:00:00. > :00:00.and the Government stands rdady to work with the Scottish Government on
:00:00. > :00:00.in the area to support and protect Scottish jobs and industry. Order.
:00:00. > :00:37.Questions to the Prime Minister Coalition government gifted to the
:00:38. > :00:40.urgent care. Bergin imposed a system of double appointments forchng
:00:41. > :00:44.patients to have unnecessarx extra consultations before surgerx
:00:45. > :00:48.boosting their profits at the expense of the taxpayer and patient
:00:49. > :00:54.safety. Is this acceptable `nd what is the Prime Minister prepared to do
:00:55. > :00:58.about it? We want to see in the provision of local services the best
:00:59. > :01:02.services possible for local people. The Honourable Lady talks about
:01:03. > :01:08.outsourcing services in the NHS and I have to say to her the party that
:01:09. > :01:14.I put greater privatisation into the NHS was not this party but her
:01:15. > :01:25.party. Question two, closed question, Mr Michael Fabric`nt. 12
:01:26. > :01:33.months ago I went to see... LAUGHTER
:01:34. > :01:36.Thank you Mr Speaker. The Wdst Midlands economy is in a positive
:01:37. > :01:41.position at the moment, I'm pleased to say that since 2010 nearly 2 00
:01:42. > :01:45.more people are at work and 42, 00 new businesses and saw the strength
:01:46. > :01:48.of the economy when I was in Birmingham last week. We ard giving
:01:49. > :01:53.the West Midlands new powers with the devolution deal and the election
:01:54. > :02:00.of a mayor and with his bushness and local experience he would bd a good
:02:01. > :02:05.mayor for the West Midlands. On the subject of the NHS 18 months ago my
:02:06. > :02:11.wonderful doctor go Helen Stokes Lampard suggested I have a general
:02:12. > :02:15.well man checkup and it's jtst as well that I did because the blood
:02:16. > :02:20.test revealed that there cotld have been and was a problem with my
:02:21. > :02:23.prostate, despite the fact that I was symptom-free. I was immddiately
:02:24. > :02:28.referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham who were
:02:29. > :02:34.simply wonderful, and after a period of surveillance I had a
:02:35. > :02:40.prostatectomy in June, but hey, I'm now fine.
:02:41. > :02:45.CHEERING But I want to thank the whole team
:02:46. > :02:51.at the Queen Elizabeth incltding my surgeon Alan Doherty and my
:02:52. > :02:56.excellent prostate nurse who gave me practical advice. In the next ten
:02:57. > :03:01.years there will be a real shortage of specialist prostate and trology
:03:02. > :03:05.nurse is, as many are due for retirement. So, may I ask the Prime
:03:06. > :03:10.Minister, what can the Government do to avert a shortage of thesd
:03:11. > :03:14.much-needed nurses? Can I say to my honourable friend
:03:15. > :03:22.that the whole house is ple`sed to see him back in his position as his
:03:23. > :03:27.normal exuberant self in thhs House. He raises a very serious issue. Can
:03:28. > :03:32.I join him in commending not only those doctors and nurses and other
:03:33. > :03:35.health service staff who trdated him for his prostate cancer, but those
:03:36. > :03:41.doctors and nurses who are `t bay in and day out ensuring that as we see
:03:42. > :03:45.actually we are having cancdr survival rates at a record high The
:03:46. > :03:49.Government is putting more loney into awareness of cancer problems
:03:50. > :03:53.and we will look at the trahning of nurses. There are 50,000 nurses in
:03:54. > :03:57.training and we will continte to make sure that the special hncidents
:03:58. > :04:01.are available to do the work necessary in the health service --
:04:02. > :04:15.specialisms. Jeremy Corbyn. I I hope the Right Honourable member
:04:16. > :04:19.got the same treatment as everybody gets because we want the sale
:04:20. > :04:26.treatment for everybody in our society. Is not controversi`l, I'm
:04:27. > :04:31.just wishing you well. Is that OK? Sorry to start on such a
:04:32. > :04:35.controversial note, Mr Speaker. I do apologise. At the Conservathve Party
:04:36. > :04:38.conference the Prime Ministdr said she wants Britain to be a country
:04:39. > :04:44.where it doesn't matter where you were born. But the Home Secretary
:04:45. > :04:49.Flagship announcement was to name and shame companies that employ
:04:50. > :04:52.foreign workers. Could the Prime Minister explain why where someone
:04:53. > :04:57.was born clearly does matter to members of her Cabinet?
:04:58. > :04:59.First of all, can I say to the Right Honourable gentleman,
:05:00. > :05:13.congratulations on winning the Labour leadership election.
:05:14. > :05:23.And can I welcome him back to his place in this house as his normal
:05:24. > :05:27.self. Can I say to him that the policy he has just described was
:05:28. > :05:30.never the policy that the Home Secretary announced. There was no
:05:31. > :05:34.naming and shaming, no publhshed list of foreign workers, no
:05:35. > :05:40.published data. What we are going to consult on is whether we should
:05:41. > :05:43.bring ourselves in line with countries like the United States of
:05:44. > :05:46.America, which collect data in order to be able to ensure they are
:05:47. > :05:53.getting the right skills tr`ining for workers in their economx. Mr
:05:54. > :06:00.Corbyn. Mr Speaker, I most grateful to the over 3000 people -- 300, 00
:06:01. > :06:07.people who voted for me to become the leader of my party.
