0:00:15 > 0:00:19Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Yesterday marked a momentous day for the family and friends of the 96
0:00:23 > 0:00:26victims of the Hillsborough disaster.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Over the last 27 years their search for justice has been met
0:00:29 > 0:00:34with obfuscation and hostility instead of sympathy and answers.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37As I said in 2012 about the Hillsborough independent panel's
0:00:37 > 0:00:40report, it is wrong that the families had to wait
0:00:40 > 0:00:44for so long and fight so hard to get to the truth.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46I know the whole house will want to join me
0:00:46 > 0:00:50in praising their courage, patience and resolve.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53They have never faltered in the pursuit of the truth
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and we owe them a great debt of gratitude.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and others and in addition to my duties in the house
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I will have further meetings today.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I would very much like to associate myself with the Prime
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Minister's important comment on the Hillsborough tragedy,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14along with members on all sides of this house, and pay
0:01:14 > 0:01:18tribute to the victims, their families and the resilience
0:01:18 > 0:01:20of the campaigners who continue to strive for the truth
0:01:20 > 0:01:30in the pursuit of justice.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39In my constituency of Eastleigh, the service that GPs provide
0:01:39 > 0:01:42is crucial to people's daily lives including one I met
0:01:42 > 0:01:43with to highlight their local value.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Does the Prime Minister agree that the recent key announcement
0:01:45 > 0:01:49of ?2.4 billion of funding for GPs is only possible because of a strong
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Conservative majority Government?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56My honourable friend is absolutely right.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00We made a choice to put ?12 billion into the NHS in the last parliament,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03more this Parliament, and we want to see
0:02:03 > 0:02:06strengthened primary care.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Our vision is GPs coming together and having in their surgeries,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13physiotherapists therapies, mental health practitioners
0:02:13 > 0:02:18so people can get the health care they need and we take pressure off
0:02:18 > 0:02:21hospitals and that will only happen with a Government that continues
0:02:21 > 0:02:26to invest in our NHS.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Yesterday, after 27 years, the 96 people who tragically
0:02:32 > 0:02:36lost their lives at Hillsborough and their families finally
0:02:36 > 0:02:39received the justice they were entitled to.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I welcome the fact the Prime Minister has
0:02:41 > 0:02:43apologised for the actions of previous governments.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I join him in paying tribute to all those families
0:02:46 > 0:02:50who campaigned with such dignity, steadfastness and determination
0:02:50 > 0:02:56to get to the truth of what happened on that dreadful afternoon.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I also pay very warm tribute to my friends,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01the members for Liverpool, Walton, Leigh, Halton,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Garston and Halewood, and other MPs who have relentlessly
0:03:04 > 0:03:08campaigned with great difficulty over many years.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13I hope the whole House will be united in demanding all those
0:03:13 > 0:03:17involved in the lies, smears and cover-ups that bedevilled
0:03:17 > 0:03:23this whole enquiry will be held to account.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Last week the Prime Minister told the House he was going to put rocket
0:03:28 > 0:03:33boosters on his forced academisation proposals.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36This weekend in light of widespread unease including amongst his own MPs
0:03:36 > 0:03:39it seems the wheels are falling off the rocket boosters
0:03:39 > 0:03:45and the Government is considering a U-turn.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51Can the Prime Minister confirm whether the U-turn
0:03:52 > 0:03:57is being prepared for or not?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Let me join the right honourable gentlemen in praising those
0:03:59 > 0:04:02who campaigned so long to get justice for the victims
0:04:02 > 0:04:05of Hillsborough.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09The process took far too long but it is right and I pay tribute
0:04:09 > 0:04:13to the right honourable member for Leigh, that we had that Jones
0:04:13 > 0:04:15report, we responded to the Jones report.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18And I also want to mention the former Attorney General who took
0:04:18 > 0:04:21the case to the High Court for the Government himself to argue
0:04:21 > 0:04:24for that vital second inquest.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Turning to academies, I have not yet met a rocket
0:04:27 > 0:04:31booster with a wheel on it, but I'm sure rocket science is not
0:04:31 > 0:04:35really my subject and apparently it is not his.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I repeat again, academies are raising standards in our schools
0:04:39 > 0:04:44and I want the system where it is heads and teachers
0:04:44 > 0:04:51running schools, not bureaucrats.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54There was not much of an answer there.
0:04:54 > 0:05:03Can the Prime Minister tell us whether he will...
