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Yesterday we commemorated women s suffrage and the importance of votes | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
for women. And women voting for women. Thousands wanted to vote | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
yesterday but due to massivd demand were unable to. We'll be p.l. Update | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
the house on what he is doing to ensure everyone has a chancd to | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
register their vote and can do so in this bottle vote for a generation? | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
Festival, let me join my honourable friend in remembering what the | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
suffragettes stood for -- Fdstival. The fact that we're cheap universal | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
suffrage in this country. On the issue she raises, I'm sure the whole | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
house will want to know the situation, it's extremely wdlcome | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
that so many people want to take part in this massive democr`tic | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
exercise, in this vital dechsion for our country, last night there was | :01:24. | :01:25. | |
record demand on the websitd from people concerned they might not be | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
registered to vote in the rdferendum and this caused an overload of the | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
system. I am clear that people should continue to register today. | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
The electoral commission have made a statement, they urge the | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
government... They will effdctively extend the deadline. To makd sure | :01:42. | :01:53. | |
those who registered today, and who registered last night, will be able | :01:54. | :02:03. | |
to vote in the EU referendul. I think it would be appropriate of the | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
house recognise and remembered the life of Mohammed Khalid tod`y, not | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
only the greatest in his chosen field but someone who's coach and | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
which inspired so many -- Mthammad Ali. I had the honour of medting his | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
wife in the nuts and 80s. I think we should commend his bravery hn facing | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
Parkinson's disease. On campaigning on civil rights, antiracism and | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
peace, we have all lost one of the greatest. Yesterday, I met some | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
workers from sports direct to come to Parliament to give evidence about | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
the shocking behaviour of that company, nonpayment of the linimum | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
wage, a culture of intimidation and fear, on top of the insecurhty and | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
exploitation of zero hours contracts. Philip wrote to le this | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
week on this issue and concdrned about it, said, the scandalous | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
scourge of zero hours contr`cts which is blighting the lives of many | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
already low-paid people. Will the Prime Minister do what some other | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
European countries have dond and ban exploitative zero hours contracts | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
here? First let me join the Leader of the Opposition in pain should be | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
the life of Muhammad Lee, hd was a hero in the ring, an enormots role | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
model outside the ring, what did it in terms of breaking down b`rriers | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
and encouraging integration is something should all celebr`te. And | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
I'm sure we all try to plug a butterfly and sting like a bee at | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
this dispatch box though it's not always possible in the circtmstances | :03:38. | :03:42. | |
we face. On the issue of sports direct and the appalling pr`ctice of | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
not paying the minimum wage, I have heard it and this government has | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
done more than any previous government to crack down on the | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
nonpayment. We have levelled almost 5000 penalties since 2010, we | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
continue to name and shame dligible employees when they investigation | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
has been closed -- eligible employers. And it is the nonpayment | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
are at a record high and thd total value of penalties last year was 15 | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
times bigger than in 2010, so on top of our national living wage, we are | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
going after unscrupulous employers and making sure people get the deal | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
they deserve. On the issue of zero hours contracts, religious leaders | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
in the last Parliament to stop exclusive zero hours Parlialent but | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
people at the conclusion of our consultation, which is shouldn't go | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
further than that and for some people, they want to have the of | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
those contracts. The case of sports direct shows that he would Like | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
Ashley would make Scrooge lhke a good employer, but we should commend | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
the unions were exposing wh`t went on and shows we must strengthen not | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
weaken, workers' rights, particularly when there is criminal | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
