:00:00. > :00:00.be more economically empowered, that would add billions to global GDP
:00:00. > :00:00.every year. So what we are doing is not as good for the poorest on our
:00:00. > :00:00.planet, it is in our national interest as well. Questions for
:00:07. > :00:43.Prime Minister. greater resilience and a great team
:00:44. > :00:54.effort. I've had meetings with others and additional meetings later
:00:55. > :01:00.today. Martin Day. May I start by associating myself with the comments
:01:01. > :01:04.regarding Leicester City. The Foreign Secretary said there is a
:01:05. > :01:07.need for a new initiative in the Syrian dialogue to keep it alive.
:01:08. > :01:18.Will the Prime Minister withdraw his ear strakes and redouble his
:01:19. > :01:28.efforts? What I think we should do is both things, continue to hit
:01:29. > :01:33.Daesh terrorists but do everything we can to support dialogue between
:01:34. > :01:42.the opposition and the Syrian regime which is what the process has been
:01:43. > :01:52.about. My right honourable friend will be aware that Conservative
:01:53. > :02:00.candidates are standing and Labour will lose some seats. We are aware
:02:01. > :02:05.of the stamping out of racism and anti-Semitism. Would my right
:02:06. > :02:13.honourable friend join me and our colleagues in condemning the actions
:02:14. > :02:21.and propaganda of Hezbollah and Hamas? I wish my candidates well. If
:02:22. > :02:27.you want well-run services and want to keep costs and taxes don't it is
:02:28. > :02:31.right to vote Conservative. But the point he makes about Hamas is
:02:32. > :02:38.important. They are a terrorist group who believe in killing Jews.
:02:39. > :02:40.Whatever the right honourable gentleman says about combating
:02:41. > :02:44.anti-Semitism, it will mean nothing until he withdraws the remark that
:02:45. > :02:56.they were his friends. He should do it today.
:02:57. > :03:00.I join the Prime Minister in congratulating Leicester City on
:03:01. > :03:06.their amazing achievements. I hope it is not an indication that he is
:03:07. > :03:08.going to support another football team or is he going to stick with
:03:09. > :03:21.the two he has got already? Later today, commemorations begin
:03:22. > :03:26.for Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel. I hope there is agreement
:03:27. > :03:35.across all parts of this house in sending our best wishes to those
:03:36. > :03:38.commemorating the occasion, and sending a statement that
:03:39. > :03:44.anti-Semitism has no place in our society whatsoever and we have a
:03:45. > :03:49.duty to oppose it. Tomorrow, people will go to the polls in council
:03:50. > :03:52.elections in England. Nine of the ten most deprived councils are set
:03:53. > :03:57.to see cuts higher than the national average with eight facing cuts more
:03:58. > :04:00.than three times the national average, meaning less money for
:04:01. > :04:05.youth services, adult social care and those in areas of the greatest
:04:06. > :04:14.need. The Prime Minister used to say we are all in it together. What
:04:15. > :04:16.happened to that? Left me -- let me join the right honourable gentleman
:04:17. > :04:23.in saying that we should always support Holocaust they. -- Holocaust
:04:24. > :04:28.Day. I am going to press him on this point. He said, it will be my
:04:29. > :04:35.pleasure and my honour to host an event in Parliament where our
:04:36. > :04:42.friends from Hezbollah will be speaking, I have also invited
:04:43. > :04:47.friends from Hamas to speak as well. They believe in killing Jews around
:04:48. > :04:53.the world. If he wants to clear up the problem of anti-Semitism in the
:04:54. > :05:03.Labour Party, now is a good time to start, withdraw that they are your
:05:04. > :05:14.friends. Mr Speaker, I've made it clear that Labour is an antiracism
:05:15. > :05:23.party and there is no place for them in it. We have suspended all members
:05:24. > :05:27.and -- who have taken part in anti-Semitism and established an
:05:28. > :05:30.enquiry. The point he was making relate to a discussion I was hosting
:05:31. > :05:38.in order to promote peace process and it was not an approval of those
:05:39. > :05:45.organisations, I absolutely do not approve of those organisations. Mr
:05:46. > :05:50.Speaker, the reality is vulnerable people are being abandoned in this
:05:51. > :05:55.country. The Prime Minister has said that social care and support for the