0:05:03 > 0:05:06If the members opposite would be patient enough, they might hear
0:05:06 > 0:05:09the question I am putting to the Prime Minister,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12which is another very simple one.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Could he tell us if he will bring forward legislation to force,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18against the wishes of good and outstanding schools,
0:05:18 > 0:05:23to become academies in the upcoming Queen's speech?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Yes or no?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I can't really pre-empt what is in the Queen's speech
0:05:29 > 0:05:34but on this one example, I can help him out.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36We will have academies for all and it will be
0:05:36 > 0:05:43in the Queen's speech.
0:05:43 > 0:05:49Mr Speaker, we look forward to that but there is still time
0:05:49 > 0:05:54for the U-turn which I am sure is at the back
0:05:54 > 0:05:57of the Prime Minister's mind.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01It has been reported the Government is considering allowing good local
0:06:01 > 0:06:04authorities to form multi-academy trusts which would give
0:06:04 > 0:06:10local authorities more responsibility than they have now.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13The Prime Minister has previously suggested local authorities
0:06:13 > 0:06:17are holding schools back.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Why is this costly reorganisation of schools necessary
0:06:19 > 0:06:23for schools that are already good or outstanding?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Why is he forcing this on them?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30As I said last week - I like repeats on television
0:06:30 > 0:06:33and it is good to have them in this House as well -
0:06:33 > 0:06:36outstanding schools have nothing to fear from becoming
0:06:36 > 0:06:40academies and a lot to gain.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Just because a school is outstanding or good does not mean it cannot have
0:06:44 > 0:06:47further improvement.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Not least what we want to see if outstanding schools helping other
0:06:51 > 0:06:54schools in that area, often by being part of an academy trust.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00He raises the issue about local authorities.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Two questions so far, two clear answers.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Third question, third clear answer coming
0:07:04 > 0:07:05so simmer down.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Simmer down.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Perhaps if you could deal with the anti-Semites
0:07:11 > 0:07:14in your own party we would be be prepared to listen
0:07:14 > 0:07:16to him a bit more.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Maybe we'll come onto that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23There are many ways schools can become academies.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27They can convert, they can be sponsored by an outside
0:07:27 > 0:07:30organisation, work with other schools in the area,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33work with the local authority.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Those schools that want to go on using local authority services
0:07:36 > 0:07:39are free to do so.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Academies are great and academies for all is a good policy.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45What we're now seeing from Labour is I sense they are moving
0:07:45 > 0:07:47in favour of academy schools.
0:07:47 > 0:07:55Does he favour academies or not?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59The Prime Minister will be aware that sometimes repeats on television
0:07:59 > 0:08:03get more viewers than the first time round.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08The chief executive of the largest academy chain in London,
0:08:08 > 0:08:13the Harris Academy, has warned that a far more fundamental thing
0:08:13 > 0:08:17that the Prime Minister should be worrying about,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19whether school should become academies or not, it's
0:08:19 > 0:08:23actually teacher shortages.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27The academies don't want this, parents don't want it,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30teachers don't want it, governors don't want it,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Conservative councils and MPs don't want it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:40Who actually does want this top-down reorganisation?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Question four, answer four.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Here it comes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44He asks who wants this.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49Let's start with the Chief Inspector of schools.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I think someone quite worthwhile listening to.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Academisation can lead to rapid improvements and I firmly believe
0:08:55 > 0:09:02it is right to give more autonomy to the front line.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07The OECD has been in the news today.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11"I view the trend toward academies as a very promising development
0:09:11 > 0:09:14in the UK, which used to have a prescriptive
0:09:14 > 0:09:16education system".
0:09:16 > 0:09:17So they support it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20What about endless academy trusts who support it?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22He asked another question.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Very keen for full answers.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31If you shout, you won't hear the answer.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40He asked about teacher shortages.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The fact is there are more school places and more teachers under this
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Government than under Labour.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Why?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Because we have a successful economy and we are putting it
0:09:49 > 0:09:55into our schools and children's future.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58There are of course still record numbers of children in oversized
0:09:58 > 0:10:02classes and supersized classes and that is getting worse.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07If he is looking for support for his academisation proposal
0:10:07 > 0:10:11he might care to phone up his friends, the leaders
0:10:11 > 0:10:15of Hampshire, West Sussex and his Oxfordshire County Council,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18who are deeply concerned and opposed to it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20He might care to listen to the Conservative chair
0:10:20 > 0:10:24of the county Councillors network, who says the change will lead
0:10:24 > 0:10:30to a poorer education system.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Why is the pushing it through with so much opposition
0:10:33 > 0:10:38and concern and so much of a waste of money when we should be investing
0:10:38 > 0:10:44in teachers and schools, not top-down reorganisation?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I am glad he's quoting Conservative council leaders.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Because they keep council tax down and provide good services,
0:10:49 > 0:10:56I hope we will see more of them in ten days' time.
