06:44.accountability or parental involvement. Can't the Prime
:06:45. > :06:48.Minister understand the anger so many people feel just being imposed
:06:49. > :06:54.on them, a system they don't want on what of often already very good or
:06:55. > :06:58.outstanding schools? It is always good to get a lecture McDevitt
:06:59. > :07:06.lecture on diktats from somebody who's press secretary is an avowed
:07:07. > :07:09.Stalinist. The truth is, creating academies is true devolution because
:07:10. > :07:15.you are putting the power in the hands of the headteachers and the
:07:16. > :07:20.teachers. And of course you will find people in local Government who
:07:21. > :07:24.want to keep things exactly as they are, but the truth is, one of the
:07:25. > :07:30.reasons I so strongly supported academies is that when they fail,
:07:31. > :07:33.they are intervened on so much faster. Local authority schools are
:07:34. > :07:40.often left to fail, year after year after year. I think one year of a
:07:41. > :07:43.failing school is one year to many, so let's encourage academies, let's
:07:44. > :07:50.build a great education system and let's have opportunity for all our
:07:51. > :07:56.children. Mr Speaker, last week, I spent a very interesting afternoon
:07:57. > :08:02.at a local school in my constituency. I visited Duncan
:08:03. > :08:06.primary school and it is a good to outstanding school and I had a long
:08:07. > :08:12.discussion with the headteacher, parents, parent - governors and year
:08:13. > :08:21.six pupils. The year six pupils were very interesting, asking me to say
:08:22. > :08:24.this to the Prime Minister, "Why are you doing this?" They love their
:08:25. > :08:30.school. They like it the way it is, they don't want any top-down
:08:31. > :08:34.reorganisation and he hasn't even convinced the former Education
:08:35. > :08:38.Secretary Kenneth Baker, who says I don't quite know why the Government
:08:39. > :08:44.is doing this. What is his answer to those very smart pupils in year six?
:08:45. > :08:47.My answer to those pupils in year six is very much the answer that he
:08:48. > :08:52.gave, because I was following his tour of the school and this is what
:08:53. > :08:56.the Right Honourable gentleman said. "I Want to see a family of schools
:08:57. > :09:05.and I want to see them properly funded. " with our reform to the
:09:06. > :09:08.formula, there will be fair funding across the country and with our
:09:09. > :09:11.plans for academies, there will be genuine families of schools,
:09:12. > :09:16.families that choose to group together and here is the point about
:09:17. > :09:20.outstanding schools, not only will they be able to get better but in
:09:21. > :09:25.groups of academies, they will be able to help others schools to
:09:26. > :09:28.improve, so a game, that is why we need this reform, to make
:09:29. > :09:31.outstanding and good schools even better and to help raise the
:09:32. > :09:37.aspiration of all. That is what it is all about. Mr Speaker, we appear
:09:38. > :09:50.to be heading into some kind of fantasyland here. The Institute for
:09:51. > :09:54.fiscal is to -- fiscal studies state that school spending is expected to
:09:55. > :10:00.fall by at least 7% in real terms in the next four years. It is the
:10:01. > :10:04.biggest cup since the 1970s. So why on earth is the Prime Minister
:10:05. > :10:10.proposing to spend ?1.3 billion on a top-down reorganisation that wasn't
:10:11. > :10:13.in his manifesto, teachers don't want it, parents don't want it,
:10:14. > :10:18.governors don't want it, headteachers don't want it, even his
:10:19. > :10:24.own MPs and councillors don't want it. Can't he just think again and
:10:25. > :10:29.support schools and education, not force this on them? Let me answer
:10:30. > :10:34.his question very directly about spending, because we have protected
:10:35. > :10:38.spending per pupil all the way through the last Parliament and all
:10:39. > :10:42.the way through this Parliament and we are spending ?7 billion on more
:10:43. > :10:47.school places to make up for the woeful lack of action under the last
:10:48. > :10:52.Labour Government. That is the truth on spending. Now, he talks about
:10:53. > :10:56.fantasyland. I think it is the Labour Party that this week entered
:10:57. > :10:59.fantasyland, where they are now abandoning trident in Scotland, they
:11:00. > :11:04.have selected someone who sits on platforms with extremists in London
:11:05. > :11:09.and they have now decided that when I read they were going to ban
:11:10. > :11:13.McDonnell from the Party Conference, I thought it was the first sensible
:11:14. > :11:16.decision they have made, but it turns out it wasn't the job
:11:17. > :11:21.destroyer they wanted to keep away from their conference, it was one of
:11:22. > :11:24.Britain's biggest destroyers. No wonder Labour MPs are in despair.
