:00:00. > :00:00.international partners to sde how we can get aid through to thesd
:00:00. > :00:15.critical conditions. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister
:00:16. > :00:21.Let me start by paying tribtte to my right honourable friend, thd former
:00:22. > :00:28.member of Parliament for Whhtney, David Cameron. He has been `
:00:29. > :00:34.tremendous public servant both for his constituency, but also for the
:00:35. > :00:39.country as a whole. Under hhs leadership we saw the econoly being
:00:40. > :00:43.stabilised, more people in work than ever before, people on low hncomes
:00:44. > :00:48.being taken out of paying t`x altogether. This government will
:00:49. > :00:53.build on that legacy. By extending opportunity to all parts of the
:00:54. > :00:57.country. VISTA Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial
:00:58. > :01:05.colleagues and others,, and I shall have further meetings today.
:01:06. > :01:08.Last week, the Prime Ministdr could not tell us whether she was in
:01:09. > :01:12.favour of staying in the single market. As an Edinburgh MP, can I
:01:13. > :01:17.tell her how important the financial sector is to the Scottish economy? I
:01:18. > :01:21.wonder if she can tell us whether she agrees with her Foreign
:01:22. > :01:24.Secretary that passport in for a financial services is guaranteed to
:01:25. > :01:29.continue after the UK leads the European Union? I am not gohng to
:01:30. > :01:33.give the honourable lady anx different answer from the answer I
:01:34. > :01:40.gave the House on many occasions last week. Which is that thhs
:01:41. > :01:46.government will be working to ensure the right deal for the Unitdd
:01:47. > :01:50.Kingdom in trade, in goods `nd services. And that includes
:01:51. > :01:57.listening to the concerns of the Scottish government may wish to
:01:58. > :02:03.raise, the governments of Northern Ireland and Wales as well. We will
:02:04. > :02:06.be fully involved with the devolved organisations -- administrations.
:02:07. > :02:09.The best thing for the financial sector in Edinburgh and the economy
:02:10. > :02:18.in Scotland is to be part of the United Kingdom. Marcus Fish. Will my
:02:19. > :02:22.right honourable friend join me in welcoming figures that show that
:02:23. > :02:28.unemployment in my constitudncy has halved since 2010? And cruchally
:02:29. > :02:34.that youth unemployment has fallen by 12% in the last year. Will she
:02:35. > :02:39.promote the value of technical skills and science and engineering,
:02:40. > :02:43.in her poise for all childrdn to have a good education that dnables
:02:44. > :02:48.them to go as far as their talent and hard work will take thel? I am
:02:49. > :02:50.very happy to join my honourable friend in welcoming the good
:02:51. > :02:57.employment figures we have seen today. Unemployment has halved in
:02:58. > :03:01.his constituency since 2010. That is because we have had an economic plan
:03:02. > :03:04.and build a strong economy. He is absolutely right. As we look to
:03:05. > :03:10.provide opportunities for young people, we need to ensure wd
:03:11. > :03:14.consider those for whom skills and a vocational education is the right
:03:15. > :03:17.route. We want an education that is right for every child, so they can
:03:18. > :03:25.actually get as far as their talents will take them.
:03:26. > :03:34.Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am sure the whold House
:03:35. > :03:38.will join me in paying tribtte to the police constable who was stabbed
:03:39. > :03:44.several times yesterday in the line of duty while trying to arrdst a
:03:45. > :03:48.rape suspect in Huyton. Can we wish him well and a speedy recovdry. I
:03:49. > :03:54.also wish the former Prime Linister well on his departure from this
:03:55. > :03:57.House and well in his futurd life. I hope the by-election will
:03:58. > :04:03.concentrate on the issues of education and his views on selection
:04:04. > :04:07.in education. I want to congratulate the Prime Minister. She has brought
:04:08. > :04:10.about unity of Ofsted and the teaching unions. She has unhted
:04:11. > :04:15.former education Secretary hs on both sides of the House. Shd has
:04:16. > :04:20.truly brought about a new era of unity in educational thinking. I
:04:21. > :04:27.wonder if it is possible for her this morning, within the quhet
:04:28. > :04:31.confines of this House, to name any educational experts that back her
:04:32. > :04:39.proposals on new grammar schools and more selection? Mr Speaker, first of
:04:40. > :04:44.all, may I join the Right honourable gentleman in paying tribute to the
:04:45. > :04:48.police constable who was st`bbed in Knowsley? One of the events that I
:04:49. > :04:53.used to look forward to going to every year as Home Secretarx was the
:04:54. > :04:56.police bravery awards. At that event we saw police officers who'd never
:04:57. > :05:01.know when they start their shift what is going to happen to them
:05:02. > :05:05.They run towards danger when other people would run away from ht. We
:05:06. > :05:10.owe them a great tribute and our gratitude for that. Now I al glad
:05:11. > :05:13.the right honourable gentlelan has raised the issue of education. It
:05:14. > :05:17.enables me to point out that over the last six years we have seen 1.4
:05:18. > :05:22.million more children in good or outstanding schools. That is because
:05:23. > :05:28.of the changes that this government introduced. It is because of the
:05:29. > :05:33.free schools, the academies, headteachers being put in charge,
:05:34. > :05:39.more choice for parents. Ch`nges which I know the right honotrable
:05:40. > :05:43.gentleman opposes. What I w`nt to see is more good school places, I
:05:44. > :05:46.diversity in provision of education in this country, so that we really
:05:47. > :05:52.see opportunity for all and young people going as far as their talents
:05:53. > :05:56.will take them. Mr Speaker, I asked the Prime Minister if she could name
:05:57. > :06:02.any experts who could help hn this policy. Sadly she wasn't able to.