:05:56. > :06:05.elderly is a priority for him. If that is the case, why has he cut 4.5
:06:06. > :06:07.billion since 2010, leaving 300,000 older people without care and
:06:08. > :06:13.support they need to live in dignity? We are putting more money
:06:14. > :06:19.into social care and allowing councils to raise council tax. I'm
:06:20. > :06:32.afraid he will need to do this one more time. He referred to Hamas and
:06:33. > :06:34.Hezbollah as his friends. Are they your friends or not? Those
:06:35. > :06:41.organisations believe in persecuting and killing Jews. They are
:06:42. > :06:49.anti-Semitic, racist organisations. He must stand up and say that they
:06:50. > :06:56.are not his friends. Mr Speaker, obviously anyone that commits racist
:06:57. > :07:02.attacks or is anti-Semitic is not a friend of mine. I would also invite
:07:03. > :07:08.him to think for a moment about the conduct of his party and his
:07:09. > :07:14.candidate in the London mayoral election. The way in which they
:07:15. > :07:18.systematically are smearing my friend, the member for tooting, who
:07:19. > :07:25.is our candidate for mayor. I wish him well and I invite the Prime
:07:26. > :07:30.Minister to undertake to ensure that the Conservative Party assists from
:07:31. > :07:37.the actions it is taking in smearing my friend. Last week, the Joseph
:07:38. > :07:47.Rowntree foundation's destitution report found 1.25 million people in
:07:48. > :07:58.Britain were unable to afford the essentials to stay fed and clean.
:07:59. > :08:05.When will the stronger economy mean that fewer people need to use food
:08:06. > :08:10.banks? It means there are over 2 million more people in work than
:08:11. > :08:15.when I became Prime Minister, you can earn ?11,000 before you pay tax,
:08:16. > :08:20.and we've introduced a national living wage, which was never done in
:08:21. > :08:27.13 years of a Labour government. I reject what he says about Labour's
:08:28. > :08:35.candidate for the London mayoralty. We are not responsible for
:08:36. > :08:41.everything anyone says when they are with us, but there is a pattern of
:08:42. > :08:53.behaviour for the honourable member for Tooting. He shared a platform
:08:54. > :08:59.with the man whose trained the ringleader of the 7/7 attacks. He
:09:00. > :09:05.shared a platform with a man who called for Jews to be drowned in the
:09:06. > :09:14.ocean. He described this as flowery language. If he wants to know why
:09:15. > :09:21.they have a problem with anti-Semitism it is because they
:09:22. > :09:30.share platforms with anti-Semitic people. Withdraw the remark about
:09:31. > :09:39.Hamas and Hezbollah being your friends. Last week the Prime
:09:40. > :09:53.Minister tried to smear my friends, the Minister for Tooting. It turns
:09:54. > :09:57.out that one of those is an active Conservative supporter. He should
:09:58. > :10:04.reflect on the word is said by Lord Lansley, that racism was endemic
:10:05. > :10:15.within the Conservatives. We have set up an enquiry and I would
:10:16. > :10:20.suggest he does the same. It has been said that the housing bill
:10:21. > :10:28.removes the security these people need, it is fundamentally wrong.
:10:29. > :10:33.Homelessness is up a third. A voter wrote to me and said he and his
:10:34. > :10:39.family will lose their home if the housing bill goes through. Why can't
:10:40. > :10:48.the Prime Minister followed the example from the Welsh Labour
:10:49. > :10:55.government in placing illegal responsibility -- a legal
:10:56. > :11:02.responsibility to help people during a housing crisis? What this
:11:03. > :11:08.government has done in England, rebuilt twice as much council
:11:09. > :11:12.housing in the last six years as Labour did in 13. I will not let
:11:13. > :11:27.this rest about the honourable member for Tooting. He raised the
:11:28. > :11:38.case for Ghani. Do you want to know the views of the person your leader
:11:39. > :11:43.has just quartered? He described women... The honourable member for
:11:44. > :11:47.Islington may be interested. He described women as subservient to
:11:48. > :11:52.men, he said homosexuality was an unnatural act. He stood on a
:11:53. > :11:59.platform with people who wanted an Islamic state. That is why his
:12:00. > :12:05.attempts to deal with anti-Semitism are utterly condemned to failure. He
:12:06. > :12:12.will not even condemn people who sit on platforms with people like that.