:11:25. > :11:45.Frankly, I'm loving it. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can I ask my
:11:46. > :11:51.right honourable friend whether he agrees with the Treasury forecast
:11:52. > :11:55.issued on Monday, which warns that if we stay in the European Union,
:11:56. > :12:02.there will be 3 million more migrants by the year 2030? Last
:12:03. > :12:06.year, my right honourable friend and I were elected on a clear manifesto
:12:07. > :12:10.pledge to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. How are we
:12:11. > :12:16.going to be able to deliver on that pledge unless we leave the European
:12:17. > :12:20.Union? The point about the Treasury forecast is it takes the Office of
:12:21. > :12:23.National Statistics' figures and the OBR figures and it doesn't alter
:12:24. > :12:28.them, but it is trying to make a very clear and pure argument, backed
:12:29. > :12:31.by the governor of the Bank of England, that shows what would
:12:32. > :12:35.happen if Britain leads the EU. There is a demand out there for
:12:36. > :12:39.independent and clear statistics and that is exactly what the Treasury
:12:40. > :12:49.provided. It is believed that the recent
:12:50. > :12:55.murder of Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah was religiously motivated and
:12:56. > :13:00.this week, faith leaders launched a campaign across Scotland entitled
:13:01. > :13:03.United Against Extremism. Will the Prime Minister join me and
:13:04. > :13:07.colleagues of all parties in supporting the aims of this campaign
:13:08. > :13:12.to support and foster understanding and to stand up to extremism? I will
:13:13. > :13:15.certainly join The Right Honourable gentleman. This was an absolutely
:13:16. > :13:19.shocking murder and I think what it demonstrates again and what his
:13:20. > :13:23.question hints that is we need not only to stand up against violence
:13:24. > :13:29.and acts of appalling violence like this, but we also need to stand up
:13:30. > :13:34.against the extremist mindset that sometimes tries to justify events
:13:35. > :13:38.like this or other such outrages. Total agreement with the Prime
:13:39. > :13:45.Minister and the murder of Asad Shah is just the most recent of sectarian
:13:46. > :13:52.extremism targeting the community in the UK. This is reports, dear being
:13:53. > :13:57.refused employment, businesses being boycotted, children being shunned
:13:58. > :14:00.and people working to bring faith leaders together facing death
:14:01. > :14:03.threats. Does the Prime Minister agree this is totally unacceptable
:14:04. > :14:07.in a country where we believe in free speech and religious tolerance
:14:08. > :14:11.and the time has come for all community and all faith leaders of
:14:12. > :14:15.all religions to stand up against extremism?