:06:03. > :06:06.Can I quote one expert, his name is John and he is a teacher. Hd wrote
:06:07. > :06:10.to me and said the education system and teachers have made great strides
:06:11. > :06:14.forward to improve quality `nd delivery of the curriculum. And he
:06:15. > :06:19.says, why not fund all schools properly and let us do the job? The
:06:20. > :06:25.evidence of the effects of selection is this. In Kent, which has a
:06:26. > :06:30.grammar school system, 27% of the pupils on free school meals get five
:06:31. > :06:37.good GCSEss, compared with 45% in London. We role for spreading good
:06:38. > :06:40.practice, but wide does the Prime Minister wants to expand a system
:06:41. > :06:45.that can only let system down? - children down?
:06:46. > :06:47.Can I say to the right honotrable gentleman that he needs to stop
:06:48. > :07:08.casting his mind back to thd 19 0s. What we will be doing, what we will
:07:09. > :07:14.be doing is ensuring that wd are able to provide good school places
:07:15. > :07:18.for the one and a quarter mhllion children who are in schools that are
:07:19. > :07:23.failing, inadequate or need improvement. Those children and the
:07:24. > :07:27.parents of those children know, they are not getting the education that
:07:28. > :07:31.is right for them and the opportunities that they need. When
:07:32. > :07:35.we look at the impact of gr`mmar schools, if you look at Thale and
:07:36. > :07:39.for a disadvantage and non-disadvantaged children, the
:07:40. > :07:44.attainment gap in grammar schools is virtually zero. It isn't in other
:07:45. > :07:47.schools. It is opportunity for young people to go where their talents
:07:48. > :07:56.will take them. I know that the right honourable gentleman believes
:07:57. > :08:04.in equality of outcome. I bdlieve in equality of opportunity. He believes
:08:05. > :08:12.in levelling down. We believe in levelling up.
:08:13. > :08:20.CHEERING. Mr Speaker, equality of opportunity
:08:21. > :08:26.is not segregating children at the age of 11. So let me quote the
:08:27. > :08:31.Institute for Fiscal Studies, which says those in selected areas who do
:08:32. > :08:37.not pass the 11 plus, do worse than they would have done in a
:08:38. > :08:41.comprehensive system. The Sdcretary of State for Education suggdsted on
:08:42. > :08:46.Monday, that new grammar schools may be required to set up feeder primary
:08:47. > :08:52.schools in poorer areas. We'll be children in these feeder prhmaries
:08:53. > :08:58.get automatic places in the grammar school? Will they be subject to
:08:59. > :09:01.selection? What we are doing is setting up a
:09:02. > :09:06.more diverse education systdm that provides more opportunities. And
:09:07. > :09:12.what the right honourable gdntleman appears to be defending is the
:09:13. > :09:16.situation we have at the molent where there is selection in our
:09:17. > :09:20.school system but it is seldction by house price. I think we want to
:09:21. > :09:27.ensure that children have the ability to go where their t`lents
:09:28. > :09:35.take them. Can I just gentlx remind the right honourable gentlelan. . He
:09:36. > :09:43.went to a grammar school. I went to a grammar school. It is what got us
:09:44. > :09:52.where we are today. But my side .. My side might be rather happier
:09:53. > :09:57.about that than his. Mr Speaker, the two things the Prime
:09:58. > :10:02.Minister and I have in common is we can both remember the 1950s, and we
:10:03. > :10:08.can both remember going to ` grammar school. My point is simply this
:10:09. > :10:13.every child, every child should have the best possible education they can
:10:14. > :10:20.have. We don't need and nevdr should divide children at the age of 1 , a
:10:21. > :10:24.life changing division, where the majority end up losing out. I notice
:10:25. > :10:30.she did not answer my questhon about feeder primary schools. On Londay,
:10:31. > :10:33.the Secretary of State for Dducation said, we have not engaged mtch in
:10:34. > :10:38.the reform of grammars. But the government would now start the
:10:39. > :10:42.process. Can the Prime Minister confirm whether existing gr`mmar
:10:43. > :10:46.schools, like those in Kent and Buckinghamshire, will now bd
:10:47. > :10:51.instructed to widen their admission policy by the government? The right
:10:52. > :10:55.honourable gentleman is right that what we are looking and consulting
:10:56. > :10:58.on is it diversity provision in education. We want to make sure that
:10:59. > :11:02.all grammar schools actuallx do the job that we believe is important,
:11:03. > :11:07.which is providing opportunhties for a wide range of pupils. There are
:11:08. > :11:11.many examples across the cotntry of different ways that is done through
:11:12. > :11:15.selective education. But he talks about good education for evdry
:11:16. > :11:22.child. That is what our polhcy is about. There are 1.25, one `nd a
:11:23. > :11:27.quarter million children today, who are in schools that are not good or
:11:28. > :11:31.outstanding. There are parents today who fear that their children are not
:11:32. > :11:36.getting the good education to enable them to get on in life. I bdlieve in
:11:37. > :11:40.the education that is right for every child. It is the Labotr Party
:11:41. > :11:50.that has stifled opportunitx, stifled ambition in this cotntry...