0:10:56 > 0:11:03On teacher supply, just to be clear, 13,000 more teachers than 2010,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07to give a wholly accurate answer.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Again he asked about who else would support academies.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Let me quote Helena Mills of one academy trust.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20She said, "I used to be sceptical and resistant to academy status,
0:11:20 > 0:11:28but during the process of developing the academy I have been increasingly
0:11:28 > 0:11:29convinced this is the way forward".
0:11:29 > 0:11:31That is what more and more people are saying.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33That is why 1.3 million more children in good
0:11:33 > 0:11:36and outstanding schools.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39That is why almost nine out of ten converter academies
0:11:39 > 0:11:41are good or outstanding.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44We are very clear on this side of the House, we back aspiration,
0:11:44 > 0:11:49opportunity, investment in our schools, we want every child
0:11:49 > 0:11:52to get the best but it is Labour who want to hold back opportunity
0:11:52 > 0:11:58and have one size fits all.
0:11:58 > 0:12:08There seems to be a pattern developing here.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12It is quite simply this.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15He has a Health Secretary imposing a contract on junior doctors
0:12:15 > 0:12:19against the wishes of patients and the public and the rest
0:12:19 > 0:12:22of the medical profession.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26He has an Education Secretary imposing yet another Tory top-down
0:12:26 > 0:12:35reorganisation that nobody wants.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38When will his Government show some respect and listen to the public,
0:12:38 > 0:12:39parents and patients and indeed professionals who have
0:12:39 > 0:12:42given their lives to public service in education and health,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and change his ways, listen to them and trust other
0:12:44 > 0:12:53people to run services rather than imposing things from above?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I will tell him the pattern that is developing, we can see
0:12:56 > 0:13:001.9 million more people being treated in our health service.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04We can see 1.3 million more children in good or outstanding schools.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09A strong economy investing into our public services.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13The other pattern I have noticed is I am on my fifth Labour leader
0:13:13 > 0:13:20and if it carries on like this I will soon be on my sixth.
0:13:20 > 0:13:29Mr Speaker, the Government package to help potential buyers
0:13:31 > 0:13:36of the Tata Steel site in Port Talbot is substantial
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and befitting the tremendous bipartisan measures
0:13:39 > 0:13:40the Government has taken
0:13:40 > 0:13:41to save this industry.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It stands in stark contrast
0:13:43 > 0:13:45with the distasteful, disrespectful comments
0:13:45 > 0:13:47of Labour's policy advisor who said the steel crisis had been
0:13:47 > 0:13:48good for Labour.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Could I ask the Prime Minister whether there is any
0:13:51 > 0:13:54indication that the package
0:13:54 > 0:13:56could help expedite the sale of the site, which could provide
0:13:56 > 0:13:59the long-term viable future for Welsh steel
0:13:59 > 0:14:01that we all hope for?
0:14:01 > 0:14:06I want to thank my honourable friend for welcoming me to the Gower
0:14:06 > 0:14:10yesterday and before coming to his constituency,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I visited Port Talbot
0:14:12 > 0:14:14and I met with the management and with the trade unions.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19I had a very constructive discussion and I did actually meet
0:14:19 > 0:14:22the Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies, who
0:14:22 > 0:14:26does an excellent job in the Welsh Assembly.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30If you want to be Speaker, you better stop interrupting everybody.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34It's not going to get you any votes!
0:14:34 > 0:14:37A little tip for you, there.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42There is a serious point, which is the areas
0:14:42 > 0:14:43where we can help.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45We can help in power, in procurement,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47and on the issue of pensions.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50There is a very constructive conversation going on but I say
0:14:50 > 0:14:54again from this dispatch box, while I want to do everything we can
0:14:54 > 0:14:57to secure the future not only for Port Talbot but also
0:14:57 > 0:14:59for Scunthorpe and steel-making in Britain, we are coping
0:14:59 > 0:15:02with a massive oversupply, a collapse in prices from China,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04so we must do all we can.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07There is no guarantee of success but if we work hard,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10get a proper sales process and get behind it on a bipartisan basis,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12we can see success here.
