:00:00. > :00:00.Republic. It is why I have committed very clearly in all of my statements
:00:00. > :00:00.to ensure we do not return to those arrangements. That is precisely why
:00:07. > :00:24.will remain a priority for le in my role. Order. Questions to the Prime
:00:25. > :00:29.Minister. Mr Speaker... I al sure that the whole house will whsh to
:00:30. > :00:33.join me in welcoming today's employment figures, which show
:00:34. > :00:39.employment at another record high. And the lowest unemployment rate in
:00:40. > :00:43.over a decade and wages rishng. Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings
:00:44. > :00:48.in addition to my duties in this house, I shall have further meetings
:00:49. > :00:57.today. This afternoon, I will travel to Berlin to
:00:58. > :01:02.We will cover a number of pressing international issues and tolorrow I
:01:03. > :01:09., Warmly welcome the Prime Linister discussions with Francois Hollande.
:01:10. > :01:15., Warmly welcome the Prime Linister to her place and can I also ask
:01:16. > :01:21.given her unwavering commitlent to deliver economic stability `nd
:01:22. > :01:28.national security, in our United Kingdom's interest, does shd welcome
:01:29. > :01:43.Monday's emphatic vote in this house for the Trident successor programme?
:01:44. > :01:54.Can I thank my honourable friend for his kind remarks, and thank him for
:01:55. > :01:58.enthusiastic the welcoming the debate in this house to rendw the
:01:59. > :02:03.nuclear deterrent, showing that we have not only committed to our own
:02:04. > :02:09.national security but also consider the security of our European and
:02:10. > :02:13.Nato allies. We can now get on with the essential job of renewing our
:02:14. > :02:19.nuclear deterrent, and can H thank those on 140 Labour members of
:02:20. > :02:27.Parliament, who put the nathonal interest first. And who votdd to
:02:28. > :02:33.renew the nuclear deterrent. Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you, Mr Speakdr, can I
:02:34. > :02:37.welcome the right honourabld member to her first PMQs, and congratulate
:02:38. > :02:41.her on her appointment and becoming the country's second woman Prime
:02:42. > :02:46.Minister. I hope that she whll agree with me that this house and prime
:02:47. > :02:48.ministers Question Time shotld be an opportunity to debate seriotsly the
:02:49. > :02:54.issues that face our countrx and our place in the world. On the steps of
:02:55. > :03:00.Downing Street, she spoke vdry eloquently about fighting btrning
:03:01. > :03:04.injustice... Yet, her last `ct as Home Secretary was to shut the
:03:05. > :03:14.Orgreave enquiry into the long grass. -- shove. The IPCC told Home
:03:15. > :03:20.Office officials that if it announced any action to set up an
:03:21. > :03:23.enquiry or any other investhgation to investigate Orgreave, it would
:03:24. > :03:27.impact the Hillsborough investigation, that has been
:03:28. > :03:31.disputed, was Parliament misled Will the Prime Minister now proceed
:03:32. > :03:36.with a full public enquiry hnto the terrible events at Orgreave? Can I
:03:37. > :03:41.thank the right honourable gentleman for the welcome that he has given
:03:42. > :03:45.me, can I say to him, he refers to me as the second woman Primd
:03:46. > :03:48.Minister, in my years here hn my house, I have long had the Labour
:03:49. > :04:01.Party asking what the Conservative Party does for women... LAUGHTER
:04:02. > :04:06.SHOUTING I welcome the comments he h`s made
:04:07. > :04:10.about prime ministers, we do make serious issues, I look forw`rd to
:04:11. > :04:14.the exchanges that he and I will have and I hope that we will be
:04:15. > :04:24.having them over this dispatch box for many years to come! CHEDRING
:04:25. > :04:27.As regards the Orgreave enqtiry the Shadow Home Secretary has an urgent
:04:28. > :04:33.question on that this afternoon which the Home Secretary will be
:04:34. > :04:34.responding to. Jeremy Corbyn. The new Prime Minister also said on the
:04:35. > :04:41.steps of Downing Street, " if you are young you will find it
:04:42. > :04:47.harder than ever before to own your own home". In 1998, more th`n half
:04:48. > :04:53.of working households of people aged 16 to 34 were buying their own
:04:54. > :04:59.homes, now it is 25%, the rdsolution foundation suggests this wilful to
:05:00. > :05:02.10% in the next nine years. What figure has the Prime Ministdr set
:05:03. > :05:09.herself for home ownership `mong young people? I know the tileline
:05:10. > :05:13.that has been referred to, he may have forgotten that during that
:05:14. > :05:18.period we had 13 years of a Labour government. 13 years of a L`bour
:05:19. > :05:23.government which had a very bad record in terms of house-buhlding.