:06:08. > :06:16.Which, Mr Speaker, is rather more than voted for her to becomd the
:06:17. > :06:22.leader of her party. She sedms to be... She seems to be slightly
:06:23. > :06:28.unaware of what's going on. First, the Home Secretary. First, Lr
:06:29. > :06:32.Speaker, the Home Secretary briefed that companies will be named and
:06:33. > :06:36.shamed, the Education Secretary clarified that they too would only
:06:37. > :06:39.be kept by government, and xesterday No 10 said it was in consultation
:06:40. > :06:44.and the Home Secretary clarhfied the whole matter by saying it's one of
:06:45. > :06:48.the tools we are going to use forced of this government has no answers,
:06:49. > :06:51.Mr Speaker, just gimmicks and scapegoats. Yesterday we le`rned
:06:52. > :06:57.that pregnant women will be forced to hand over their passports at NHS
:06:58. > :07:02.hospitals, no ultrasound without photographic ID, heavily prdgnant
:07:03. > :07:06.women sent home on icy roads to get a passport. Are these reallx the
:07:07. > :07:14.actions of a country where ht doesn't matter where you were born?
:07:15. > :07:18.Well, I've made absolutely clear about the policy the Home Sdcretary
:07:19. > :07:22.set out. I would say to the Right Honourable gentleman, he rahses
:07:23. > :07:25.issues around the health service. I think it is right that we should say
:07:26. > :07:30.that we ensure that when providing health services to people that they
:07:31. > :07:34.are free at the point of delivery, that they are eligible to h`ve those
:07:35. > :07:38.services. But where there are people in this country who come to this
:07:39. > :07:42.country to use our health sdrvice and who should be paying for it
:07:43. > :07:46.that the health service identifies those people and makes sure that it
:07:47. > :07:51.gets the money from them. I would have thought that would be `n
:07:52. > :07:55.uncontroversial view. Of cotrse emergency care will be provhded when
:07:56. > :07:58.necessary absolutely without those questions. But what is important is
:07:59. > :08:02.that we ensure that where pdople should be paying because thdy don't
:08:03. > :08:08.have the right to access to free care in the health service, they do.
:08:09. > :08:12.Jeremy Corbyn. Some of her colleagues on the smack leave aside
:08:13. > :08:19.promised us ?350 million extra a week for the NHS. -- the le`ve
:08:20. > :08:22.aside. She doesn't seem to have answers to the big questions facing
:08:23. > :08:26.Great Britain. On Monday thd secretary for Brexit when qtestioned
:08:27. > :08:29.about the approach to the Shngle Market access replied, we nded hard
:08:30. > :08:33.data about the size of the problem in terms of both money and jobs
:08:34. > :08:37.They would have been much e`sier if he had simply asked his colleague,
:08:38. > :08:42.the Chancellor of the Exchepuer because he would have been `ble to
:08:43. > :08:49.tell him that the Treasury forecast is a 66 billion loss to the economy,
:08:50. > :08:53.7.5% of the GDP. Can the Prhme Minister now confirmed that access
:08:54. > :08:58.to the Single Market is a rdd line for the government, or is it not?
:08:59. > :09:05.Well, the Right Honourable gentleman has asked me this question before.
:09:06. > :09:08.Yes! He says it is a simple question and I will give him the simple
:09:09. > :09:11.answer. What we are going to do is deliver on the vote of the British
:09:12. > :09:15.people to leave the European Union. What we are going to do is be
:09:16. > :09:18.ambitious in our negotiations to negotiate the best deal for the
:09:19. > :09:22.British people and that will include the maximum possible access to the
:09:23. > :09:26.European market for firms to trade with and operate within the European
:09:27. > :09:30.market. But I'm also clear that the vote of the British people said that
:09:31. > :09:33.we should control the movemdnt of people from the EU into the UK and
:09:34. > :09:35.unlike the Right Honourable gentleman we believe we shotld
:09:36. > :09:42.deliver on what the British people want. Jeremy Corbyn. Someond once
:09:43. > :09:46.said that leaving the Singld Market would risk a loss of investors in
:09:47. > :09:50.business and risk going backwards when it comes to international
:09:51. > :09:57.trade. That person is now the Prime Minister and that was beford the
:09:58. > :10:02.referendum. The Japanese government, Mr Speaker, the Japanese government,
:10:03. > :10:07.Mr Speaker, wrote to her in September worried about a shambolic
:10:08. > :10:11.Brexit. Many Japanese countries are major investors in Britain such as
:10:12. > :10:17.Nissan in Sunderland, which has already halted its investment.
:10:18. > :10:21.140,000 people in Britain work for Japanese owned companies. They've
:10:22. > :10:26.made it clear that those jobs and investment depend on Single Market
:10:27. > :10:30.access. What reassurance can she give to workers today desperately
:10:31. > :10:35.worried about their future, their company, and their jobs?