activity involved. But his government... Employment Minister | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
said that if we leave Europd, we could just half the burdens of the | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
European Union, social and hmplement legislation. Perhaps the Prhme | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
Minister could help us. There she speak on behalf of the government | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
when she promises to reduce the burden is, as she describes them, of | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
employment legislation, or on behalf of whom does she speak? The | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
government is in favour of staying in a reformed European Union because | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
we are stronger, safer and better off. For many people, one of the | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
reasons they will want to stay in the European Union is that they do | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
believe it provides an underpinning in terms of rights for workdrs and | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
implement rights. I would m`ke the point in addition that we in this | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
house have repeatedly gone over and above those rights, we have the | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
right to request flexible working for all workers since 2014, we went | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
well beyond the maternity ldave EU directive, giving 52 weeks laternity | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
leave, given shared parental leave, eight days more annual leavd for | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
full-time workers than the DU working time directive. I bdlieve | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
this modern, compassionate Conservative government has an | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
excellent record on these things, underpinned by our membershhp of the | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
European Union. If it is a lodern, compassionate Conservative | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
government, as he describes it, why does it have an implement mhnister | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
who wants to reduce the burdens she describes it, of employment | :06:48. | :06:49. | |
legislation and make work ldss secure? Could I quote one other | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
person who has given some opinions on these matters, he says, "I can't | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
guarantee every person currdntly in their current job will keep their | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
job. " That was the member for Surrey Heath who is the justice | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
minister, who seems equally relaxed about unemployment rights. So here's | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
the point Mr and a Justice linister who want to reduce what thex | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
describe as workers protecthon as a burden. Can he do something about | :07:20. | :07:27. | |
that? As he knows, we are holding a referendum, that is what is | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
happening. The government h`s a clear position, which is we are | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
stronger, safer and better off inside a European Union, th`t is the | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
advice we are giving the bo`t is in our country, but there are linisters | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
in the government who in a personal capacity campaigning on another side | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
of the argument. I don't agree with them. So I don't agree with what the | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
honourable member for Surrex Heath says, although the honourable member | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
for which says, and I couldn't be clearer about that, the govdrnment | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
has a clear position. And on this issue, not only do he and I agree, | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
but only does the Conservathve government and the Labour P`rty | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
agree, but we also have the support of the Liberal Democrats, the | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
support of the Ulster Unionhst party, the support of the Green | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
party, this is one occasion when business is large and small and | :08:20. | :08:22. | |
trade unions are on the samd site and I think we should celebrate that | :08:23. | :08:25. | |
and get out and campaign as hard as we can. But I do celebrate hs the | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
work done by trade unions all across Europe. Persuading the European | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
Union to bring in four weeks paid holiday, laws against sex | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
discrimination, writes for part time workers, writes for agency workers. | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
But two weeks ago, I raised with the Prime Minister the proposed | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
amendment to the posting of workers directive to close a loophole that | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
allows unscrupulous employers to exploit migrant workers and undercut | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
wages here. Will he now reply to my question and confirm that hd will | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
argue in Europe for the amendment to close this loophole that allows this | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
exploitation to go on? I thhnk I said last, we support the ctrrent | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
draft, we went to see this sorted out, we have been working whth the | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
Dutch Prime Minister who is reading this work and we think an alendment | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
to this will be worthwhile. The current draft is good and wd back | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
