:00:27. > :00:38.This morning, I had meetings with ministerial
:00:39. > :00:43.In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such
:00:44. > :00:53.Previously, I worked in an NHS service that the Coalition
:00:54. > :00:55.Government gifted to Virgin Care, which is now seeking another
:00:56. > :00:58.Amongst many unethical practices that I witnessed,
:00:59. > :00:59.Virgin imposed a system of double appointments,
:01:00. > :01:01.forcing patients to have unnecessary extra consultations before surgery,
:01:02. > :01:04.boosting their profits at the expense of the taxpaxer
:01:05. > :01:12.And if not, what is the Prile Minister prepared to do abott it?
:01:13. > :01:15.Well, of course, what we want to see in the provision of local sdrvices
:01:16. > :01:17.are the best services possible for local people.
:01:18. > :01:19.The honourable lady talks about outsourcing of servicds
:01:20. > :01:22.in the NHS - I have to say to her that the party that `ctually
:01:23. > :01:24.put greater privatisation into the NHS was not
:01:25. > :01:26.this party, it was the Labour Party!
:01:27. > :01:39.Question two, closed question, Mr Michael Fabricant.
:01:40. > :01:57.The West Midlands economy, I have to say, is in a very positive
:01:58. > :02:01.I am very pleased to say th`t since 2010 nearly 200,000 more
:02:02. > :02:03.people are at work there, 42,000 new businesses.
:02:04. > :02:06.I saw the strength of the economy when I was in Birmingham last week.
:02:07. > :02:09.Of course, we are giving the West Midlands new powers
:02:10. > :02:11.with the devolution deal and the election of a mayor.
:02:12. > :02:14.And I have to say that Andy Street, with his business and local
:02:15. > :02:19.experience, would be a very good mayor for the West Midlands.
:02:20. > :02:23.On the subject of the NHS, 18 months ago, my wonderful doctor,
:02:24. > :02:26.Helen Stokes-Lampard, suggested that I have a gendral
:02:27. > :02:39.that there could have been, and was, a problem with my prostate,
:02:40. > :02:42.despite the fact that I was symptom-free.
:02:43. > :02:46.I was immediately referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hosphtal
:02:47. > :02:50.in Birmingham, who are simply wonderful, and after a period
:02:51. > :02:53.of surveillance, I had a prostatectomy back in Jund.
:02:54. > :03:03.But I want to thank the whole team at the QE, including my surgeon
:03:04. > :03:08.Alan Doherty, and my excelldnt specialist prostate nurse,
:03:09. > :03:12.Richard Gledhill, who gave me practical advice.
:03:13. > :03:15.But, in the next ten years, there will be a real
:03:16. > :03:18.shortage of specialist prostate and urology nurses,
:03:19. > :03:26.So, may I ask the Prime Minhster, what can the Government do
:03:27. > :03:30.to avert a shortage of thesd much needed nurses?
:03:31. > :03:33.Can I say to my honourable friend that the whole House is ple`sed
:03:34. > :03:41.to see him back in his position as his normal exuberant self?
:03:42. > :03:47.Can I join him in commending not only those doctors, nurses `nd other
:03:48. > :03:50.health service staff who trdated him for his prostate cancer,
:03:51. > :03:52.but those doctors and nurses, who, day in, day out,
:03:53. > :03:57.are ensuring that, as we sed, cancer survival rates
:03:58. > :04:05.The Government is putting more money into awareness of cancer problems.
:04:06. > :04:08.We will look at the training of nurses - there are 50,000 nurses
:04:09. > :04:13.in training and we will continue to make sure that the speci`lisms
:04:14. > :04:20.are available to do the work that is necessary in the
:04:21. > :04:35.I, too, join the Prime Minister in wishing the Member for Lhchfield
:04:36. > :04:37.well and obviously hope the treatment he got is the same
:04:38. > :04:40.treatment that everybody else gets, because we want good treatmdnt
:04:41. > :04:43.It is not controversial, I am just wishing him well.
:04:44. > :04:48.I am sorry to start on such a controversial
:04:49. > :04:55.At the Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister said
:04:56. > :05:03.she wants Britain to be "a country where it doesn't matter
:05:04. > :05:05.where you were born," but the Home Secretary's fl`gship
:05:06. > :05:07.announcement was to name and shame companies that
:05:08. > :05:13.Could the Prime Minister explain why where someone was born clearly does
:05:14. > :05:18.First of all, can I say to the right honourable gentleman,
:05:19. > :05:25.congratulations on winning the Labour leadership electhon?
:05:26. > :05:37.And can I welcome him back to his place in this
:05:38. > :05:46.Can I say to him that the policy that he has just described
:05:47. > :05:48.was never the policy that the Home Secretary announced.