:05:24. > :05:26.This is the government that is going to change that, this governlent is
:05:27. > :05:30.going to put more into building more homes, to ensure that young people
:05:31. > :05:31.do have a better opportunitx to get on the housing ladder.
:05:32. > :05:38.That is why we are a governlent that will be governing for everybody in
:05:39. > :05:42.this country. CHEERING That Labour government put ` decent
:05:43. > :05:48.house standard in place in dvery part of this country. -- hole
:05:49. > :05:50.standard. I am not sure... SHOUTING I am not sure, Mr Speaker, that
:05:51. > :05:57.starter homes at ?450,000 for young peopld earning
:05:58. > :06:00.7% less than their parents generation is actually a very good
:06:01. > :06:05.prospect for people owning their own homes. The Prime Minister is rightly
:06:06. > :06:08.concerned, Mr Speaker, she said this, if you are black you `re
:06:09. > :06:12.treated more harshly than if you are white. Before appointing her new
:06:13. > :06:16.Foreign Secretary, did she discuss with him his description of black
:06:17. > :06:23.people as you can in these `nd why he questioned the motives of the US
:06:24. > :06:39.president, Barack Obama, on his part Kenyan heritage? -- like people as
:06:40. > :06:42.piccaninnies. I have sat on these benches and heard him raise that
:06:43. > :06:46.with the right honourable friend for Whitney, when he was Prime Linister,
:06:47. > :06:50.on a number of occasions. Ldt nukes blamed this, if you look at house
:06:51. > :06:55.prices across the country, they vary, in Liverpool, the average
:06:56. > :07:01.house price is ?116,000, in London, the average house price is just over
:07:02. > :07:06.?676,000. That is why we have a higher limit for the starter home
:07:07. > :07:10.figure in London, if he objdcts to that, he needs to tell his
:07:11. > :07:16.constituents why he is against them having opportunities to get on the
:07:17. > :07:20.housing market? He refers to the remarks that I made, and it is
:07:21. > :07:23.correct, if you are black you will be treated more harshly in the
:07:24. > :07:31.criminal justice system, it is exactly why, as Home Secret`ry, I
:07:32. > :07:33.dealt with the issue of stop and search, I was concerned to lake sure
:07:34. > :07:36.that nobody should be stoppdd and searched on the streets of this
:07:37. > :07:41.country because of the colotr of their skin. I did that as a
:07:42. > :07:50.conservative, 13 years of L`bour did nothing on it. Jeremy Corbyn. My
:07:51. > :07:53.question was about the langtage used by the Foreign Secretary, e`rlier
:07:54. > :08:00.this week, the new Chancellor abandoned the budget surplus target.
:08:01. > :08:05.As Labour has long called for. Her government is already missing
:08:06. > :08:09.targets on debt, deficit, wdlfare count and productivity. Six years of
:08:10. > :08:19.government austerity has fahled The long-term economic plan is clearly
:08:20. > :08:22.dead. Is there a new one? It is the long-term economic plan that has
:08:23. > :08:28.delivered the record level of employment that we see... CHEERING
:08:29. > :08:30.Perhaps I could put the right honourable gentleman straight, we
:08:31. > :08:35.have not abandoned the intention to move to a surplus, what I h`ve said
:08:36. > :08:39.is that we will not be targdting that at the end of this Parliament.
:08:40. > :08:43.He uses the language of austerity... Can I say this to him, he t`lks
:08:44. > :08:53.about austerity, I call it living within our means. CHEERING
:08:54. > :08:57.He talks about austerity, in fact it is about not saddling children and
:08:58. > :09:02.grandchildren with signific`nt debts to come. It is not about austerity,
:09:03. > :09:08.it is about ensuring we havd an economy that works for everxone
:09:09. > :09:11.Jeremy Corbyn. Jobless clails have risen for the fourth month hn a row,
:09:12. > :09:18.welfare claims have risen as well. Austerity actually means people
:09:19. > :09:21.being poorer, services being cut, and local facilities being closed.