:14:16. > :14:21.I agree Faith leaders can play a huge role in standing up against
:14:22. > :14:28.extremism, and I welcome what they do. But the attack on Muslims by
:14:29. > :14:35.other Muslims demonstrates once again that what we face is not some
:14:36. > :14:39.clash of civilisations between Islam and Christianity, or Islam and
:14:40. > :14:45.Buddhism. What we are seeing is a small minority in a great religion
:14:46. > :14:49.in our world, is lamb, believing there is only one way, our violence,
:14:50. > :14:58.extremist way of professing their faith. This is a battle in Islam and
:14:59. > :15:04.we have to be on the side of the moderate and help them win it,
:15:05. > :15:08.otherwise we take the wrong path. The future of services provided by
:15:09. > :15:12.Paignton hospital has been thrown into doubt by news that the CCG and
:15:13. > :15:14.local trust are about to launch a consultation which could see it
:15:15. > :15:18.close with no replacement. Does the Prime Minister share my
:15:19. > :15:25.concerns and agree it is vital services are placed and the trust
:15:26. > :15:32.and the CCG are unsupported actions. I understand no decision has been
:15:33. > :15:36.made. These bodies are clinically led and I think it is important.
:15:37. > :15:40.Decisions about what services are required will be taken by that
:15:41. > :15:46.group. If there are significant changes, they have to meet key
:15:47. > :15:48.tests. Support from clinical commissioners, public engagements
:15:49. > :15:55.and clarity on the clinical evidence base and support, all those things
:15:56. > :16:03.have to be satisfied. Mr Speaker, the air in our cities is both toxic
:16:04. > :16:12.and illegal with diesel fumes contributing to 800 deaths a week.
:16:13. > :16:17.40,000 a year. So why is the Prime Minister, instead of removing the
:16:18. > :16:22.most heavily polluting diesel vehicles from our streets, lobbying
:16:23. > :16:29.the EU in Brussels with the Mayor of London, to weaken plans to improve
:16:30. > :16:33.our air quality and save lives? We are investing in better air quality.
:16:34. > :16:39.Since 2011 we have committed ?2 billion to help us operators upgrade
:16:40. > :16:44.their feet. We have seen her quality improved in terms of emissions of
:16:45. > :16:47.nitrous oxide is coming down by 17%. When it comes to these standards we
:16:48. > :16:53.all have to meet, we are working with our car industry. I want a car
:16:54. > :16:57.industry in Britain. I am proud of the fact it has recovered so
:16:58. > :17:02.strongly. In the north-east of England we now make more cars than
:17:03. > :17:06.the whole of Italy. We are going to make sure they have the resources
:17:07. > :17:12.they need to meet the high standards that are set out. It is a truth
:17:13. > :17:18.universally acknowledged, that fish and chips taste test on the beaches
:17:19. > :17:22.of Skegness and that is why 4 million people visit every year.
:17:23. > :17:27.Does the Prime Minister agree with me, that we should work with the
:17:28. > :17:29.Environment Agency, the local enterprise partnership, the local
:17:30. > :17:35.councils and builds on the work of this government that has brought
:17:36. > :17:39.jobs and growth, extend the tourist season and build ?1 billion coastal
:17:40. > :17:44.economy by the end of this decade? By honourable friend is right, that
:17:45. > :17:48.is why I announced the 5-point plan for tourism last year, to encourage
:17:49. > :17:53.people to visit UK resorts, both from overseas and British people as
:17:54. > :17:58.well. That is what is happening. In the week where we are supporting
:17:59. > :18:03.fish and chips on this side of the House, they are banning McDonald's.
