0:00:19 > 0:00:21Questions to the Prime Minister.
0:00:21 > 0:00:27Maria Caulfield.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Number one, Mr Speaker.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Wait a minute.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36The right honourable gentleman is a bit ahead of himself.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40There is a process to be followed, he can wait his turn.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Number one, Mr Speaker.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45As always.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48The Prime Minister is attending the G7 in Japan, I have been asked
0:00:48 > 0:00:50to reply on his behalf.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and others and in addition to my duties in this house
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I will have further such meetings later today.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Maria Caulfield.
0:01:00 > 0:01:10I am sure members opposite will disagree, but the first
0:01:12 > 0:01:15priority of any Government has to be the defence
0:01:15 > 0:01:16and security of our country.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Here, here!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Therefore could the Chancellor outline for me the steps that this
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Government is taking to replace our Trident nuclear defence?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25My right honourable friend is absolutely right.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27The first duty of Government is to defend the country,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and for almost 70 years, an independent nuclear deterrent has
0:01:30 > 0:01:31provided the ultimate ensurance of our freedom.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34We will review our Trident deterrent, we will bring forward
0:01:34 > 0:01:40votes in this house and we ask MPs from all sides of the House
0:01:40 > 0:01:43to support this vital commitment to our national security.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And when she stands up, the honourable lady representing
0:01:46 > 0:01:49the Labour Party should indicate that support today.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Angela Eagle.
0:01:51 > 0:02:00Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03We look forward to the vote on Trident and he should get
0:02:03 > 0:02:11on with it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Mr Speaker, given the overnight news of the French authorities' dawn raid
0:02:16 > 0:02:19on Google investigating allegations of aggravated financial fraud
0:02:19 > 0:02:23and money-laundering, does the Chancellor now regret
0:02:23 > 0:02:26calling his cosy little tax deal with the same company "good news
0:02:26 > 0:02:31for the British taxpayer"?
0:02:31 > 0:02:36Well, it is good news that we are collecting money in tax
0:02:36 > 0:02:42from companies that paid no tax when the Labour Party was in office.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46And she seems to forget that she was the Exchequer Secretary
0:02:46 > 0:02:50in the last Government, so perhaps when she stands up
0:02:50 > 0:02:53she can tell us whether she ever raised with the Inland Revenue at
0:02:53 > 0:03:01the time the tax affairs of Google.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07Mr Speaker, I think obviously the Chancellor has done a bit
0:03:07 > 0:03:10more research this time.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I regard that as a compliment.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Mr Speaker...
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I think from that answer that the Chancellor is far
0:03:21 > 0:03:31too easily satisfied.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39I note, Mr Speaker, that even the honourable member for Uxbridge
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and Ruislip labelled his cosy little deal derisory.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45The British public think it is even worse, so despite all the rhetoric
0:03:45 > 0:03:48on his watch, the tax gap has actually gone up,
0:03:48 > 0:03:55his tax deal with the Swiss raised a fraction of the revenue he boasted
0:03:55 > 0:03:58that it would, and the OBR blames the lack of resources
0:03:58 > 0:04:02in Revenue and Customs.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04So, why, Mr Speaker, has he sacked 11,000
0:04:04 > 0:04:09tax staff since 2010?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12When is he going to give them the resources they need
0:04:12 > 0:04:19to do a proper job?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Well, we increased resources for the HMRC to tackle tax
0:04:22 > 0:04:24evasion and avoidance.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We have introduced a diverted profits tax so companies like Google
0:04:27 > 0:04:31cannot shift their profits offshore any more.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34We have made sure the banks pay a higher tax charge than they ever
0:04:34 > 0:04:36did under the last Labour Government, but I come
0:04:36 > 0:04:37back to this question.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41She was a Treasury minister, she stood at this dispatch box.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44She is asking me what we have done to tackle tax evasion
0:04:44 > 0:04:49and tax avoidance.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Did she ever raise as the Exchequer Secretary the tax affairs of Google?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57We should know this before she asks questions of this Government.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Mr Speaker...
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Members must calm themselves and remain calm.
0:05:03 > 0:05:13Order!
0:05:13 > 0:05:23On both sides they should take the lead from the right honourable
0:05:23 > 0:05:26who as always is sitting calm and in a statesman-like manner.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28That is the way to behave.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Angela Eagle.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Mr Speaker, we all have a great deal of respect for the right honourable
0:05:35 > 0:05:42member for Rushcliffe.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45The Chancellor of the Exchequer will now that the Exchequer
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Secretary deals with taxes on vices, not Google.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I did my job in taxing vices when I was in the Treasury.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59He will be judged on results.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02He has been in office for six years, and with France demanding ten times
0:06:02 > 0:06:05more from Google then he is, the public will make
0:06:05 > 0:06:12their own judgment.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Mr Speaker, while Labour is campaigning to ensure that the UK
0:06:14 > 0:06:17remains in the European Union, because it is the best way to defend
0:06:17 > 0:06:24rights at work, as well as jobs and prosperity, the party opposite
0:06:24 > 0:06:30is split right down the middle.