:10:36. > :10:40.For store I would say to thd Right Honourable gentleman, that the
:10:41. > :10:43.biggest vote of confidence that we had in Britain after referendum
:10:44. > :10:51.campaign was ?24 billion investment from the Japanese company t`king
:10:52. > :10:55.over ARM but secondly in our negotiations what we are dohng is he
:10:56. > :11:00.doesn't seem to get what thd future is going to be about. The UK will be
:11:01. > :11:04.leaving the European Union. We're not asking ourselves what bhts of
:11:05. > :11:07.membership we want to retain. We are saying, what is the right
:11:08. > :11:13.relationship for the UK to have for the maximum benefit of our dconomy
:11:14. > :11:16.and citizens this country. The member for Broxtowe said thdre is a
:11:17. > :11:20.danger that this government appeared to be turning their back on the
:11:21. > :11:23.Single Market, which was indeed a commitment in a Conservativd Party
:11:24. > :11:29.manifesto. The reality is that since the Brexit vote the trade ddficit is
:11:30. > :11:34.widening, growth forecasts being downgraded, the value of thd pound
:11:35. > :11:38.down 16%, an alliance of thd Chamber of Commerce, Confederation of
:11:39. > :11:42.British industry, British Rdtail Consortium and Trades Union Congress
:11:43. > :11:46.have all made representations to the Prime Minister demanding cl`rity. Is
:11:47. > :11:53.the Prime Minister really whlling to risk a shambolic Tory Brexit just to
:11:54. > :11:56.appease the people behind hdr? What the Conservative Party
:11:57. > :12:00.committed to in its manifesto was to give the British people a rdferendum
:12:01. > :12:04.on whether to stay in the Etropean Union. We gave the British people
:12:05. > :12:07.that vote. They have given their decision. We will be leaving the
:12:08. > :12:11.European Union and in doing that we will negotiate the right de`l for
:12:12. > :12:16.the UK, which means the right deal in terms of operating within and
:12:17. > :12:20.trading with the European m`rket. That's what matters to comp`nies in
:12:21. > :12:24.the UK and that's what we are going to be a vicious about delivdring.
:12:25. > :12:34.Jeremy Corbyn. The Right Honourable member for Rushcliffe almost always
:12:35. > :12:39.has a mot juste to help us hn these cases and he said... I want to hear
:12:40. > :12:44.about the Right Honourable lember for Rushcliffe. What he said was, in
:12:45. > :12:47.his own inimitable way, the reason the pound keeps zooming south is
:12:48. > :12:52.that absolutely nobody has the faintest idea what exactly we are
:12:53. > :12:56.going to put in place. We on these benches do respect the decision of
:12:57. > :12:58.the British people to leave the European Union.
:12:59. > :13:03.LAUGHTER But this is a government th`t drew
:13:04. > :13:07.up no plans for Brexit, that now has no strategy for negotiating Brexit
:13:08. > :13:11.and offers no clarity, no transparency, and no chance of
:13:12. > :13:16.scrutiny of the process for developing a strategy. The jobs and
:13:17. > :13:20.incomes of millions of our people at stake, the pound is plummethng,
:13:21. > :13:23.business is worrying and thd Government has no answers. The Prime
:13:24. > :13:27.Minister says she won't givd a running commentary, but isn't it
:13:28. > :13:31.time the Government stopped running away from the looming threat to jobs
:13:32. > :13:35.and businesses in this country and the living standards of millions of
:13:36. > :13:38.people? Unlike the Right Honourable
:13:39. > :13:41.gentleman I'm optimistic about the prospects of this country once we
:13:42. > :13:44.leave the European Union. I'm optimistic about the trade deals
:13:45. > :13:48.that other countries now actively are coming to us to say thex want to
:13:49. > :13:52.do with the United Kingdom. And I'm optimistic about what power we will
:13:53. > :13:56.be able to ensure that our dconomy grows outside of the Europe`n Union.
:13:57. > :13:59.But I have to say to the Right Honourable gentleman on this issue,
:14:00. > :14:03.Labour didn't want a referendum on this issue, the Conservativds gave
:14:04. > :14:11.them a referendum, Labour dhdn't like the result. We are listening to
:14:12. > :14:13.the British people and delivering on that result. Now the Shadow Foreign
:14:14. > :14:16.Secretary is shouting from ` sedentary position... The Shadow
:14:17. > :14:21.Foreign Secretary wants a sdcond vote. I have to say to her, I would
:14:22. > :14:25.have thought that Labour MPs would have learned this lesson. You can
:14:26. > :14:27.ask the same question again, you still get the answer you don't want.
:14:28. > :14:43.CHEERING Thank you, Mr Speaker.
:14:44. > :14:48.Despite several rounds of Etropean regional development funding the
:14:49. > :14:52.Cornish economy continues to lag around 30% below the UK average
:14:53. > :14:55.Does the Prime Minister agrde with me that Brexit provides us with the
:14:56. > :14:59.opportunity to develop our own economic programme that will be less
:15:00. > :15:04.bureaucratic, more effectivdly targeted and offered better value
:15:05. > :15:08.for money for the taxpayer? And will she confirmed that her government
:15:09. > :15:10.will continue to invest in the poorer regions of our country such
:15:11. > :15:17.as Cornwall once we leave? I thank my honourable friend and I
:15:18. > :15:21.can give them that assurancd. What I was saying at our party conference
:15:22. > :15:24.and what I have been saying since I became Prime Minister, is wd want an
:15:25. > :15:26.economy that works for everxone that means every part of our
:15:27. > :15:30.country, including areas like Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
:15:31. > :15:34.We've already negotiated a devolution deal with Cornwall,
:15:35. > :15:38.signed in 2015, that will demonstrate that we recognise the
:15:39. > :15:41.challenges Cornwall faces btt we're open for further discussions for
:15:42. > :15:45.Cornwall in the way we can hmprove their economy for the futurd. THE
:15:46. > :15:49.SPEAKER: Angus Robertson. The European Commission agahnst
:15:50. > :15:54.racism and intolerance has found that a number of areas of concern
:15:55. > :15:59.over political discourse and hate speech in the UK, as well as
:16:00. > :16:06.violent, racial and religiots attacks. Police statistics have
:16:07. > :16:10.shown a sharp rise in Islam phobic, anti-Semitic and zenophobic assaults
:16:11. > :16:14.over the past year. So, does the Prime Minister agree that all
:16:15. > :16:17.mainstream governments and `ll mainstream political parties should
:16:18. > :16:24.do everything that they can to oppose xenophobia and racisl?
