:00:00. > :00:00.Wales are dependent on the agriculture sector and it would be
:00:00. > :00:00.short-sighted in the extreme to turn its back on a sector which put Wales
:00:00. > :00:30.on international map. I know the whole house will join me
:00:31. > :00:36.in congratulating Andy Murray, Heather Watson, on their stunning
:00:37. > :00:39.success at Wimbledon. This morning I have meetings with ministerial
:00:40. > :00:43.colleagues and others. Other than one meeting with Her Majesty The
:00:44. > :00:54.Queen this afternoon, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably
:00:55. > :00:59.light. May I echo his congratulations to Andy Murray and
:01:00. > :01:05.all the other winners. May we thank the Prime Minister for all his hard
:01:06. > :01:11.work and his leadership. And particularly his commitment to the
:01:12. > :01:16.union and to Northern Ireland, and swimming in not on, maybe he would
:01:17. > :01:23.like to come and swim in luck and eight, we look forward to working
:01:24. > :01:27.with the next Prime Minister. I'm told there are lots of roles out
:01:28. > :01:38.there, there is the England football team... There is Top Dear, even
:01:39. > :01:44.across the pond, there is a role that needs filling. If I can go to
:01:45. > :01:54.my pet subject, Brexit really threatens. Really threatens the
:01:55. > :01:59.union. Will he work with his successors to ensure we have
:02:00. > :02:03.somebody who will pull together all the countries of the union and the
:02:04. > :02:11.overseas territories and make it so we all work and thrive together?
:02:12. > :02:15.Festival that mistaken for his kind remarks and fascinating suggestions
:02:16. > :02:21.for future jobs, I think most of them sound harder than this one. --
:02:22. > :02:25.first of all. I do believe Northern Ireland is stronger than it was a
:02:26. > :02:30.the full devolution of justice and home affairs, delivered under this
:02:31. > :02:33.government, the seminal report, record inward investment, I care
:02:34. > :02:42.passionately about our united kingdom, we do need to make sure
:02:43. > :02:46.that as we leave the European Union, we work out how to keep the benefits
:02:47. > :02:50.of the Common travel area, hard work is being done now with civil servant
:02:51. > :02:59.in Northern Ireland and Whitehall and also the Republic, that what
:03:00. > :03:04.needs to quicken. I would like to also paid tribute to my honourable
:03:05. > :03:10.friend and the hard-working as the leading this great country for the
:03:11. > :03:15.last few years. His lasting legacy will include supporting the Kurds,
:03:16. > :03:19.whose peshmerga are bravely fighting Daesh in all our interest. Having
:03:20. > :03:24.visited them on the front line,, although our training are crucial,
:03:25. > :03:28.the injuries could be reduced with additional equipment like body
:03:29. > :03:33.armour, respirators and front line medical facilities and we could
:03:34. > :03:35.possibly provide beds in a specialist hospital in Birmingham
:03:36. > :03:40.today most seriously injured. Does he agree this is a relatively small
:03:41. > :03:43.investment that would make a huge difference to our allies in the
:03:44. > :03:52.common fight to defeat the evil of terrorism? Thirst -- first of all
:03:53. > :03:58.thank you for your words. The Kurds are doing valuable work against the
:03:59. > :04:01.ash in Iraq and Syria. I will look carefully at his suggestion of using
:04:02. > :04:07.the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, who have excellent facilities for
:04:08. > :04:10.battlefield facilities, our army are helping the peshmerga but we will
:04:11. > :04:15.look and see if more can be done. Let's be frank, the strategy is
:04:16. > :04:21.working on the Daesh is on the back foot, its finances have been hit,
:04:22. > :04:26.more than 25,000 fighters have been killed, desertion has increased and
:04:27. > :04:30.the flow of foreign fighters has fallen by 90%. I have always said
:04:31. > :04:43.this will take a long time to work in Iraq and Syria but we must stick
:04:44. > :04:50.at it. Jeremy Corbyn. Can I start gradually the Prime Minister in pain
:04:51. > :04:53.trouble to be winners at Wimbledon, -- paying tribute. Also I think it
:04:54. > :04:58.would be nice if we can gradually did Serena Williams on her fantastic
:04:59. > :05:04.achievement as well. -- congratulated. It's only right that
:05:05. > :05:08.after six years as Prime Minister, we thank him for his service. By
:05:09. > :05:11.that and is agreed with him but some achievements of his I do want to
:05:12. > :05:19.play recognition to, one is helping to secure the release of shack army
:05:20. > :05:23.from quantum Bay and legislating to achieve equal marriage within our
:05:24. > :05:27.society, and I'm sure he will acknowledge that Labour boats helped