0:06:30 > 0:06:38And, Mr Speaker, it is descending into vicious acrimony.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44Last week the Employment Minister...
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Mr Speaker, last week the Employment Minister called
0:06:49 > 0:06:54for Brexit, so there could be a bonfire of workers' rights.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Does the Chancellor agree with her, or does he agree with Len McCluskey
0:06:58 > 0:07:00that a vote to stay in the European Union
0:07:00 > 0:07:07is the best deal for Britain's workers?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11First of all, she confirmed that when she was in the Treasury,
0:07:11 > 0:07:19she asked absolutely no questions about the tax affairs of Google.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22When it comes to the European Union, as she knows, we agree on this.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27I think it is better that Britain remains in the European Union.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Why don't we have some consensus now on some other issues like having
0:07:31 > 0:07:32an independent nuclear deterrent?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Let's have a consensus on that.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Let's have a consensus on supporting businesses rather
0:07:36 > 0:07:41than disparaging businesses.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Let's have a consensus and not piling debts on the next generation,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46but dealing with our deficit.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Let's have a consensus that the parties in this house should
0:07:49 > 0:07:52have a credible economic policy.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:07:55 > 0:08:04I think he has just agreed with Len McCluskey.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Now, the former Work and Pensions Secretary said this
0:08:07 > 0:08:09week that the Chancellor's Brexit report should not be
0:08:09 > 0:08:13believed by anyone.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16He branded the Chancellor Pinocchio with his nose just getting longer
0:08:16 > 0:08:20and longer with every fib.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Meanwhile, the general secretary to the TUC said that the Treasury's
0:08:23 > 0:08:25report gives us half a million good reasons to stay
0:08:25 > 0:08:27in the European Union.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Who does the Chancellor think the public should listen to?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33His former Cabinet colleagues or the leader of Britain's
0:08:33 > 0:08:43millions of trade unionists?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I don't think it is any great revelation that different
0:08:49 > 0:08:55Conservative MPs have different views on the European Union.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57That is why we are having a referendum,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59because this issue does divide parties and families
0:08:59 > 0:09:03and friends and we made a commitment
0:09:03 > 0:09:11in our manifesto that the British people would decide this question.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I might just observe that if she wants to talk
0:09:15 > 0:09:17about divisions in parties, while she is sitting here,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21the leader of the Labour Party is sitting at home wondering
0:09:21 > 0:09:30whether to impeach the former leader of the Labour Party for war crimes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Mr Speaker, I am glad that he agrees with Frances O'Grady,
0:09:32 > 0:09:37it is just a pity that he can't get half his backbenchers and most
0:09:37 > 0:09:40of his own party to agree with him.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Given that the former Work and Pensions Secretary has just
0:09:43 > 0:09:46called the Prime Minister disingenuous, and the former
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Tory Mayor of London has called him demented, I would not talk
0:09:49 > 0:09:51about Labour splits.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54If I were him, I would get his own house in order before
0:09:54 > 0:09:56he talks about us.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Mr Speaker, following his second omnishambles budget earlier this
0:10:00 > 0:10:03year, I see the Chancellor's approval ratings have collapsed
0:10:03 > 0:10:09by 80 points amongst his own party.
0:10:09 > 0:10:15Given that he seems to be following a similar career path,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19isn't it time he turned to Michael Portillo for advice?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Last week the former would-be leader said of the Queen's Speech,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25"After 23 years of careful thought about what they would
0:10:25 > 0:10:28like to do in power..."