:12:13. > :12:15.I was trying to help the Prime Minister, I did point out that the
:12:16. > :12:16.gentleman concerned is a conservative.
:12:17. > :12:34.Maybe he would think about that. Another former Conservative
:12:35. > :12:45.candidate said, I will be voting Labour, I am ashamed of the
:12:46. > :12:49.repulsive campaign of hate. Mr Speaker, homelessness has been
:12:50. > :12:53.reduced by 67% in Wales since the new regulations came in. Why can't
:12:54. > :12:59.he do the same in this country? Inequality is getting worse,
:13:00. > :13:06.education should be a route out of poverty. But new figures show that
:13:07. > :13:13.the number of people participating on an adult education course fell by
:13:14. > :13:18.a fifth. How can we tackle inequality when the Prime Minister
:13:19. > :13:24.is taking away opportunities for people to find a pathway out of
:13:25. > :13:36.poverty. Inequality has gone down under this government. It is because
:13:37. > :13:44.we've got a growing economy, a living wage, more jobs, people
:13:45. > :13:51.paying less tax. I say to him, we are investing in the schools to give
:13:52. > :13:54.people opportunities, schemes to allow people to own homes. He
:13:55. > :14:01.opposes those things because the truth is, he may be a friend of
:14:02. > :14:12.Hamas but he is an enemy of aspiration.
:14:13. > :14:23.Mr Speaker, politics is about choices. The Prime Minister cart...
:14:24. > :14:31.Order, order. Order, order. Let me very gently say to the assiduous but
:14:32. > :14:38.slightly overenthusiastic whip, the member for Hexham, his role is to be
:14:39. > :14:43.seen and not heard. No further noise from the honourable gentleman today
:14:44. > :14:48.or his sidekick to his right. We will not shout people down in this
:14:49. > :14:58.chamber. The quiet or leave. Very simple. Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you Mr
:14:59. > :15:03.Speaker. This government has cut capital gains tax for the richest,
:15:04. > :15:07.every turn they make the wrong choices. Tomorrow, people can make
:15:08. > :15:14.their own choices about the crisis of social care, the housing crisis
:15:15. > :15:20.in this country. The unprecedented cuts to local councils in areas of
:15:21. > :15:23.greatest need. The cuts to further education, taking opportunities away
:15:24. > :15:30.from young people. The choices have been made will stop they cut taxes
:15:31. > :15:33.for the rich. We want to ensure there is proper taxation to ensure
:15:34. > :15:42.there are decent services for the rest. Prime Minister. Tomorrow is
:15:43. > :15:45.about choices, you can choose a party on the side of security for
:15:46. > :15:48.hard-working people, who wants to make sure there are more jobs,
:15:49. > :15:55.better pay, lower taxes, good schools for your children, a
:15:56. > :15:58.seven-day NHS you when you need it. Or the other choice, you can back a
:15:59. > :16:04.party that puts extremists overworking people. And is incapable
:16:05. > :16:06.of providing the leadership your local council needs, or the country
:16:07. > :16:18.needs. Does my right honourable friend
:16:19. > :16:20.agree with me in order to create a northern powerhouse that can produce
:16:21. > :16:27.innovation and prosperity, investment is needed in vital
:16:28. > :16:30.transport links in northern cities? Of particular concern to my
:16:31. > :16:34.constituents is the junction of the 834 and the A5 60 Gatley. Will the
:16:35. > :16:39.Prime Minister and his ministers meet with me and discuss how we can
:16:40. > :16:45.keep traffic moving in and out of Manchester and alleviate congestion
:16:46. > :16:49.in my constituency of Cheadle. She is right to raise this and that is
:16:50. > :16:52.why we established transport for the North to look at schemes like the
:16:53. > :17:00.one she proposes, so we can speak with one voice. It is why we are
:17:01. > :17:04.investing 13 billion. Planning for the next strategy is now underway.
:17:05. > :17:13.It is the right time to make the point that she does. Last week, the
:17:14. > :17:19.Prime Minister took issue when I raised the issue of unaccompanied
:17:20. > :17:23.Syrian refugee children in Europe. And the candid transports of the
:17:24. > :17:34.1930s. Since then he has been written to by the chairman of
:17:35. > :17:41.Kindertransport. He said the echoes of the past haunt many fellow and I.