:11:51. > :11:54.It is the Labour Party that is willing members of the Labotr Party
:11:55. > :11:56.will take the advantages of a good education for themselves, and pull
:11:57. > :12:02.up the ladder behind them for other people.
:12:03. > :12:09.I am sorry that the Prime Mhnister was unable to help anyone in Kent of
:12:10. > :12:14.Buckinghamshire in the answdr to my question and presumably she will
:12:15. > :12:19.have to return to it, but, ht is not about putting up ladders it is about
:12:20. > :12:26.providing a ladder for everx child. Let me quote her a critic of grammar
:12:27. > :12:31.schools. There is a kind of hopelessness about the demand to
:12:32. > :12:35.bring back grammars, an asstmption that this country will only ever be
:12:36. > :12:41.able to offer a decent educ`tion the a select few, the quote goes on to
:12:42. > :12:46.say, I want the Conservativd Party to rise above that attitude. Not my
:12:47. > :12:53.words, those of the former right honourable member for Whitndy. Isn't
:12:54. > :12:57.he correct, that what we nedd investment in all of our school a
:12:58. > :13:03.good school for every child, not this selection at the age of 11
:13:04. > :13:07.What we need is a good school for every Chile and that is what we will
:13:08. > :13:12.be delivering with the policy that we have announced. And -- child and
:13:13. > :13:15.with that policy, we will sde, we will see universities expanding
:13:16. > :13:20.their support for school, wd will see more faith schools being set up,
:13:21. > :13:23.we will see independent schools increasing their support for schools
:13:24. > :13:27.in the state sector, a diversity of provision of education is what we
:13:28. > :13:31.immediate to ensure good school places for every child. That good
:13:32. > :13:34.school place is important so young people can take opportunitids, and
:13:35. > :13:39.get into the workplace and H notice I think this is the right honourable
:13:40. > :13:45.gentleman's fifty question. He hasn't yet welcomed the employment
:13:46. > :13:50.figures today. -- fifth. More people, more people in work than
:13:51. > :13:55.ever before, wages rising above inflation, that is more people with
:13:56. > :13:59.a pay packet, more money in those pay packets what would Labotr offer?
:14:00. > :14:03.More taxation and misery for working family, it is only the Consdrvative
:14:04. > :14:06.Party that knows you can only build an economy that works for everyone
:14:07. > :14:13.when even has an opportunitx for work.
:14:14. > :14:17.Mr Speaker, of course I welcome anyone that has managed to get a
:14:18. > :14:20.job, I welcome those people that have managed to get jobs and keep
:14:21. > :14:26.themselves and their familids together. The problem is, that there
:14:27. > :14:30.are now almost a million of them on zero hours contract, who do not know
:14:31. > :14:37.what they are going to be p`id from one week the the other. In order to
:14:38. > :14:43.help her with the expertise on the reform of secondary schools, could I
:14:44. > :14:48.quote to her the Chief Inspdctor of Schools who said the notion that the
:14:49. > :14:52.poor stand to benefit from the return of grammar schools strikes me
:14:53. > :14:56.as tosh and nonsense. Isn't all this proof that the
:14:57. > :15:02.Conservative Party's green paper addressing none of the actu`l crises
:15:03. > :15:08.facing our schools system. Real terms cut in schools budget, 50 ,000
:15:09. > :15:13.pupils in supersize classes, a crisis in teacher recruitment and
:15:14. > :15:16.retention. Rising number of unqualified teachers in classrooms,
:15:17. > :15:22.vital teaching assistants losing their jobs, isn't this the case of a
:15:23. > :15:26.government heading backwards, to a failed segregation for the few, and
:15:27. > :15:33.second classed schooling for the many. -- class. Can't we do better
:15:34. > :15:37.than this? Well, I have to say, I have to say to the right honourable
:15:38. > :15:42.gentleman, that he has got some of his facts wrong. Plain and simple.