:05:28. > :05:35.get it through on that occasion! Will they acknowledge some concern
:05:36. > :05:39.that the way homelessness has risen for the last six years and looks
:05:40. > :05:44.like it will continue to rise in this country? Let me thank him for
:05:45. > :05:48.his kind remarks, I would join him in pain should be to Serena Williams
:05:49. > :05:58.who has now knocked Steffi Graf's amazing record of 22 grand slams,
:05:59. > :06:01.has overtaken that. The case in Guantanamo Bay was one that be
:06:02. > :06:06.raised again and again with the US government and I'm pleased it was
:06:07. > :06:08.resolved. And also what is it about equal marriage, there are 30,000
:06:09. > :06:14.dead people in our country when the last six years have been able to get
:06:15. > :06:17.married and that is real progress, I will never forget the day in number
:06:18. > :06:20.ten when one of the people who works very close to the front door said to
:06:21. > :06:23.me, I'm not that interested in politics but because of something
:06:24. > :06:28.you're not have done, I'm able to marry the person I have loved all my
:06:29. > :06:33.life this weekend and that was one of my favourite moments in this job.
:06:34. > :06:38.As for homelessness, it is still 10% below the peak saw on the labour but
:06:39. > :06:47.the key is building more homes, we have put 7000 since I became Prime
:06:48. > :06:51.Minister but the key to building more homes is programmes, reforms to
:06:52. > :06:57.the planning system, but the key is a strong economy. I had to what the
:06:58. > :07:02.Home Secretary has been saying over the past few days and she has been
:07:03. > :07:06.saying it is harder than ever for young people to buy their first
:07:07. > :07:10.house. Does the Prime Minister think this is because of record low
:07:11. > :07:18.house-building for his government's apparent belief that ?450,000 is an
:07:19. > :07:22.affordable starter home? Let me say how warmly I congratulate the Home
:07:23. > :07:28.Secretary on becoming leader of the Conservative Party. When it comes to
:07:29. > :07:35.women prime ministers, I'm pleased to be able to say pretty soon it
:07:36. > :07:45.will be 2-0. And not a pink bus insight! On the issue of... Of
:07:46. > :07:50.housing and homelessness, 700,000 homes have been delivered. He asks
:07:51. > :07:53.about this issue of affordability which is absolutely key. When I
:07:54. > :07:56.became Prime Minister, because of what had happened to the mortgage
:07:57. > :08:01.market, first-time buyer of the needed to have as much as ?30,000 to
:08:02. > :08:06.put a deposit down. Because of the conversion of help to buy and shared
:08:07. > :08:10.ownership, some people are able to get on the housing ladder with as
:08:11. > :08:14.little as ?2000 and with a low mortgage rate, the new houses we are
:08:15. > :08:23.building, we are making good progress. The malaise seems deeper
:08:24. > :08:26.still. The Home Secretary said, talking of the economy, so that it
:08:27. > :08:30.really does work for everyone, because it is apparent to anyone in
:08:31. > :08:38.touch with the real world that people do not feel our economy works
:08:39. > :08:42.that way. Isn't she right that too many people coming to many places in
:08:43. > :08:45.Britain, feel their economy has been destroyed in towns they are in
:08:46. > :08:49.because the industries have gone, there are levels of high and implode
:08:50. > :08:55.or underemployment and a deep sense of malaise? Don't we all need to
:08:56. > :08:57.address that question? If we're going to talk about the economic
:08:58. > :09:04.record, let's get the faxed straight. We have cut the deficit,
:09:05. > :09:07.there are 2 million more people in work, almost a million more
:09:08. > :09:11.businesses, 2.9 million apprenticeships have been trained
:09:12. > :09:17.under this government and it comes to property, 300,000 fewer people in
:09:18. > :09:24.relative poverty, 100,000 fewer children in relative poverty. To be
:09:25. > :09:28.accused of sloth in delivery, let's just take the last week we have both
:09:29. > :09:33.been having, we got on with it, we about resignation, nomination,
:09:34. > :09:34.competition and current nation, they haven't even decided what the rules
:09:35. > :09:47.are yet! -- coronation. If they ever got into power, to take
:09:48. > :09:55.about a year to work out who would sit where! Democracy is an exciting
:09:56. > :10:04.and splendid thing and I'm enjoying every moment of it! The Home
:10:05. > :10:10.Secretary, Mr Speaker, talking of the economy... Again, she said many
:10:11. > :10:22.people find themselves exploited by unscrupulous bosses to stop I can't
:10:23. > :10:36.imagine who she is referring to! But in his... In his hand discussion...