:09:22. > :09:26.In her speech on the steps of Downing Street, she also addressed
:09:27. > :09:34.insecure workers, saying, you have a job but you do not always h`ve job
:09:35. > :09:38.security. SHOUTING Does that mean, to those people that
:09:39. > :09:45.are worried about their futtre in work... SHOUTING
:09:46. > :09:52.I am talking of the people that sent us here to serve them. Does that
:09:53. > :09:57.mean that she is proposing to scrap and lemon tribunal fees, band zero
:09:58. > :10:01.hours contracts, repeal the trade union act, as more than a dozen
:10:02. > :10:05.European nations have already done, that would help to give gre`ter job
:10:06. > :10:10.security to many very worridd people in this country. Again I sax to the
:10:11. > :10:13.right honourable gentleman, I did say that on the streets of Downing
:10:14. > :10:18.Street, it is very important that here in this house, we conshder not
:10:19. > :10:22.only what might be called the more of these injustices but consider the
:10:23. > :10:27.life for those people for whom they are in work but struggling to make
:10:28. > :10:30.ends meet. It is essential, that is one of the things that the
:10:31. > :10:35.government has done, it has raised the threshold at which people start
:10:36. > :10:38.to pay income tax, for example. It is also about making sure that we
:10:39. > :10:44.have more well-paid jobs in this country. That is also what the
:10:45. > :10:50.government is doing. I'm interested that he refers to the situation of
:10:51. > :10:54.some workers, who may have some job insecurity, and potentially,
:10:55. > :10:57.unscrupulous bosses, I suspdct that there are many members on the
:10:58. > :11:01.opposition benches who may be familiar with an unscrupulots
:11:02. > :11:06.boss... LAUGHTER A boss who does not listen to his
:11:07. > :11:10.workers? SHOUTING Requires some of his workers to
:11:11. > :11:17.double their workload... SHOUTING LAUGHTER
:11:18. > :11:22.Maybe even a boss who explohts the rules to further his own career
:11:23. > :11:35.Remind him of anybody? SHOUTING Remind him of anybody? SHOUTING
:11:36. > :11:42.Speaker, we are sent here to represent people. And there are many
:11:43. > :11:48.people in this country struggling with insecure jobs, with low wages,
:11:49. > :11:53.I know this is very funny for all Conservative members, but I don t
:11:54. > :11:59.suppose, I do not suppose there is too many Conservative MPs who have
:12:00. > :12:02.to go to a food bank in orddr to supplement their family table every
:12:03. > :12:06.week! I think that we should reflect upon those things. The Primd
:12:07. > :12:11.Minister highlighted the fahlures of her predecessor, on social justice,
:12:12. > :12:17.homeownership, education and the cost of living. Some might say that
:12:18. > :12:19.as a cabinet minister, she too was responsible for that but shd
:12:20. > :12:23.empathised with working people when she said, " I know you are working
:12:24. > :12:28.around the clock, I know yot are doing your best, I know that
:12:29. > :12:32.sometimes life can be a strtggle". Yesterday the IFA has found that two
:12:33. > :12:38.thirds of children living in poverty in Britain have at least ond parent
:12:39. > :12:42.in work. -- IFS. What, other than warm words, is she going to offer
:12:43. > :12:47.those families, those children, who are hungry often and very insecure
:12:48. > :13:00.in their living? Isn't it otr duty to offer some hope and security to
:13:01. > :13:02.them? We are concerned about those people but the answer is not
:13:03. > :13:04.unlimited uncapped welfare, as the Labour Party
:13:05. > :13:10.say, the answer for people who are in work and struggling in work and
:13:11. > :13:14.the answer for those that w`nt to get into work is to have a strong
:13:15. > :13:18.economy, an economy which ddlivers jobs and well-paid jobs, and that is
:13:19. > :13:22.why I can assure the right honourable gentleman that on this
:13:23. > :13:26.side of the house, we are focused upon building a country which works
:13:27. > :13:30.for everyone, an economy whhch ensures that everyone can bdnefit
:13:31. > :13:34.from the nation's 12, a sochety where everyone gets the
:13:35. > :13:38.opportunities they deserve, and a democracy that everyone can have
:13:39. > :13:42.faith in. And finally, I sax to the right honourable gentleman, the
:13:43. > :13:45.Labour Party may be about to spend several months of fighting `nd
:13:46. > :13:48.tearing itself apart, the Conservative Party will be spending
:13:49. > :13:52.those months ringing this country back together. -- benefit from the
:13:53. > :13:56.nation's wealth. SHOUTING
:13:57. > :14:06.There will be more. I agree with the Prime Minister ..
:14:07. > :14:09.SHOUTING CHEERING
:14:10. > :14:24.LAUGHTER We are leaving the EU and wd are
:14:25. > :14:27.going to make a success of ht, will the Prime Minister make my Day
:14:28. > :14:33.special by saying that she hs prepared to reject staying hn the
:14:34. > :14:39.single regulated market, and offering instead to our fridnds in
:14:40. > :14:47.Europe a free-trade deal, vdry much in their interests, let's t`ke back
:14:48. > :14:52.control! I'm tempted to say that after that... Aisha Praught be sit
:14:53. > :14:57.down and enjoy that for the rest of the day... My honourable frhend has
:14:58. > :15:01.made my day. -- I should probably sit down and enjoy that the rest of
:15:02. > :15:05.the day. Happy birthday to him, I should say that, and as we look at
:15:06. > :15:11.the result of the referendul, I am very clear that Brexit means Brexit,
:15:12. > :15:14.we will make a success of it, what we need to do in negotiating the
:15:15. > :15:18.deal is listen to what people have said about the need for controlled
:15:19. > :15:22.on free movement but also ndgotiate the right deal and the best deal of
:15:23. > :15:30.trade in goods and services for the British people. Angus Roberts and.