:15:43. > :15:46.They, we have more teachers in our schools today, than in 2010. We have
:15:47. > :15:52.more teachers joining the profession than leaving it. We have fewer
:15:53. > :15:55.pupils in supersize classes, than there have been previously, but I
:15:56. > :16:00.simply say this to the right honourable gentleman, first of all,
:16:01. > :16:04.that he has opposed every mdasure that we have introduced to hmprove
:16:05. > :16:09.the quality of edge kietion in this country. -- education, he h`s
:16:10. > :16:13.opposed measures that incre`se parental choice, that incre`se the
:16:14. > :16:17.freedom for head teachers to run their school, he has opposed to
:16:18. > :16:20.opportunity for people o set up free school, they are leading to
:16:21. > :16:26.improvements in our education system and we will build on those with our
:16:27. > :16:28.new policies. But I recognise to the, for the right honourable
:16:29. > :16:33.gentleman, this may very well be the last time that he has an opportunity
:16:34. > :16:44.to face me, across this despatch box.
:16:45. > :16:53.Certainly... Certainly if hhs Members of Parliament have `nything
:16:54. > :16:57.to do with it. I accept that he and I don't agree on everything, well,
:16:58. > :17:01.probably we don't agree on `nything, but I must say to him that he has
:17:02. > :17:10.made his mark. Let us just think of some of the things that the right
:17:11. > :17:13.honourable gentleman has introduced. He wants coal mines without mining
:17:14. > :17:18.them, submarines without sahling them and he wants to be Labour
:17:19. > :17:22.leader without leading them. One thing we know, who ever is Labour
:17:23. > :17:30.leader, after their leadership election, it will the country that
:17:31. > :17:37.loses. Can I just point out to the House
:17:38. > :17:45.that progress today at this Question Time session has been absurdly slow,
:17:46. > :17:49.absurdly slow. And I ask, order I ask the House, on behalf of our
:17:50. > :17:53.constituents to show some rdspect for those colleagues who want to
:17:54. > :17:58.question the Prime Minister. And I am determined to get down the list.
:17:59. > :18:04.Craig Williams. Thank you. Students from Cardiff
:18:05. > :18:08.schools and UK schools attended the recording of the British Holocaust
:18:09. > :18:14.survivors giving their testhmony for future generation. It was a moving
:18:15. > :18:17.experience for them and a stark reminder to fight racism,
:18:18. > :18:21.anti-Semitism and hatred in all forms, as part of this vital
:18:22. > :18:25.education effort of which I know my right honourable friend is `
:18:26. > :18:31.supporter is the establishmdnt of a national memorial to the Holocaust,
:18:32. > :18:36.could my right honourable friend update us on this I am gratdful He
:18:37. > :18:40.is right that we need to ensure that we never forget the horrors of the
:18:41. > :18:45.Holocaust and the lessons that must be learned from that. It is right
:18:46. > :18:48.that we have agreed this national memorial, next to Parliament on
:18:49. > :18:54.Victoria garden, that is an important place for it to bd. The
:18:55. > :18:58.community's secretary will launch a competition for the design of that
:18:59. > :19:01.them mall and included among that will be the possibility of `
:19:02. > :19:04.learning centre, which will ensure that there will be those
:19:05. > :19:09.opportunities for young people and others truly to learn that the
:19:10. > :19:13.lessons from the Holocaust `nd to learn about the appallings ` Troyes
:19:14. > :19:19.the -- atrocities that took place. Last week the Prime Minister was one
:19:20. > :19:22.willing or unable to give assurances about remaining in the European
:19:23. > :19:27.single market. Today she has been unwilling or unable to give
:19:28. > :19:32.assurances to the financial sector about protecting the passporting of
:19:33. > :19:36.financial services, meanwhile, millions from across the Unhted
:19:37. > :19:40.Kingdom depend on freedom of movement across the EU for business
:19:41. > :19:46.and for pleasure, they face the prospect of having to apply and
:19:47. > :19:52.possibly pay for visas, is the Prime Minister in favour of protecting
:19:53. > :19:56.visa free travel? Yes or no? There was a very clear message from the
:19:57. > :20:01.British people at the time of the referendum vote on June 23rd, that
:20:02. > :20:05.they wanted, that they wantdd to see an end to Freeman as it operated,
:20:06. > :20:09.they want to see control of the movement of people from the European
:20:10. > :20:15.Union, into the UK, and that is what we will deliver. Free movemdnt. Mr
:20:16. > :20:21.Speaker, the Prime Minister and the UK Government are totally unwilling
:20:22. > :20:25.to tell us the true cost of Brexit and what their negotiating position
:20:26. > :20:31.will be, in contrast there hs a different tune from the European
:20:32. > :20:34.Union union, there knew any away for Guy Verhofstadt said it is wrong
:20:35. > :20:40.that Scotland might be taken out of the EU when it voted to stax. Stay.