:10:37. > :10:39.In his handover discussions with the Home Secretary, could enlighten us
:10:40. > :10:46.as to whether or not there is any proposal to take on agency Britain
:10:47. > :10:50.by banning zero hours contracts, clamping down on umbrella companies,
:10:51. > :10:57.repealing the trade union act or preferably all three? He's right
:10:58. > :11:03.that democracy is a splendid thing, I have to agree with him. Let me
:11:04. > :11:09.answer directly on expedition in the workplace. It is this government at
:11:10. > :11:14.the first introduced a living wage stop -- exploitation. It is
:11:15. > :11:17.massively increased the power of the gang masters authority, there are
:11:18. > :11:21.fines for businesses that don't pay the minimum wage and more policing
:11:22. > :11:27.and prosecutions taking place although those things have changed
:11:28. > :11:31.under government. As for zero hours contracts, they account for less
:11:32. > :11:35.than one in four people in work, 60% of people in them do not want to
:11:36. > :11:39.work more hours and it was this government that did something the
:11:40. > :11:43.Labour Party never did, which was to ban exclusive so hours contracts. 13
:11:44. > :11:48.years of them committed a coalition Conservative government to do it.
:11:49. > :11:52.Let me say something about the democratic process of leadership
:11:53. > :11:58.elections, because I did say a couple of weeks ago, I am beginning
:11:59. > :12:04.to admire his tenacity! He's reminding me of the Black Knight in
:12:05. > :12:09.Monty Python's holy Grail. He has been kicked seven times but keeps
:12:10. > :12:18.saying, it's only a flesh wound! I admire that. Mr Speaker, I would
:12:19. > :12:23.like the Prime Minister to address another issue that the house voted
:12:24. > :12:31.on last week. And I have got a question from Nina, hang on... It's
:12:32. > :12:36.a question from somebody who deserves an answer. And she says, I
:12:37. > :12:43.would like to know if there is any possibility that a European Union
:12:44. > :12:46.citizen who has lived in Britain for 30 years can have their right of
:12:47. > :12:53.permanent residents revoked or deported, depending on the Brexit
:12:54. > :12:57.negotiations. There has been no clear answer to this question. It is
:12:58. > :13:03.one that worries a large number of people and it would be good if in
:13:04. > :13:09.his last question Time, he could at least offer some assurance to those
:13:10. > :13:14.people. Let me reassure Nina, there is absolutely no chance of that
:13:15. > :13:17.happening to somebody in those circumstances, we're working hard to
:13:18. > :13:22.get a guarantee for EU citizens that they will have their rights
:13:23. > :13:24.respected, all those who have, to this country. The only circumstance
:13:25. > :13:29.I could ever in visit a future government trying to undo that
:13:30. > :13:32.guarantee would be if British citizens in other European countries
:13:33. > :13:36.didn't have their rights respected, so it's important to have
:13:37. > :13:40.reciprocity. The new Prime Minister will be working together guarantee
:13:41. > :13:48.as fast as we can. I have got an e-mail as well. I am not making this
:13:49. > :13:52.up, I promise was to buy but this on the 62 of September 2015 from
:13:53. > :13:57.someone called Judith and she said, please, please, keep witty and not
:13:58. > :14:03.triumphalism during the first B with Jeremy Corbyn. She said because
:14:04. > :14:07.Tom Watson, who may oust Jeremy Corbyn, is a very different kettle
:14:08. > :14:12.of fish. He is far more dangerous in the long-term. She goes on, so
:14:13. > :14:18.sensible, sober, polite answers, let him create his own party disunity.