:17:42. > :17:47.I feel it is incumbent on us to demonstrate our compassion and human
:17:48. > :17:51.compassion to provide sanctuary to those in need. Why has it taken so
:17:52. > :17:55.long and the threat of a Parliamentary defeat for the Prime
:17:56. > :18:02.Minister to begin changing his mind. Let me pay tribute to the gentleman
:18:03. > :18:07.the honourable member raises. And also, let's be clear, no country has
:18:08. > :18:11.done more than others when it comes to Syrian refugees. No country has
:18:12. > :18:16.raised more money and only the United States has spent more money.
:18:17. > :18:20.I do want us to proceed with as much support across the House as we can.
:18:21. > :18:23.It is right to stick to the principle we shouldn't be
:18:24. > :18:27.encouraging people to make this dangerous journey. It is right to
:18:28. > :18:31.stick to the idea we keep investing in the refugee camps and
:18:32. > :18:36.neighbouring countries. It is right not to take part in the EU
:18:37. > :18:41.relocation and resettlement schemes, which have been, in my view, a
:18:42. > :18:47.failure. We are taking in migrants, child migrants with the direct
:18:48. > :18:51.family scheme. We will talk to Save the Children to see what we can do
:18:52. > :18:56.for children who came here before the EU Turkey deal was signed. What
:18:57. > :19:03.I don't want to do is take steps that will encourage people to make
:19:04. > :19:07.this dangerous journey. Otherwise, our actions, however well-meaning,
:19:08. > :19:13.could result in more people dying, rather than more people getting a
:19:14. > :19:17.good life. Last week I accused the Prime Minister of walking by on the
:19:18. > :19:20.other side when he defended his then policy opposing further help for
:19:21. > :19:25.unaccompanied refugee children in Europe will stop if, what we are
:19:26. > :19:31.hearing now, is the beginnings of a U-turn, I very much welcome it as
:19:32. > :19:37.I'm sure all members on side of the House do. I encourage him to think
:19:38. > :19:43.more about what can be done, given the Kindertransport help 10,000
:19:44. > :19:47.children from Europe. I asked the Prime Minister to thank Lord Alf
:19:48. > :19:51.Dobbs and all campaigners who have worked hard for the UK to live up to
:19:52. > :19:56.the example and the spirit of the Kindertransport. I think all those
:19:57. > :20:00.people deserve recognition for the work they have done to put this
:20:01. > :20:05.issue so squarely on the agenda. I do reject the comparison with the
:20:06. > :20:12.Kindertransport. And for this reason, I would argue that what we
:20:13. > :20:16.are doing primarily which is taking children from the region, vulnerable
:20:17. > :20:21.people from the camps, going to the neighbouring countries and taking
:20:22. > :20:24.people into our country, housing, clothing and feeding them and making
:20:25. > :20:31.sure they have a good life, that to me is like the Kindertransport. To
:20:32. > :20:35.say the Kindertransport is taking today, children from France, Italy
:20:36. > :20:40.or Germany, safe countries that our democracy, that is an insult to
:20:41. > :20:44.those countries. Because of the steps we are taking, it won't be
:20:45. > :20:48.necessary to send the amendment back to the other place, the amendment
:20:49. > :20:51.doesn't mention a number of people. We will go round the local
:20:52. > :20:56.authorities and see what more we can do. But let's stick to the principle
:20:57. > :21:07.we should not be taking new arrivals to Europe. The Department of Health
:21:08. > :21:13.are looking to introduce a self DNA test for pregnant women, in order to
:21:14. > :21:17.reduce the number of miscarriages. This will have the consequence of
:21:18. > :21:22.increasing the number of abortions with those with down syndrome. I
:21:23. > :21:27.know there is nobody in this House who cares more for those with
:21:28. > :21:31.special needs for protection and the safety of those with special needs,
:21:32. > :21:37.so will the Prime Minister meet with me and representatives of the East
:21:38. > :21:42.Lancashire down syndrome support group to look at ways to protect
:21:43. > :21:46.those with down syndrome and it will not simply be screened out? He