:20:41. > :20:44.Does she agree with Guy Verhofstadt and the Scottish Government, who
:20:45. > :20:49.want to protect Scotland's place in Europe? I have to say to thd right
:20:50. > :20:53.honourable gentleman, it is all very well him asking that question but
:20:54. > :20:56.only two years ago, only two years ago, he didn't want to protdct
:20:57. > :21:03.Scotland's place in the European Union because he wanted Scotland to
:21:04. > :21:08.leave the EU? -- UK? And on all of these questions, whether it is the
:21:09. > :21:11.question of the referendum, for leaving the European Union, the
:21:12. > :21:13.referendum on independence hn Scotland, or questions in this
:21:14. > :21:17.House, the right honourable gentleman seems to think th`t if he
:21:18. > :21:22.asks the question all the thme, he will get a different answer. I won't
:21:23. > :21:30.work for me and I won't work for the Scottish people. Thank you Lr
:21:31. > :21:36.Speaker. Freedom of speech hs a fundamental British value. Which is
:21:37. > :21:42.undermined by so call safe spaces in our universities where a sense of
:21:43. > :21:48.entitlement by a minority of students that means their whsh not
:21:49. > :21:52.to be offended shuts down ddbate. As students around the country return
:21:53. > :21:56.to their places of learning, at the start of this new academic xear
:21:57. > :22:00.does my right honourable frhend agree that university is prdcisely
:22:01. > :22:08.the place for lively debate, and that fear of being offended must not
:22:09. > :22:13.trump freedom of speech. Well, I absolutely agree with my
:22:14. > :22:17.honourable friend, we want our universities not just places of
:22:18. > :22:20.learning but places where there can be open debate where people can be
:22:21. > :22:25.challenged and get involved in that. I think everybody is finding this
:22:26. > :22:30.concept of safe spaces extraordinary. We want to sde that
:22:31. > :22:36.innovation of thought taking place, that is how we develop as a country,
:22:37. > :22:42.as a society, and as an economy and I agree with my right honourable
:22:43. > :22:46.friend. Mr Speaker, nine-ye`r-old Mohammed is one of thousands of
:22:47. > :22:52.child refugees alone in Syrha, his parents fled the country believing
:22:53. > :22:57.he was dead and have Vetteldd in my constituency of Midlothian, in March
:22:58. > :23:01.he was identified as being `live, he has been kidnapped, beaten `nd left
:23:02. > :23:07.for dead before being refound again. He lives in fear of daily attacks or
:23:08. > :23:09.sexual violence and assault. With the Prime Minister agree to meet
:23:10. > :23:16.with me to review the steps the Government could take to retnite
:23:17. > :23:21.Mohammed with his devastated family, and provide him with what is
:23:22. > :23:26.required to help overcome hhs ordeal. I am not aware of the
:23:27. > :23:29.details of the case. The Hole Secretary has heard him, I `m sure
:23:30. > :23:33.if he would like to write to the Home Secretary, there are rtles that
:23:34. > :23:37.enable family reunion to take place and also we are as a countrx,
:23:38. > :23:41.taking, have committed to t`ke a number of children who are
:23:42. > :23:44.particularly vulnerable, potentially vulnerable from sexual violdnce from
:23:45. > :23:48.the region round Syria, to dnsure that we can Vettel them in the UK
:23:49. > :23:51.and take them out of that fdar that they are seeing, but my right
:23:52. > :23:58.honourable friend the Home Secretary will look at it if he cares to
:23:59. > :24:02.write. What assurance can mx right honourable friend give that whatever
:24:03. > :24:07.criteria comes to guide our immigration system, it will be
:24:08. > :24:12.fairer than the present system? It will no longer discriminate peoples
:24:13. > :24:18.from outside the EU, as the present system does. The, as I menthoned
:24:19. > :24:23.earlier in response to a qudstion, it is the case that one aspdct of
:24:24. > :24:26.the vote on the ifrd June w`s that people wanted us to control movement
:24:27. > :24:30.from the European Union into the UK, and of course, we are already able
:24:31. > :24:33.to control movement from outside the European Union into the United
:24:34. > :24:39.Kingdom, and we intend to, details of the system we will introduce for
:24:40. > :24:42.EU citizens are currently bding worked on, but I can assure my right
:24:43. > :24:46.honourable friend we will h`ve the ability to control movement from the
:24:47. > :24:50.EU, and movement from outside the EU, and therefore bring that greater
:24:51. > :24:56.degree of fairness that I think people were looking for.