0:15:12 > 0:15:18Following the Hillsborough inquiry, we join in all of the comments that
0:15:18 > 0:15:21have been said thus far in relation to the families and paying tribute
0:15:21 > 0:15:24to all of the campaigners for justice.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Mr Speaker, last night the Government was defeated
0:15:28 > 0:15:31for the second time in the House of Lords on the issue
0:15:31 > 0:15:33of refugee children being given refuge in the UK.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36There are many members of that House, as there are many
0:15:36 > 0:15:40members of this House, in all parties, including
0:15:40 > 0:15:44the Prime Minister's own side, who would wish us to do much, much
0:15:44 > 0:15:48more in helping providing refuge for unaccompanied children in Europe
0:15:48 > 0:15:50at the present time.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Will the Prime Minister please reconsider his opposition and stop
0:15:53 > 0:15:56walking on by on the other side?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00I don't think anyone could accuse this country
0:16:00 > 0:16:03of walking on by, in terms of this refugee crisis.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Let's be very clear about what we've done.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09First of all, taking the 20,000 refugees from outside of Europe,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11which I think has all-party support.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Second of all, last week announcing the further 3,000 principally
0:16:14 > 0:16:18unaccompanied children and children at risk from outside Europe
0:16:18 > 0:16:20that we will be taking.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Third of all, in our normal refugee procedures, last year we took over
0:16:24 > 0:16:263,000 unaccompanied children.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31But where I disagree, respectfully, with the Lordships' House,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34is those people who are in European countries are in safe
0:16:35 > 0:16:37European countries.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41To compare somehow children or adults who are in France
0:16:41 > 0:16:47or Germany or Italy or Spain or Portugal or Greece...
0:16:47 > 0:16:51To compare that with children stuck in Nazi Germany I think is deeply
0:16:51 > 0:16:54wrong and we'll continue with our approach, which includes,
0:16:54 > 0:16:58by the way, being the second largest donor of any country anywhere
0:16:58 > 0:17:02in the world into those refugee camps.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08Just as in the 1930s, there are thousands...
0:17:08 > 0:17:15There's no comparison, Mr Speaker.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21Apparently, there's no comparison between thousands of children
0:17:21 > 0:17:25needing refuge in the 1930s and thousands of children
0:17:25 > 0:17:27in Europe at the present time.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Yes, yes...
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Order, order! Order!
0:17:30 > 0:17:34I'm not interested in somebody yelling out their opinion of
0:17:34 > 0:17:36the honourable gentleman's question.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38This is the home of free speech.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41The honourable gentleman and every other member will be heard,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44however long this session takes.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47It's very clear. Mr Angus Robertson.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53Europol estimates that 10,000 unaccompanied children
0:17:53 > 0:17:56in Europe have disappeared.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00This is an existential question about the safety of
0:18:01 > 0:18:03vulnerable children.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07The Prime Minister thinks it is not the responsibility of the United
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Kingdom to help unaccompanied children in Europe, so I ask him,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14who has the moral responsibility to feed them, to clothe them,
0:18:14 > 0:18:20to educate them and give them refuge, if not us
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and everybody in Europe?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Let me answer that very directly.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32First of all, any unaccompanied child who has direct family
0:18:32 > 0:18:35in Britain, on claiming asylum, under the Dublin regulations,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38can come to Britain, and quite right, too.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41But he asked the question, who is responsible for refugees?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44The person responsible is the country in which they are in.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48I want Britain to play a part but you have to ask yourself,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51do we do better by taking a child
0:18:51 > 0:18:54from a refugee camp or taking a child from
0:18:54 > 0:18:56the Lebanon or taking a child
0:18:56 > 0:18:59from Jordan than we do taking a child from France
0:18:59 > 0:19:00or Italy or Germany?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04And, as I said, to compare this to the 1930s is frankly
0:19:04 > 0:19:07to insult those countries who are our neighbours and partners.