:21:47. > :21:52.raises an important issue. A local people of down syndrome parents came
:21:53. > :21:58.to my constituency surgery on Friday and made these arguments to me. I am
:21:59. > :22:01.taking this up with the Department of help to make sure all the
:22:02. > :22:04.processes are followed. There are moral and ethical issues that need
:22:05. > :22:09.to be considered in these cases. On the other hand, we have to respect
:22:10. > :22:13.the view that women want to have screening and testing about the
:22:14. > :22:18.health of their children. We should be in favour of maximum
:22:19. > :22:21.transparency. On the basis it is optional, rather than mandatory, but
:22:22. > :22:27.it is part of routine care. Health Secretary will have to find a way
:22:28. > :22:32.through this, but we have to make sure we go about it in the right
:22:33. > :22:37.way. UNESCO car components for Ford and Nissan cars and employs hundreds
:22:38. > :22:40.of people, including from my constituency. I'm sure the Prime
:22:41. > :22:45.Minister knows the need to get right our manufacturing industry. Does he
:22:46. > :22:50.agree with the managing director, Mike Matthews, who said it would be
:22:51. > :22:57.business suicide for the UK to leave the EU? I listen to all the business
:22:58. > :23:00.voices, particularly those in manufacturing, and so many say we
:23:01. > :23:04.are better off in a reformed European union. We get an enormous
:23:05. > :23:08.amount of investment from Japanese motor industries. I will be
:23:09. > :23:13.welcoming the Japanese Prime Minister to the UK tomorrow, when I
:23:14. > :23:19.am sure this is on the agenda. Closed question, Doctor Julian
:23:20. > :23:24.Lewis. Nato is the cornerstone of Britain's defence but our place in
:23:25. > :23:28.the EU is a vital part of protecting national security. It helps by
:23:29. > :23:31.ensuring the issues are settled by dialogue and helping to provide
:23:32. > :23:37.assistance in particular circumstances, for example, the
:23:38. > :23:39.Balkans. I entirely agree with the Prime Minister's remarks about Nato.
:23:40. > :23:46.Does he accept that whilst dictatorships often attacked
:23:47. > :23:50.democracies or other dictatorships, democracies seldom, if ever, go to
:23:51. > :23:57.war with each other. If an aim of the EU, is to prevent conflict
:23:58. > :24:02.between its own members, as in World War I and World War II, is it not
:24:03. > :24:08.heading in precisely the wrong direction by trying to create an
:24:09. > :24:13.unelected supranational government of Europe, which is accountable to
:24:14. > :24:19.nobody? My honourable friend has very long standing and passionate
:24:20. > :24:25.views on this. I will make a couple of points. I don't think we should
:24:26. > :24:28.forget some of the country is now in the European Union, until recently,
:24:29. > :24:34.were not democracies, but what forms of dictatorship. The second point,
:24:35. > :24:38.those countries that have worked towards an omission of EU have had
:24:39. > :24:44.to put in place all sorts of democratic and other norms to help
:24:45. > :24:46.them on their way. The final point, we have had an unparalleled period
:24:47. > :24:50.of peace and prosperity in Europe and my argument with me, whether you
:24:51. > :24:56.want to attribute all of that to Nato, or some of that to the EU, why
:24:57. > :25:02.would you want to put it at risk? The findings of the NHS in England
:25:03. > :25:06.report into the sudden closure of Bootham Park mental health hospital
:25:07. > :25:11.in your, has confirmed the relationships and authorities
:25:12. > :25:14.between all NHS bodies and is defined under the health and social
:25:15. > :25:22.care at 20 of 12 are dysfunctional and failed patient at -- patient
:25:23. > :25:27.safety. Harm occurred and life has been lost. Will the Prime Minister
:25:28. > :25:31.accept his health act has to change due to the serious risk created and
:25:32. > :25:35.in line with NHS England's recommendations? I will look
:25:36. > :25:38.carefully at what she said my understanding is she called for
:25:39. > :25:44.action on an outdated and dangerous facility last year. That is what
:25:45. > :25:50.happened. I am pleased action was taken, it wasn't fit for purpose.