:05:49. > :05:51.There was no naming and shaling no published list of foreign
:05:52. > :05:58.What we are going to consult on is whether we should bring
:05:59. > :06:02.ourselves in line with countries such as the United States
:06:03. > :06:05.of America, which collect d`ta in order to be able to ensure
:06:06. > :06:08.that they are getting the right skills training
:06:09. > :06:24.to the over 300,000 people that voted for me to become
:06:25. > :06:32...which, Mr Speaker, is rather more than voted for her
:06:33. > :06:41.She seems to be slightly un`ware of what is going on:
:06:42. > :06:45.First, the Home Secretary briefed that companies would be
:06:46. > :06:52.The Education Secretary clarified that data would only be
:06:53. > :06:58.And yesterday, Number Ten s`id the proposal was for consultation...
:06:59. > :07:05.And the Home Secretary clarhfied the whole matter by saying,
:07:06. > :07:07."It's one of the tools we are going to use."
:07:08. > :07:09.This Government has no answdrs, just gimmicks and scapegoats.
:07:10. > :07:12.Yesterday, we learned that pregnant women will be forced to hand over
:07:13. > :07:16.No ultrasound without photographic ID - heavily pregnant women sent
:07:17. > :07:28.Are these really the actions of "a country where it doesn't
:07:29. > :07:42.Well, I have made absolutelx clear the policy that
:07:43. > :07:51.But I would just say to the right honourable gentleman that hd raises
:07:52. > :07:57.I think it is right that we should say that we ensure that
:07:58. > :07:59.when we are providing health services to people,
:08:00. > :08:02.that they are free at the point of delivery, that people
:08:03. > :08:06.That where there are people in this country, who come to this country
:08:07. > :08:09.to use our health service, and who should be paying for it
:08:10. > :08:12.that the health service acttally identifies them and makes stre
:08:13. > :08:16.I would have thought that that would be an uncontroversial view.
:08:17. > :08:18.Of course, emergency care whll be provided, when necessary,
:08:19. > :08:20.absolutely without those qudstions, but what is important
:08:21. > :08:22.is that we ensure that ?where people should be payhng,
:08:23. > :08:26.because they do not have thd right to access free care in the health
:08:27. > :08:32.Some of her colleagues on the Leave side, Mr Speakdr,
:08:33. > :08:35.promised us ?350 million a week extra for the NHS.
:08:36. > :08:38.She does not seem to have answers to the big questions facing Britain.
:08:39. > :08:41.On Monday, the Secretary for Brexit, when questioned
:08:42. > :08:44.about the Government's approach to single market access, replied:
:08:45. > :08:49."We need hard data about the size of the probldm
:08:50. > :08:56.It would have been much easher if he had simply asked his
:08:57. > :08:59.colleague, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, because hd would
:09:00. > :09:02.have been able to tell him that the Treasury forecast
:09:03. > :09:07.is a ?66 billion loss to thd economy - 7.5% of the GDP.
:09:08. > :09:14.Can the Prime Minister now confirm that access to the single m`rket
:09:15. > :09:18.is a red line for the Government or is it not?
:09:19. > :09:20.The right honourable gentlelan has asked me this
:09:21. > :09:29.He says it is a simple question and I will give him
:09:30. > :09:35.What we are going to do is deliver on the vote of the British people
:09:36. > :09:39.What we are going to do is be ambitious in our negotiations,
:09:40. > :09:41.to negotiate the best deal for the British people,
:09:42. > :09:44.and that will include the m`ximum possible access to the European
:09:45. > :09:46.market - for firms to trade with and operate within
:09:47. > :09:51.But I am also clear that thd vote of the British people said
:09:52. > :09:54.that we should control the lovement of people from the EU into the UK,
:09:55. > :09:56.and, unlike the right honourable gentleman,
:09:57. > :09:58.we believe we should deliver on what the
:09:59. > :10:03.Someone once said that leavhng the single market "would risk a loss
:10:04. > :10:07.of investors and business and we risk going backwards when it
:10:08. > :10:12.That person is now the Primd Minister and that was
:10:13. > :10:21.The Japanese Government, Mr Speaker, wrote to her
:10:22. > :10:25.in September, worried about a shambolic Brexit.
:10:26. > :10:27.Many Japanese companies are major investors in Britain,
:10:28. > :10:30.such as Nissan in Sunderland, which has already
:10:31. > :10:37.140,000 people in Britain work for Japanese-owned companies.
:10:38. > :10:41.They have made it clear that those jobs and investment depend
:10:42. > :10:47.What reassurance can she give to workers today,
:10:48. > :10:50.desperately worried about their future,
:10:51. > :10:57.Can I first of all say to the right honourable gentleman
:10:58. > :11:01.that the biggest vote of confidence that we had in Britain
:11:02. > :11:09.after the referendum vote c`me was the ?24 billion investmdnt
:11:10. > :11:12.from a Japanese company, SoftBank, in taking over Arl.
:11:13. > :11:14.But secondly, in relation to what we are doing
:11:15. > :11:16.in our negotiations, he does not seem to get
:11:17. > :11:18.what the future is going to be about.
:11:19. > :11:20.The UK will be leaving the European Union.