:24:57. > :25:03.How can she try and justify reducing the House of Commons to 600, while
:25:04. > :25:08.the House of Lords now have 820 members and by 2020 even more. Is
:25:09. > :25:14.this her idea of democracy hn the 21st century? I have to say, of
:25:15. > :25:17.course, the House of Commons voted for that reduction in the ntmber of
:25:18. > :25:21.members of Parliament. I thhnk people wanted to see that. But I
:25:22. > :25:24.would gently remind him when he refers to the House of Lords, and
:25:25. > :25:30.changes in the House of Lords, that it is this Government that has
:25:31. > :25:34.introduced the retirement procedure for the House of Lords that has soon
:25:35. > :25:41.a reduction in the member of the House of Lords. The NHS fivd year
:25:42. > :25:45.forward view, states that in future we will see more care delivdred
:25:46. > :25:51.locally. Does the Prime Minhster think that in line with that, the
:25:52. > :25:56.Cambridgeshire MP, ought to consider the importance of loaningle care
:25:57. > :25:59.when assessing the future of the Princess of Wales minor injtries
:26:00. > :26:05.unit in Ealing. My right honourable friend is right. The five ydar plan
:26:06. > :26:09.does include that proposal for local, more local input, and it is
:26:10. > :26:16.absolutely right that in looking at for example the future of mhnor
:26:17. > :26:20.injuries unit Lokes should consulted. I understand there is to
:26:21. > :26:26.be a meeting to consider thhs an I hope she will be able to make their
:26:27. > :26:31.views known as that meeting. Tomorrow, I will be helping to
:26:32. > :26:36.launch a programme at the engineering company ADI Grotp. To
:26:37. > :26:39.boost the interest of 14-16-year-olds in engineerhng
:26:40. > :26:44.skills. Now doubt the Prime Minister would like to join me in
:26:45. > :26:50.congratulating ADI Group but would she take it from me that her words
:26:51. > :26:57.of gloition would mean more if they were not accompanied of between cuts
:26:58. > :27:04.between 30 and 20% in apprenticeship fund, a programme the industry has
:27:05. > :27:08.described as a car crash. Well, I of course am happy to
:27:09. > :27:13.commend the company he has referred to, and of course, the West Midlands
:27:14. > :27:17.are important, driver in terms of engineering skills in this country,
:27:18. > :27:21.but I simply don't recognisd the situation he set out in rel`tion to
:27:22. > :27:26.apprenticeship, we have seen two million created over the last six
:27:27. > :27:31.year, we are commits as a government to seeing more being created, that
:27:32. > :27:35.giving young people opportunities, like the young people I met when I
:27:36. > :27:38.went to jaguar Land Rover, to learn a skill to get into a job, to get
:27:39. > :27:45.into the workplace and get on where their talents will take thel.
:27:46. > :27:49.Does the Prime Minister agrde that the life chances of many chhldren
:27:50. > :27:54.particularly the poorest ardas are limited through living in chaotic
:27:55. > :27:59.and unstable household, and would she kindly look at the all party
:28:00. > :28:01.Parliamentary children centre report produced which recommends f`mily
:28:02. > :28:07.hubs in local communities and other solutions to this issue, with a view
:28:08. > :28:12.to considering it further? Thank you. Can I say, commend my right
:28:13. > :28:16.honourable friend on the work she is doing on the all party Parlhamentary
:28:17. > :28:19.group. The question of that stable background, that family background
:28:20. > :28:24.that young people are brought up this is an important issue `nd she
:28:25. > :28:33.has been a champion for famhlies and for family life. I, can I s`y to her
:28:34. > :28:36.I have set up a policy routd with, led my right honourable fridnd the
:28:37. > :28:43.member for Mid Norfolk, I al surely ask him to look carefully at the
:28:44. > :28:48.report that has come out of the all party Parliamentary group. On Monday
:28:49. > :28:53.the Parliamentary advisory group on carbon capture published thdir
:28:54. > :28:58.report about the potential of CCS to create thousands of job, save the
:28:59. > :29:02.country billions and play a major role in meeting emission targets.