:25:51. > :25:55.The CQC identified serious and life-threatening issues on patient
:25:56. > :25:59.safety and they were not right. As a result, there was a decision to
:26:00. > :26:04.close and reopen the facility after the changes. You will have incidents
:26:05. > :26:09.of poor practice. What matters, do we intervene fast enough and put
:26:10. > :26:14.them right. At this case, I will look again at what she said, but it
:26:15. > :26:22.does look like action was taken. The Christian News Edie and sheer
:26:23. > :26:26.children in Syria are suffering from genocide by Daesh and we should
:26:27. > :26:33.recognise it as such. My urge to the Prime Minister, to indeed do more to
:26:34. > :26:38.replicate the Kindertransport of the 1930s. That is what we are doing in
:26:39. > :26:44.taking children directly from the camps in Syria. If we were to take
:26:45. > :26:48.16-year-olds from a safe environment in Europe, we would be causing more
:26:49. > :26:55.misery and encouraging the people traffickers. He asked me two
:26:56. > :27:00.questions, whether there is more we can do to label what has happened as
:27:01. > :27:03.genocide. This has always been something done under a legal
:27:04. > :27:08.definition, but I believe very much it is clearly heading, there is a
:27:09. > :27:14.strong case for saying it is genocide. I hope it will be
:27:15. > :27:17.portrayed unspoken as such. On the issue of the Kindertransport, I
:27:18. > :27:22.would agree, we have an enormous amount of what we can be proud of.
:27:23. > :27:28.The money we put into the camps, we raised more in London on Monday than
:27:29. > :27:32.any humanitarian conference has ever raised in the world. We are going to
:27:33. > :27:39.do more for children already registered in Europe after, before
:27:40. > :27:42.the EU Turkey deal. But the principle we should try to cling do
:27:43. > :27:47.is we shouldn't do anything that encourages people to make the
:27:48. > :27:51.perilous journey. That has been the cornerstone of our policy and it
:27:52. > :27:55.should remain the case. For the benefit of the House and 410 and
:27:56. > :28:02.11-year-olds up and down the country, will the Minister explain
:28:03. > :28:11.what the past progressive tense is. Will he set out his definition of a
:28:12. > :28:15.modal verb? I will say to the honourable lady, the point of these
:28:16. > :28:21.changes is to make sure our children are better educated than we are.
:28:22. > :28:24.That is why I am delighted with three children in state schools
:28:25. > :28:34.going off to do these tests. I am delighted they are going to be.
:28:35. > :28:42.Thank you Mr Speaker. Three years ago, three years ago... Order,
:28:43. > :28:53.order. Three years ago five members of a family from County Durham were
:28:54. > :28:57.killed in a tragic accident A18. The coroner said he had no confidence in
:28:58. > :29:01.the work of the proposed work of the highway authority to remedy the
:29:02. > :29:04.situation. The council wants to do all they can and have committed to
:29:05. > :29:10.carry out the work. But resources are very limited. Could my right
:29:11. > :29:11.honourable friend give serious consideration to an application from
:29:12. > :29:25.the council for additional resources? I will have a close
:29:26. > :29:33.look I will look to see if more evidence can be done to make it
:29:34. > :29:38.safe. Eritrea was described as the North Korea of Africa in the recent
:29:39. > :29:47.inaugural all-party group meeting. There was government forced
:29:48. > :29:50.indefinite constriction. Will the Prime Minister personally and
:29:51. > :29:55.urgently review Home Office guidance which says it is safe to transport
:29:56. > :30:00.asylum seekers back to Eritrea? I will look at what he says. We know
:30:01. > :30:05.Eritrea is a deeply, undemocratic and autocratic country. It has done
:30:06. > :30:10.appalling things to its people and that is one of the reasons why so
:30:11. > :30:12.many of those seeking to cross the Mediterranean, through the Libyan
:30:13. > :30:18.route, have come from a country. When I have the opportunity to meet
:30:19. > :30:24.the Eritrea leadership in Malta, I made those points very strongly.
:30:25. > :30:28.Four years ago, I asked my right honourable friend on behalf of my
:30:29. > :30:34.mother, if the EU referendum vote could be brought forward because of
:30:35. > :30:39.her age. She was then 100. She now wishes to know if she needs to set a
:30:40. > :30:51.world record for longevity before the Chilcott report is published? I
:30:52. > :30:55.think I can reassure Maud, that this summer she will have a double
:30:56. > :30:59.opportunity to deal with these things. I referendum on June the
:31:00. > :31:05.23rd and I'm sure the Chilcott report will come not too much longer
:31:06. > :31:17.after that. I imagine she will want a backbench business debate on the
:31:18. > :31:20.matter. Tata steel wishes to complete the sale of its assets by
:31:21. > :31:24.the middle of June and one referred bidder in place by the end of this
:31:25. > :31:29.month. Does the Prime Minister think it is a realistic time frame and
:31:30. > :31:35.there will be a credible process of due diligence? What processes is the
:31:36. > :31:40.Prime Minister taking to make sure Tata is making good on its promises
:31:41. > :31:45.as a responsible seller? The positive news is the deadline
:31:46. > :31:50.yesterday was met by a number of serious enquiries of interest into
:31:51. > :31:54.buying all of Tata, and that is good news. We need to work intensively
:31:55. > :32:00.with Tata and the buyers to get the list down to those who are seriously
:32:01. > :32:03.intending to bid. What it is a short timetable. What we are doing is
:32:04. > :32:07.talking intensively with Tata to make sure they do everything they
:32:08. > :32:13.can to make sure this is a serious sales process. The Prime Minister
:32:14. > :32:17.made an important announcement with regard to refugee children.