:11:21. > :11:23.We are not asking ourselves what bits of membership
:11:24. > :11:28.We are saying, "What is the right relationship for the UK to have
:11:29. > :11:32.for the maximum benefit of our economy and of
:11:33. > :11:37.Mr Speaker, the Member for Broxtowe has said that,
:11:38. > :11:39."There is a danger that this Government appear to be
:11:40. > :11:42.turning their back on the shngle market," which was, indeed,
:11:43. > :11:43.a commitment in the Conservative Party manifesto.
:11:44. > :11:47.The reality is that since the Brexit vote, the trade deficit is widening,
:11:48. > :11:49.growth forecasts have been downgraded, the value of thd pound
:11:50. > :11:52.is down 16%, and an alliancd of the British Chambers
:11:53. > :11:56.of Commerce, the Confederathon of British Industry,
:11:57. > :11:59.the British Retail Consortitm and the Trades Union Congress have
:12:00. > :12:01.all made representations to the Prime Minister
:12:02. > :12:07.Is the Prime Minister reallx willing to risk a shambolic Tory Brdxit just
:12:08. > :12:16.What the Conservative Party committed to in its manifesto
:12:17. > :12:19.was to give the British people a referendum on whether to stay
:12:20. > :12:27.We gave the British people that vote, and they have
:12:28. > :12:31.We will be leaving the European Union and in doing
:12:32. > :12:33.that, we will negotiate the right deal for the UK,
:12:34. > :12:36.which means the right deal hn terms of operating within and trading
:12:37. > :12:40.That is what matters to companies here in the UK
:12:41. > :12:43.and that is what we are going to be ambitious about delivering.
:12:44. > :12:48.Mr Speaker, the right honourable and learned Member for Rushcliffe
:12:49. > :12:51.often has a mot juste to help us in these debates.
:12:52. > :12:59.I want to hear about the right honourable and learned
:13:00. > :13:05...Mr Speaker, and what he s`id was - in his own inimitable way -
:13:06. > :13:08."The reason the pound keeps zooming south is that absolutely nobody has
:13:09. > :13:11.the faintest idea what exactly we're going to put in place."
:13:12. > :13:14.We on these benches do respdct the decision of the British people
:13:15. > :13:18.to leave the European Union, but this is a Government th`t drew
:13:19. > :13:21.up no plans for Brexit, that now has no strategy
:13:22. > :13:24.for negotiating Brexit, and that offers no clarity,
:13:25. > :13:29.no transparency and no chance of scrutiny of the process
:13:30. > :13:36.The jobs and incomes of millions of our people are at stake.
:13:37. > :13:39.The pound is plummeting, business is worrying
:13:40. > :13:45.The Prime Minister says she will not give a running commentary,
:13:46. > :13:48.but is it not time the Government stopped running away
:13:49. > :13:51.from the looming threat to jobs and businesses in this country
:13:52. > :13:53.and to the living standards of millions of people?
:13:54. > :13:56.Unlike the right honourable gentleman, I am optimistic
:13:57. > :13:59.about the prospects of this country once we leave the European Tnion.
:14:00. > :14:02.I am optimistic about the trade deals that other countries `re now
:14:03. > :14:06.actively coming to us to sax they want to make with
:14:07. > :14:09.the United Kingdom and I am optimistic about how we will be able
:14:10. > :14:12.to ensure that our economy grows outside the European Union.
:14:13. > :14:16.But I have to say to the right honourable gentleman on this issue -
:14:17. > :14:18.Labour did not want a referendum on this issue,
:14:19. > :14:22.we, the Conservatives, gave the British people a referendum
:14:23. > :14:26.We are listening to the British people and delivering
:14:27. > :14:31.And now the Shadow Foreign Secretary is shouting
:14:32. > :14:38.The Shadow Foreign Secretarx wants a second vote.
:14:39. > :14:41.I have to say to her that I would have thought Labour MPs
:14:42. > :14:48.You can ask the same question again, you still get the answer yot
:14:49. > :15:05.Despite several rounds of Etropean regional development funding,
:15:06. > :15:08.the Cornish economy continuds to lag about 30% behind the UK average
:15:09. > :15:11.Does the Prime Minister agrde with me that Brexit provides us
:15:12. > :15:13.with the opportunity to devdlop our own economic programme,
:15:14. > :15:16.which will be less bureaucr`tic and more effectively targetdd
:15:17. > :15:25.and will offer better value for money for the taxpayer,
:15:26. > :15:29.and will she confirm that her government will continue
:15:30. > :15:31.to invest in the poorer reghons of our country, such
:15:32. > :15:36.I thank my honourable friend and I can give him that asstrance.
:15:37. > :15:41.What I said at our party conference, and have been saying since H became
:15:42. > :15:44.Prime Minister, is that we want an economy that works for everyone -
:15:45. > :15:46.that means for every part of our country, including areas such
:15:47. > :15:52.We have already negotiated a devolution deal with Cornwall
:15:53. > :15:55.which was signed in 2015 th`t demonstrates that we recognhse
:15:56. > :16:01.But we are open to further discussions on ways in which we can
:16:02. > :16:03.improve Cornwall's economy for the future.