:29:03. > :29:07.CCS is critical to say side. Can the Prime Minister tell the house when
:29:08. > :29:13.the Government will publish its long-awaited new strategy? Thank
:29:14. > :29:17.you, thank you. I can I first of all say, that the issue of clim`te
:29:18. > :29:19.change of reducing emissions and our energy policy are very important to
:29:20. > :29:23.this Government, we have a fine record in this area and we will be
:29:24. > :29:28.continuing to, continuing to do that. But, on the issue of carbon
:29:29. > :29:32.captured and storage, this has been looked at carefully in the past It
:29:33. > :29:37.is one of the key issues rotnd is the cost, we will continue to invest
:29:38. > :29:40.in the development of CCS, we are developing over 120 million to
:29:41. > :29:44.develop the technology, through innovation support with the aim of
:29:45. > :29:52.reducing its costs, and so we will continue to look at the rold it can
:29:53. > :29:56.play. I know that schools have to make the
:29:57. > :30:00.best use of their resource, therefore I was shocked to learn
:30:01. > :30:04.that schools in the north-wdst are charged ?27 million for thehr water
:30:05. > :30:09.charge, will the Prime Minister agree with me, that schools are
:30:10. > :30:12.important community hubs and will the Government make represent days
:30:13. > :30:15.to Ofwat to change the bandhng guidance so schools are considered
:30:16. > :30:23.community asset, rather than classified in the same way `s big
:30:24. > :30:29.business. Can I commend those who plax a role
:30:30. > :30:32.as school governor, she is right schools need to think careftlly The
:30:33. > :30:36.approach does change but we are looking at the guidance to water
:30:37. > :30:39.companies, in relation to how they can deal with schools and whether
:30:40. > :30:43.they could be looking at schools and using more concessionary rates in
:30:44. > :30:49.relation to schools. Thank you very much. The Prhme
:30:50. > :30:52.Minister may by a wear of l`st week's BBC Spotlight progralme on
:30:53. > :30:56.what was serious allegation of corruption and fraud round the sale
:30:57. > :31:00.of properties in Northern Ireland. Can the Prime Minister confhrm what
:31:01. > :31:05.agencies will be investigathng those and if the National Crime Agency
:31:06. > :31:10.will be involved, and will he the report be publicly published in due
:31:11. > :31:16.course? I have to say to thd honourable gentleman on the specific
:31:17. > :31:21.issue he has raise, if I max I will come back as he know the National
:31:22. > :31:25.Crime Agency does operate in Northern Ireland on a slightly
:31:26. > :31:29.different basis, and it will be necessary for the issues whdre they
:31:30. > :31:32.are being looked into to ensure that the appropriate skills and
:31:33. > :31:36.capability are brought to bdar. Will write him a detailed answer to his
:31:37. > :31:45.question. Will the Prime Minister give her full and enthusiastic up
:31:46. > :31:50.support to the Presidents as they reach a crucial stage of thdir
:31:51. > :31:55.negotiations which we hope will deliver a negotiated settlelent for
:31:56. > :31:59.a free and united Cyprus. I am happy to join my right honourable friend
:32:00. > :32:04.in what she say, it is important I think everybody across the House
:32:05. > :32:07.will wish these talks well, and hope they have a successful conclusion.
:32:08. > :32:10.It has been two years since the Prime Minister set up the child
:32:11. > :32:17.abuse inquiry, it is on to hts fourth chair and last week, the
:32:18. > :32:23.outgoing chair said it had become inherently unmanageable. Since the
:32:24. > :32:29.Prime Minister appointed Dale Goddard to her position, will she
:32:30. > :32:33.insist she comes before this House to explain herself, surely child
:32:34. > :32:37.abuse survivors deserve an dggs plagues. On the process point it is
:32:38. > :32:42.not for the Prime Minister to insist who attends before a committee of
:32:43. > :32:46.this house. I understand as she been invited to attend the committee
:32:47. > :32:50.What I would say on the child abuse issue, she and I share, we share
:32:51. > :32:55.across this House many honotrable members a desire to see these issues
:32:56. > :33:00.of appalling crimes of child abuse being looked into it. It is
:33:01. > :33:04.important that the inquiry, she has set up the diary, many aspects of
:33:05. > :33:12.this which are already in place and operating, and I am very pldased
:33:13. > :33:16.that Alexis Jay has take on the job. She will do it very well and we will
:33:17. > :33:22.have answers to questions that so many have been asking for too long.
:33:23. > :33:25.Thank you. Child sexual exploitation is an issue that affects many
:33:26. > :33:28.community, does the Prime Mhnister agree that shining a light on the
:33:29. > :33:33.events of the past is the bdst way to learn lessons in the futtre, and
:33:34. > :33:38.will she agree to an independent review of child sexual explore
:33:39. > :33:42.tasting in Telford? -- exploitation. I think my right honourable friend
:33:43. > :33:47.has just shown the cross-party's concern that there is on thhs issue
:33:48. > :33:49.of child abuse and child sexual exploitation, it is right adds my
:33:50. > :33:53.right honourable friend says that we are able to look into the abuses of
:33:54. > :33:57.the past and the crimes of the past, that will be important lessons we
:33:58. > :34:00.immediate to learn from that as to why institutions, that were supposed
:34:01. > :34:03.to protect children failed to protect them. It is for the
:34:04. > :34:07.authorities in Telford to look specifically at how they wish to
:34:08. > :34:10.address these issues in Telford but I am sure as my right honourable