:15:31. > :15:43.-- Angus Robertson. The German vice Chancellor has
:15:44. > :15:48.already confirmed how Scotl`nd is able to remain in the Europdan
:15:49. > :15:52.Union. Did the Prime Ministdr discussed this when she met with
:15:53. > :15:56.First Minister Nicola Sturgdon Wenzhou was in Edinburgh, and will
:15:57. > :16:06.she do everything to ensure that remain means remain for Scotland? --
:16:07. > :16:09.when she was in Edinburgh. Can I thank the right honourable gentleman
:16:10. > :16:14.for his comments and the recognition that he showed the support for my
:16:15. > :16:17.husband, and as he said then, we all rely on support from those `round
:16:18. > :16:26.cum to do our jobs, and we should never forget that. I did discuss the
:16:27. > :16:30.arrangements for the UK leaving the EU, and I was very pleased that my
:16:31. > :16:35.first trip was to Scotland `nd that I was able to do it so earlx in my
:16:36. > :16:40.premiership, as I have been very clear, the Union is very important
:16:41. > :16:43.to me. I was also clear with the First Minister that I think there
:16:44. > :16:46.are some ideas being put forward that are impractical but I `m
:16:47. > :16:49.willing to listen to the options that are brought forward, and we
:16:50. > :16:55.will be engaging fully with all the devolved add ministrations. Germany
:16:56. > :16:59.has the highest level of support of any continental European cotntry for
:17:00. > :17:07.Scotland remaining in the Etropean Union, so would the Prime Mhnister
:17:08. > :17:13.thank Chancellor Merkel for the interest of the members of her
:17:14. > :17:17.government and members of the Bundestag, their interest in having
:17:18. > :17:21.Scotland remaining within the EU, and will she assure the Chancellor
:17:22. > :17:26.and other heads of state and government that we in Scotl`nd will
:17:27. > :17:33.do everything, everything that is necessary for us to remain hn the
:17:34. > :17:35.EU? I have to say to the right honourable gentleman, because this
:17:36. > :17:42.is a line that he has been taking for some time. I do find it a little
:17:43. > :17:47.confusing, given that only two years ago in the Scottish referendum the
:17:48. > :17:53.SNP was campaigning for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom, which
:17:54. > :17:58.would have meant leaving thd European Union. Daniel Kawczynski.
:17:59. > :18:04.Thank you, Mr Speaker. We all stand with the people of France, `nd
:18:05. > :18:08.particularly Nice, following the appalling terrorist act there last
:18:09. > :18:11.week. We'll be primers to update the House on how the security
:18:12. > :18:15.collaboration between our countries can help prevent such attacks in the
:18:16. > :18:20.future, and reassure the Frdnch people that although we are leaving
:18:21. > :18:24.the European Union, the close links between our two countries whll
:18:25. > :18:28.remain steadfast? My honour`ble friend raises a very import`nt
:18:29. > :18:32.topic, and as has been said in his House before, our thoughts `re with
:18:33. > :18:36.all the people of France and the appalling attack that took place in
:18:37. > :18:40.Nice last week. We continue to work with the French authorities, both
:18:41. > :18:44.obviously in the aftermath of that attack, but my honourable friend is
:18:45. > :18:47.right that we need to continue our security co-operation with France
:18:48. > :18:52.and indeed other European countries. We will not be cowed by terrorists,
:18:53. > :18:57.we both faced the same thre`ts, and we need to work together in order to
:18:58. > :19:01.defeat those threats. And I can absolutely confirm that, yes, the
:19:02. > :19:05.United Kingdom will leave the European Union, but the United
:19:06. > :19:12.Kingdom is not leaving Europe, and our co-operation will continue.
:19:13. > :19:14.Jamie Read. Can I welcome the Prime Minister to her place and whsh you
:19:15. > :19:18.well in healing the country in the months and years to come? After all,
:19:19. > :19:28.it is she and her colleagues have so bitterly divided it. And can I thank
:19:29. > :19:31.too... Can I thank her too, Mr Speaker, for her wholeheartdd
:19:32. > :19:36.support and endorsement for official Labour Party policy on Triddnt? It
:19:37. > :19:37.is such a refreshing change to hear that from the despatch box!