:32:18. > :32:20.Obviously, time is of the essence because of the peculiar
:32:21. > :32:25.vulnerability of children without the guidance and protection of their
:32:26. > :32:28.families. Could the Prime Minister give an indication to the House of
:32:29. > :32:33.how quickly he expects to have those arrangements in place? I am grateful
:32:34. > :32:37.to my right honourable friend, who has spoken passionately about this
:32:38. > :32:43.issue. I don't see any reason why there needs to be a long delay. We
:32:44. > :32:46.need to carry on conversations with local councils, because many of
:32:47. > :32:49.them, particularly in the south of England, are under pressure because
:32:50. > :32:55.of the number of child refugees who have come. Then hopefully we can
:32:56. > :32:59.make progress during this year. Documents leaked earlier this week
:33:00. > :33:03.appeared to confirm what most have feared, that the transatlantic trade
:33:04. > :33:08.and investment partnership makes unacceptable concessions to public
:33:09. > :33:12.health and safety regulations, opening the doors for US investors
:33:13. > :33:17.to sue for loss of rockets. Will the Prime Minister recognise the concern
:33:18. > :33:20.raised by the French president and Talbot House what this
:33:21. > :33:26.seeking for a national health service and public service? This is
:33:27. > :33:31.the register of red herrings. The health service is completely protect
:33:32. > :33:36.did under this agreement, as it is under other agreements. They're all
:33:37. > :33:39.sorts agreements people might be against free trade and wanting to
:33:40. > :33:47.see an expansion of and investment and jobs. People should be honest
:33:48. > :33:56.and say they don't want to see these things happen instead of inventing
:33:57. > :34:00.total red herrings. Calm yourself, Mr Campbell, you are supposed to be
:34:01. > :34:12.a senior statesman in the House. Calm down. Take up yoga, I have told
:34:13. > :34:16.you before. Cheryl Murray. The lifeboat celebrates its 150th
:34:17. > :34:24.anniversary this year in my constituency. Will he congratulate
:34:25. > :34:29.them, not just the new one, but all of them who keep us safe at sea? I
:34:30. > :34:31.am very happy to do that, in conjunction with my honourable
:34:32. > :34:39.friend. Very brave people, having met some of them, especially during
:34:40. > :34:43.the flooding earlier in the year. They put their lives at risk all the
:34:44. > :34:56.time to save others. They are the bravest. What matters is what works.
:34:57. > :35:01.In the long-term interests of the country, fixed term parliaments are
:35:02. > :35:04.an important of that. Can the Prime Minister ensure his government's
:35:05. > :35:10.performance includes the long overdue creation of a centre
:35:11. > :35:18.evidence on sexual abuse of children something I raised in PMQs with
:35:19. > :35:22.Margaret Thatcher. We can deal with the awful consequences of child sex
:35:23. > :35:26.abuse on victims and perpetrators, but we must use early intervention
:35:27. > :35:31.expertise to stop it from happening in the first place. Will the Prime
:35:32. > :35:36.Minister backed the excellent work of ministers and members from all
:35:37. > :35:40.parties and get this much-needed centre up and running without delay,
:35:41. > :35:45.within the five-year term of this government? I am glad the honourable
:35:46. > :35:49.gentleman rescued his own question with those last words. We are
:35:50. > :35:55.grateful to him, constitutionally at least.