it. I'm pleased he is backing it but I hope he ensures it goes through. | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
There is another issue I rahsed with him a couple of weeks ago ftll stop | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
and that is the anger that dxists all over this country, indedd all | :09:40. | :09:41. | |
over the western world, abott tax avoidance. I agree that we `re more | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
likely to make progress inshde the European Union than outside on tax | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
avoidance, but his members of the European Parliament have not been | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
supporting country by country tax transparency, that would force | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
companies to publish their tax payments in each country in which | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
they operate. Will he now tdll us when this is going to be supported | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
by his MEPs, when it will go through, to close down just one of | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
the many tax loopholes that exist at the present time? Festival, I would | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
do that no government has done more nationally the crackdown on tax | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
evasion -- first of all. And I would also argue that no government has | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
done more internationally to bring this up the international agenda, | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
made it my centrepiece of the G , we are now driving change in the | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
European union. Let me confhrm, my MEPs to support country by country | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
reporting and they have said that over and over again and I'm happy to | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
repeat that again. I'm really pleased that his MEPs support it, we | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
are all delighted about that, I d hope they get round to voting for it | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
when the opportunity comes tp because that would certainlx help. | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
He will be aware that the L`bour position is that we want to stay in | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
the European Union to improve workers's writes, tackle | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
exportation, drive down tax evasion and tax avoidance. But we are | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
concerned that these issues are not the priorities of members of his | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
government and his party, stch as the member for Uxbridge, thd member | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
for Surrey Heath and the melber for that. They are speaking to try and | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
destroy any of the social advances made within the European Unhon. Does | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
he talk to them about this `t any time and do they speak for | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
themselves or him and his government, and if they spe`k for | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
themselves, how are they ministers at the same time? And here H am | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
trying to be so consensual. I am doing my best. I could of course | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
mention that the honourable member for Edgbaston was out there | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
yesterday spelling for Nigel Farage? But I don't want to play th`t game. | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
I'd want to stress the unitx of purpose, particularly over tax | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
evasion, because there is a serious point here. What we have in prospect | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
in the European Union, in p`rt because of British action is the | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
idea of saying that if largd foreign multinationals want to invest in the | :12:14. | :12:22. | |
European Union, they will h`ve two report... All over the world. | :12:23. | :12:32. | |
They can unite and saves will be a good thing and shows that when | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
Britain pushes an agenda in Europe, it wins for our citizens. The Prime | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
Minister has repeatedly stated that he secured changes to reforl in the | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
EU, will he now confirmed that on the 3rd of June, the voters are not | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
guaranteed any treaty changd to EU nor, as no treaty change was | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
achieved despite a promise to deliver international agreelent | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
cannot change EU nor? Finally released up-to-date grating our | :13:06. | :13:13. | |
great country, it is a sign he's losing the argument. -- can he stop | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
denigrating our great country. I know he has strong views about this | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
issue and so do I, but on the specific point you wrote is, I'm | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
afraid he's not correct. In the renegotiation we secured thd vital | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
treaty changes, one on getthng Britain out of ever closer tnion, | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
and on the protection for otr currency. I don't except for one | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
minute that in any way supporting Britain being a member of rdform | :13:42. | :13:45. | |
European Union is turning otr country down. I think if yot love | :13:46. | :13:48. | |
your country can really wanted to be strong in the world, if you love | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
your country, you want opportunities for young people, you don't want to | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
act in a row that could lead to its break-up and that is why wh`t I want | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
to see is not Nigel Farage's little England, I want to see a strong | :14:02. | :14:15. | |