:19:38. > :19:51.LAUGHTER As a type one diabetic and `s a
:19:52. > :19:55.father and uncle to children with type 1 diabetes, and we havd 50 ,000
:19:56. > :19:59.people, 30,000 of them children in this country, can I thank the Prime
:20:00. > :20:02.Minister for the example shd has shown to those people in
:20:03. > :20:07.demonstrating that this not hold us in anyway whatsoever? There is no
:20:08. > :20:12.doubt whatsoever, Mr Speaker, that the Prime Minister's predecdssor
:20:13. > :20:19.found the NHS, left it in a much worse condition than he. Will the
:20:20. > :20:23.Prime Minister visits... Will the Prime Minister visit my
:20:24. > :20:27.constituency, to honour the promises made by the previous Prime Linister,
:20:28. > :20:34.and to stop the government cutting services there? Thank you, Lr
:20:35. > :20:39.Speaker. Can I say, the honourable gentleman makes a reference to
:20:40. > :20:43.divisions on the Conservative Party benches, no, which is the p`rty that
:20:44. > :20:48.took three weeks to decide which should be that unity candid`te? It
:20:49. > :20:53.was the Labour Party! Can I thank him for his remarks and typd 1
:20:54. > :20:56.diabetes as well. There are many youngsters from tiny tots to
:20:57. > :20:59.teenagers leaving with type 1 diabetes, and it is important that
:21:00. > :21:03.we give the message to them that their future is not limited, they
:21:04. > :21:07.can do whatever they want. @nd he invites me, he is the first person
:21:08. > :21:11.in Prime Minister's Questions to invite me to visit his constituency,
:21:12. > :21:16.and I will look very closelx at all invitations that I received in Prime
:21:17. > :21:20.Minister's Questions. I think it is important that decisions about local
:21:21. > :21:25.NHS services are taken at a local level, but I would remind hhm, as he
:21:26. > :21:28.made the point about the agreement between Conservative Party `nd
:21:29. > :21:31.Labour Party official policx on Trident, that where we did disagree
:21:32. > :21:36.at the election was it was the Conservative Party that agrded that
:21:37. > :21:40.we would put the money that was necessary into the NHS, the Labour
:21:41. > :21:46.Party refused to commit that. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Extremism takes
:21:47. > :21:53.many forms, from the atrocity in Nice to the violent murder by her
:21:54. > :21:58.own brother in Pakistan, justified as an honour killing. -- Qandeel
:21:59. > :22:01.Baloch. There were many exalples of this in the UK over the last five
:22:02. > :22:06.years. Does the Prime Minister agree that such crimes are acts of terror,
:22:07. > :22:10.not honour, and which he directed that a new governor shows a lead for
:22:11. > :22:13.ending the use of the word honour to describe this vile act in order to
:22:14. > :22:19.stop any legitimacy to the hdea that women are the property of mdn? -
:22:20. > :22:24.and would she direct that hdr new government. This is an issud that
:22:25. > :22:28.resonate across this whole House, and she is absolutely right that
:22:29. > :22:34.extremism takes many forms, and in the counter-ruck stream is policy we
:22:35. > :22:40.are looking very widely across the breadth of extremism. -- cotnter
:22:41. > :22:44.extremism policy. We are looking at tackling the root causes of
:22:45. > :22:49.so-called honour based violdnce and I absolutely agree that there is
:22:50. > :22:55.absolutely no honour in so-called honour based violence, it is a
:22:56. > :22:59.criminal act, pure and simple. Thank you, vista is bigger. I too would
:23:00. > :23:05.like to welcome the Prime Mhnister to her first Prime Minister's
:23:06. > :23:09.Question Time. -- Mr Speaker. I would like to ask you to listen to
:23:10. > :23:12.the head teachers of primarx schools in my constituency. They tell me the
:23:13. > :23:18.weeds and unprecedented changes in primary education, including new
:23:19. > :23:22.sites, have lead to negativd impact on the learning outcomes of
:23:23. > :23:25.children. -- the recent unprecedented changes. Will she
:23:26. > :23:34.urged the new Secretary of State to take these concerns forward? I thank
:23:35. > :23:38.the honourable lady for her welcome to me, and I think education right
:23:39. > :23:42.is absolutely crucial if we are going to ensure that people can take
:23:43. > :23:45.up the opportunities they ddserve also have the aspiration to take up
:23:46. > :23:49.those opportunities. The new Education Secretary will be looking
:23:50. > :23:53.across the at the education provision that is in place, we have
:23:54. > :23:57.made important changes alre`dy over the last six years that are
:23:58. > :23:59.improving the quality of edtcation. More children are getting the
:24:00. > :24:08.quality of education they nded, but there is more for us to do, and we
:24:09. > :24:11.will be looking at that. In my constituency, Aerospace is vital
:24:12. > :24:17.importance, Rolls-Royce and boring over 1000 people at their shte, but
:24:18. > :24:20.it is just important there what do the whole UK economy. Will the Prime
:24:21. > :24:23.Minister congratulate all the companies that attended the
:24:24. > :24:27.Farnborough airshow, on the deals they signed, and will she agree that
:24:28. > :24:32.with nearly ?100 billion of trade deals done this year, Britahn is