0:19:07 > 0:19:13Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17ATP Industries Group based in Cannock Wood
0:19:17 > 0:19:19one of Europe's largest
0:19:19 > 0:19:23independent manufacturers of automated transmissions
0:19:23 > 0:19:26and vehicle electronics and were last week
0:19:26 > 0:19:28awarded the Queen's Award for Innovation.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32ATP export goods across the globe, with their international trade
0:19:32 > 0:19:35increasing by over 50% last year.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Will my right honourable friend join me in congratulating ATP
0:19:40 > 0:19:43and will he set out what the Government is doing
0:19:43 > 0:19:47to support exporters to reach new markets?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I certainly join her in congratulating ATP.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53It's very difficult to win at Queen's Award for export
0:19:53 > 0:19:55so they do deserve praise.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57What we need to see in our country is...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00We currently have one in five SMEs that exports.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04If we could make that one in four, we could wipe out our trade deficit.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06We are encouraging that through the work of UKTI.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09We are also encouraging it, as I saw yesterday in South Wales,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11by encouraging reshoring,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14by getting the supply and components industries, for instance,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17for the automotive industry, to come back on shore
0:20:17 > 0:20:18and invest in Britain.
0:20:18 > 0:20:25In my constituency, the Zielsdorf family have lived
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and raised their family
0:20:27 > 0:20:29in the small village of Laggan for many years.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Despite full cooperation, they face an uphill and fruitless
0:20:32 > 0:20:34battle with the Home Office, had their driving licences
0:20:34 > 0:20:37revoked and are being forced out of a community they have served
0:20:37 > 0:20:41and invested in by a technicality around their business,
0:20:41 > 0:20:42the local shop.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Will the Prime Minister look into this grossly unfair situation
0:20:45 > 0:20:49and work with me to achieve justice for this family?
0:20:49 > 0:20:53I'll certainly have a look at the case that he mentions
0:20:53 > 0:20:55if he lets me know
0:20:55 > 0:20:58the names and the nature of the issues, and I'll make sure
0:20:58 > 0:21:00the Home Office look at it urgently.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04As the Prime Minister will know from getting stuck in traffic
0:21:04 > 0:21:07on his way into Bath just before the general election last year,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11my constituency is plagued by high air pollution and also congestion.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Given this Government's commitment to invest billions
0:21:13 > 0:21:17of pounds in infrastructure, something that the previous Labour
0:21:17 > 0:21:21government failed to do in 13 years, will Prime Minister look
0:21:21 > 0:21:24at committing to look at the construction of the long
0:21:24 > 0:21:28overdue and much-needed missing A36-46 link road to the east
0:21:28 > 0:21:30of my constituency?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I'll certainly have a look at what he says.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35He makes an important point because some
0:21:35 > 0:21:37people think that if you care
0:21:37 > 0:21:40about air quality, there is no room for any road building but,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43of course, stationary traffic is much polluting than moving
0:21:43 > 0:21:45traffic and we have to make sure the arteries that serve
0:21:45 > 0:21:48all our constituencies are open, so I'll carefully at what he said
0:21:48 > 0:21:50but at the same time, we should recognise that air
0:21:50 > 0:21:54quality is improving, nitrogen oxides are down 17% over
0:21:54 > 0:21:57the last four years and we want to do more by introducing
0:21:57 > 0:21:59the clean air programme.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05With the UK facing our most momentous decision for a generation
0:22:05 > 0:22:08in eight weeks' time, does the Prime Minister think it makes
0:22:08 > 0:22:12more sense for us to listen to all of our closest friends
0:22:12 > 0:22:15and allies around the world or to a combination of French
0:22:15 > 0:22:19fascists, Nigel Farage and Vladimir Putin?
0:22:19 > 0:22:27Well, I'm glad he takes the English pronunciation of Farage,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30rather than the rather poncey foreign-sounding one
0:22:30 > 0:22:32that he seems to prefer.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I think that's a thoroughly good thing.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Obviously, I think we should listen to our friends and our allies
0:22:37 > 0:22:41and as I look around the world, it's hard to find the leader
0:22:41 > 0:22:45of a country that wishes us well that wants us to do anything other
0:22:45 > 0:22:48than stay inside a reformed European Union.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Mr Speaker, the new ISAs that were announced in this
0:22:53 > 0:22:55budget are very welcome.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58They will help people save for homes and retirement.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00But as my right honourable friend will have seen in this morning's
0:23:00 > 0:23:04City AM, hidden fees can strip as much as a third of the gains
0:23:04 > 0:23:06a pension could make over a lifetime.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Can he tell me what this Government is doing to make sure that firms
0:23:10 > 0:23:13investing people's hard-earned savings reveal all the fees
0:23:13 > 0:23:18they will be paying so that people can choose the investment
0:23:18 > 0:23:20that is best for them?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24He has fought a long campaign about this and quite rightly so.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28One of the things that saps people's enthusiasm for investing in savings
0:23:28 > 0:23:32products is the sense that they don't understand the fees
0:23:32 > 0:23:35and charges and don't know how much they are going to get out of them.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38What we've done is since last April is
0:23:38 > 0:23:40trustees of defined contribution schemes
0:23:40 > 0:23:43have to report charges levied on members.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45And the Financial Conduct Authority are committed to
0:23:45 > 0:23:47making regulations with us during this
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Parliament requiring the publication of more costs and charges.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52So we've given ourselves the legal duty to do so.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56But I'm sure he will be pushing us all the way to make sure it happens.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01The Prime Minister and his Government did next to nothing
0:24:01 > 0:24:03to save the Scottish steel industry.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07It was left to the Scottish Government to do that.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Now the UK Government is breaking the promises made by both Tories
0:24:12 > 0:24:16and Labour to protect the Scottish shipbuilding industry.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Why does the Prime Minister think that Scottish jobs
0:24:20 > 0:24:22are so expendable?