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Order, order.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34This question will be heard.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Those prating away should cease doing so.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37It is stupid and counter-productive.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Angela Eagle.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46After 23 years of careful thought about what they would like to do
0:10:46 > 0:10:49in power, Michael Portillo said, the answer is nothing.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53There is nothing they want to do with office or power.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The Government has nothing to do, nothing to say and thinks nothing,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58is what he said.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04But even this nothing Queen's Speech has caused a revolt
0:11:04 > 0:11:14on his own backbenchers and forced yet another U-turn to avoid
0:11:16 > 0:11:18the first defeat of a government on its legislative
0:11:18 > 0:11:19programme for 92 years.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Mr Speaker, doesn't that tell you all you need to know about this
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Prime Minister and Chancellor?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It seems they can't even get their back benches to vote
0:11:26 > 0:11:33for nothing without a fight.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37I will tell you what we have done in recent weeks.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40We have taken another million people out of tax altogether.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42We have frozen fuel duty, we have cut business rates
0:11:42 > 0:11:45for small businesses.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48We have seen the deficit fall by another 16 billion.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50We delivered a record number of jobs and we have introduced
0:11:51 > 0:11:55a national living wage.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58That is what we have been up to.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What have the Labour Party been up to?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02She talks of U-turns.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07They have turned the Labour Party from a party that gave
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Britain its nuclear deterrent to a party that wants to scrap it,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12from a party that created the academies programme but now
0:12:12 > 0:12:13wants to abolish all the academies.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17From a party that once courted businesses that now disparages it.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21The prawn cocktail offensive is just plain offensive these days.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24As a result they have gone from a Labour Party that won
0:12:24 > 0:12:27elections to a Labour Party that is going to go
0:12:27 > 0:12:35on losing elections.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Mr Speaker, with 29 days to go until the most important
0:12:40 > 0:12:42decision this country has faced in a generation,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45we have before us a Government in utter chaos, split down
0:12:45 > 0:12:49the middle, at war with itself.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53The stakes could not be higher, and yet this is a Government adrift
0:12:53 > 0:12:55at the mercy of its own rebel backbenchers, unable to get
0:12:55 > 0:12:57their agenda through Parliament.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Instead of providing the leadership the country needs, they are fighting
0:13:01 > 0:13:08a bitter proxy war over the leadership of their own party.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I notice that no Outer, all the Brexiters have been banished
0:13:11 > 0:13:21from the front bench.
0:13:22 > 0:13:30Well...
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Well, Mr Speaker, it is nice to see the Justice Secretary here.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39I think the Chancellor has put the rest of his Brexit
0:13:39 > 0:13:43colleagues in detention.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Instead of providing the leadership the country needs,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47they are fighting a bitter proxy war over the leadership
0:13:47 > 0:13:49of their own party.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Instead of focusing on the national interest, they are focusing
0:13:53 > 0:13:57on their narrow self interest.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00What we need, Mr Speaker, is a Government which will do
0:14:00 > 0:14:02the best for Britain.
0:14:02 > 0:14:10What we have got is a Conservative Party focused only on themselves.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12She talks about our Parliamentary party.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Let's look at her Parliamentary party.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20They are like rats deserting a sinking ship.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23The shadow health minister wants to be the Mayor of Liverpool.
0:14:23 > 0:14:30The member for Bury South wants to be the Mayor for Manchester,
0:14:30 > 0:14:38the Shadow Home Secretary wants to be the Mayor for both cities.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41When we said we were creating job opportunities, we did not
0:14:41 > 0:14:44mean job opportunities for the whole Shadow Cabinet.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48They are like a Parliamentary party on day release.
0:14:48 > 0:14:57They know the member for Islington will be back and it is four more
0:14:57 > 0:15:01years of hard labour.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Mr Speaker, today we are voting on a Queen's Speech that
0:15:04 > 0:15:10delivers economic security, protects our national security,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13enhances life chances for the most disadvantaged and it doesn't matter
0:15:13 > 0:15:16who stands at that dispatch box for the Labour Party these days.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20They are dismantling our defences, they are wrecking our economy,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23they want to burden people with debt, and in their own report
0:15:23 > 0:15:26published this week, called Labour's Future,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29surprisingly long, they say this...
0:15:29 > 0:15:31They are becoming increasingly irrelevant to the working people
0:15:31 > 0:15:39of Britain.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Richard Drax.
0:15:43 > 0:15:51Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54What a privilege it is to be called by you,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57because if the remaining team have their day on the 24th of June,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01I will have to reply by e-mail to Herr Juncker to ask a question.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Airbus, Mr Speaker, a wonderful example of European cooperation.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10Note European, not EU.
0:16:10 > 0:16:17The fuselage is built in France and Germany and the wings
0:16:17 > 0:16:20in this country.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22And planes cannot fly without wings, Mr Speaker.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Whether we remain inside or outside the EU will have no
0:16:24 > 0:16:29effect on this business.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31As the Chancellor knows, it is trade and hard work
0:16:31 > 0:16:34of businessmen and women who create jobs and prosperity,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37not politicians and bureaucrats.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It is their job to nurture growth and enterprise...
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Order!