Britain in Europe. Last week, thousands of dead from both sides in | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
the battle of Jutland well remembered in conversions. ,- the | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
rhythm that. The Prime Minister joined the Princess Royal, President | :14:26. | :14:28. | |
of Germany and the First Minister, with thousands of people on Orkney | :14:29. | :14:36. | |
to remember the tragedy. European cooperation emerged from both world | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
wars as the best way to sectre peace. Does the Prime Minister agree | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
that we should never take pdace and security for granted and th`t it is | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
a strong reason to remain in the European union? | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
I think the right honourabld gentleman is right about thhs, there | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
were very memorable scenes `s we stood on that cemetery ground and in | :15:02. | :15:03. | |
the background the British `nd German frigates together was a sight | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
I am not going to forget, as we commemorated and remembered how many | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
people lost their lives. I want to be clear about this. The words world | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
War three have never passed my lips, let me reassure everyone about that, | :15:18. | :15:22. | |
but can we really take for granted... Of course, they have now | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
well spotted a! LAUGHTER Can we really take for granted the | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
security and stability we enjoy today, when we know our continent | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
has been wracked by so many conflicts in the past. Like all | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
Conservatives, I would alwaxs give the greatest credit to Nato for | :15:41. | :15:43. | |
keeping the peace but I think it has always been a Conservative view the | :15:44. | :15:46. | |
European Union has played its role as well. | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
This is not about world War Three but the reality on facts th`t there | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
have been at war is on the Duropean continent, but outside the Duropean | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
Union Bay have happened in the Balkans, Ukraine, the Caucasus, it | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
is also a fact there have ndver ever been any examples, not one | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
single example of armed conflict between member states of thd | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
European Union. Will the Prhme Minister take the time, the little | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
time that is left ahead of the European referendum, to strdss the | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
positive advantages of coopdration, of peace and of stability to us all, | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
not just the single market `ll the rights we have as citizens, peace | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
and prosperity is an advant`ge to us all and that is why we should remain | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
in the European Union. I think the strongest argumdnt for | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
the Government's position of wanting us to stay is we will be better off, | :16:44. | :16:47. | |
that that market a 500 millhon people is absolutely essenthal for | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
our businesses. I think the argument I was just making that we would be | :16:52. | :16:54. | |
stronger in the world, in tdrms of getting things done for Britain and | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
our citizens is important, but the argument that we are safer `nd more | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
secure because of the Europdan Union is a means for dialogue between | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
countries that were previously adversaries and something I will | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
never forget. However frustrating it can get around that table whth 7 | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
other prime ministers and presidents, you never forget these | :17:14. | :17:16. | |
were countries previously in conflict. Now we talk, disctssed, | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
argued and decide that is a far better way of doing things. | :17:21. | :17:27. | |
If my constituents in the coalfields of Nottinghamshire are to share in | :17:28. | :17:30. | |
the economic success driven by this government, they have to have access | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
to employment via good qualhty public services. Can the Prhme | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
Minister give me any assist`nce in my campaign to open the Robhn Hood | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
to Linux, to extend it to v`rious vintages so we can get them on a | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
train into a job? -- extend the line? Quality infrastructurd is | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
vital for our economy and I am pleased to say following | :17:55. | :17:57. | |
representations from my honourable friend and others, the Department | :17:58. | :18:04. | |
for Transport have revised the project so lines like the Robin Hood | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
line can benefit from government money to kick-start the man get them | :18:09. | :18:13. | |
going. In 2003, the current Prime Linister | :18:14. | :18:22. | |
and most of today's cabinet joined Tony Blair and his Cabinet `t the | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
time in joining the war in Hraq This is historically factual and | :18:29. | :18:31. | |
cannot be denied. We'll not the judgment of Chilcott be discredited | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
if the report fails to recognise that the then Prime Minister | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
honestly and genuinely belidved that his actions, given the information | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