:16:04. > :16:07.Thank you, Mr Speaker. The European Commission
:16:08. > :16:11.against Racism and Intolerance has found that there are "a number
:16:12. > :16:15.of areas of concern" regarding political discourse
:16:16. > :16:20.and hate speech in the UK, as well as violent racial
:16:21. > :16:26.Police statistics show a sh`rp rise in Islamophobic,
:16:27. > :16:31.anti-Semitic and xenophobic assaults over the past year.
:16:32. > :16:34.Does the Prime Minister agrde that all mainstream governments
:16:35. > :16:38.and mainstream political parties should do everything they c`n
:16:39. > :16:45.I have been very clear from this dispatch box on a number
:16:46. > :16:48.of occasions that there is absolutely no place
:16:49. > :16:52.in our society for racism or hate crime.
:16:53. > :16:56.It is right that the police investigate allegations of hate
:16:57. > :17:03.I am pleased to say that as Home Secretary I was abld
:17:04. > :17:05.to bring in arrangements th`t improved the recording
:17:06. > :17:13.We also improved the requirdment on police to specifically rdcord
:17:14. > :17:18.hate crime relating to faith, so that we can see when
:17:19. > :17:21.Islamophobia is taking placd, as well as anti-Semitism and other
:17:22. > :17:28.There is no place for such crime in our society.
:17:29. > :17:31.With one voice, from across this Chamber, we should make
:17:32. > :17:33.that absolutely clear, and give our police every stpport
:17:34. > :17:39.I remind the Prime Minister that when she was Home Secretary she put
:17:40. > :17:41.advertising vans on the strdets of this country telling
:17:42. > :17:47.At her party conference, we heard that her party wishes
:17:48. > :17:51.to register foreigners working in the UK.
:17:52. > :17:54.The crackdown and the rhetoric against foreigners from this
:17:55. > :17:57.?Government have led to even UKIP - UKIP!
:17:58. > :18:01.- saying that things have gone too far.
:18:02. > :18:04.Can I tell the Prime Ministdr that across the length and breadth
:18:05. > :18:12.of this land, people are totally disgusted by the xenophobic language
:18:13. > :18:18.Will she now confirm to this House that her government's intention
:18:19. > :18:21.is still to go ahead with the registration of foreign
:18:22. > :18:24.workers, but that we apparently should not worry
:18:25. > :18:28.because her Government will keep it secret?
:18:29. > :18:31.May I say very gently to thd right honourable gentleman that I answered
:18:32. > :18:40.I suggest he should have listened to the answers I gave there.
:18:41. > :18:52.We have empowered local doctors to take real leadership over
:18:53. > :18:58.In Shropshire, 300 doctors, surgeons and clinicians havd been
:18:59. > :19:02.working on a vital reconfigtration of A services in
:19:03. > :19:08.When they make their decision on that later this month,
:19:09. > :19:11.it is very important that the Government back thdm
:19:12. > :19:17.and provide the capital funding required for this vital change
:19:18. > :19:21.I thank the honourable gentleman and he raises an important point
:19:22. > :19:24.because the configuration of services in his constitudncy
:19:25. > :19:28.and for others across this House is obviously a significant hssue.
:19:29. > :19:31.I am pleased to say that we are now seeing more people being
:19:32. > :19:37.The point about how this is being done is that local people
:19:38. > :19:40.should be able to have their voice heard and the decisions takdn
:19:41. > :19:44.should reflect the needs in a particular local area.
:19:45. > :19:48.A services are vital, and I pay tribute to all those
:19:49. > :19:51.who work in A in hospitals across the country.
:19:52. > :19:58.The Public Accounts Committde and the Comptroller
:19:59. > :20:01.and Auditor General have both warned that the NHS budget
:20:02. > :20:09.When will her Government wake up to the reality of growing ddmand,
:20:10. > :20:11.avoid the political rhetoric and set a sustainable NHS budget for this
:20:12. > :20:26.The Government took a simpld approach to this. We asked the NHS
:20:27. > :20:30.themselves to propose their five-year plan for the NHS. We asked
:20:31. > :20:35.how much money they required. They said 8 billion, we're giving them 10
:20:36. > :20:40.billion, more than the NHS said Funding in the NHS is at record
:20:41. > :20:43.levels. The only place wherd funding, where money for thd NHS is
:20:44. > :20:53.being cut is under a Labour administration in Wales.
:20:54. > :20:57.#12k34r A young man with Asperger's syndrome awaits extradition to the
:20:58. > :21:02.United States facing charges of computer hacking and is then likely
:21:03. > :21:09.to kill himself. It sounds familiar. He's not Gary McKinnon, savdd by the
:21:10. > :21:14.Prime Minister, by Lowrey Love who faces in effect a death sentence.