0:16:44 > 0:16:50I was looking for a question mark.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Does my right honourable friend agree with me it is their job
0:16:53 > 0:16:56to nurture and not to make threats to business,
0:16:56 > 0:17:05enterprise, jobs and aspiration?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Well, I completely agree with my honourable friend that jobs
0:17:10 > 0:17:12and enterprise are created through the ingenuity of private
0:17:12 > 0:17:14businesses that we should support and nurture in this house.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Angus Robertson.
0:17:18 > 0:17:28Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Lachlan Brain is seven years old and he attends the Gaelic medium
0:17:40 > 0:17:42primary school in Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Next week, as the Home Secretary is currently briefing him,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47the Home Department plans to deport him and his family,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49despite the fact that he arrived as part of a Scottish Government
0:17:49 > 0:17:52initiative backed by the Home Office to attract people to live
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and work in the region.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57This case has been front-page news in Scotland and has been repeatedly
0:17:57 > 0:17:59raised in the House.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03What does the Chancellor have to say to the Braine family
0:18:03 > 0:18:07What does the Chancellor have to say to the Brain family
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and the community who want them to stay?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13As I understand it the family do not meet the immigration criteria...
0:18:13 > 0:18:17The Home Secretary says she is very happy to write to the right
0:18:17 > 0:18:21honourable gentleman on the details of the specific case.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Mr Angus Robertson.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I am sorry, this has been going on for weeks and that frankly
0:18:27 > 0:18:30is not good enough.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Appeals have been made to the Home Secretary
0:18:33 > 0:18:36by the First Minister, by the local MP, by the local
0:18:36 > 0:18:41MSP, by the community.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43It is wall-to-wall across the media of Scotland, and the Chancellor
0:18:43 > 0:18:46of the Exchequer clearly knew nothing about it.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51The problem in the Highlands of Scotland is not immigration,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55it has been emigration.
0:18:55 > 0:19:02Even at this late stage, knowing nothing about it,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04will the Chancellor speak to the Home Secretary,
0:19:04 > 0:19:09the Prime Minister, and get this sorted out?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12As I say, the Home Secretary will write to the right honourable
0:19:12 > 0:19:14gentleman on the details of the case.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19Can I make a suggestion to the Scottish Nationalist Party.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22They now have very substantial tax and enterprise powers.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27If they want to attract people to the Highlands of Scotland,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29why don't they create an entrepreneurial Scotland that
0:19:29 > 0:19:33people want to move to from the rest of the United Kingdom
0:19:33 > 0:19:36where they can grow their business and have a successful life?
0:19:36 > 0:19:44Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49The honourable gentleman will be heard.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Why is the Chilcot report not being published before the EU referendum?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Is it because the Prime Minister and the Chancellor don't want
0:19:56 > 0:19:59the public to be reminded of how the Government of the day
0:19:59 > 0:20:02and the establishment are prepared to produce dodgy dossiers,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06make things up and distort the facts to con the public into supporting
0:20:06 > 0:20:12something they otherwise would not ahead of the EU referendum?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Er, no, it is because it is an independent
0:20:15 > 0:20:20report and they decide when to produce that report.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25In the spirit of consensus, Mr Speaker...
0:20:25 > 0:20:29May I say that there are few things that unite the House more
0:20:29 > 0:20:32than a concentration on the periodic reviews of the Boundary Commission,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35which is being studied with a fierce intensity and covetous
0:20:35 > 0:20:38eyes occasionally cast on neighbouring constituencies.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42However, we do note that the electorate of the Royal Borough
0:20:42 > 0:20:45of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster has
0:20:45 > 0:20:48declined precipitously and against all logic.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Does the Chancellor believe that the Prime Minister should be
0:20:51 > 0:20:53concerned about this?
0:20:53 > 0:20:58And if so, what should he be doing?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Well, I thought he was the member of Parliament for Ealing,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04but there we...!