:34:11. > :34:16.friend the Home Secretary h`s heard her comments and I am sure she will
:34:17. > :34:18.want to take that up with hdr. Following the successful
:34:19. > :34:24.Hillsborough independent panel, will the Prime Minister now look at
:34:25. > :34:29.setting up a similar review, of the biggest treatment disaster hn the
:34:30. > :34:33.history of the NHS, the contaminated blood scandal. Victims are still
:34:34. > :34:42.waiting for answers and justice 35 years on. The honourable lady raises
:34:43. > :34:46.very important point in rel`tion to contaminated blood. I I will take
:34:47. > :34:51.the point she has made and take it away and consider it. Obviotsly as
:34:52. > :34:54.she will know that the reasons and the background which let to the
:34:55. > :34:58.Hillsborough independent panel. I recognise that the concern people
:34:59. > :34:59.have about contaminated blood and will consider the point she has
:35:00. > :35:28.made. Will lead Prime Minister take this
:35:29. > :35:33.opportunity to send a loud `nd clear message that the best way to secure
:35:34. > :35:37.a harmonious society is not only for mainstream bidden to respect
:35:38. > :35:45.minority traditions such as Diwali and Eid, but also that council
:35:46. > :35:51.officials appreciate that mhnority communities should respect the views
:35:52. > :36:00.and traditions of mainstreal Britain. That means Christm`s trees
:36:01. > :36:07.are not festive trees. I do agree with my honourable friend. H'm not
:36:08. > :36:10.going to comment or pre-empt the findings of Louise Casey's work and
:36:11. > :36:15.her review. It is an import`nt piece of work. I will join him in saying
:36:16. > :36:19.that what we want in our society is tolerance and understanding, but we
:36:20. > :36:23.also want minority communithes to be able to recognise and stand up for
:36:24. > :36:26.their traditions. We also w`nt to be able to stand up for our tr`ditions
:36:27. > :36:34.generally as well, and that includes business. Would the Prime Mhnister
:36:35. > :36:38.look very carefully at the calls from the Royal British Legion and
:36:39. > :36:43.Poppy Scotland, for a new qtestions to be added to the next senses so we
:36:44. > :36:49.can better meet the needs of our serving personnel in the arled
:36:50. > :36:51.Forces, veterans and their families? In Northern Ireland, where such a
:36:52. > :36:58.massive contribution is madd to the Armed Forces in terms of service,
:36:59. > :37:02.would she look at funding under the Armed Forces covenant so thdre is
:37:03. > :37:07.equitable funding across all regions of the United Kingdom? I sax to the
:37:08. > :37:10.right honourable gentleman that I am pleased it was this governmdnt that
:37:11. > :37:15.introduced the military covdnant and has recognised the importance of
:37:16. > :37:23.that bond and that link with those who are serving in the Armed Forces,
:37:24. > :37:27.but also the importance in terms of veterans in our armed Forces. I have
:37:28. > :37:30.not seen the request. That will certainly be looked at by the
:37:31. > :37:36.Cabinet office when considering the next senses.
:37:37. > :37:39.Does she agree that the cooperation between Russia and the Unitdd States
:37:40. > :37:46.in respect of Aleppo sets a very important precedent, and it is in
:37:47. > :37:49.the British national interest to redevelop links with Russia and then
:37:50. > :37:59.we may be able to solve manx more problems in that region? Thd
:38:00. > :38:04.agreement reached between Rtssia and the United States about Syrha is
:38:05. > :38:08.important, and I think everxbody in this House will want to see that
:38:09. > :38:12.working, being put into practice and working on the ground. I wotld say
:38:13. > :38:15.there have been a number of occasions where we have seen what we
:38:16. > :38:19.thought were steps forward `nd sadly it has not been possible to
:38:20. > :38:23.implement them. I hope this will be different this time and I hope it
:38:24. > :38:26.will mark an important step. In relation to Russia, we should have
:38:27. > :38:32.no doubt about the relationship we should have with Russia. It is not a
:38:33. > :38:36.business as usual relationship. I made that very clear when I was
:38:37. > :38:40.responding to the report on the murder of little and ankle. We
:38:41. > :38:47.should continue with that position. George Howarth. Can I join with my
:38:48. > :38:51.right honourable friend, thd Leader of the Opposition, the Primd
:38:52. > :38:54.Minister, Jane Kennedy, the police and Crime Commissioner on
:38:55. > :38:58.Merseyside, in commending the tremendous bravery of the police
:38:59. > :39:03.officers involved in a stabbing incident in my constituency
:39:04. > :39:07.yesterday? And also, despitd that, they apprehended the suspect. With
:39:08. > :39:12.the Prime Minister acknowledge that the police, often in very d`ngerous
:39:13. > :39:19.circumstances, are being asked to do more and more with fewer and fewer
:39:20. > :39:23.resources? Once again, I john the right honourable gentleman hn
:39:24. > :39:29.recognising the work of the individual police constable, as he
:39:30. > :39:34.says, apprehending... Three police constables, I apologise. In
:39:35. > :39:39.apprehending well-being unddr attack. Our police officers bravely
:39:40. > :39:43.go where others would not go in order to protect the public. They do
:39:44. > :39:48.so much in the line of duty. But also when they are off duty as well,
:39:49. > :39:53.they are prepared to go and face danger. On the issue of resources, I
:39:54. > :39:56.would simply remind him that we have protected police budgets ovdr the
:39:57. > :40:02.period of the comprehensive spending review settlement. In the f`ce of a
:40:03. > :40:04.proposal from his front bench that we should cut them by 5% to 10%
:40:05. > :40:06.Order.