available, was the right thhng to do at the time? What I would s`y to the | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
right honourable lady, and H remember very powerful speeches she | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
made at the time with all the concerns she had for the people in | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
Iraq, and particularly the Kurds, we should wait for the Chilcot Report | :19:03. | :19:05. | |
and what it has to say. I h`ve no idea what is in it, all I do know is | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
its publication is coming qtite soon. | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
The European Union recently admitted it has a black hole in its finances | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
of around ?19 billion. 18 months ago my right honourable friend said he | :19:23. | :19:29. | |
won't not pay the EU the surcharge, effectively a final British | :19:30. | :19:32. | |
taxpayers, yet he later was forced to pay up. What reassurance with my | :19:33. | :19:35. | |
right honourable friend givd the House that hard-working British | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
taxpayers will not be forced to pay money in this black hole of our | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
nation votes to stay in the European Union and would he accept otr only | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
option is for our constituents to vote to Leave the EU? | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
The reassurance I can give ly right honourable friend is we fixdd the | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
European budget for a seven,year period between 2014-2020 and we | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
fixed the total for that budget that was lower than the previous seven | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
year period and means Europdan budgets are going to go down and not | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
up. That cannot be changed. This is a very important point, the overall | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
ceiling of spending is determined by all 28 Prime Minister 's and | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
presidents. There is a veto over changing it, just as there hs a veto | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
over the British rebate. Thd only person who can give up Brithsh | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
rebate is the British Prime Minister and as I long as I'm standing here | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
and Prime Minister there is absolutely no prospect of that | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
happening. Now, I will, as he ended his question with a remark, I will | :20:43. | :20:47. | |
end mine with a remark therd is no expert that is saying we wotld make | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
a saving from leaving the ET. The only black hole there would be would | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
be in our public finances bdcause we would have a smaller economx, lower | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
tax receipts, so we would h`ve to cut spending or put up taxes to make | :21:01. | :21:12. | |
up for the fact. Provided audio and visual | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
information... I have asked the transport minister on this subject. | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
Could the Prime Minister colmit his government to sign up to an | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
amendment to the buses Bill which would provide better access ability | :21:28. | :21:30. | |
for all? I will look very closely at what he | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
says. I think I am right in saying the buses Bill is a devolved matter, | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
so it affects issues in England rather than issues in Scotl`nd. But | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
let me look carefully at wh`t it says because we want to makd sure | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
disabled people can properlx use the bus services we have. | :21:49. | :21:52. | |
My right honourable friend will be aware it is five years sincd the | :21:53. | :21:58. | |
announcement by Pfizer to scale down operations. Since then with | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
enterprise zone status therd has been an enterprise of high-tech | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
businesses on site within climate levels now up to nearly the previous | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
position. He has previously promised a trip to South Thanet, can I ask | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
once more to come see the stccess in my constituency? | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
I am delighted to make that... To answer that offer and say I would | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
like to go. Ira member very well it was early in 2010 when Pfizdr made | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
that decision. I think therd were real concerns this would le`d to an | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
exit of jobs and investment in my right honourable friend's | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
constituency. Want to take pay tribute to David Willetts, who did a | :22:44. | :22:46. | |
great job working with others, including a local MP, to get | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
businesses to locate in the constituency and to show thdre is a | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
very strong pharmaceutical `nd life sciences industry in our cotntry, | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
providing the jobs we need. With industrialists like Br`que so | :23:00. | :23:08. | |
and had touchy saying if we left the jobs would be lost, the Brexit | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
economist has revealed their strategy means manufacturing would | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
be mostly eliminated. Would the Prime Minister join me... In calling | :23:20. | :23:28. | |
on the Brexit leaders to sax how many other people's jobs thdy would | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
sacrifice on the altar of their own bid... | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
I think the honourable lady makes an important point, which is one of the | :23:39. | :23:42. | |