:24:33. > :24:36.very much open for business? My honourable friend is absolutely
:24:37. > :24:39.right that Britain is open for business, and I know what an
:24:40. > :24:43.important role the aerospacd industry plays in his consthtuency,
:24:44. > :24:46.but also in other constituencies across the country, and the
:24:47. > :24:52.importance of the Farnborough airshow, and the member for
:24:53. > :24:59.Aldershot was telling me wh`t a great airshow it was. The Government
:25:00. > :25:02.committed there to generate a fund for research to ensure we rdtain our
:25:03. > :25:07.leading position in this sector and as he said, there are a significant
:25:08. > :25:12.number of trade deals signed, and I would encourage other companies to
:25:13. > :25:16.go out and get that business. I wish to welcome the right honour`ble lady
:25:17. > :25:21.to her place. Newcastle Airport was voted best in Britain this week but
:25:22. > :25:25.the good news that we are w`iting for is a decision on Heathrow
:25:26. > :25:29.expansion. The Prime Ministdr knows that Britain needs to be opdn for
:25:30. > :25:36.business, so will she do better than dithering gave and give us `
:25:37. > :25:41.decision without delay? -- dithering Dave. I have some fond memories of
:25:42. > :25:45.Newcastle Airport from the time when I stood in the North West Dtrham
:25:46. > :25:49.constituency some years ago and made quite good use of Newcastle Airport,
:25:50. > :25:53.it has changed and expanded rather ever since. On Heathrow, thd
:25:54. > :25:56.position has not changed. Obviously, the review work has been done,
:25:57. > :26:00.further work has been done hn relation to the question of air
:26:01. > :26:04.quality around the various proposals that were put forward, and the
:26:05. > :26:12.Cabinet and the Government will be taking a decision in due cotrse
:26:13. > :26:16.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Based on analysis of a crime survey for
:26:17. > :26:23.England and Wales by the Chhldren's Society, an estimated 113 16 and
:26:24. > :26:28.17-year-old girls in my constituency have experienced a sexual offence in
:26:29. > :26:31.the last year. Given the progress made in tackling child sexu`l
:26:32. > :26:36.exploitation in the last few years, could my right honourable friend
:26:37. > :26:40.outline if government has plans to strengthen the protection for this
:26:41. > :26:44.particular vulnerable age group My honourable friend raises a very
:26:45. > :26:48.important issue, we saw, obviously, in recent times the appalling
:26:49. > :26:51.circumstances in Rotherham hn relation to child sexual
:26:52. > :26:53.exploitation, but as my honourable friend Guy Shone, in every
:26:54. > :27:02.constituency in the country there are young people being submhtted to
:27:03. > :27:05.sexual offences. -- has shown. The Government has been working with all
:27:06. > :27:09.appropriate agencies to enstre we put greater support in placd to
:27:10. > :27:13.provide an extra 7 million hn funding to ensure victims of sexual
:27:14. > :27:15.abuse receive the right support launched the whistle-blowing
:27:16. > :27:22.helpline to help authorities spot patterns of behaviour, and patterns
:27:23. > :27:25.of failure, and made child sexual abuse and expedition a national
:27:26. > :27:29.thread so police forces havd a duty to collaborate to tackle thhs
:27:30. > :27:33.terrible crime. We will be strengthening our ravens in the
:27:34. > :27:41.coming months, we are all appalled by child sexual abuse, and we need
:27:42. > :27:44.to make sure we eradicate it. In her first statement on the steps of
:27:45. > :27:48.Downing Street, the Prime Mhnister stated that she would lead `
:27:49. > :27:52.government that would work for everyone of us. Since she bdcame
:27:53. > :27:56.Prime Minister, I have tried unsuccessfully to get assur`nces on
:27:57. > :28:01.the continuation of the Northern schools strategy, along with the 80
:28:02. > :28:05.million that was set aside for the Northern schools. Will she therefore
:28:06. > :28:11.give me that commitment tod`y so that children in Bradford and the
:28:12. > :28:16.North can have the same chances as those in London and the South? Well,
:28:17. > :28:20.it is important that we enstre that across the country children are
:28:21. > :28:22.getting the opportunities that they deserve, and the quality of the
:28:23. > :28:25.education they receive is an important part of that, and the
:28:26. > :28:32.review that has taken place, which was launched in March, is m`king
:28:33. > :28:36.recommendations on the issud. What I can assure the honourable gdntleman
:28:37. > :28:38.is that my right honourable friend the Education Secretary will be
:28:39. > :28:44.looking very carefully at the result of that review and will makd the
:28:45. > :28:49.position in which the Government is going to take in response to those
:28:50. > :28:56.recommendations clear in dud course. Stuart Andrew. Mr Speaker, crowing
:28:57. > :29:01.up on a council estate, it was tough coming out as a Conservativd. -
:29:02. > :29:07.growing up. LAUGHTER
:29:08. > :29:11.Difficult as it was, I understood then, as I do now, that onlx a
:29:12. > :29:16.Conservative government delhvers real social mobility.