:18:04. > :18:11.Mr Speaker, more than 2000 people have signed a petition started by
:18:12. > :18:14.Alison's chemist in Cockermouth in my constituency, calling on the
:18:15. > :18:18.government not to cut the funding for community pharmacists. Given the
:18:19. > :18:22.major reports last week from Bootsy face investigation by the regulator,
:18:23. > :18:26.isn't it time the Prime Minister and his government supported independent
:18:27. > :18:33.pharmacies which are vital lifeline for our community and help to keep
:18:34. > :18:36.the high streets alive? We are supporting the pharmacies. There is
:18:37. > :18:41.a specific scheme to help will stop if we look at the massive fire --
:18:42. > :18:45.last five year there was a massive increase in pharmacy spending and we
:18:46. > :18:49.have to make sure as much of the NHS resources go to the front line,
:18:50. > :18:56.nurses, doctors and the operations and the A we want to see carried
:18:57. > :18:58.out. We have to make sure we are getting value for money in
:18:59. > :19:03.pharmacies but also protecting the pharmacies she talks about. Mr
:19:04. > :19:07.Speaker, given his earlier important comments, does my right honourable
:19:08. > :19:12.friend agree, it is the duty of all members of this House to condemn,
:19:13. > :19:20.without caveat, all extremism and never, never to share a platform
:19:21. > :19:23.with any extremist? I think my honourable friend is absolutely
:19:24. > :19:31.right. If we are going to condemn, not just by Liz and -- violent
:19:32. > :19:35.extremism, but extremism that justifies violence in anyway, we
:19:36. > :19:39.cannot back these people and appear on platforms with them. I am
:19:40. > :19:46.concerned about Labour's candidate as Mayor of London who has appeared
:19:47. > :19:52.again, and again... The leader of the Labour Party is saying it is
:19:53. > :19:58.disgraceful. Let me tell him... Solomon Ghani, the honourable member
:19:59. > :20:10.for tooting has appeared on a platform with him nine times. This
:20:11. > :20:16.man support IS. Mr Speaker, they are shouting down this point because
:20:17. > :20:21.they don't want to hear the truth. Anyone can make a mistake about who
:20:22. > :20:25.they appear on a platform with. We are not always responsible for what
:20:26. > :20:29.our political opponents say. But if you do it time at the time, time
:20:30. > :20:38.after time, it is right to question your judgment. Mr Speaker, news
:20:39. > :20:47.overnight of a management and worker buyout at Tata will bring hope the
:20:48. > :20:49.families. It is important UK Government provides all the
:20:50. > :20:56.supporter can. Will the Prime Minister become the company's head
:20:57. > :21:01.of sales and meet with Port Talbot's biggest customers to make sure no
:21:02. > :21:05.orders for Welsh steel are lost? We will do everything we can to help
:21:06. > :21:10.this company and help it with its customers during this difficult
:21:11. > :21:14.time. Right now we are talking with the board of Tata to make sure the
:21:15. > :21:19.questions they need answered, are answered by us. We want to have a
:21:20. > :21:22.proper sales process with proper buyers coming forward and we want to
:21:23. > :21:25.be cleared the government is prepared to support that process and
:21:26. > :21:32.support the outcome. That is exactly what we will do. The EU security is
:21:33. > :21:37.only as strong as its weakest border. Does the Prime Minister
:21:38. > :21:46.share my concerns, not only over Angela Merkel's legitimate and --
:21:47. > :21:54.legitimisation over the Turkish leaders speech. Is he concerned
:21:55. > :22:04.currently Angela Merkel seems to be outstripping everyone in making the
:22:05. > :22:08.case that Brexit. If you are in the Schengen zone you are only as strong
:22:09. > :22:14.as your weakest border. But we're not in the Schengen zone. The second
:22:15. > :22:18.point, the Schengen zone has decided to offer visas to Turkish nationals.
:22:19. > :22:26.We have not made that decision and we will not be making that decision.
:22:27. > :22:31.At Visa is not a right to go and live and work reside. The Visa is a
:22:32. > :22:34.right to visit. So let's be clear also, those Turks with their visas
:22:35. > :22:37.are visiting Schengen countries, don't have those rights and they
:22:38. > :22:41.don't have the right to come to Britain automatically either.