0:21:04 > 0:21:08The Boundary Review on doing their work.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11They are drawing up an independent way, which is a good
0:21:11 > 0:21:13thing about our country.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15And we will see their proposals.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I think later, their initial proposals.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Will the Chancellor join me in congratulating Barnardo's,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25the UK's oldest and largest children's charity,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29which is this year celebrating 150 years of supporting
0:21:29 > 0:21:33and protecting vulnerable children?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37But does he agree that young people need support beyond the age of 18
0:21:37 > 0:21:40to maximise their life chances, and that the Government's new care
0:21:40 > 0:21:45covenant which extends the duty of care to 25 is therefore a fitting
0:21:45 > 0:21:49way to build on Barnardo's proud history of giving young people
0:21:49 > 0:21:54the best opportunities in life?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I certainly agree with my honourable friend.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Barnardo's is a brilliant charity and we should all congratulate them
0:22:00 > 0:22:02on the work that they do.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06And also that we have a huge responsibility to do the people that
0:22:06 > 0:22:09are in the care of the state and that responsibility does not end
0:22:09 > 0:22:11when they are 18 years old.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14That is why in the Queen's speech, we are announcing new measures
0:22:14 > 0:22:16to include for example support from a personal adviser
0:22:16 > 0:22:20until they are 25 and make sure that other bodies like local authorities
0:22:20 > 0:22:23have a care for those people and make sure that all
0:22:23 > 0:22:26the opportunities are brought to their attention.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29It is part of the life chances strategy which lies at the heart
0:22:29 > 0:22:31of this Queen's Speech.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33The Chancellor wanted a march of the makers.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Today, hundreds of steelworkers are marching to Parliament for their
0:22:36 > 0:22:39future and their communities.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Why does this government put China's bid for market economy status
0:22:42 > 0:22:45against the interests of British steelworkers?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Why does this Chancellor block changes to the lesser duty tariff
0:22:48 > 0:22:51against the interests of British steelworkers?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54And when will he set down an industrial strategy to put
0:22:54 > 0:22:58British steelworkers' interests ahead of his own?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01The first thing I would say is that of course our thoughts
0:23:01 > 0:23:05are with the steelmakers and their families in this
0:23:05 > 0:23:08very difficult time.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11If we take a step back, I think we should all acknowledge
0:23:11 > 0:23:14in this House that there is a global crisis in the steel industry.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Tens of thousands of jobs have been lost across Europe alone,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23and many tens of thousands beyond that.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26We are taking specific action today to help Tata Steel and the Port
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Talbot works and the related works across the country and my right
0:23:29 > 0:23:32honourable friend the Business Secretary has been in India
0:23:32 > 0:23:36with the First Minister of Wales in a cross-party effort.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39And, then, nationally, we have taken action to reduce
0:23:39 > 0:23:43energy charges on energy-intensive industries, we have taken action
0:23:43 > 0:23:46to make sure there is more flexibility with emission
0:23:46 > 0:23:51regulations, doing everything we can to help this industry in a very
0:23:51 > 0:23:54difficult time, including making sure there are tough
0:23:54 > 0:23:57tariffs on Chinese dumping, and as a result of the tariffs that
0:23:57 > 0:24:05have been introduced on steel, those imports are down over 90%.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Could the Chancellor confirm to this House reports in the press today
0:24:09 > 0:24:13that former Labour minister Lord Sugar has joined the Government
0:24:13 > 0:24:17as our new enterprise czar?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Does he agree with me that this is a sign of people abandoning
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Labour for the prosperity, security and jobs offered
0:24:24 > 0:24:27by this government?
0:24:27 > 0:24:29But will he finally confirm to me that he has no
0:24:29 > 0:24:35new plans for a sugar tax?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Well, I can confirm that we have hired Lord Sugar
0:24:38 > 0:24:42to advise on enterprise, and he will bring his
0:24:42 > 0:24:45knowledge and expertise.
0:24:45 > 0:24:53And apparently, Lord Sugar has told the Labour Party, you're fired.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57I have a 14-year-old autistic constituent who got on very well
0:24:57 > 0:25:00at primary school, but since the move to secondary school,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04has found the secondary school's uncompromising, one size fits
0:25:04 > 0:25:07all approach has left him with a special school
0:25:07 > 0:25:09being his only option.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12What will the Chancellor do to make sure that when the independent
0:25:12 > 0:25:15expert group looking at initial teacher training reports back,
0:25:15 > 0:25:19that ministers will ensure that specific autism training forms part
0:25:19 > 0:25:23of their curriculum?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Well, I think the honourable lady does raise an important issue
0:25:26 > 0:25:29and I think she will have a lot of sympathy from colleagues
0:25:29 > 0:25:31around the House.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35I can tell you that the Education Secretary has raised her concern,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38shares her concern and has personally raised it the issue
0:25:38 > 0:25:41with the chair of the initial teacher training
0:25:41 > 0:25:43review, Stephen Munday.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45And my honourable friend is stressing that it is important