:14:19. > :14:29.After this is over, I have got to find Judith and find that what on
:14:30. > :14:38.earth happened next! Mr Speaker... I have had the pleasure of asking the
:14:39. > :14:41.Prime Minister 179 questions. Thank you, there are plenty more to come
:14:42. > :14:49.to his successor, don't worry about that! But before I ask him the last
:14:50. > :14:54.question, could I just put on record and wish him well as he leaves this
:14:55. > :14:57.office and also wish his family well, Samantha and their children,
:14:58. > :15:02.because I think we should all recognise that while many of us
:15:03. > :15:05.really do enjoy our jobs and political rights, is the loved ones
:15:06. > :15:11.nearest to us and our families who make enormous sacrifices that we can
:15:12. > :15:18.do this. I would also like to pass on thanks to his mum for his advice
:15:19. > :15:22.about ties and suits and so on. It's extremely kind of her, I would be
:15:23. > :15:24.grateful if you would pass that on to her personally. And I reflected
:15:25. > :15:36.on the lesson she offered. There is a rumour I want him to deal
:15:37. > :15:42.with. There is a rumour going around that his departure has been
:15:43. > :15:48.carefully Corey Grant so he can slip aimlessly into the vacancy created
:15:49. > :15:55.-- created this morning on Strictly by Len Goodman's departure. Is that
:15:56. > :16:03.his next career? -- carefully choreographed. I can assure him that
:16:04. > :16:07.is not the case. I thank him for the kind words and wishes to my amazing
:16:08. > :16:11.wife, Samantha, and my lovely children, who are watching from the
:16:12. > :16:14.gallery this morning. He is right, the pressure off and bears hardest
:16:15. > :16:23.on those around us in these jobs, and let me send my best to his
:16:24. > :16:27.family. I will leave it to others to work out how many questions are
:16:28. > :16:31.answered from this dispatch box. Because of your belief in letting
:16:32. > :16:36.everyone have their say, I think I have done a record of 92 hours of
:16:37. > :16:40.statements from this dispatch box, as well as some very enjoyable
:16:41. > :16:45.liaison committee appearances and other things. I will certainly said
:16:46. > :16:49.his good wishes back to my mother. He seems to have taken her advice
:16:50. > :16:54.and is looking absolutely splendid today. But it gives me the
:16:55. > :16:58.opportunity to put a rumour to rest as well, even more serious than the
:16:59. > :17:04.strictly come dancing one, and he will appreciate this, because the
:17:05. > :17:11.rumour somehow that I don't love Larry. I do, and I have photographic
:17:12. > :17:15.evidence. Sadly, I can't take Larry with me. He belongs to the house and
:17:16. > :17:23.the staff love him very much, as do I. Is my right honourable friend
:17:24. > :17:26.aware that, in 33 years in this house, watching five prime ministers
:17:27. > :17:33.and several ex-prime ministers, I have seen him achieve a mastery of
:17:34. > :17:39.that dispatch box unparalleled in my time, not just because of his
:17:40. > :17:44.command of detail, his wit, but because he commands the respect of
:17:45. > :17:51.friend and foe alike, who know that he is driven not just by legitimate
:17:52. > :17:57.political ambitions and ideas, but by a sense of duty which always
:17:58. > :18:02.leads him to try to make this country more prosperous, more
:18:03. > :18:13.solvent, more tolerant, more flair and more free, and he will command
:18:14. > :18:17.the respect of generations to come. Those words mean a lot from my right
:18:18. > :18:22.honourable friend, who spent so much time in this house. It is a special
:18:23. > :18:26.place and prime ministers questions, for all of its theatrics, does have
:18:27. > :18:30.a purpose, because it is time every week when the Prime Minister has to
:18:31. > :18:33.know everything going on in Whitehall, and often you find out
:18:34. > :18:37.things which you want to stop pretty quickly before 12 o'clock on
:18:38. > :18:41.Wednesday. I believe politics is about public service in the national
:18:42. > :18:45.interest, which is what I have always tried to do. This session has
:18:46. > :18:50.some admirers around the world. When I did his job and I met Mayor
:18:51. > :18:54.Bloomberg in New York. Everybody knew him and nobody had a clue who I
:18:55. > :19:04.was until eventually somebody said, hey, Cameron, Prime Minister's
:19:05. > :19:07.Questions. We love your show! Thank you very much. I join the Prime