:16:25. > :16:28.Hear, hearment. - Hear, hear. I have been clear from the despatch box on
:16:29. > :16:34.a number of occasions, therd is no place in our society for racism or
:16:35. > :16:37.hate crime. It is right that the police are investigating allegations
:16:38. > :16:42.of hate crime where they occur. I'm pleased to say as Home Secrdtary, I
:16:43. > :16:44.was able to improve the recording of hate crime, bringing the
:16:45. > :16:50.arrangements to improve that recording. We made also improving
:16:51. > :16:57.the requirement on police to specifically record hate crhme in
:16:58. > :17:01.relation to faith, so that we see the anti-Islamphobia that h`s been
:17:02. > :17:05.taking place as well as anti-Semitism and other typds of
:17:06. > :17:09.hate crime. There is no place for that in our society. We shotld, with
:17:10. > :17:12.one voice, from across this chamber, make that absolutely clear `nd give
:17:13. > :17:17.our police every support in dealing with.
:17:18. > :17:21.THE SPEAKER: Angus Robertson Can I remind the Prime Minister when she
:17:22. > :17:24.was Home Secretary, she put advertising vans on the strdets
:17:25. > :17:28.telling foreigners to go hole and at her party conference, we he`rd her
:17:29. > :17:32.party is wishing to register foreigners working in the UK. The
:17:33. > :17:37.crackdown and the rhetoric `gainst foreigners by this Government has
:17:38. > :17:40.even led to Ukip, Ukip, sayhng that things have got too far.
:17:41. > :17:46.Can I tell the Prime Ministdr that across the length and breadth of
:17:47. > :17:50.this land, people are totally disgusted by the zenophobic language
:17:51. > :17:54.on display from her Governmdnt. So, will she now confirm to this House,
:17:55. > :17:59.will she confirm that the intention of her Government is still to go
:18:00. > :18:03.ahead with the registration of foreign workers, but apparently we
:18:04. > :18:08.shouldn't worry because it'll be kept secret by her Government?
:18:09. > :18:10.Can I say very gently to thd right honourable gentleman, that H
:18:11. > :18:14.answered two questions on that earlier. And I suggest he should
:18:15. > :18:27.have listened to the answer I gave there.
:18:28. > :18:35.THE SPEAKER: Your moment has arrived. We have empowered local
:18:36. > :18:38.doctors to take leadership over important reconfiguration proposals
:18:39. > :18:43.N Shropshire, 300 doctors, surgeons and clinicians have been working on
:18:44. > :18:46.a vatal reconfiguration of vital A services in Shropshire and waechls
:18:47. > :18:49.when they make their decision later this month, it is very important for
:18:50. > :18:54.Government to back them and provide the capital funding required for
:18:55. > :18:58.this vital change to enhancd patient safety.
:18:59. > :19:01.I thank the honourable gentleman. He is raising an important point. The
:19:02. > :19:04.configuration of services in his condition constituencicy and for
:19:05. > :19:07.others across this House is a significant issue. A provhsion I'm
:19:08. > :19:11.pleased to say we are actually seeing more people being trdated in
:19:12. > :19:14.A today. We will, of course, look at the proposals that could. The
:19:15. > :19:18.point about the way this is being done, it is for local peopld to be
:19:19. > :19:21.able to have their voice he`rd and for decisions to be taken that
:19:22. > :19:25.preflect the needs in a particular local area. We all want to see A
:19:26. > :19:30.services, they are a vital service and I would like to pay tribute to
:19:31. > :19:35.all those who work in A hospitals across the country. THE SPE@KER Meg
:19:36. > :19:38.Hillier. Mr Speaker, the Public Accounts Committee and controller
:19:39. > :19:43.and auditor general have both warned the NHS budget is not sustahnable.
:19:44. > :19:48.When is her Government going to wake up to the reality of growing demand
:19:49. > :19:54.and avoid the political rhetoric and set a stonable NHS budget for this
:19:55. > :20:00.year and for the future? The Government took a very simple
:20:01. > :20:04.approach to this. We asked the NHS themselves to propose their
:20:05. > :20:09.five-year plan for the NHS. We asked them how much money they repuired.
:20:10. > :20:14.They said ?8 billion. We ard giving them ?10 billion. More than the NHS
:20:15. > :20:19.said. Funding in the NHS is at record levels.
:20:20. > :20:29.The only place where fund money for the NHS is being cut is unddr a
:20:30. > :20:33.Labour administration in Wales. A young man with Asperger's syndrome
:20:34. > :20:37.awaits extradition to the United States facing charges of colputer
:20:38. > :20:41.hacking and is then likely to kill himself. It sounds FA he is not of
:20:42. > :20:45.course, Gary McKinnon, who was saved by the Prime Minister but L`rry Love
:20:46. > :21:00.who faces in effect a death sentence. So when the Prime Minister
:21:01. > :21:05.introduced a law to protect individuals, surely it would be for
:21:06. > :21:08.all. The honourable gentlem`n campaigned long and hard for Gary
:21:09. > :21:12.McKinnon. I took that decishon, it was for the Home Secretary to decide
:21:13. > :21:15.whether there was a human rhghts' case for an individual not to be
:21:16. > :21:19.extradited. We subsequently changed the legal position on that. This is
:21:20. > :21:22.now a matter for the courts. There are accept parameters that the
:21:23. > :21:25.courts look at in terms of the extradition decision which hs then
:21:26. > :21:29.passed to the Home Secretarx but it is for the courts to derment human
:21:30. > :21:37.rights aspect of any case that comes forward much it was right, H think,
:21:38. > :21:42.to introduce the forum to m`ke sure there was that challenge for cases
:21:43. > :21:45.here in the United Kingdom `s to whether they should be held here.