:22:42. > :22:44.Important to get back clear. In the last hour we have had the
:22:45. > :22:51.devastating news that reduce gas proposed to close a site with the
:22:52. > :22:56.loss of 700 jobs. Will the Prime Minister in strip his ministers to
:22:57. > :23:00.contact the company and the unions, and arrange urgent meetings,
:23:01. > :23:06.preferably to save these jobs. If that proves impossible, to establish
:23:07. > :23:09.a task force to create alternative opportunities for this loyal and
:23:10. > :23:12.hard-working workforce? I can give the honourable gentleman that
:23:13. > :23:18.assurance. I heard is new shortly before PMQs. We will make sure a
:23:19. > :23:22.task force of ministers available to talk to the company, the local
:23:23. > :23:29.community to provide assistance in terms of retraining and other things
:23:30. > :23:33.to be done to help. Mr Speaker, Mrs Thatcher used to organise seminars
:23:34. > :23:38.for ministers and senior academics for colleagues like myself whose
:23:39. > :23:45.knowledge of modern science she thought needed to be improved. Would
:23:46. > :23:50.he contemplate similar seminars for some of his senior and very respect
:23:51. > :23:53.did Cabinet colleagues with businessmen, on the nature of
:23:54. > :23:59.international trade in today's world? Because some of their
:24:00. > :24:03.respective figures believe you simply turn up and sell goods and
:24:04. > :24:10.services that comply with British made rules, but don't have to comply
:24:11. > :24:15.with any rules agreed with the country to which you are selling.
:24:16. > :24:22.And would he also include some of the many businessmen who are cutting
:24:23. > :24:32.investment decisions on hold now, because of the uncertainty about
:24:33. > :24:37.Brexit after June the 23rd will stop if we made our whole future trading
:24:38. > :24:43.arrangements with the outside world as uncertain as some people are
:24:44. > :24:46.trying to do. I always listen very careful to my right honourable
:24:47. > :24:51.friend and will consider such seminars. I hope they will never be
:24:52. > :24:58.as frightening as seminars sometimes used to be under Mrs Thatcher. One
:24:59. > :25:04.of the first times I met her, I was responsible for trade and industry
:25:05. > :25:08.research. She asked me what today's figures were, I didn't know. I
:25:09. > :25:12.wanted the floor to open up and swallow me at that moment. Just
:25:13. > :25:15.because you have friendly relations with the country, doesn't mean you
:25:16. > :25:22.get automatically good trade relations. We are very pleased
:25:23. > :25:26.President Obama is coming on Friday, but it is worth noting, even though
:25:27. > :25:30.we have a friendly relationship with America, we cannot sell beef or lamb
:25:31. > :25:35.to the United States of America. The point is, you don't need good
:25:36. > :25:42.relations, you need nailed down trade relations. Mr Speaker, at the
:25:43. > :25:47.budget the Chancellor announced the creation of a northern school
:25:48. > :25:51.strategy, which I broadly welcome. But I am concerned that the progress
:25:52. > :25:57.it could make would be reversed by the government's forced a cad plans.
:25:58. > :26:01.Why is the government pushing these plans, which parents in my
:26:02. > :26:06.constituency don't want and plans, which even a former Tory Education
:26:07. > :26:12.Secretary, describes as a plain daft and unnecessary? What I said to the
:26:13. > :26:18.honourable gentleman, wake of the outcome of this review, which the
:26:19. > :26:22.Chancellor sets up. The point is, some schools that have been failing
:26:23. > :26:26.for year after year have been left by local authorities in that state.
:26:27. > :26:32.We have found the way to help succeed schools to fly and for
:26:33. > :26:36.failing schools to improve is to have academies. The evidence is in
:26:37. > :26:42.front of us and that is why we are so keen in progressing this. One of
:26:43. > :26:46.the reasons my right honourable friend led his party to victory at
:26:47. > :26:52.last year's general election, was the pledge to reduce immigration to
:26:53. > :27:00.the tens of thousands. Can he tell us why the OBR project immigration
:27:01. > :27:04.to be above 200,000 a year for the rest of this decade? By what
:27:05. > :27:10.assumptions do they reach this figure? Can he give some details?