:35:56. > :36:01.I am sorry it has taken a question in 1989 to get an answer. Setting up
:36:02. > :36:05.a centre of expertise on sexual abuse is what the Home Office is
:36:06. > :36:12.doing. It will identify and share high-quality evidence. Alongside
:36:13. > :36:14.this, the Department for Education's Centre will ensure social workers
:36:15. > :36:18.across the country can learn from the best examples. It is a good
:36:19. > :36:23.example of government reform, which I know he supports. The Prime
:36:24. > :36:29.Minister and we aren't these benches can be proud of the fact, in recent
:36:30. > :36:33.years we have reduced relative poverty and income inequality. We
:36:34. > :36:40.are a one nation party, or we are nothing. Does he agree with Lord
:36:41. > :36:45.rose, the leader of the Remain Campaign that if we were to lead the
:36:46. > :36:49.EU and exercise greater control over immigration for the sake of public
:36:50. > :36:56.services, wages would rise even faster? What would happen, if we
:36:57. > :36:59.were to lead the EU, we would see an impact on our economy that would be
:37:00. > :37:03.negative. That is the view of the Bank of England, the IMF, the OECD
:37:04. > :37:08.and a growing number of international bodies. Anybody who
:37:09. > :37:12.wants to make this choice, it is a choice for the British people to
:37:13. > :37:18.make. We have to be clear of the economic consequences. In 1972, aged
:37:19. > :37:23.19, nine months married and six months pregnant with their first
:37:24. > :37:27.child, my constituent, Susan received the knock on the door to
:37:28. > :37:33.say her husband had been killed in action in Northern Ireland. Yet when
:37:34. > :37:37.she married and found love again, she lost all compensation for her
:37:38. > :37:41.and her daughter. She still has no compensation for having made that
:37:42. > :37:45.huge sacrifice. It is a disgraceful way to treat those who have lost
:37:46. > :37:50.loved ones serving our country. Will the Prime Minister meet with me and
:37:51. > :37:55.Susan to discuss this case and the injustice which still faces war
:37:56. > :37:58.widows in this country Western Mark I will make sure she gets the
:37:59. > :38:04.meeting and the attention she deserves. I know the Minister met
:38:05. > :38:08.with the war Widows Association to put forward their case. It was this
:38:09. > :38:14.government but did make a historic change, so war widows who remarried
:38:15. > :38:19.from April one 2015, would retain their war widows pension. That was a
:38:20. > :38:24.change long as four and only delivered under this government. At
:38:25. > :38:27.the moment, we are of the view of the long-standing policy of
:38:28. > :38:31.successive governments, we shouldn't make these changes and apply them
:38:32. > :38:35.retrospectively. Yesterday the foreign affairs select committee
:38:36. > :38:39.started our enquiry on Anglo Russian relations. This afternoon, I have a
:38:40. > :38:44.Westminster Hall debate on Anglo Russian relations. Despite the
:38:45. > :38:47.tension that exists, will the Prime Minister give us an assurance he
:38:48. > :38:53.will redouble his efforts to lower tensions with his fellow permanent
:38:54. > :39:00.member of the UN Security Council? Of course we want to keep tensions
:39:01. > :39:04.low and the one good relations, but we cannot ignore the fact Russian
:39:05. > :39:09.backed and direct its separatists have effectively tried to redraw the
:39:10. > :39:12.boundaries of Europe. When we consider how dangerous exercises
:39:13. > :39:14.like that have been in the past, we have to take it extremely seriously
:39:15. > :39:32.in the present. Can I thank the Prime Minister for
:39:33. > :39:34.joining Leicester MPs and the rest of the planet in congratulating
:39:35. > :39:39.Leicester City football club on their historic success in the
:39:40. > :39:44.Premier League. During this amazing season, the local Leicester hero,
:39:45. > :39:47.Gary Lineker, thought the idea of Leicester winning was so
:39:48. > :39:49.far-fetched, he said if they did when he would present match of the
:39:50. > :40:03.day in his underwear. As an Aston Villa supporter and my
:40:04. > :40:08.commiserations to the Prime Minister on their season, does he agree in
:40:09. > :40:16.politics, as well as in football, when you make a promise, you should
:40:17. > :40:19.keep it? I absolutely agree. I have been watching everything Gary
:40:20. > :40:22.Lineker has said since. He is not quite answering the question.
:40:23. > :40:28.Something nobody gets away with in this House. I hope it is the start
:40:29. > :40:31.of him joining the blue team.