:21:46. > :21:48.But the legal process is very clear and the Home Secretary is p`rt of
:21:49. > :21:51.that legal process. THE SPE@KER Vernon Coaker. What does thd Prime
:21:52. > :21:57.Minister say to British Stedl workers who have lost their jobs, or
:21:58. > :22:01.whose jobs are threatened, given the news that French steel is to be used
:22:02. > :22:09.for the new replacement Trident submarines? Is that what shd means
:22:10. > :22:14.by being a party of the workers Well, I have to say that thd right
:22:15. > :22:18.honourable gentleman that wd recognise the concerns of British
:22:19. > :22:21.Steel workers. That is why the Government has been, under ly
:22:22. > :22:27.predecessor and is continuing, to work to ensure we can do wh`t we can
:22:28. > :22:30.to promote and encourage and retain a steel industry here in thd United
:22:31. > :22:35.Kingdom. A number of measurds have been taken. If he was in thd chamber
:22:36. > :22:41.earlier he will have heard ly honourable friend setting those out
:22:42. > :22:45.in Scottish Questions. THE SPEAKER: Mr Philip Hollobone
:22:46. > :22:49.Doctors and nurses in Kettering hospital are treating a number of
:22:50. > :22:54.patients with increasingly world class treatments. But despite being
:22:55. > :23:01.located in an area of rising population and housing growth, due
:23:02. > :23:05.to an historic anomaly, the local commissioning groups are among those
:23:06. > :23:08.underfunded in the entire country. What can my right honourabld friend
:23:09. > :23:13.the Prime Minister do to address the situation. As my right honotrable
:23:14. > :23:16.friend says, we want it makd sure that patients are experienchngs the
:23:17. > :23:22.same levels of high-quality care regardless of where they live and
:23:23. > :23:24.work. That's why the funding for my honourable friend's local
:23:25. > :23:30.commissioning group is being corrected this year to more
:23:31. > :23:33.accurately reflect the level of need in local health need and it is an
:23:34. > :23:36.investment of over ?157 million going into his area. I think that
:23:37. > :23:39.shows the intention the Govdrnment has to ensure that we see that
:23:40. > :23:43.health service that is workhng for everyone across the country but of
:23:44. > :23:53.course we can only do that with the economy to back up that NHS.
:23:54. > :23:58.THE Speak Dr Alasdair McConnell The Prime Minister will be award that a
:23:59. > :24:00.soft border between the reptblic and Northern Ireland is vital in
:24:01. > :24:05.boosting the economy of Northern Ireland. Does the Prime Minhster
:24:06. > :24:12.understand the confusion set in that many of us feel, that going forward,
:24:13. > :24:15.on the one hand the Governmdnt has defined the intention to tightly
:24:16. > :24:19.control free movement and l`bour but on the other hand, ensuring us the
:24:20. > :24:22.border between the Northern Ireland and Republic will be hope. Does the
:24:23. > :24:26.Prime Minister see the contradiction for many of those who are dhrectly
:24:27. > :24:30.affected and whose jobs are affected in that? Well, I have been clear,
:24:31. > :24:34.the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has been clear, the
:24:35. > :24:38.Taoiseach has also said that on both sides of the border we don't want to
:24:39. > :24:42.see a return to the borders of the past. I think it is worth rdminding
:24:43. > :24:46.the House that actually the common travel area has been in place since
:24:47. > :24:50.the 1920s, so it was there well before we were both members of the
:24:51. > :24:54.European Union. We are workhng together with the Government of the
:24:55. > :24:57.Republic and, obviously I h`ve had discussions on this with thd First
:24:58. > :25:01.Minister and Deputy First Mhnister in Northern Ireland. We want to
:25:02. > :25:07.ensure, as I say, that we don't see a return to the borders of the past.
:25:08. > :25:10.Thank you, Mr Speaker, thanks to the Government' growth field a 32
:25:11. > :25:16.million transformation of a mill in my constituency getsnd way this
:25:17. > :25:19.week, giving a new lease of life to the largest redundant mill complex
:25:20. > :25:24.in loan ka shimplt can I th`nk the Prime Minister and commend the other
:25:25. > :25:28.bids in the late e round of the growth deal, as a great way to Mr A
:25:29. > :25:32.country that works for everxone Can I commend my honourable fridnd on
:25:33. > :25:36.taking his opportunity in stpporting the bids put from Pendle. Hd is
:25:37. > :25:40.right, the money that has bden put in, has enabled this growth, like
:25:41. > :25:46.the mill, to be unlocked, as a local project. We've seen ?250 million
:25:47. > :25:50.committed to the Lancashire local enterprise partnership and ?2.8
:25:51. > :25:56.billion from the northern powerhouse through the growth fund and the
:25:57. > :25:59.latest round of funding is tp to ?1.8 billion with good bids coming N
:26:00. > :26:03.we are assessing the bids, hncluding those with Pendle and we'll be
:26:04. > :26:10.looked at with the seriousndss that my honourable friend would dxpect.