0:24:22 > 0:24:27Frankly, the Scottish Government and the UK Government should work
0:24:27 > 0:24:31together and one of the things we should work together on
0:24:31 > 0:24:33is procurement.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And it is worth asking how much Scottish steel was in
0:24:35 > 0:24:37the Forth Road Bridge?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Zero, none, absolutely nothing.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Yes, what a contrast with the warships that we're building.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Of course, we wouldn't be building them if we happen
0:24:47 > 0:24:50independent Scotland.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52So, we've backed the steel industry with actions
0:24:52 > 0:24:54as well as words.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Order!
0:24:57 > 0:25:01The House is excitable but it must simmer down.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03We must hear the honourable lady.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Suella Fernandes.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Hatred and ignorance lie at the heart of anti-Semitism.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15And when those in public life express such views,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18they denigrate not only themselves but also the institutions
0:25:18 > 0:25:20to which they belong.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Will my right honourable friend please reassure this House
0:25:25 > 0:25:29of his commitment to fighting this vicious form of prejudice?
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I think it is very simple.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Anti-Semitism is effectively racism and we should call it out and fight
0:25:36 > 0:25:38it wherever we see it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40And the fact that, frankly, we've got a Labour MP
0:25:40 > 0:25:44with the Labour whip, who made remarks about the transportation
0:25:44 > 0:25:48of people from Israel to America, and talked about a solution,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and is still in receipt of the Labour whip,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53is quite extraordinary.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Let me tell you what the Shadow Chancellor
0:25:54 > 0:25:56said about these people.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57"Out, Out, out.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59"If people express these views, they are out.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01"People might be able to reform their views
0:26:01 > 0:26:03"and the rest of it.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05"On this, I can't see it, I'm not having it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08"People might say, I change my views and will do something
0:26:08 > 0:26:09"with a different organisation".
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Frankly, there will be too many hours in the day before that happens
0:26:12 > 0:26:14the MP in question.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18My constiuent Joseph Brown-Lartey was killed at the age
0:26:19 > 0:26:21of 25 by an 18-year-old
0:26:21 > 0:26:24driving a hire car without a licence.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28He was driving at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32The 18-year-old was convicted of causing death by dangerous
0:26:32 > 0:26:34driving and received a sentence of just six years,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37of which he will probably serve three.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Two weeks ago, myself along with Joseph's family,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42delivered a 20,000 signature petition calling for tougher
0:26:42 > 0:26:46sentences for causing death by dangerous driving.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Does the Prime Minister agree with me that sentences for these
0:26:48 > 0:26:51crimes are too lenient, and when can we expect to get
0:26:51 > 0:26:55a response to our petition and get justice for Joseph?
0:26:55 > 0:27:01Well, I have every sympathy with the family in question.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I had an almost identical case in my constituency,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07where a young girl was killed by a dangerous driver.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12The maximum sentence is 14 years, so the courts do have the ability
0:27:12 > 0:27:16to sentence more, but I know what this means to the families.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20I'm making sure that the Minister for Roads is looking again at these
0:27:20 > 0:27:23issues in terms of dangerous driving and I'll make sure
0:27:23 > 0:27:25the case she mentioned is taken into account.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30As the birthplace of the industrial revolutio, Dudley is proud
0:27:30 > 0:27:36of its heritage, but we need economic stability to deliver
0:27:36 > 0:27:39a prosperous future.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Will the Prime Minister come to launch the new enterprise
0:27:43 > 0:27:46zone in Brierley Hill to look at how we can
0:27:46 > 0:27:50attract more investment, create new jobs and develop
0:27:50 > 0:27:54the highly-skilled workforce our community needs?