:27:11. > :27:14.The OBR don't take into account the agreements we have just reach with
:27:15. > :27:19.the European Union over welfare and other immigration restrictions. The
:27:20. > :27:22.Treasury document is very clear about not trying to make all sorts
:27:23. > :27:27.of different assumptions by variables, but to take a very clear
:27:28. > :27:31.set of statistics, established by the OBR. That is why it was
:27:32. > :27:35.interesting when the governor of the Bank of England came out and said it
:27:36. > :27:41.wasn't analytically robust process. It doesn't take into account the
:27:42. > :27:49.agreement we reached in Europe. In 2009, Michelle was brutally raped
:27:50. > :27:55.and murdered in Walthamstow. Since 2011, a man wanted in connection
:27:56. > :27:59.with this crime and seven other counts of sexual violence in my
:28:00. > :28:04.constituency, has been evading extradition from India. Over 30
:28:05. > :28:10.court appearances and another one planned tomorrow. Yet, despite the
:28:11. > :28:15.severity of this crime and the delay in these proceedings, there is no
:28:16. > :28:17.record of any ministerial or diplomatic representations from
:28:18. > :28:24.either the Foreign Office or the Home Office. Will the Prime Minister
:28:25. > :28:29.today, personally committed to put this right and directly raised this
:28:30. > :28:34.matter with his counterpart, so we can finally seek justice for
:28:35. > :28:39.Michelle? I am happy to give the honourable lady that assurance. The
:28:40. > :28:44.British government is always raises all these individual cases, if that
:28:45. > :28:48.is what the victims want us to do. We always raise them, just as we
:28:49. > :28:52.raise a series of cases where there are British people stuck in the
:28:53. > :28:56.Indian justice system. I wasn't aware of this specific case, if she
:28:57. > :29:02.gives me the details I will raise it appropriately. With the president of
:29:03. > :29:09.the United States visiting the UK later this week, can I ask my right
:29:10. > :29:13.honourable friend to raise the issue of the islanders. The government
:29:14. > :29:20.concluded in a report last year that they have a right of resettlement
:29:21. > :29:25.and with the US military presence, will he raise the case of US
:29:26. > :29:29.assistance for the right of return to the British Indian Ocean
:29:30. > :29:32.Territory? I certainly will be discussing this issue. I know it is
:29:33. > :29:38.right right honourable friend raises it. There are many chip Austrians
:29:39. > :29:44.who live in Crawley. What he said is not entirely correct. What the
:29:45. > :29:47.National Security Council and the Cabinet have been doing is looking
:29:48. > :29:51.at the situation of the islanders and reviewing all of the options for
:29:52. > :29:55.how we can help with their future. Those discussions have taken place
:29:56. > :30:03.and we need to come to a conclusion about the best way forward. Some
:30:04. > :30:08.people think the worst case that has been made so far to vote to leave
:30:09. > :30:13.the EU is the claim that England is an island. Could the Prime Minister
:30:14. > :30:22.tell the House what the worst argument he's heard from Brexit is?
:30:23. > :30:26.I think probably the one we would get out of the Eurovision Song
:30:27. > :30:30.contest. Not only would that be incredibly sad, but given Israel and
:30:31. > :30:43.Azerbaijan and anyone near Europe seems to enter, I think we are
:30:44. > :30:49.pretty safe from that one. Would my right honourable friend point out to
:30:50. > :30:59.President Obama, in a series of European court judgments, such as
:31:00. > :31:03.Davis and Shrems using fundamental rights, the EU has established its
:31:04. > :31:06.jurisdiction over our intelligence data and sought to prevent our
:31:07. > :31:12.intelligence sharing with the United States. Will he therefore warned the
:31:13. > :31:17.president, if we vote Remain, far from the US gaining influence in the
:31:18. > :31:23.EU, the United States is losing control and influence over her
:31:24. > :31:27.closest ally. I am sure the president will take all of these
:31:28. > :31:34.calculations into account before saying anything. Let me make two
:31:35. > :31:38.points. First of all, this decision is a decision for the British people
:31:39. > :31:41.and the British people alone. We are sovereign in making this decision.