:26:11. > :26:13.THE SPEAKER: This is the first Christmas that a lady will not see
:26:14. > :26:16.her husband, they have been together for ten years and married for four
:26:17. > :26:23.with two young children. It is evidence they are in a long term
:26:24. > :26:29.relationship but Hayley's Ttrkish hospital was refused a spouse visa
:26:30. > :26:34.because she o earns less th`n the Home Office target. This, I might
:26:35. > :26:39.say, compares with the Primd Minister's own constituency, where
:26:40. > :26:50.the medium salary was ?571. Almost ?30,000 a year.
:26:51. > :26:54.Can I Prime Minister explain why living in my constituency mdans they
:26:55. > :26:57.have a less chance of a proper family life and will she pldase
:26:58. > :27:01.help? I will not comment on the individual case. I know she has sent
:27:02. > :27:04.details in writing to me. I will make sure she gets a full rdly from
:27:05. > :27:08.the Immigration Minister in relation to the specific case. The broader
:27:09. > :27:13.issue she raises about the hncome threshold for those wishing to join
:27:14. > :27:16.a partner in the UK. What the Government did, we asked an
:27:17. > :27:20.independent committee, the ligration advisory committee to advisd on the
:27:21. > :27:24.level that that income throws hold should be at. The migration advisory
:27:25. > :27:29.committee suggested a range of figures. We actually took the lowest
:27:30. > :27:36.figure in that range in takhng ?18,600. They recommended that
:27:37. > :27:42.because it is the level at which a British family generally sedses to
:27:43. > :27:45.to be able to get benefits `nd we believe that people coming here are
:27:46. > :27:54.able to support themselves. ! My constituents were delighted to
:27:55. > :27:58.learn this week Gainsborough House a unique museum and art gallery based
:27:59. > :28:06.in the building where Gainsborough was born is to received mondy to
:28:07. > :28:10.become an attraction. Will ly right honourable friend join me in
:28:11. > :28:15.congratulating the team in their success and does she agree with me n
:28:16. > :28:19.Suffolk, if we are bold and go for devolution, we can look forward to
:28:20. > :28:22.more of this investment in the years to come. Can I join my honotrable
:28:23. > :28:27.friend in commending all those involved in the bid at gains are you
:28:28. > :28:31.House and the future that m`ny people will enjoy fising it in the
:28:32. > :28:37.future as a result of the work that is going to be able to be done. I
:28:38. > :28:41.know the importance of the her stooge lottery fund. It supported a
:28:42. > :28:43.gallery in my own constituency. He is right, the point about the
:28:44. > :28:47.devolution deals is people coming together with that ambition for
:28:48. > :28:50.their local area, they can generate that transformative investmdnt that
:28:51. > :28:53.he is now talking about and, of course, Suffolk is looking `t the
:28:54. > :28:58.sort of deal that they might wish to have locally.
:28:59. > :29:03.THE SPEAKER: Ben Bradshaw. With Russian and Assad regime war planes
:29:04. > :29:06.bombing civilians in Aleppo at an unpress departmented rate, will she
:29:07. > :29:09.join France in calling for those responsible for these war crimes to
:29:10. > :29:12.be referred to the Internathonal Criminal Court? And will shd
:29:13. > :29:16.reexamine, with Allies, the feasibility of a no-fly zond to
:29:17. > :29:21.protect the Syrian people, before it is too late?
:29:22. > :29:26.Hear, hear. Well, we are very clear that it is for the courts to decide
:29:27. > :29:32.where a war crime has been committed. It was May 2015 when we
:29:33. > :29:37.cosponsored a UN security rdsolution to refer those responsibility for
:29:38. > :29:42.war crimes and crimes of hulanity in Syria regardless of affiliation to
:29:43. > :29:45.the national human tear court it was investigate yoked by Russia and
:29:46. > :29:48.China. On the issue of a no,fly zone, this has been addressdd and
:29:49. > :29:53.people have looked at it for a number of years. The scenes we see
:29:54. > :29:56.of the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians are appalling. We
:29:57. > :30:00.want to see an end to that. But there are many questions about a
:30:01. > :30:03.no-fly zone. Actually who is it there to protect? Would it lead to
:30:04. > :30:06.Assad bombing people in the expectation they would then move to
:30:07. > :30:10.that zone? How would you actually enforce a safe area there? Who would
:30:11. > :30:15.do that enforcement? There `re many questions that need to be looked at
:30:16. > :30:19.in those sorts of issues. What we all know is that the only rdal
:30:20. > :30:23.solution for peace and stabhlity in Syria, is a political transhtion,
:30:24. > :30:26.and it's time Russia acceptdd that, that the future of Syria is a
:30:27. > :30:33.political transition, to a stable Syria, free of Assad.
:30:34. > :30:38.THE SPEAKER: Fiona Bruce At a high school in my constituency, the most
:30:39. > :30:40.vulnerable pupils and their families are impressively supportive,
:30:41. > :30:43.pursuant to the school's mo`t yo of - achievement for all. Will the
:30:44. > :30:46.Prime Minister confirm that under her plans for education and in a
:30:47. > :30:51.country which works for everyone, that parents can be assured that
:30:52. > :30:54.there will be the right school place for their child, whatever their
:30:55. > :30:59.ability? Well, I thank my honourable friend
:31:00. > :31:04.and for the example that shd has shown of the work taking pl`ce in
:31:05. > :31:07.her constituency. The whole aim of the Government's education policy is
:31:08. > :31:10.to increase the number of good school place so, parents can have
:31:11. > :31:14.the confidence that their child will have a good school place, and they
:31:15. > :31:16.will have the school place that is right for them.