0:25:45 > 0:25:48that teachers are trained properly to support young people
0:25:48 > 0:25:51with special educational needs and specifically autism.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53As a result, he will be including recommendations as to how core
0:25:53 > 0:25:56teacher training should cover special educational needs in this
0:25:56 > 0:26:03report, and this report will be published very shortly.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08My local clinical commissioning group are currently consulting
0:26:08 > 0:26:11on their appalling plans to downgrade A at
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Will the Chancellor agree with me and thousands of Hands Off HRI
0:26:16 > 0:26:20campaigners led by Karl Deitch, that all options should remain
0:26:20 > 0:26:24on the table and that a plan B must come forward to keep good quality
0:26:24 > 0:26:28local health services?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32My honourable friend is a strong champion of his local area
0:26:32 > 0:26:35and we all know that Huddersfield Royal Infirmary had
0:26:35 > 0:26:37been struggling with the PFI contract which they signed under
0:26:37 > 0:26:40the last Labour government.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Any service changes need to be made by the local NHS and they need to be
0:26:45 > 0:26:47based on clear evidence that they will deliver better
0:26:47 > 0:26:50outcomes for patients.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It is right that these decisions are made by local clinicians
0:26:52 > 0:26:55rather than politicians, but they do need to meet the four
0:26:55 > 0:26:59key tests that have been set out.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01They need to demonstrate public and patient engagement,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04have the support from GP commissioners, be based on clinical
0:27:04 > 0:27:07evidence and consider patient choice.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10And I would expect the local NHS to consider all these options in any
0:27:10 > 0:27:13decision they reach.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The House of Commons library estimates that 4.9 million UK
0:27:16 > 0:27:20citizens live or work in other countries.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24And yet week in and week out, at my surgeries, I meet constituents
0:27:24 > 0:27:26from overseas who can't get visas, residency or citizenship
0:27:26 > 0:27:30here and the whole of Scotland is outraged at the threat
0:27:30 > 0:27:34of deportation of the Brain family.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Can the Chancellor tell us in his view, what is the difference
0:27:37 > 0:27:40between an economic migrant and an expat?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Well, I think all the honourable gentleman is demonstrating
0:27:43 > 0:27:46is that we do have border controls in this country,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50and we do have immigration rules that need to be complied with.
0:27:50 > 0:28:00And that is a very important part of the European Union's bSchengen
0:28:00 > 0:28:06Agreement that we are not part of.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09And I think it is part of the special status we have
0:28:09 > 0:28:10in the European Union.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Would the Chancellor join me in welcoming the crew of HMS Duncan,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15our last and best of the Type 45 destroyers, presently moored
0:28:15 > 0:28:18in London for the Battle of Jutland commemorations,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21some of whom are watching from the gallery today?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24And would he support the work that our all party group is doing
0:28:24 > 0:28:27to ensure all the Armed Forces and their families have the very
0:28:27 > 0:28:29best housing that we can offer them?
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Well, I absolutely join her in welcoming the crew of HMS Duncan,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35and celebrating all they do on behalf of this country to keep us
0:28:35 > 0:28:39safe and to represent Britain around the world,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42and of course in return, we owe them a duty of care.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44The Armed Forces Covenant enshrines that duty.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47No such covenant existed before we came into Downing Street.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Now we are in Downing Street, we are honouring our promise
0:28:50 > 0:28:55to Britain's armed services and to the Royal Navy.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Not content with just trebling tuition fees, this government wants
0:28:59 > 0:29:02to raise them even higher.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Why has the Chancellor changed his view since 2003,
0:29:05 > 0:29:12when he said that tuition fees were attacks on learning?
0:29:12 > 0:29:18Well, back then, the Labour Party were voting for tuition fees.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22And the differences is this, that we learned our lesson
0:29:22 > 0:29:24and they have forgotten theirs.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27And, as a result, we have a credible higher education policy
0:29:27 > 0:29:29that is giving us the best universities in the world,
0:29:29 > 0:29:33a record number of students and, crucially, a record number
0:29:33 > 0:29:36of students from disadvantaged backgrounds - something
0:29:36 > 0:29:39the Labour Party said would never happen.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42In return, they've got a completely incredible policy to abolish tuition
0:29:42 > 0:29:46fees that they themselves introduced and create a ?10 billion hole
0:29:46 > 0:29:49in the public finances.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51It is time they were straight with students, that
0:29:51 > 0:29:54that is completely unaffordable, and we go on funding our higher
0:29:54 > 0:29:58education system and asking graduates, who will earn more
0:29:58 > 0:30:05on average than other taxpayers, to contribute to their education.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08St Albans and many areas in the south and east value
0:30:08 > 0:30:10there green belt.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13ONS figures say that 3 million people may come into this
0:30:13 > 0:30:14country if we remain.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Would he like to suggest which bits of the green belt,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19about a quarter of a million acres, will be needed,
0:30:19 > 0:30:20and where will it go?