:19:08. > :19:12.Minister and the leader of the Labour Party in paying tribute to
:19:13. > :19:17.all of the winners at Wimbledon. This week, we mark the 21st
:19:18. > :19:22.anniversary of the Srebonica genocide. It is one of the few
:19:23. > :19:25.political causes that the Prime Minister and I both wholeheartedly
:19:26. > :19:29.support and I hope he will be impressing on his successor the
:19:30. > :19:35.importance of supporting the Remembering Srebonica organisation
:19:36. > :19:39.and all of its good work, notwithstanding our differences, I
:19:40. > :19:42.genuinely extend my best personal wishes to the Prime Minister and his
:19:43. > :19:50.family and I wish them all of the best. However... The Prime
:19:51. > :19:54.Minister's legacy will undoubtedly be that he has taken us to the brink
:19:55. > :20:00.of being taken out of the European Union, so we will not be applauding
:20:01. > :20:06.his premiership on this. What advice has he given his successor on taking
:20:07. > :20:14.Scotland out of the EU against the wishes of Scottish voters? First,
:20:15. > :20:18.let me join the right honourable gentleman in paying tribute to all
:20:19. > :20:21.of those who lost their lives in Srebonica and making sure we
:20:22. > :20:25.commemorate this every year. This year, there will be a service in the
:20:26. > :20:29.office where commemoration will be given, test dummy will be read out,
:20:30. > :20:33.and we should think of it alongside the terrible events of modern
:20:34. > :20:39.history such as the Holocaust. -- testimony will be read out. In this
:20:40. > :20:43.house, there is sometimes a price for nonintervention, and we should
:20:44. > :20:48.remember that. In terms of what he says about Scotland and the United
:20:49. > :20:51.Kingdom and Europe, my advice to my successor, a brilliant negotiator,
:20:52. > :20:57.is that we should try to be as close to the EU as we can be, or the
:20:58. > :21:01.benefits of trade, cooperation and security. The channel will not get
:21:02. > :21:04.any wider once we leave the EU and that is what we should seek, which
:21:05. > :21:10.will be good for the UK and Scotland. The Prime Minister's
:21:11. > :21:14.successor is well known in Scotland and across the front pages because
:21:15. > :21:23.of a threat to deport a loved and light family from the Highlands. Her
:21:24. > :21:26.first action in her premiership is likely to be imposing Trident
:21:27. > :21:33.against the wishes of every MP in Scotland. Meanwhile, she says she
:21:34. > :21:39.plans to plough on with Brexit, regardless of the fact that Scotland
:21:40. > :21:42.voted to remain in the EU. How does the outgoing Prime Minister think
:21:43. > :21:51.that all of this will go down in Scotland? Specifically on the Graham
:21:52. > :21:56.family, Mrs Brain came to this country to study for a Scottish
:21:57. > :22:00.history degree, she completed and her husband and son came as
:22:01. > :22:05.dependents. We have given them an extension until August one put in an
:22:06. > :22:09.application for a work visa. On Trident, there will a vote in this
:22:10. > :22:13.house. Many people in Scotland support our nuclear deterrent,
:22:14. > :22:19.maintaining it for the jobs which come in Scotland. He asks about the
:22:20. > :22:24.record of this government when it comes to Scotland. 143,000 more
:22:25. > :22:29.people in work in Scotland, massive investment in the renewable
:22:30. > :22:33.industries in Scotland, the two biggest warships ever built in our
:22:34. > :22:38.history, built in Scotland. A powerhouse parliament, a referendum
:22:39. > :22:41.that was legal, decisive and fair and, I might add, a Scotsman winning
:22:42. > :22:54.Wimbledon twice while I was Prime Minister. Never mind indie two. I
:22:55. > :22:58.think it is time for Andy two. I would like to thank Prime Minister
:22:59. > :23:04.for the leadership he has shown, particularly in his support of women
:23:05. > :23:08.within the Conservative Party. The Prime Minister's legacy for me,
:23:09. > :23:13.however, and for fellow cancer survivors is the personal support he
:23:14. > :23:19.has shown for the cancer drug fund. However, today, I would like to ask
:23:20. > :23:23.him to show that same support for those who have been affected by the
:23:24. > :23:30.contaminated blood. Would he please update the house as to whether they,
:23:31. > :23:36.too, will have a legacy? I think my honourable friend for what she said.