:29:17. > :29:21.Does my right honourable frhend agree with me that if it is the job
:29:22. > :29:25.of this government to fight for such opportunities for the peopld of
:29:26. > :29:29.Britain, because the party opposite are too busy fighting each other?
:29:30. > :29:32.Well, my honourable friend puts it very well, and if you look `t the
:29:33. > :29:37.Conservative benchers, as hd says, we have Members of Parliament who
:29:38. > :29:40.were brought up in council houses, Conservative Members of Parliament
:29:41. > :29:44.brought up by single-parent families. The chairman of the
:29:45. > :29:49.Conservative Party is a forler miner. It is this party that is
:29:50. > :29:53.looking at opportunity for `ll, and that certainly, I am very clear that
:29:54. > :29:57.the Government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the
:29:58. > :30:01.privileged few but by the interests of everyone in this country, not
:30:02. > :30:04.entrenching the advantages of a privileged few in terms of
:30:05. > :30:11.opportunity, but extending opportunity to all. Steward led
:30:12. > :30:16.Donaldson. Thank you, Mr Spdaker. Whatever your politics, one cannot
:30:17. > :30:20.help but be inspired by the image last week of the female Prile
:30:21. > :30:23.Minister of UK meeting the female First Minister of Scotland, a
:30:24. > :30:26.message to girls everywhere that they can achieve anything they want.
:30:27. > :30:30.Does the Prime Minister agrde that to do this girls and women should be
:30:31. > :30:35.able to live free from genddr race violence and domestic abuse, and
:30:36. > :30:39.will she commit to supporting the bill of my honourable friend for
:30:40. > :30:41.Banff and Buchan and ratify the Istanbul convention? Can I say to
:30:42. > :30:45.the honourable gentleman th`t I think it is an important sylbol for
:30:46. > :30:52.girls and young women to sed women in positions as Prime Minister and
:30:53. > :30:55.First Minister, and I respect the First Minister of Scotland, we had a
:30:56. > :31:00.very constructive first meeting We will disagree on some issues, but we
:31:01. > :31:03.will work practically and pragmatically together. I think it
:31:04. > :31:07.is important to deal with the issues of gender violence and domestic
:31:08. > :31:15.violence against women and girls. That is why the add has a strategy
:31:16. > :31:19.that is being taken on by mx right honourable friend the Home Secretary
:31:20. > :31:23.now. -- why the Government has. We have a good record for putthng in
:31:24. > :31:25.place domestic violence protection orders, but there is always more to
:31:26. > :31:36.do, and we will be doing th`t. Can I welcome one right honourable
:31:37. > :31:40.friend to her place, if it hs not too untoward to say, I decl`re it as
:31:41. > :31:45.game, set and match to her this afternoon. Can I tell my right. .
:31:46. > :31:51.Can I tell my right honourable friend that last week, when I met
:31:52. > :31:55.local NFU representatives in North Dorset, they understood what we were
:31:56. > :31:59.doing in delivering Brexit, but they were keen to ensure that thd needs
:32:00. > :32:05.of agriculture and British farmers are front and centre in those
:32:06. > :32:09.discussions and that their hnterests are considered. Can I invitd my
:32:10. > :32:13.honourable friend to make that commitment today? I'm very happy to
:32:14. > :32:17.make that commitment, as we look at the position I will be taking in
:32:18. > :32:21.negotiations to leaving for the UK leaving the European Union, we will
:32:22. > :32:26.be consulting widely, agrictlture is a sector which is particularly
:32:27. > :32:30.affected by Brexit, and I c`n assure my honourable friend that wd will be
:32:31. > :32:33.consulting with and listening to the views of farmers and others involved
:32:34. > :32:38.in the food industry and agricultural sector. Can I
:32:39. > :32:41.congratulate the right honotrable lady on becoming Prime Minister I
:32:42. > :32:45.gently remind her of the conversation we had a few wdeks ago,
:32:46. > :32:50.when I said she would come through the middle and trounce the len
:32:51. > :32:55.standing for that position. So I was right! LAUGHTER
:32:56. > :32:59.I also said I was going to put some money on her, unfortunately I never
:33:00. > :33:03.got around to it, because the odds were very good at the time. Can I
:33:04. > :33:06.ask the Prime Minister is vdry serious question about the xounger
:33:07. > :33:11.generation, millennials, so many of them in this country believd they
:33:12. > :33:16.are citizens of Europe, thex had the ability to travel, to work, and to
:33:17. > :33:22.be true Europeans, will she soon give them her vision of how that
:33:23. > :33:28.reality, as European citizens, can be delivered even in the prdsent
:33:29. > :33:32.circumstance? I think the honourable gentleman, I do indeed remelber the
:33:33. > :33:38.conversation where he said H would trounce the men, as he said it, the
:33:39. > :33:41.Conservative Party came up with an all woman short list, withott being
:33:42. > :33:48.quiet to do so, if I may sax... LAUGHTER
:33:49. > :33:53.He raises an important point about the younger generation, what I would
:33:54. > :33:58.say is this, as I said in rdsponse to my noble friend, the member for
:33:59. > :34:01.Shrewsbury Town Acton, we are leaving the European Union but not
:34:02. > :34:07.leaving Europe, we will be setting out the negotiating position in
:34:08. > :34:10.terms of our relationship to the European Union, over the coling
:34:11. > :34:14.weeks and months, I would also say this to the young people th`t he
:34:15. > :34:18.talks about, actually, we should not be limiting their opportunities and
:34:19. > :34:23.their horizons by just lookhng at Europe. This country will bd making
:34:24. > :34:26.a success of Brexit because we will be out there in the world, `s an
:34:27. > :34:32.outward looking, expansive country with opportunities around the globe.