reasons why it international companies like Hitachi invest here | :23:43. | :23:54. | |
is because we are members of the single market. I did what the head | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
of Hitachi said this week about wanting us to be the Europe`n | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
headquarters, to manufacturd those trained in the north-east and solve | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
all over Europe and how that might not be possible if we were to leave | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
was an incredibly powerful statement. So in my clear vhew, jobs | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
come first, and if people w`nt to vote for jobs, they should vote for | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
Remain on the 23rd of June. Speaking at many universitids, | :24:21. | :24:22. | |
colleges and schools across England, and also through organisations | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
organised by the universitids UK, University UK and Allianz group I | :24:31. | :24:33. | |
have been struck by the strong interest young people have hn | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
remaining in the EU. Does the Prime Minister agree with me that Britain | :24:39. | :24:41. | |
should take a firm lead in the European Union to promote the | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
interests of young people and for their careers, research and | :24:45. | :24:46. | |
opportunities in the future generally? | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
I think our universities have been pretty much unanimous in recommended | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
we vote to stay in the EU, H think that is partly because of the | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
opportunities young people will have of being in the single markdt of 500 | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
million people. Also our universities do well from rdsearch | :25:06. | :25:07. | |
funding which is helping to create the businesses and jobs of the | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
future, where we contribute 11 seven of the budget, we received 06% of | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
the allocated funding. Stayhng in Europe is good for students opted to | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
use, good for young people's opportunities and good for science | :25:21. | :25:24. | |
base. Yesterday the defence committee | :25:25. | :25:31. | |
Admiral Lord West, commented the Ministry of Defence had effdctively | :25:32. | :25:33. | |
run out of money for shipbuhlding. Given reports another vessel had to | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
be a squatted over British waters overnight, does the Prime Mhnister | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
agree that the delay in building new frigates is causing problems and it | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
is essential the money is allocated to deliver this programme in full | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
and on schedule? It is certainly not the casd that | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
this country in anyway has run out of money, or run out of ambhtion | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
when it comes to shipbuilding. We are currently building the two | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
largest ships the Royal Navx has ever had and we are shortly going to | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
be commissioning the type 26 programme, as well as the offshore | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
patrol vessels. The point I would make to the honourable membdr is | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
there is only one way we cotld threaten shipbuilding on thd Clyde | :26:22. | :26:24. | |
and that would be to pull ott of the United Kingdom and see the jobs be | :26:25. | :26:32. | |
decimated as a result. Mr Speaker, the beauty of a | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
referendum is that every voter has an equal voice, every vote carries | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
equal weight and members of Parliament have no more polhtical | :26:42. | :26:44. | |
superiority over anyone elsd. Does my right honourable friend `ccept | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
the referendum is not a consultation but an instruction to Parli`ment | :26:50. | :26:53. | |
from the British people? Is it not incumbent on all of us to accept in | :26:54. | :26:57. | |
advance that Remain would mdan remain and Leave would mean leaves, | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
and any attempt to short-ch`nge or distort the verdict of the British | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
people would be a democratic outrage? | :27:06. | :27:09. | |
I think my right honourable friend is absolutely right. Every vote | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
counts the same. We have asked the British people for their ophnion and | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
we should treat their decishon as an instruction to deliver. I know many | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
people would like me to be ` bit more nuanced in what I think, to say | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
there are two options, they both have some merit, it is a balanced | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
decision. That might have m`de my life easier but the problem is, I | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
don't believe it. I very strongly believe we are better off if we stay | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
in and that is why the Government is saying so clearly to the Brhtish | :27:39. | :27:42. | |
people and I am saying clearly, better off stronger and safdr, but | :27:43. | :27:45. | |
in the end it is the British people's decision. | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
Only last week the Prime Minister was rightly extolling the vhrtues of | :27:51. | :27:54. | |
the EU as a means to tackle pollution. Yet over recent lonths | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
the UK Government has led efforts to water down a key you directhve aimed | :28:00. | :28:02. | |
at reducing the number of pdople who die every year from breathing in | :28:03. | :28:08. | |
toxic air. Can you tell us why? What we're doing in our own country | :28:09. | :28:12. | |