:21:15. > :21:20.When the Prime Minister provided safer guards for individuals, surely
:21:21. > :21:25.she expected it to protect the vulnerable, like these two. My
:21:26. > :21:29.honourable friend campaigned long and hard for Gary McKinnon `nd I
:21:30. > :21:31.took that decision. At that time it was a decision for the Home
:21:32. > :21:37.Secretary to decide whether there was a human rights case for an said
:21:38. > :21:42.not to be -- an individual not to be extradited. We changed the legal
:21:43. > :21:45.position on that. This is now for the courts. They look at thd
:21:46. > :21:48.extradition decision and th`t is passed to the Home Secretarx. It is
:21:49. > :21:56.for the courts to determine the human rights aspect of any case that
:21:57. > :21:59.comes forward. It was right, I think, to introduce the forl bar to
:22:00. > :22:03.make sure there was that ch`llenge for cases here in the UK, as to
:22:04. > :22:05.whether they should be held here in the United Kingdom. The leg`l
:22:06. > :22:06.process is very clear. The Home Secretary is part this afternoon
:22:07. > :22:10.legal process. What does the Prime Minister say
:22:11. > :22:13.to British steel workers who have lost their jobs,
:22:14. > :22:16.or whose jobs are threatened, given the news that French steel hs to be
:22:17. > :22:19.used for the new replacement Is that what she means
:22:20. > :22:23.by being a party of the workers Well, I have to say to the right
:22:24. > :22:28.honourable gentleman that we recognise the concerns
:22:29. > :22:34.of British steel workers. That is why the Government has been,
:22:35. > :22:38.under my predecessor and is continuing, to work to ensure
:22:39. > :22:43.we can do what we can to promote and encourage and retain a steel
:22:44. > :22:49.industry here in the United Kingdom. A number of measures
:22:50. > :22:53.have been taken. If he was in the chamber earlier,
:22:54. > :22:57.he will have heard my honourable friend setting those out in Scottish
:22:58. > :22:59.Questions. hospital are treating a number
:23:00. > :23:04.of patients with increasingly But despite being located in an area
:23:05. > :23:13.of rapid population and housing growth, due to an historic `nomaly,
:23:14. > :23:19.the local commissioning grotps are amongst the most underftnded
:23:20. > :23:23.in the entire country. What can my right honourabld friend
:23:24. > :23:25.the Prime Minister do As my right honourable friend says,
:23:26. > :23:31.we want it make sure that p`tients are experiencings the same levels
:23:32. > :23:33.of high-quality care regardless That's why the funding
:23:34. > :23:41.for my honourable friend's local commissioning group is being
:23:42. > :23:45.corrected this year to more accurately reflect the level of need
:23:46. > :23:48.in local health need and it is an investment of over
:23:49. > :23:52.?157 million going into his area. I think that shows the intention
:23:53. > :23:56.the Government has to ensurd that we see that health service
:23:57. > :24:04.that is working for everyond across the country but of course
:24:05. > :24:07.we can only do that with thd economy The Prime Minister will be `ware
:24:08. > :24:14.that a soft border between the Republic and Northern Ireland
:24:15. > :24:18.is vital in boosting the economy Does the Prime Minister unddrstand
:24:19. > :24:27.the confusion that has feel, that going forward,
:24:28. > :24:31.on the one hand the Governmdnt has defined the intention to tightly
:24:32. > :24:34.control free movement and l`bour but on the other hand,
:24:35. > :24:36.ensuring us the border between the Northern Ireland
:24:37. > :24:41.and Republic will be open? Does the Prime Minister see
:24:42. > :24:44.the contradiction for many of those who are directly affected and whose
:24:45. > :24:52.jobs are affected in that? Well, I have been clear,
:24:53. > :24:54.the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has bedn clear,
:24:55. > :24:57.the Taoiseach has also said that on both sides of the border we don't
:24:58. > :25:00.want to see a return to the borders I think it is worth reminding
:25:01. > :25:04.the House that actually the common travel area has been
:25:05. > :25:07.in place since the 1920s, so it was there well before
:25:08. > :25:09.we were both members We are working together
:25:10. > :25:13.with the Government of the Republic and, obviously, I have
:25:14. > :25:15.had discussions on this with the First Minister
:25:16. > :25:17.and Deputy First Minister We want to ensure, as I say,
:25:18. > :25:22.that we don't see a return Thanks to the Government's
:25:23. > :25:26.growth deal, the ?32 million transformathon of
:25:27. > :25:29.Brierfield Mill in my consthtuency gets underway this week,
:25:30. > :25:31.giving a new lease of life to the largest redundant mill
:25:32. > :25:33.complex in Lancashire. Can I thank the Prime Minister
:25:34. > :25:37.for her support and commend Pendle's other bids in the latest
:25:38. > :25:39.round of the growth deal as a great way to build a country
:25:40. > :25:43.that works for everyone. Can I commend my honourable friend
:25:44. > :25:49.on taking this opportunity in supporting the bids
:25:50. > :25:52.put from Pendle. He is right, the money that has been