:31:17. > :31:20.That's why we want to see universities more involved hn
:31:21. > :31:25.schools, we want to see mord faith schools being opened up, we want it
:31:26. > :31:30.seat independent sector helping the state sector where that is sensible
:31:31. > :31:34.and their expertise can help and yes, we do want to lift the ban
:31:35. > :31:38.which currently say that is one type of good new school cannot bd opened,
:31:39. > :31:42.it is I will Lille to open ` new good school is that a selective
:31:43. > :31:47.school, we want to remove that ban so people of all opportunithes get
:31:48. > :31:50.that opportunity. - it is illegal to open a new good school.
:31:51. > :31:55.The Prime Minister appears to have made a choice, and that chohce is to
:31:56. > :32:02.side with the protectionist and nationalists who have taken over her
:32:03. > :32:10.party, as surely - as surelx as momentum has taken over the Labour
:32:11. > :32:16.Party. She has chosen a hard Brexit that was never on anybody's ballot
:32:17. > :32:23.paper and she has chosen to turn her back on British business in the
:32:24. > :32:29.process. As a result - as a result, petrol prices and food retahlers
:32:30. > :32:32.have warned of huge price rhses Shouting and jeering
:32:33. > :32:38.On supermarket shelves in the coming days. So when will she put the
:32:39. > :32:40.interests of hard-working British people ahead of extremist
:32:41. > :32:45.protectionism that absolutely nobody voted for.
:32:46. > :32:48.Hear, hear. The right honourable gentleman asks about who we are
:32:49. > :32:54.siding with. I will tell hil who? We are siding with the British people
:32:55. > :33:00.who voted to leave the European Union. And it's high time the right
:33:01. > :33:03.honourable gentleman listendd to the votes of the British people and
:33:04. > :33:08.accepted that that is what we are going to do.
:33:09. > :33:12.THE SPEAKER: Victoria Prenths Does the Prime Minister share my sadness
:33:13. > :33:16.that the majority of Banburx's babies cannot currently be
:33:17. > :33:21.delivered, as I was, in the Horton General Hospital and will she join
:33:22. > :33:26.with me in putting any infltence and any pressure we can on the Trust to
:33:27. > :33:31.encourage them to recruit obstetricians we need to re,open our
:33:32. > :33:38.much-valued unit? Yes, I can say that I believe every
:33:39. > :33:42.effort is being made to fill the vacant obstetrics post test Horton
:33:43. > :33:47.General Hospital. I underst`nd those mothers who are having a midwife-led
:33:48. > :33:50.delivery are still able it go to the Horton General Hospital but for
:33:51. > :33:54.others they have to go to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
:33:55. > :33:59.Maternity services are important to people and I believe the trtst is
:34:00. > :34:02.looking to ensure it is can fill the posts. What matters is a safe
:34:03. > :34:12.maternity service for mother and baby. THE SPEAKER: Angle eagle.
:34:13. > :34:17.I think many people across the House will be reassured that the
:34:18. > :34:20.Government accepted the amendment to the Opposition motion being debated
:34:21. > :34:25.later this afternoon, which guarantees that this House hs able,
:34:26. > :34:31.properly, to scrutinise the plans for leaving the European Unhon
:34:32. > :34:34.before Article 50 is invoked. Can she tell us, will that scrutiny
:34:35. > :34:38.involve a vote? I have to say to the Right
:34:39. > :34:46.Honourable lady, that the idea that Parliament somehow wasn't going to
:34:47. > :34:51.be able to discuss, debate, question issues around...
:34:52. > :34:58.LAUGHTER ... Was, frankly, completelx wrong.
:34:59. > :35:01.Let me give her some examplds. First of all the Secretary of State for
:35:02. > :35:04.Existing the European Union has already made two statements in this
:35:05. > :35:09.House and four hours of questions followed from those. A new Select
:35:10. > :35:12.Committee has been set up, which crucially includes representatives
:35:13. > :35:17.from all parts of the United Kingdom, which will be lookhng at
:35:18. > :35:21.the issues and only, just over a week ago, I announced thereby a
:35:22. > :35:25.Great Repeal Bill in the next session of Parliament to repeal the
:35:26. > :35:30.act. So the Parliament will have every opportunity to debate this
:35:31. > :35:35.issue. THE SPEAKER: Will Quince. Thank you
:35:36. > :35:38.Mr Speaker, every year in the UK, 3,500 babies are still born, I
:35:39. > :35:44.commend the Government for setting the target for a 20% reducthon by
:35:45. > :35:49.the end of this Parliament `nd a 50% reduction by 2030 but in in this
:35:50. > :35:54.babely loss awareness week, will the Prime Minister agree with md, we
:35:55. > :35:58.must provide the best-quality bereavement care for those parents
:35:59. > :36:01.who sadly lose a baby. I sahd to my honourable friend, he is right in
:36:02. > :36:07.this. I'm pleased to say thd Health Secretary will be attending the Boo
:36:08. > :36:09.I why I Loss Awareness Week reception which will be held in
:36:10. > :36:12.Parliament today and I would encourage other members to `ttend as
:36:13. > :36:16.well. My honourable friend hs right, the loss of a baby must be
:36:17. > :36:19.absolutely devastating and H am aware that there are people sitting
:36:20. > :36:24.in this chamber who have bedn through that tragedy in thehr lives.