:31:42. > :31:46.Personally, I believe we should listen to advice from friends and
:31:47. > :31:50.other countries. I struggle to find the leader of any friendly country
:31:51. > :31:53.who thinks we should leave. When it comes the United States, it is worth
:31:54. > :31:58.looking at what so many Treasury secretaries have said, going back
:31:59. > :32:03.over a Republican or Democrat administrations. It may not be the
:32:04. > :32:08.determining factor for many people, but listening to what our friends
:32:09. > :32:16.say in the world, is not a bad idea. The average property price in
:32:17. > :32:21.Hackney is ?682,000. The medium rent for a two-bedroom flat for month is
:32:22. > :32:27.1500 pounds and overcrowding and demand for social housing is the
:32:28. > :32:30.highest I have seen in 20 years. Can the Prime Minister tell my
:32:31. > :32:35.constituents how the housing bill will help them? It is going to help
:32:36. > :32:39.them because we are building starter homes for the first time that people
:32:40. > :32:48.come by. We are extending the right to buy two housing association
:32:49. > :32:53.tenants, so they can buy homes. I noticed the lady giving us the
:32:54. > :32:58.benefit of her wisdom. Many people in her constituency would love to
:32:59. > :33:02.buy a council House or a housing association House. We have the Help
:33:03. > :33:05.to Buy scheme which is helping many people get on the housing ladder.
:33:06. > :33:11.And with shared ownership, all of those things will help. Since 2010,
:33:12. > :33:19.101,000 homes have been built in London, including 670,000 affordable
:33:20. > :33:33.homes. We need to build many more. We need to do the right thing and
:33:34. > :33:37.that his side we are on. Prime Minister, woodland is much valued,
:33:38. > :33:41.not least the recycling much of our hot air, but especially ancient
:33:42. > :33:46.woodland. There is only 2% of the remaining. It is as precious as the
:33:47. > :33:50.rainforest and its biodiversity cannot be replaced. Would the Prime
:33:51. > :33:54.Minister agree this precious habitat and the Prime Minister has 331
:33:55. > :33:59.ancient and veteran trees in his constituency, would he agree it
:34:00. > :34:07.ought to be protected in line with Heritage sites and national
:34:08. > :34:10.monuments? I am lucky to have an ancient forest in my constituency,
:34:11. > :34:15.containing many of the trees she mentions. I will look carefully at
:34:16. > :34:18.what she says. The most important thing we can do is make sure we are
:34:19. > :34:25.planting more forests, more trees and woodland, which this government
:34:26. > :34:28.has a very good record on. The Secretary of State for Northern
:34:29. > :34:31.Ireland said recently, politics in Northern Ireland was on a more
:34:32. > :34:36.stable footing than it has been for some time. We will continue to offer
:34:37. > :34:39.strong leadership for a better future in Northern Ireland. The
:34:40. > :34:45.people in Northern Ireland are concerned about a two sided approach
:34:46. > :34:50.to the past to investigate a police officer who bravely stopped an IRA
:34:51. > :34:53.bomber trying to kill police officers 25 years ago at a police
:34:54. > :34:57.station. Will the Prime Minister agree with me, we have to get behind
:34:58. > :35:01.our security forces, praise them for the work they did in Northern
:35:02. > :35:07.Ireland and not persecute them going forward? Let me be tribute to the
:35:08. > :35:11.right honourable gentleman and his Members of Parliament and members of
:35:12. > :35:17.the assembly. It is right to say politics in Northern Ireland is more
:35:18. > :35:25.stable and is more given our ban has been for many years. Obviously,
:35:26. > :35:30.issues around the acts of the past cause pain and difficulty on both
:35:31. > :35:31.sides of the debate. But we have an independent and impartial justice
:35:32. > :35:35.system. Order.