:25:53. > :25:56.put in, has enabled this growth like Brierfield Mill,
:25:57. > :26:00.to be unlocked, as a local project. We've seen ?250 million comlitted
:26:01. > :26:05.to the Lancashire Local Entdrprise Partnership, ?2.8 billion
:26:06. > :26:07.to the Northern Powerhouse through the local growth fund
:26:08. > :26:11.and the latest round of funding is worth up to ?1.8 billion
:26:12. > :26:13.with good bids coming including those from Pendle
:26:14. > :26:20.and they will be looked at with the seriousness which my honourable
:26:21. > :26:22.friend would expect. This is the first
:26:23. > :26:27.Christmas that Hayley They have been together for ten
:26:28. > :26:33.years and married for over four It is evidence they are in
:26:34. > :26:37.a long term relationship but Hayley's Turkish husband
:26:38. > :26:39.was refused a spouse visa because she earns less
:26:40. > :26:43.than the Home Office Indeed, half the full-time workers
:26:44. > :26:49.of Dwyfor Meirionnydd earned only This, I might say, compares
:26:50. > :26:55.with the Prime Minister's own constituency, where
:26:56. > :26:59.the median salary was ?571. Can the Prime Minister expl`in why
:27:00. > :27:04.living in Dwyfor Meirionnydd means Hayley has a less chance
:27:05. > :27:08.of a proper family life? And will she please
:27:09. > :27:12.help unite the family? I will not comment
:27:13. > :27:17.on the individual case. I know she has sent details
:27:18. > :27:20.in writing to me. I will make sure she gets a full
:27:21. > :27:24.reply from the Immigration Linister The broader issue she raises
:27:25. > :27:30.about the income threshold for those wishing to join
:27:31. > :27:33.a partner in the UK - what the Government did,
:27:34. > :27:35.we asked an independent comlittee, the Migration Advisory Commhttee
:27:36. > :27:39.to advise on the level that that The Migration Advisory Commhttee
:27:40. > :27:44.suggested a range of We actually took the lowest figure
:27:45. > :27:49.in that range in taking ?18,600 They recommended that
:27:50. > :27:52.because it is the level at which a British family gdnerally
:27:53. > :27:55.seizes to to be able to get benefits and we believe that people coming
:27:56. > :27:59.here are able to My constituents were
:28:00. > :28:08.delighted to learn this week a unique museum and art gallery
:28:09. > :28:13.based in the building where Gainsborough was born
:28:14. > :28:16.in Sudbury is to receive allost ?5 million of Lottery funding
:28:17. > :28:20.to become a national Will my right honourable frhend
:28:21. > :28:24.join me in congratulating the team on their success and does she agree
:28:25. > :28:27.with me that if in Suffolk, we are bold and positive and go
:28:28. > :28:31.for devolution, we can look forward to more of this transformathve
:28:32. > :28:35.investment in the years to come Can I join my honourable frhend
:28:36. > :28:40.in commending all those involved in the bid at Gainsborough House
:28:41. > :28:43.and the future that many people will enjoy visiting it in the future
:28:44. > :28:46.as a result of the work I know the importance
:28:47. > :28:53.of the Heritage Lottery Fund. It supported the excellent
:28:54. > :28:55.Stanley Spencer Gallery in my own constituency so I've seen
:28:56. > :28:58.the impact that it can have. He is right, the point
:28:59. > :29:01.about the devolution deals hs people coming together with that albition
:29:02. > :29:04.for their local area, can generate that
:29:05. > :29:06.transformative investment that he is now talking about and,
:29:07. > :29:10.of course, Suffolk is looking at the sort of deal that thdy might
:29:11. > :29:14.wish to have locally. With Russian and Assad regile war
:29:15. > :29:22.planes bombing civilians in Aleppo at an unprecedented rate,
:29:23. > :29:26.will she join France in calling for those responsible for these war
:29:27. > :29:29.crimes to be referred And will she reexamine, with Allies,
:29:30. > :29:34.the feasibility of a no-fly zone to protect the Syrian peopld,
:29:35. > :29:37.before it is too late? Well, we are very clear
:29:38. > :29:42.that it's for the courts to decide where a war
:29:43. > :29:46.crime has been committed. It was May 2015 when we cosponsored
:29:47. > :29:50.a UN Security Council those responsibility for war crimes
:29:51. > :29:56.and crimes against humanity in Syria regardless of affiliation
:29:57. > :29:59.to the International Crimin`l Court. Of course, that was vetoed
:30:00. > :30:01.by Russia and China. On the issue of a no-fly zone,
:30:02. > :30:05.this has been addressed and people have looked at this
:30:06. > :30:08.for a number of years. The scenes we see of
:30:09. > :30:12.the indiscriminate slaughter But there are many questions
:30:13. > :30:20.about a no-fly zone. Actually, who is it
:30:21. > :30:23.there to protect? Would it lead to Assad bombhng
:30:24. > :30:26.people in the expectation that they would then
:30:27. > :30:28.move to that zone? How would you actually
:30:29. > :30:30.enforce a safe area there? There are many questions th`t need
:30:31. > :30:34.to be looked at in those What we all know is that thd only
:30:35. > :30:40.real solution for peace and stability in Syria
:30:41. > :30:43.is a political transition, and it's time Russia acceptdd that,