:23:37. > :23:41.She is right to raise this issue of contaminated blood. I can today
:23:42. > :23:46.announce that we will be spending the extra ?125 million we have
:23:47. > :23:50.identified in a much fairer and more conferences scheme, to guarantee
:23:51. > :23:55.that all of those affected will for the first time receive a regular
:23:56. > :24:01.payment. This will include all of those with appetisers stage one, who
:24:02. > :24:05.will receive ?3500 per year, rising to ?4000 by the end of the year.
:24:06. > :24:09.Annual payments will increase over the lifetime of the Parliament and
:24:10. > :24:16.will enhance the support for those who have been read or those who will
:24:17. > :24:19.be in future, significantly boosting the money for discretionary
:24:20. > :24:26.payments. -- those who have been bereaved. Last year, I apologised.
:24:27. > :24:31.Today, I will provide them with the support. While it isn't right to
:24:32. > :24:34.pick out two people, coming to constituency surgeries, making your
:24:35. > :24:38.point to your MP, campaigning as these sufferers have done, in my
:24:39. > :24:43.case, David Leadbetter and Hugh Davies coming to my surgery and
:24:44. > :24:48.saying, this mustn't stand, I know that not everybody will be satisfied
:24:49. > :24:51.in what is being done, but it just show our democracy working and
:24:52. > :24:56.compassion in religion to this problem. The Prime Minister came to
:24:57. > :25:02.office promising to keep the UK's triple-A rating, and top-down NHS
:25:03. > :25:09.reorganisations and to stop his party banging on about Europe. How
:25:10. > :25:15.would he say that is gone? In terms of the economic record, 2.5 million
:25:16. > :25:18.more jobs, the deficit cut by two thirds, 2.9 million apprenticeships,
:25:19. > :25:21.a million more businesses, a growth rate that has been at the top of the
:25:22. > :25:26.developed world, all of that because of the choices we made. Because we
:25:27. > :25:31.did that, we have been able to back our NHS with a 10% funding increase,
:25:32. > :25:35.over 10 billion in real terms in this Parliament. As for Europe, we
:25:36. > :25:39.have to settle these issues. I think it is right, when you are trying to
:25:40. > :25:43.settle a big constitutional issue, you don't just rely on Parliament,
:25:44. > :25:48.you ask the people as well and we made and we kept a promise. I am
:25:49. > :25:51.sorry if this turns out to be my last question to the Prime Minister,
:25:52. > :25:55.but I want to thank him for everything he has done for my
:25:56. > :25:59.constituency, where every school is now good or outstanding and the
:26:00. > :26:04.jobless total is down 64% since he took office. Can I encourage him to
:26:05. > :26:08.return to the big society agenda I know he is so passionate about? Can
:26:09. > :26:14.I ask him if he remembers saying, shortly before coming -- becoming
:26:15. > :26:17.Prime Minister, politicians are a mixture of egotism and altruism and
:26:18. > :26:21.you hope that the right one wins out so people do the right thing rather
:26:22. > :26:25.than the politically convenient thing. It seems to me he has stayed
:26:26. > :26:29.on the right side of that divide, not least in the manner of his
:26:30. > :26:34.departure, and I think the country will miss him a great deal. I think
:26:35. > :26:38.my friend for his kind remarks. When it comes to education, there is a
:26:39. > :26:44.strong record to build on. We have got 1.4 million children in good or
:26:45. > :26:48.outstanding schools since 2010. We have seen the free schools movement
:26:49. > :26:51.really take off. I visited one yesterday that is outstanding, as a
:26:52. > :26:58.court of them are, which is in amazing record. -- a quarter of
:26:59. > :27:02.them. As for the big society, yes, we should use a strong economy to
:27:03. > :27:07.build a bigger and stronger society. One thing we are doing is
:27:08. > :27:10.introducing National Citizen Service, 200,000 young people have
:27:11. > :27:14.taken part in that programme and I hope by the end of this Parliament
:27:15. > :27:19.it will be the norm for 16-year-olds to take part. We talk about the soft
:27:20. > :27:25.skills that are necessary to give people real life chances. National
:27:26. > :27:29.Citizen Service will help that. Can I thank the Prime Minister for the
:27:30. > :27:34.courteous way he has always answered questions I have managed to ask him.