0:30:20 > 0:30:25We need to provide houses and homes and infrastructure for these people.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30We made a very clear commitment to protect the green belt,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33and our planning laws that we have introduced and proposed
0:30:33 > 0:30:37to introduce do meet those laws.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41But I have to say to my honourable friend, we disagree on this issue
0:30:41 > 0:30:43of European Union membership.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I have seen no particular evidence from the Leave campaign that
0:30:45 > 0:30:48immigration would fall.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Indeed, they seem to be saying to some communities
0:30:50 > 0:30:53they would let more people in.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56But let us at least agree on this, that we have a referendum,
0:30:56 > 0:31:00and it is not going to be up to her or me, but the British
0:31:00 > 0:31:02people to decide.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06No one should underestimate the public support for the BBC.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10In the last week, over 200,000 people signed a petition over
0:31:10 > 0:31:14the removal of the recipes website.
0:31:14 > 0:31:20The Government may have been forced to pull back from some
0:31:20 > 0:31:23of their more extreme proposals but there is still
0:31:23 > 0:31:26plenty to cause concern.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Will the Chancellor now agree to hold a debate and vote
0:31:29 > 0:31:32on the floor of this House so that MPs can provide the parliamentary
0:31:32 > 0:31:34scrutiny that this charter renewal deserves?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37We want a great BBC, a great public broadcaster,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40and we have agreed a deal with the BBC that they have
0:31:40 > 0:31:44themselves welcomed.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48On the specific issue she raises, that was an operational
0:31:48 > 0:31:50decision by the BBC, not one taken by members
0:31:50 > 0:31:51of the government.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54But I would make this observation - we have a great national public
0:31:54 > 0:31:57broadcaster in the BBC, but we don't want a great public
0:31:57 > 0:31:59newspaper in the form of the BBC.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02And as the newspapers move increasingly online,
0:32:02 > 0:32:04the BBC, as they have themselves acknowledged,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07want to be careful about what information
0:32:07 > 0:32:10they have on their website, so that we can also
0:32:10 > 0:32:13have a flourishing private press.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16And I think the BBC have got that balance right.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21Will the Chancellor confirm and explain, as the House of Commons
0:32:21 > 0:32:25library and the ONS figures for 2015 clearly show,
0:32:25 > 0:32:29that whereas we export 44% of our goods and services
0:32:29 > 0:32:33within the single market, why it is that in relation
0:32:33 > 0:32:38to the other 27 member states, we run a disastrous loss or deficit
0:32:38 > 0:32:43on these exports of 68 billion per annum, up 9 billion
0:32:43 > 0:32:47since last year alone, whereas Germany, with the same 27,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51runs a profit or surplus of a massive 82 billion?
0:32:51 > 0:32:57Isn't this a bad deal?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00We are a massive exporter of the services.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Services represent 80% of the British economy.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06We are also the home to one of the most successful car
0:33:06 > 0:33:10industries in Europe and we export cars to the continent.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12We are also home to the world's second-largest aerospace
0:33:12 > 0:33:16industry, and of course part of a European supply chain.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19And that is why those leading businesses are in favour of our
0:33:19 > 0:33:21membership of the European Union.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24As I say to my honourable friend, of course we disagree on this issue,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and that is why, together, we stood on a manifesto
0:33:27 > 0:33:34to have a referendum and let the British people decide.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Head teachers, NHS and private sector employers in my constituency
0:33:38 > 0:33:43are telling me they have few, if any, qualified applicants
0:33:43 > 0:33:47for a range of skilled roles, and too many experienced
0:33:47 > 0:33:49staff are leaving.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52The single most common reason for this key worker crisis
0:33:52 > 0:33:56is the cost of rental and purchase housing in west London,
0:33:56 > 0:34:01which the Government's housing policies will not address.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Even the subsidies to buy...
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Order!
0:34:06 > 0:34:07I'm sorry.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Order!
0:34:09 > 0:34:12I'm sorry to say to the honourable lady, one sentence with a question
0:34:12 > 0:34:15mark at the end of it, and it had better be a short one.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Sorry, but we must press on.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Will the Chancellor acknowledge this recruitment and retention crisis
0:34:19 > 0:34:22and do something about it?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Well, of course, we have got 25,000 more clinically trained staff
0:34:26 > 0:34:29in our National Health Service but I completely agree
0:34:29 > 0:34:33with her that there is a challenge of housing in London.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37I met with the new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, earlier this week,
0:34:37 > 0:34:41and we are going to see where we can agree on policies that will help
0:34:41 > 0:34:43address exactly that issue.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47In my right honourable friend's enthusiasm to bludgeon the British
0:34:47 > 0:34:51voter into supporting the European Union that they don't
0:34:51 > 0:34:58really like, how can he justify planning to break the law?