:30:44. > :30:45.that the future of Syria is a political transition
:30:46. > :30:48.to a stable Syria, free of @ssad. the most vulnerable pupils
:30:49. > :30:57.and their families are imprdssively supportive, pursuant
:30:58. > :31:02.to the school's moto of Will the Prime Minister confirm that
:31:03. > :31:06.under her plans for education and in a country which works
:31:07. > :31:09.for everyone, parents can bd assured that there will be the right
:31:10. > :31:11.school place for their child, Well, I thank my honourable friend
:31:12. > :31:19.and for the example that shd has shown of the work taking pl`ce
:31:20. > :31:21.in her constituency. The whole aim of the Governlent s
:31:22. > :31:26.education policy is to incrdase the number of good school places
:31:27. > :31:30.so parents can have the confidence that their child will have
:31:31. > :31:32.a good school place, and they will have the school place
:31:33. > :31:35.that is right for them. That's why we want to see
:31:36. > :31:39.universities more involved in schools, we want to see lore
:31:40. > :31:42.faith schools being opened tp, we want it see the independdnt
:31:43. > :31:45.sector helping the state sector where that is sensible
:31:46. > :31:48.and their expertise can help and, yes, we do want to lift
:31:49. > :31:52.the ban, which currently of good new school cannot bd opened,
:31:53. > :31:58.it is illegal to open a new good school is that
:31:59. > :32:01.a selective school, we want to remove that ban so pupils
:32:02. > :32:03.of all opportunities get The Prime Minister appears to have
:32:04. > :32:11.made a choice, and that chohce is to side with the protecthonists
:32:12. > :32:16.and nationalists who have t`ken as surely as momentum has t`ken
:32:17. > :32:23.over the Labour Party. She has chosen a hard Brexit
:32:24. > :32:31.that was never on anybody's ballot paper and she has chosen
:32:32. > :32:37.to turn her back on British As a result, petrol
:32:38. > :32:46.prices and food retailers on supermarket shelves
:32:47. > :32:52.in the coming days. So, when will she put the interests
:32:53. > :32:55.of hard-working British people ahead of extremist protectionism
:32:56. > :32:59.that absolutely The right honourable gentlelan asks
:33:00. > :33:06.who we are siding with. We are siding with the Brithsh
:33:07. > :33:11.people who voted to leave And it's high time the right
:33:12. > :33:18.honourable gentleman listendd to the votes of the British people
:33:19. > :33:21.and accepted that that is Does the Prime Minister
:33:22. > :33:31.share my sadness that the majority of Banburx's
:33:32. > :33:34.babies cannot currently be delivered, as I was,
:33:35. > :33:37.in the Horton General Hospital and will she join with me in putting
:33:38. > :33:41.any influence and any presstre we can on the Trust to encotrage
:33:42. > :33:45.them to recruit obstetricians we need to re-open
:33:46. > :33:49.our much-valued unit? Yes, I can say that I believe every
:33:50. > :33:55.effort is being made to fill the vacant obstetrics post
:33:56. > :33:59.at the Horton General Hospital. I understand those mothers
:34:00. > :34:04.who are having a midwife-led delivery are still able it go
:34:05. > :34:07.to the Horton General Hospital but for others they have to go
:34:08. > :34:10.to the John Radcliffe Maternity services are important
:34:11. > :34:15.to people and I believe the Trust is looking to ensure
:34:16. > :34:18.it is can fill the posts. What matters is a safe maternity
:34:19. > :34:22.service for mother and baby. I think many people
:34:23. > :34:31.across the House will be re`ssured that the Government accepted
:34:32. > :34:35.the amendment to the Opposition motion being debated
:34:36. > :34:38.later this afternoon which guarantees that this
:34:39. > :34:43.House is able, properly, to scrutinise the plans for leaving
:34:44. > :34:46.the European Union before Can she tell us, will that scrutiny
:34:47. > :34:53.involve a vote? I have to say to the right
:34:54. > :34:59.honourable lady, that the idea that Parliament somehow wasn't
:35:00. > :35:02.going to be able to discuss, debate, First of all, the Secretary of State
:35:03. > :35:22.for Existing the European Union has already made two statements in this
:35:23. > :35:25.House and four hours of questions A new select committee has been set
:35:26. > :35:29.up, which crucially includes representatives from all parts
:35:30. > :35:33.of the United Kingdom, which will be looking at thd issues
:35:34. > :35:37.and only just over a week ago, I announced thereby
:35:38. > :35:41.a Great Repeal Bill in the next session of Parliament
:35:42. > :35:42.to repeal the act. So the Parliament will have every
:35:43. > :35:46.opportunity to debate this hssue. Every year in the UK,
:35:47. > :35:56.3,500 babies are still born, I commend the Government for setting
:35:57. > :36:00.the target for a 20% reducthon by the end of this Parliament
:36:01. > :36:03.and a 50% reduction by 2030 but in in this
:36:04. > :36:06.Baby Loss Awareness Week, will the Prime Minister agrde
:36:07. > :36:09.with me, we must provide the best-quality bereavement
:36:10. > :36:11.care for those parents I say to my honourable friend,
:36:12. > :36:18.he is right in this. I'm pleased to say the Health
:36:19. > :36:21.Secretary will be attending the Baby Loss Awareness Week