:27:35. > :27:41.I have always listened carefully to his answers, but until I had two eye
:27:42. > :27:46.operations, I wasn't able to see him clearly. If he is concerned that I
:27:47. > :27:51.am about the newspaper reports that people who are not entitled to NHS
:27:52. > :27:56.cataract operations are jumping the queue and stopping people who are
:27:57. > :28:03.entitled to NHS operations having that treatment? I will look
:28:04. > :28:07.carefully... First, I think him kindly for his remarks. I have tried
:28:08. > :28:12.to answer questions from this dispatch box. It is difficult
:28:13. > :28:16.sometimes when you haven't seen the specific story, and I happened here.
:28:17. > :28:19.I recall that we are investing in these cataract operations and the
:28:20. > :28:24.number receiving them is going up but I will look carefully this
:28:25. > :28:29.afternoon at the question he asks about the danger of queue jumping
:28:30. > :28:34.and get back to them. -- back to him. Under the leadership of my
:28:35. > :28:40.right honourable friend, the Prime Minister, in my constituency,
:28:41. > :28:46.unemployment has dropped from 5.1% in May 2010 to 1.9 2010 in May this
:28:47. > :28:50.year. A record to be proud of and one I would like to thank him for.
:28:51. > :28:54.Does my right honourable friend agree with me that this has only
:28:55. > :28:57.been possible thanks to his firm focused on jobs, apprenticeships and
:28:58. > :29:05.skills, a strong economy and investment? The figures are
:29:06. > :29:09.remarkable, when a constituency is getting to 1.9% unemployment, that
:29:10. > :29:13.is very close to full employment and it is remarkable. What we have done
:29:14. > :29:17.with apprenticeships was 2.4 million in the last Parliament, an extra
:29:18. > :29:20.500,000 already in this Parliament, towards the target of 3 million in
:29:21. > :29:26.this Parliament, and I'm confident we can achieve that. These are not
:29:27. > :29:29.just numbers but real people who have experience of the workplace,
:29:30. > :29:35.who are learning a trade and taking first steps in a career. What I want
:29:36. > :29:40.is, when they get back to Korea, not only do they have the national
:29:41. > :29:43.minimum wage but they don't get to pay income tax until they are
:29:44. > :29:55.earning that wage. We have taken the largest people out of poverty...
:29:56. > :30:00.This week is black country week. Yesterday, Black Country manufactory
:30:01. > :30:06.is were in Parliament demonstrating the high quality products that are
:30:07. > :30:10.exported worldwide. Will the outgoing Prime Minister impress upon
:30:11. > :30:15.the incoming Prime Minister the huge importance of maintaining access to
:30:16. > :30:24.the EU single market during exits negotiations, in order that we can
:30:25. > :30:31.maximise the Black Country contribution to exports,
:30:32. > :30:58.productivity and jobs? I agree with the honourable gentleman.
:30:59. > :31:08.I want to make sure we get the vital access to Europe. Ten years ago
:31:09. > :31:11.today I was applying to become Conservative Parliamentary candidate
:31:12. > :31:13.for Worcester as my right honourable friend was uniting the opposition
:31:14. > :31:18.and preparing it for government. Like so many on these benches, I
:31:19. > :31:24.entered the house in the wiki first became Prime Minister. Since that
:31:25. > :31:28.time, unemployment has halved and apprenticeships have doubled. We are
:31:29. > :31:33.getting fairer funding, wages are up and taxes are down. Can I thank my
:31:34. > :31:36.right honourable friend for all of his service to our nation and the
:31:37. > :31:43.legacy of improved life chances he will leave behind? Can I thank him
:31:44. > :31:47.for his kind remarks. We have seen unemployment falling all of these
:31:48. > :31:52.constituencies and the claimant count go down. More importantly we
:31:53. > :31:57.see 450,000 fewer children in households where nobody works. Think
:31:58. > :32:01.of the effect of having a parent or loved one in work, helping to put
:32:02. > :32:05.food on the table and provide a role model for their children, that is
:32:06. > :32:13.what this is about. I thank him for his kind remarks. Between broken
:32:14. > :32:14.vows, Brexit and the likely renewal of weapons of mass destruction on
:32:15. > :32:35.the Clyde. The Prime Minister about... Has done
:32:36. > :32:39.more for Scottish independence than any of us on these benches could