0:27:54 > 0:28:00I will look very carefully at whether I'm able to do that
0:28:00 > 0:28:02because we support the industrial regeneration of the Black Country.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05The truth is, enterprise zones have been a success.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08They created nearly 25,000 jobs, attracted over 630 companies
0:28:08 > 0:28:12and secured 2.4 billion of private sector investment.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17A lot of the delivery of enterprise zones has involved a lot
0:28:17 > 0:28:21of hard work by local authorities and I pay tribute to them and I wish
0:28:21 > 0:28:22him well in the Black Country.
0:28:22 > 0:28:29Given the strategic and economic importance of the M62 corridor
0:28:29 > 0:28:33to the northern powerhouse, can the Prime Minister give me
0:28:33 > 0:28:36and the people of Bradford his commitment to the electrification
0:28:36 > 0:28:39of the Calder Valley line, and lend his support
0:28:39 > 0:28:42for the great city of Bradford to be a fundamental part
0:28:42 > 0:28:44of the proposed Northern Powerhouse rail?
0:28:44 > 0:28:49We have made commitments on electrification in terms of
0:28:49 > 0:28:53north-south lines and east-west lines.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I'll have to look carefully at the proposal she makes
0:28:55 > 0:28:57but we want everywhere, Bradford included,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00to benefit from the Northern Powerhouse.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Nuclear matters in Cumbria.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05We have the nuclear legacy at Sellafield,
0:29:05 > 0:29:08defence work at Barrow and the prospect of serious
0:29:08 > 0:29:11investment in a new nuclear plant at Moorside.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Given the apparent opposition to nuclear from the parties
0:29:14 > 0:29:18opposite, can the Prime Minister confirm that the long-term decisions
0:29:18 > 0:29:22for both nuclear power and defence will be made in a timely manner?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26He is absolutely right that Cumbria does depend, to a large extent,
0:29:26 > 0:29:30on jobs from the industries that he mentions.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Obviously, on Sellafield, we continue to invest
0:29:34 > 0:29:36in reprocessing and in the procedures there.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41We are also looking at redeveloping our commercial nuclear industries,
0:29:41 > 0:29:46starting with the vital decisions at Hinkley Point, which could have
0:29:46 > 0:29:48very great benefits for other areas that want to see
0:29:48 > 0:29:50nuclear power stations.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53And, of course, Barrow is home to the development of our nuclear
0:29:53 > 0:29:57submarines and we will be holding a vote in this House to make sure
0:29:57 > 0:29:59we renew our Trident in full.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04The Prime Minister has just suggested that child refugees
0:30:04 > 0:30:07alone in Europe are safe.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12There are children's homes full in Italy and Greece and over 1,000
0:30:12 > 0:30:15children will sleep rough in Greece alone tonight.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16How are they safe?
0:30:16 > 0:30:1910,000 children have disappeared in Europe.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21How are they safe?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24The agencies say that children are committing survival sex.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28They are being abused, subject to prostitution and rape.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32It is not insulting other European countries to offer to help.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35They want us to help.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39So will he reconsider his position on Alf Dubs' amendment before it
0:30:39 > 0:30:43comes back to the vote and stop with his attitude to lone child
0:30:43 > 0:30:48refugees, putting this House and this country to shame?
0:30:48 > 0:30:55We are helping other European countries, and we're helping
0:30:55 > 0:30:58other European countries, not least with the ?10 million
0:30:59 > 0:31:00we recently announced.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02But the crucial point is this.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06How do we in Britain best help child refugees?
0:31:06 > 0:31:10We think we help them by taking them from the refugee camps.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Taking from Lebanon, from Jordan, bringing them to this country.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20That's what we're doing and we have a proud record.
0:31:20 > 0:31:26Several small businesses I've met with in Tadcaster last week
0:31:26 > 0:31:30are being treated appallingly by insurance companies.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36Four months after the floods, claims have not been settled
0:31:36 > 0:31:40and renewal premiums are being hiked to astronomical levels.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46The Government has helped introduce the flood scheme to help
0:31:47 > 0:31:48homeowners after flooding.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Does my right honourable friend agree with me that the same
0:31:51 > 0:31:54protection should be given to small business owners, too?