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Is he aware that the Public Administration Select Committee has
0:35:02 > 0:35:09now published three legal opinions from Speakers Council...
0:35:09 > 0:35:15From Speakers Council...
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Order!
0:35:18 > 0:35:21I hope that the sentence is coming to an end and that there will be
0:35:21 > 0:35:23a question mark at the end of it.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24Very briefly!
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Is he aware that the public Administration Select Committee has
0:35:26 > 0:35:29now published three legal opinions from Speakers Council which make it
0:35:29 > 0:35:32perfectly clear that it is illegal for the government to keep
0:35:32 > 0:35:34their pro-EU propaganda up on the government websites
0:35:34 > 0:35:38during the purdah period?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Well, of course, the government will comply with the law.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Government websites will comply with the rules and we are
0:35:44 > 0:35:47confident that they do.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49But can I make a general observation.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51He and I have fought for this referendum
0:35:51 > 0:35:53and the referendum is taking place.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55There are some huge issues at stake about Britain's economy,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57security and place in the world.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00We have perfectly honourable disagreement on those big issues.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Let's debate the substance rather than the process, and then
0:36:04 > 0:36:07the British people will feel that they have had a range
0:36:07 > 0:36:12of opinions and they can make their own mind up.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16The care sector faces a crisis made worse by the Chancellor's
0:36:16 > 0:36:20failure to fund increases in the minimum wage.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23The 2% precept does not cover all the costs
0:36:23 > 0:36:26so the Local Government Association asks the Chancellor to bring forward
0:36:26 > 0:36:31?700 million of better care funding from 2019 to help
0:36:31 > 0:36:34with those increased costs.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Will the Chancellor listen to local councils and will he fund his own
0:36:37 > 0:36:40minimum wage policy?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Well, of course we always listen to local authorities
0:36:43 > 0:36:45and we are in dialogue with them.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48But we have given them the power, which many of them have used,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51to apply a social care precept and that is something that has come
0:36:51 > 0:36:53in in April in many areas.
0:36:53 > 0:36:59At the same time we put more money into the better care fund
0:36:59 > 0:37:02and we are confident that therefore social care is funded.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06But I agree with her that more needs to be done to help the social care
0:37:06 > 0:37:09sector and I think the key here is going to be integration
0:37:09 > 0:37:11with the National Health Service in the coming years
0:37:11 > 0:37:15so it is a much more seamless service for our citizens.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Last year at the Conservative Party conference our right honourable
0:37:17 > 0:37:20friend the Prime Minister said that the future that we, the state,
0:37:20 > 0:37:23provide for children in care was shameful.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27The dole and an early grave or the streets.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Yesterday, the Prison Reform Trust of which I am a trustee,
0:37:30 > 0:37:35produced a report identifying that far too high a proportion
0:37:35 > 0:37:40of children in care come in touch with the criminal justice system.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Will my right honourable friend and the Prime Minister ensure right
0:37:43 > 0:37:46across Government that policies are implemented that prevent
0:37:46 > 0:37:49the unnecessary contact between the criminal justice system
0:37:49 > 0:37:55and children in care so that they can have a good future?
0:37:55 > 0:37:57I think my right honourable friend speaks very powerfully.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Of course we have got to have a care system that does the very best
0:38:01 > 0:38:06for children who find themselves in that care system.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08As I was saying in reply to an earlier question,
0:38:08 > 0:38:14the Queen's Speech has measures in that respect.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16The other thing we are doing with my right honourable
0:38:16 > 0:38:18friend the Lord Chancellor is reforming our prison system
0:38:18 > 0:38:21so that people are punished for crimes, but they also
0:38:21 > 0:38:23have a chance to rehabilitate themselves and that is one
0:38:23 > 0:38:26of the social reforms I am proud to be part of.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27Adam Whitehead.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29A Southampton letting agency has recently been banned for trading
0:38:29 > 0:38:32for three years for not giving tenants their deposits back
0:38:32 > 0:38:37and using them for other purposes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:43The situation, however, as far as letting agencies are concerned
0:38:43 > 0:38:45is that they are almost completely unregulated and it is potluck
0:38:45 > 0:38:48whether Southampton residents get a fair deal from letting
0:38:48 > 0:38:51agents or not.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Is the Chancellor intending to do anything about this?
0:38:54 > 0:38:58We are looking at what we can do to make sure that people who rent do
0:38:58 > 0:39:02have proper consumer protection, including protection from landlords
0:39:02 > 0:39:08who unreasonably withhold deposits.