:36:25. > :36:30.What what is absolutely essdntial is the best-possible bereavement care
:36:31. > :36:33.can be given to parents at that very, very, vulnerable and tragic
:36:34. > :36:37.moment in their lives, which is why we have been putting money , we
:36:38. > :36:41.introduced dedicated bereavdment rooms at 40 hospitals and wd are
:36:42. > :36:45.investing more in improving birthing facilities as well, because it is an
:36:46. > :36:49.important part but that card and counsel for people who have lost a
:36:50. > :36:54.baby is essential and I think we all accept that.
:36:55. > :36:59.Thank you, Mr Speaker. On the 2nd July, the Home Office were giving
:37:00. > :37:03.details of 178 children who are still stuck in the Calais rdfugee
:37:04. > :37:07.camps but had a legal right to be here in the UK with their f`milies
:37:08. > :37:12.who could keep them safe and protected. Given the delays in
:37:13. > :37:16.acting, what responsibility does the Prime Minister think this Government
:37:17. > :37:21.has to the 18 of those children who have now gone missing?
:37:22. > :37:24.I would say to the honourable lady, far from not acting, actually the
:37:25. > :37:27.Government has been working with the French Government in relation to
:37:28. > :37:34.those who are in the camps. We have put extra resource into spedding up
:37:35. > :37:36.the process of dealing with the claims that are there, for
:37:37. > :37:39.unaccompanied children in the camps, and we have seen that process
:37:40. > :37:44.faster, it is quirk and mord children coming as a result of that.
:37:45. > :37:47.This is alongside all the other work we are doing, in relation to
:37:48. > :37:52.refugees and to unaccompanidd minors. Of course, cruciallx as
:37:53. > :37:56.well, working to ensure that we deal with the traffickers and thd
:37:57. > :38:01.smugglers, who are often in those camps and who we need to make sure
:38:02. > :38:04.don't have access to childrdn for the future. But we've speeddd up the
:38:05. > :38:10.process and more children are coming here as a result of that.
:38:11. > :38:14.Thank you, Mr Speaker, tomorrow is Sendingry Breast Cancer day. I would
:38:15. > :38:18.like to ask the Prime Minister to join with me in wishing these men
:38:19. > :38:22.and women well but only one,third of NHS Trusts currently select the data
:38:23. > :38:25.in this Y would she agree whth me that better data collection can
:38:26. > :38:29.inform diagnosis, treatment and the use of NHS resources across the
:38:30. > :38:35.piece and give better outcoles for all patients? Hear, hear. I entirely
:38:36. > :38:37.accept the point my honourable friend makes, that better
:38:38. > :38:41.information actually gives xou a greater opportunity to be able to
:38:42. > :38:45.across these issues but can I also join with her in commending and
:38:46. > :38:50.wishing well all those, as she says, both men and women, who havd
:38:51. > :38:55.suffered from breast cancer and who are - who have come through that, as
:38:56. > :38:58.I know she has herself. There are others in this House in that
:38:59. > :39:01.position but so many people across the country, and it is important
:39:02. > :39:05.that they do get the right care to ensure that they can come through
:39:06. > :39:12.that and see a bright futurd. Thank you, Mr speaker, last night n
:39:13. > :39:15.this House, a huge number of MPs presented petitions from towns right
:39:16. > :39:23.up and down this country. So will the Prime Minister now commht to
:39:24. > :39:29.overturning those mistaken 2011 arrangements and provide justice and
:39:30. > :39:39.transitional arrangements for Waspie women. The honourable lady should
:39:40. > :39:43.know. We made changes. We committed ?11 million for those affected. 81%
:39:44. > :39:47.of women will see increases. There will be no more than 12 months
:39:48. > :39:52.compared to the previous tiletable. The DWP after the changes in 20 #1,
:39:53. > :39:55.informed people to the change in the state pension age and as we look
:39:56. > :39:59.forward, women will gain from the new pension arrangements behng put
:40:00. > :40:04.in place. It has been a long-standing issue about women s
:40:05. > :40:06.pensions and women will see better pension arrangement in the future
:40:07. > :40:10.because of the changes that the Government has brought in.
:40:11. > :40:16.Mr Speaker, I gather the Prhme Minister gave Chancellor Merkel a
:40:17. > :40:18.gift of wane write's coast-to-coast book outlining a fabulous w`lk
:40:19. > :40:24.throughout my constituency. Is the Prime Minister awhich are that it is
:40:25. > :40:31.not in fact an official nathonal you trail and would she meet me with me
:40:32. > :40:34.to for my campaign to give this national treasure, national status.
:40:35. > :40:38.As my honourable friend knows, I enjoy walking and there are
:40:39. > :40:42.fantastic walks across the TK I have not done the coast-to-coast yet
:40:43. > :40:47.myself. Maybe - there isn't much time at the moment, but I h`ve to
:40:48. > :40:51.say to him that I think he probably knows that the decision abott the
:40:52. > :40:54.designation of the coast-to,coast is one more appropriately put to
:40:55. > :40:57.Natural England I'm sure he will be doing all he can to lobby n`tural
:40:58. > :41:33.England on this point. It has come to my attention that
:41:34. > :41:41.this has now been changed. On the 4th of October, the four-dax system
:41:42. > :41:45.is now not even in place. There are people who cannot feed their
:41:46. > :41:46.children or send them to school because they don't have mondy