:32:40. > :32:43.ever hope to do. So, as he contemplates a move to
:32:44. > :32:48.Aberdeenshire, could the Prime Minister now make his commitment to
:32:49. > :33:00.Scottish independence official by visiting SNP. Walk. -- SNP.org. What
:33:01. > :33:05.I say to the honourable ladies and all members of Parliament from
:33:06. > :33:10.Scotland, when you have Lord Smith himself that the vow to keep a
:33:11. > :33:13.powerhouse parliament was kept, the SNP should recognise a promise was
:33:14. > :33:17.made and the promise was delivered. I have bought many times at this
:33:18. > :33:22.dispatch box about creating this powerhouse parliament but what I
:33:23. > :33:23.have see is the SNP using any of the powers that they have now got --
:33:24. > :33:38.what I haven't seen. Mr Speaker, can I first join all of
:33:39. > :33:41.those in thanking the Prime Minister for the statesman-like leadership he
:33:42. > :33:46.has given to our party and to the country for the last six years. And
:33:47. > :33:52.to thank him particularly, on this occasion, for the debating eloquence
:33:53. > :33:54.and also the wit and humour that he has always brought to Prime
:33:55. > :34:00.Minister's Questions on Wednesday. And can I ask that, as no doubt he
:34:01. > :34:05.will have some plans for a slightly more enjoyable and relaxed Wednesday
:34:06. > :34:10.morning and lunchtime, nevertheless he will still be an active
:34:11. > :34:16.participant in this house as it faces a large number of problems
:34:17. > :34:20.over the next few years? As a note to people know what Brexit means at
:34:21. > :34:27.the moment, we need his advice and statesmanship as much as we ever had
:34:28. > :34:30.-- as no two people. Can I thank my right honourable friend for his very
:34:31. > :34:33.kind remarks. I remember one of the toughest conversations I had in
:34:34. > :34:38.politics was when I was Leader of the Opposition and I was trying to
:34:39. > :34:41.get him to join my front bench and he was make bird-watching holiday in
:34:42. > :34:46.Patagonia and it was almost impossible to persuade him to come
:34:47. > :34:49.back. Not many people know this, but his first act as Chancellor of the
:34:50. > :34:55.Exchequer was to fire me has a special adviser. I am very proud of
:34:56. > :34:59.the fact that one of my first acts was to appoint him to my cabinet in
:35:00. > :35:04.the Coalition Government, and I know that then Deputy Prime Minister will
:35:05. > :35:08.join me in saying that he provided great wisdom, great thoughtfulness,
:35:09. > :35:11.great ballast at a time of national difficulty in the advice that he
:35:12. > :35:16.gave us. He is not always the easiest person to get hold of. Tory
:35:17. > :35:21.modernisation has never quite got as far as getting Ken Clarke to carry a
:35:22. > :35:27.mobile phone. He did briefly have won but he said the problem was
:35:28. > :35:31.people keep bringing me on it -- ringing me. We had to move our
:35:32. > :35:38.morning meeting to accommodate his nine o'clock cigar, I recall. But I
:35:39. > :35:41.will watch these exchanges from the backbenches and I will miss the roar
:35:42. > :35:46.of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the opposition, but I will be
:35:47. > :35:49.willing you on, and when I say willing you want, I don't just mean
:35:50. > :35:53.willing on the new Prime Minister at the dispatch box or just willing on
:35:54. > :35:56.the front bench defending the manifesto that I helped put
:35:57. > :36:00.together, but I will mean willing all of you on. People come here with
:36:01. > :36:04.huge passion for the issues they care about, they come here with
:36:05. > :36:09.great love for the constituencies they represent and also willing on
:36:10. > :36:12.this place. Yes, we can be pretty tough and test and challenge our
:36:13. > :36:16.leaders, perhaps more than some other countries, but that is
:36:17. > :36:20.something we should be proud of and we should keep at it. I hope you all
:36:21. > :36:24.keep at it and I will will you on as you do. The last thing I would say
:36:25. > :36:28.is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a
:36:29. > :36:31.lot of things done, and that in the end, public service, the national
:36:32. > :36:35.interest, that's what it's all about. Nothing is really impossible
:36:36. > :36:37.if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said, I was the
:36:38. > :36:39.future once.