is making sure we improve otr air quality, go for these cleandr air | :28:13. | :28:16. | |
zones and we have seen a major reduction in particular is hn the | :28:17. | :28:19. | |
air over the last two years and we continue doing just that. | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
What the Prime Minister said today I think is right, we have to go and | :28:28. | :28:33. | |
campaign. But I remember wh`t you said yesterday about notifyhng | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
members if they are going to be in the constituency. Can I say to the | :28:38. | :28:42. | |
Prime Minister, a group of leave campaigners will be descendhng on | :28:43. | :28:47. | |
Whitney at lunchtime on the Sunday. I will be there. And will the Prime | :28:48. | :28:52. | |
Minister be able to join as and given what he has just said, would | :28:53. | :28:58. | |
he confirm that if the country votes to Leave, he would be able to stay | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
on as Prime Minister and negotiate the exit? | :29:05. | :29:08. | |
I am very sorry I won't be `ble to meet my honourable friend. H am | :29:09. | :29:14. | |
making an appearance on the Andrew Marr programme on Sunday, btt I | :29:15. | :29:19. | |
would recommend he goes to the fleece pub in Whitney and spends as | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
much time and money there r`ther than anything else. | :29:23. | :29:29. | |
Will we have a decision into the Davis report on airport exp`nsion by | :29:30. | :29:36. | |
The Times the House rises this summer and does he stand by his | :29:37. | :29:41. | |
word, personally, no ifs, no buts, no third runway at Heathrow question | :29:42. | :29:45. | |
mark I absolutely stand by what I said, that we will have a ddcision | :29:46. | :29:49. | |
by this in the summer and wd do need to decide. | :29:50. | :29:58. | |
And on the Hebrew breakfast will take place here at Westminster Hall | :29:59. | :30:03. | |
when Faith leaders will gather. Also this week we heard of a Chrhstian | :30:04. | :30:10. | |
union being banned from holding prayer and Bible study meethngs | :30:11. | :30:15. | |
reportedly on the grounds of the Government's anti-terrorism prevent | :30:16. | :30:18. | |
strategy. Does the Prime Minister agree that such action was never the | :30:19. | :30:22. | |
purpose of a strategy intended to address terrorism? Of coursd, what | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
my honourable friend says is correct, and fortunately, I am not | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
able to attend the prayer breakfast, it is an important event th`t brings | :30:35. | :30:39. | |
lots of people together. Thd point she makes about the prevent duty | :30:40. | :30:44. | |
being misused, I haven't he`rd of that exact example but it is clearly | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
ludicrous. People need to exercise some common sense when exectting | :30:50. | :30:52. | |
these judgments. It is quitd clear that is not what was intenddd. | :30:53. | :30:58. | |
Everyday people take on new caring responsibilities taking card of old | :30:59. | :31:03. | |
or elderly disabled family `nd friends. Many carers tell md they | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
feel abandoned by everyone, including the Government. Whll the | :31:08. | :31:10. | |
Prime Minister pledges government to do much more to help carers in my | :31:11. | :31:19. | |
constituency and across the country? I take this opportunity to pay | :31:20. | :31:22. | |
tribute to carers across thd country for the selfless work they do and be | :31:23. | :31:26. | |
immense amount of money thex save taxpayers every year. Above all for | :31:27. | :31:30. | |
the love and commitment thex give to the people they are caring for. What | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
we have done is try to help by increasing the number of carers | :31:36. | :31:38. | |
breaks because many carers save that the one thing they need to go one | :31:39. | :31:43. | |
caring is an occasional bre`k. It is time away from their care and | :31:44. | :31:46. | |
responsibilities. We continte to work on those things to help all our | :31:47. | :31:54. | |
carers. The largest single source of employment and wealth in my | :31:55. | :31:57. | |
constituency is the financi`l services market. Does the Prime | :31:58. | :32:00. | |
Minister agree with me that the opportunity to continue trading | :32:01. | :32:08. | |
freely in a 500 million single market, a computer 's cabindt market | :32:09. | :32:13. | |
union is an unparalleled and optimistic opportunity from my | :32:14. | :32:17. | |
constituents and one that no central businessman would ever turn his back | :32:18. | :32:22. | |
on. I think my honourable friend makes an important point. It is | :32:23. | :32:26. | |
worth understanding exactly what this single market means. It means | :32:27. | :32:30. | |
that they financial services company based on the UK effectively has a | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
passport to trade in 27 of dight Yukon entries. If we are to leave, | :32:36. | :32:39. | |
if we leave the single markdt we lose that passport right. -, | :32:40. | :32:47. | |
European countries. It would mean that we have to relocate at least | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
some of the staff into another European country. HSBC would have to | :32:53. | :32:56. | |
scrap a thousand jobs, another company would have to scrap 400 | :32:57. | :33:00. | |
jobs. Lawyers have said that many insurance jobs are under threat | :33:01. | :33:05. | |
This is a concrete example of why the single market matters. This | :33:06. | :33:09. | |
doesn't just affect his constituency. Two thirds of the jobs | :33:10. | :33:14. | |
in financial services are ottside of London and this accounts for 7% of | :33:15. | :33:19. | |
the economy. When experts w`rn of effects on jobs and growth `nd | :33:20. | :33:24. | |
livelihoods in a country thhs is a classic example of why the right to | :33:25. | :33:27. | |
make that case. Does the Prhme Minister agree with me that a vote | :33:28. | :33:31. | |
to leave on the 23rd of Jund would be a hammer blow for the Brhtish | :33:32. | :33:35. | |
Steel industry? When he agrded to meet with me in order to discuss the | :33:36. | :33:40. | |
decisions being made in the context of the sale process, imminent | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
decisions that will have a huge impact on thousands of jobs in my | :33:46. | :33:52. | |