:34:33. > :34:36.Philip Davies. I warmly welcome the Prime Minister to her post, unlike
:34:37. > :34:45.dithering Barry, opposite, H did place a bet on her becoming the next
:34:46. > :34:50.leader. I apologise to the Linister for clearly having my phone off when
:34:51. > :34:53.she was calling me to be a part of the front bench of government(!
:34:54. > :34:56.LAUGHTER Reason why the people of Yorkshire
:34:57. > :35:00.voted overwhelmingly to leave, was due to control in immigration, and
:35:01. > :35:05.the Prime Minister reassure the people of Yorkshire that whdn we
:35:06. > :35:09.finally do leave the Europe`n Union, she will insist upon keeping her
:35:10. > :35:14.original promise to get the immigration figures down into this
:35:15. > :35:20.country into the tens of thousands. I say to my honourable friend, I am
:35:21. > :35:24.very clear that the vote th`t was taken in this country on thd 23rd of
:35:25. > :35:27.June sent a very clear mess`ge about immigration, that people want
:35:28. > :35:31.control of free movement from the European Union, and that is
:35:32. > :35:34.precisely what we will be doing and ensuring that we get that in the
:35:35. > :35:39.negotiations that we will bd undertaking. I also remain
:35:40. > :35:42.absolutely firm in my belief that we need to bring net migration down to
:35:43. > :35:48.sustainable levels, the govdrnment believes that is tens of
:35:49. > :35:54.thousands... It will take some time to get there, but of course, now, we
:35:55. > :35:57.have the added aspect of those controls that we can bring hn
:35:58. > :36:17.relation to people moving from the European Union. Finally, Mr Tim
:36:18. > :36:20.Fallon. Thanks. You all verx kind. I would like to warmly welcomd the
:36:21. > :36:23.promise to her position, shd has come a long way since we were on the
:36:24. > :36:28.hustings together in North West Durham, she will reflect th`t she is
:36:29. > :36:33.possessing greater support hn this chamber than either of us got in
:36:34. > :36:38.Consett working men 's club. -- -- Tim Farron. Today there are reports
:36:39. > :36:44.that the new Grexit law meat unit will be hiring lawyers at the cost
:36:45. > :36:48.of ?5,000 per head per day, will the Prime Minister be using the mythical
:36:49. > :36:52.?350 million to pay the leg`l fees, or is that still pencilled hn for
:36:53. > :36:59.the NHS, as promised by cabhnet colleagues who campaign for leave?
:37:00. > :37:03.It is absolute right that wd create a new department to focus upon the
:37:04. > :37:06.work of negotiating the United Kingdom leaving the European Union
:37:07. > :37:10.and that department will nedd to have the expertise necessarx to
:37:11. > :37:13.undertake those negotiations, I say to the right honourable gentleman, I
:37:14. > :37:17.am very happy to remember the days that he and I spent campaigning in
:37:18. > :37:21.that parliament in the general election, little did the voters of
:37:22. > :37:24.North West Durham know that the two candidates, unsuccessful candidates,
:37:25. > :37:29.in that election, would become leaders of two of this country's
:37:30. > :37:32.political parties, although as I would point out to the right
:37:33. > :37:34.honourable gentleman, my party is a little bit bigger than his hs..
:37:35. > :37:40.CHEERING LAUGHTER
:37:41. > :37:42.Order.