0:31:54 > 0:31:59First of all, I absolutely recognise the problem that he lays out.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02When my constituency was badly flooded, some insurance companies
0:32:02 > 0:32:05paid out very quickly, others were not so fast.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09I understand when we look at what happened during the winter,
0:32:09 > 0:32:13we've got 82% of claims that have been paid out but what I would say
0:32:13 > 0:32:17to him and other colleagues is where you have specific examples,
0:32:17 > 0:32:21the Secretary of State for Farming, Food and Rural Affairs will be very
0:32:21 > 0:32:25interested to see them so we can get on top of the insurance industry.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28On the issue of whether we need a flood restyle approach
0:32:28 > 0:32:31to small businesses, we are looking specifically at that
0:32:31 > 0:32:35to make sure the small businesses can get the insurance they need.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Three years ago, whilst on holiday in France,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40my mother fell seriously ill.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Thanks to the French health service, she received excellent treatment,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47was diagnosed with cancer, unfortunately, but she is doing well
0:32:47 > 0:32:50today, thanks to our NHS as well.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Millions of Brits every year travel to other EU
0:32:54 > 0:32:56countries and benefit, like my mum, from the European
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Health Insurance card.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01What would happen to that card should we vote to leave
0:33:01 > 0:33:03on the 23rd of June?
0:33:03 > 0:33:06First of all, on behalf of the whole House, can I wish her mother well
0:33:06 > 0:33:09in her treatment and the treatment she is getting from the NHS.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12She raises an important point, which is, this is one
0:33:12 > 0:33:14of the benefits we have now.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Many of us will have used it ourselves or for our own children
0:33:17 > 0:33:20and we think we can make the system even better as we are.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23It is for those who want to leave the EU to explain,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26if we were to leave, would we still be able to access
0:33:26 > 0:33:28this and other such systems, which are very handy
0:33:28 > 0:33:30for people going on holiday?
0:33:30 > 0:33:34Whatever the outcome of the EU referendum,
0:33:34 > 0:33:39does the Prime Minister agree that one thing that will never diminish
0:33:39 > 0:33:44is the mutual affection and admiration between Britain
0:33:44 > 0:33:47and our great ally France?
0:33:47 > 0:33:55In that connection, will he pay tribute to the people who fought
0:33:55 > 0:34:02and won the Normandy campaign, such as the late Captain Paul Cash,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06who was killed fighting in Normandy at the age of 26,
0:34:07 > 0:34:08having won the Military Cross.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11He was the father of the honourable member,
0:34:11 > 0:34:16my friend the honourable member for Stone, and Sergeant Peter Carne,
0:34:16 > 0:34:23who, at 93, is at Westminster today, who built the bridges that enabled
0:34:23 > 0:34:27the break-out from the Normandy beachhead and who will be receiving
0:34:27 > 0:34:31the legion d'honneur in a typically cordial gesture
0:34:31 > 0:34:34by our French allies.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39I join him in paying tribute to all those who served,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43particularly those who fell, in that heroic campaign.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48One of the proudest things I've been able to do as Prime Minister
0:34:48 > 0:34:51was to go to the 70th anniversary and go to that vigil,
0:34:51 > 0:34:59where our gliders came in to prepare for those landings and to go
0:34:59 > 0:35:02to Gold Beach and to see the incredible work that was done,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04so we should remember what they did and we should remember
0:35:04 > 0:35:06what it was that they gave their lives for,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08which was to achieve peace on our continent.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12My constituent Debra has HIV that she contracted
0:35:12 > 0:35:16via a partner who received a contaminated blood transfusion.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21My constituent Neil has hepatitis, again from a contaminated
0:35:21 > 0:35:24transfusion and he now needs a second liver transplant.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Neither of them can hold down a full-time job
0:35:27 > 0:35:29because of the catastrophic effects on their health of the conditions
0:35:29 > 0:35:33so they absolutely rely on the support from the state
0:35:33 > 0:35:35that the Government is applied to slash in half.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38I asked the Prime Minister, why is the Government so willing
0:35:38 > 0:35:41to attack people whose only mistake was to be unlucky?
0:35:41 > 0:35:49First of all, what we said before the election was that we'd set aside
0:35:49 > 0:35:52?25 million to help those who were infected with HIV
0:35:52 > 0:35:53because of contaminated blood.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58We raised that to over 100 million and we are currently consulting
0:35:58 > 0:36:01with all the groups about how best to use that money.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04We are going to be doing more than we said at election time
0:36:04 > 0:36:06but it is very necessary because these people have suffered
0:36:06 > 0:36:08through no fault of their own.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Order.