constituency and across the country? I am working closely with the | :33:53. | :33:55. | |
honourable gentleman to do everything we can to secure a future | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
for Tata steel. This process is progressing and that is encouraging. | :34:02. | :34:06. | |
Yes, I think for stew we ard better off inside the European Union | :34:07. | :34:11. | |
because together, as one of 28 countries, we are far better able to | :34:12. | :34:15. | |
stand up to the Chinese or hndeed the Americans over dumped steel | :34:16. | :34:21. | |
Where we put in place those dumping tariffs you can see 95, 90 8% | :34:22. | :34:25. | |
reductions in the quantity of Chinese steel in those categories | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
being imported into the EU. We face a difficult decision but we are | :34:32. | :34:37. | |
definitely better off as part of the organisation fighting for British | :34:38. | :34:43. | |
Steel worker's jobs. Will the Prime Minister address an issue that the | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
remaining camp as French, that I'll present immigration authority cannot | :34:50. | :34:52. | |
control numbers coming into the EU to the benefit of our public | :34:53. | :34:56. | |
services, but actually discriminates against the rest of the world | :34:57. | :35:03. | |
outside the EU. Having spent my evening yesterday with Mr F`rage I'm | :35:04. | :35:13. | |
confused about what it is b`d to leave camp actually want whdn it | :35:14. | :35:17. | |
comes to immigration. I thotght they wanted less immigration, but now | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
they seem to want more immigration from outside the EU. My view is that | :35:21. | :35:26. | |
we should restrict welfare hn the way that we have negotiated so that | :35:27. | :35:29. | |
you have to work your full four years before you get full access to | :35:30. | :35:34. | |
the welfare system. No more something for nothing, people pay in | :35:35. | :35:39. | |
before they get out. Then wd should focus on proper controls for | :35:40. | :35:42. | |
migration from outside the DU, which we have made progress on in recent | :35:43. | :35:49. | |
years. That is the right answer The alternative, an Australian point | :35:50. | :35:51. | |
system, Australia have twicd as much immigration per head as we have in | :35:52. | :35:55. | |
the UK. That is not the right answer for Britain. As he reaches the end | :35:56. | :36:09. | |
of his time in office! Does he reflect that his worst mist`ke was a | :36:10. | :36:15. | |
catastrophe in Libya, what hs the Prime Minister's worst moment in | :36:16. | :36:20. | |
office? The time to reflect as when you are close to your time of office | :36:21. | :36:32. | |
so it doesn't apply! Order! Order! I'm sure the honourable ladx is | :36:33. | :36:36. | |
delighted to receive such a team of just chain. | :36:37. | :36:40. | |
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was delighted to welcome the Prhme | :36:41. | :36:43. | |
Minister to my constituency last week to visit our largest local | :36:44. | :36:47. | |
employer, we heard that havhng a strong economy is vital for the | :36:48. | :36:56. | |
ongoing success of Britain's oldest brewery. Does my right honotrable | :36:57. | :36:59. | |
friend agree that leaving the EU would be an union would jeopardise | :37:00. | :37:03. | |
that economy and British businesses, British jobs and British | :37:04. | :37:10. | |
livelihoods? My honourable friend is right, I think it is the oldest | :37:11. | :37:13. | |
brewery in the country, thex couldn't have been clearer `bout | :37:14. | :37:16. | |
wanting to stay in a reformdd European Union because they want a | :37:17. | :37:21. | |
strong economy, they recognhse that it is in our interests. She and I | :37:22. | :37:28. | |
very much enjoyed a pint of Spitfire early in the morning. The things we | :37:29. | :37:32. | |
have to do to win this wintdr! But we are committed to carrying it | :37:33. | :37:37. | |
through. Given the number of people who will | :37:38. | :37:42. | |
be travelling from all parts of the United Kingdom, including Scotland, | :37:43. | :37:50. | |
to the euros next week we wdlcome everybody. Given Leicester's success | :37:51. | :37:59. | |
in the premiership, Northern Ireland at 150 21 as certain to win, will he | :38:00. | :38:08. | |
Prime Minister insurer and ` serious note, given the security threat that | :38:09. | :38:11. | |
the British Embassy and consulate staff are geared up, resourced and | :38:12. | :38:15. | |
staffed to deal with problels that arise. I am grateful to the right | :38:16. | :38:22. | |
honourable member for raising this issue. This is one occasion when the | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
whole house will want all the home nations to stay in Europe as long as | :38:28. | :38:37. | |
possible! Come on! First gale is England Russia, and I will be | :38:38. | :38:41. | |
watching very carefully to check we get strong support. The honourable | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
gentleman makes a good point that this is a very big security | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
undertaking, 500,000 people are planning to leave the United Kingdom | :38:53. | :38:56. | |
to go to this tournament. Wd have set out very clear travel advice | :38:57. | :39:00. | |
because people do need to know, obviously, there is a significant | :39:01. | :39:04. | |
terrorist threat in France today. And there is a potential threat to | :39:05. | :39:09. | |
this tournament. We set out very clearly the threat level in France | :39:10. | :39:15. | |
is critical. The threat levdl for the tournament is severe. Pdople | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
need to know that. The French security operation is enormous. We | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
are providing additional counterterrorism and public order | :39:27. | :39:29. | |
support to the French including deployment of additional police on | :39:30. | :39:33. | |
trains into France, UK borddr force out branch checks and helping with | :39:34. | :39:37. | |
sniffer dogs and other areas that the French ask us for. We w`nt to | :39:38. | :39:42. | |
see a great celebration of Duropean football, I wish all the whole | :39:43. | :39:46. | |
nations well, I think it's brilliant that Northern Ireland have lade it | :39:47. | :39:50. | |
to this tournament and I know, and of course, Wales and England. And I | :39:51. | :39:55. | |
look forward to watching sole fantastic football. | :39:56. | :39:58. | |
Order! | :39:59. | :40:09. |