:36:22. > :36:25.reception which will be held in Parliament today
:36:26. > :36:28.and I would encourage other My honourable friend is right,
:36:29. > :36:33.the loss of a baby must be absolutely devastating and H am
:36:34. > :36:36.aware that there are people sitting in this chamber who have bedn
:36:37. > :36:39.through that tragedy in thehr lives. What is absolutely essential is
:36:40. > :36:45.that the best-possible bere`vement care can be given to parents at that
:36:46. > :36:50.very, very, vulnerable and tragic moment in their lives,
:36:51. > :36:53.which is why we have been pttting money - we introduced dedic`ted
:36:54. > :36:57.bereavement rooms at 40 hospitals and we are investing more
:36:58. > :37:01.in improving birthing facilhties as well because it is an important
:37:02. > :37:06.part but that care and counsel for people who have lost a baby
:37:07. > :37:09.is essential and I think On the 2nd July, the Home Office
:37:10. > :37:18.were giving details of 178 children who are still stuck in the Calais
:37:19. > :37:23.refugee camp but had a legal right to be here in the UK
:37:24. > :37:27.with their families who could keep Given the delays in acting,
:37:28. > :37:32.what responsibility does the Prime Minister think thhs
:37:33. > :37:36.Government has to the 18 of those I would say to the honourable lady,
:37:37. > :37:42.far from not acting, actually the Government has been
:37:43. > :37:45.working with the French govdrnment in relation to those
:37:46. > :37:47.who are in the camps. We have put extra resource
:37:48. > :37:50.into speeding up the process of dealing with the claims that
:37:51. > :37:53.are there for unaccompanied children who are in the camps,
:37:54. > :37:57.and we have seen that process is faster, quicker and more children
:37:58. > :38:00.coming as a result of that. This is alongside all the other work
:38:01. > :38:04.we are doing in relation to refugees and to all
:38:05. > :38:07.unaccompanied minors. Of course, crucially as well,
:38:08. > :38:10.working to ensure that we ddal with the traffickers
:38:11. > :38:14.and the smugglers who are often in those camps and who we nded
:38:15. > :38:19.to make sure don't have accdss But we've speeded up the process
:38:20. > :38:24.and more children are coming Tomorrow is Secondary
:38:25. > :38:31.Breast Cancer Day. I would like to ask
:38:32. > :38:34.the Prime Minister to join with me in wishing these men and wolen well
:38:35. > :38:37.but only one-third of NHS Trusts currently collect
:38:38. > :38:39.the data in this area. data collection can inform
:38:40. > :38:44.diagnosis, treatment and thd use of NHS resources across the piste
:38:45. > :38:48.and give better outcomes for I entirely accept the point my
:38:49. > :38:54.honourable friend makes that better information givds
:38:55. > :38:57.you a greater opportunity to be able to address these
:38:58. > :39:00.issues but can I also join with her in commending
:39:01. > :39:04.and wishing well all those, as she says, both men and women
:39:05. > :39:07.who have suffered from breast cancer and who are -
:39:08. > :39:10.who have come through that, There are others in this Hotse
:39:11. > :39:16.in that position but so manx people across the country,
:39:17. > :39:19.and it is important that thdy do get the right care to ensure
:39:20. > :39:23.that they can come through that a huge number of MPs presented Waspi
:39:24. > :39:32.petitions from towns right tp So will the Prime Minister now
:39:33. > :39:37.commit to overturning those mistaken 2011 arrangements and provide
:39:38. > :39:41.justice and transitional The honourable lady should know
:39:42. > :39:47.that there are already transitional We committed ?1 billion to lessen
:39:48. > :39:54.the impact of the changes for those who were affected so that
:39:55. > :39:57.nobody would see a change In fact, 81% of women will see
:39:58. > :40:02.increases. There will be no more than 02 months
:40:03. > :40:05.compared to the previous tiletable. The DWP did, after the changes
:40:06. > :40:09.in 2011, inform people to the change in the state pension age
:40:10. > :40:12.and as we look forward, women will gain from the new pension
:40:13. > :40:16.arrangements being put in place It has been a long-standing issue
:40:17. > :40:19.about women's pensions and women will see better pension arr`ngements
:40:20. > :40:22.in the future because of thd changes Mr Speaker, I gather
:40:23. > :40:29.the Prime Minister gave Chancellor Merkel a gift
:40:30. > :40:32.of Wainwright's Coast To Co`st book outlining a fabulous walk
:40:33. > :40:34.throughout my constituency. Is the Prime Minister aware that
:40:35. > :40:38.the Coast To Coast is not in fact to discuss my campaign to ghve
:40:39. > :40:44.this national treasure As my honourable friend knows,
:40:45. > :40:52.I enjoy walking and there are some fantastic
:40:53. > :40:56.walks across the UK. I haven't done the Coast To Coast
:40:57. > :40:59.yet myself. But I have to say
:41:00. > :41:05.to him that I think he prob`bly knows that the decision
:41:06. > :41:08.about the designation appropriately put to Natural England
:41:09. > :41:15.and I'm sure he will be doing all he can to lobby
:41:16. > :41:19.Natural England on this point.