:00:00. > :00:00.applaud. As the broadband connectivity is in woodlands. We
:00:00. > :00:24.have to make sure that is achieved sooner rather than later.
:00:25. > :00:38.Thank you, Mr Speaker, I know everyone will want to join le in
:00:39. > :00:42.remembering those affected by Aberfan in which 116 childrdn lost
:00:43. > :00:46.their lives. It caused devastation to the community, it is likd that
:00:47. > :00:49.would reflect on this important anniversary and recognise the
:00:50. > :00:54.solidarity and resilience of the people of Aberfan to overcole this
:00:55. > :00:57.tragedy. Mr Speaker this morning I had meetings with ministeri`l
:00:58. > :01:04.colleagues and others and I will have further such meetings today in
:01:05. > :01:08.addition to my duties in thhs House. Mr Speaker, may I associate myself
:01:09. > :01:12.with the sentiments of the Prime Minister, I am of an age to remember
:01:13. > :01:18.those black and white photographs, it affected everyone and we in this
:01:19. > :01:23.House Basson our thoughts today Mr Speaker, as you might know ht is my
:01:24. > :01:27.birthday today! The Prime Mhnister has already given me a huge birthday
:01:28. > :01:33.present by letting everyone know that we will be at the European
:01:34. > :01:41.union no later than March 30 20 9. So could I press her for another
:01:42. > :01:46.present? Her excellent policy of closing Victorian prisons and
:01:47. > :01:54.opening modern ones is a spot on policy. Would she support the
:01:55. > :02:01.reopening of Wellingborough prison, as part of this excellent programme,
:02:02. > :02:07.or would she rather just thhnk Happy Birthday? I'm very happy to wish my
:02:08. > :02:17.honourable friend happy birthday, I hope that Mrs Bone is going to treat
:02:18. > :02:25.the occasion in an appropri`te manner!
:02:26. > :02:34.LAUGHTER Can I... Come out...
:02:35. > :02:42.LAUGHTER Order! I want to hear what hs coming
:02:43. > :02:48.next! Prime Minister. Calm down Mr Speaker! On the issue that he
:02:49. > :02:55.raises, the very serious issue he raises about prisons, I welcome the
:02:56. > :02:59.fact that he applauds the policy that we are following of closing out
:03:00. > :03:03.of date prisons and building new prisons. I hear the lobbying he s
:03:04. > :03:07.made in relation to Wellingborough, I assure him that it is one of those
:03:08. > :03:11.sites being considered but the Secretary of State will look at this
:03:12. > :03:18.very carefully and make an announcement in due course. Jeremy
:03:19. > :03:21.Corbyn. Thank you, Mr Speakdr. I join with the Prime Minister in
:03:22. > :03:27.commemorating the disaster of Aberfan all those years ago when 118
:03:28. > :03:31.children died, along with m`ny adults at that time. Many in that
:03:32. > :03:35.community are still living with that tragedy and they will live with that
:03:36. > :03:40.tragedy for the rest of thehr days. I remember it well as a young person
:03:41. > :03:43.growing up at that time and watching collections for the disaster fund. I
:03:44. > :03:48.think the BBC documentary presented by Hugh Edwards last night was
:03:49. > :03:55.brilliant and poignant and serves to remind us all of what the dhsaster
:03:56. > :03:58.was about. Mr Speaker, one hn four of us will suffer mental he`lth
:03:59. > :04:02.problem, analysis by the Kings fund suggests that 40% of mental health
:04:03. > :04:08.trusts had their budgets cut last year and six have seen their budgets
:04:09. > :04:14.cut for three years in a row. As the Prime Minister really confident that
:04:15. > :04:19.we are delivering parity for mental health? May I first say to the right
:04:20. > :04:22.honourable gentleman that I am also of an age where I remember those
:04:23. > :04:30.terrible scenes on television of what happened in Aberfan. I did not
:04:31. > :04:33.see the whole of the documentary by Huw Edwards but the bits I saw I
:04:34. > :04:37.thought were very poignant `s the right honourable gentleman said And
:04:38. > :04:41.it is interesting that it showed again the issue of those in power
:04:42. > :04:47.not being willing to step up to the plate initially, and accept what had
:04:48. > :04:51.happened. Obviously the restlt of the enquiry was very clear `bout
:04:52. > :04:56.where responsibility lay. In relation to the mental health
:04:57. > :04:59.services it is right that wd are introducing parity of esteel for
:05:00. > :05:03.mental health in the Nation`l Health Service. We have been waiting to
:05:04. > :05:08.come at long for this. It is important that it is being done But
:05:09. > :05:13.we are investing more in mental health services, an estimatdd record
:05:14. > :05:17.?11.7 billion. Particularly increasing the number of chhldren's
:05:18. > :05:20.beds overall to the highest number in relation to mental health
:05:21. > :05:26.problems. I think this is ilportant. There is of course more for us to do
:05:27. > :05:29.in looking at mental health but we have made an important start and
:05:30. > :05:35.that funding will be there, as I say. Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Speaker, I
:05:36. > :05:39.have a letter from Colin, a family member office has a chronic mental
:05:40. > :05:43.health condition and he likd many others with relatives going through
:05:44. > :05:48.this kind of crisis says thhs, the NHS is so dramatically underfunded
:05:49. > :05:52.that so often it is left to the underfunded police forces to deal
:05:53. > :05:55.with the consequence of this crisis. Indeed achieve Constable of Devon
:05:56. > :06:01.and Cornwall as this month threatened legal action agahnst the
:06:02. > :06:05.NHS because he is forced to hold people with mental conditions in
:06:06. > :06:10.police cells because there `re not enough and beds. I simply ask the
:06:11. > :06:14.Prime Minister this. If the government is committed to parity of
:06:15. > :06:20.esteem why is this trust and so many others facing an acute financial
:06:21. > :06:23.crisis at present? Prime Minister. Can I say to Colin and that we all
:06:24. > :06:29.in this House recognise the difficulty that people have when
:06:30. > :06:33.they are coping with mental health problems and, I commend those in
:06:34. > :06:37.this house who have been prdpared to stand up and referred to thdir own
:06:38. > :06:40.mental health problems. That has been an important signal to people
:06:41. > :06:45.with mental health issues across the country. He raises the question of
:06:46. > :06:48.the interaction between the NHS and police forces. I'm very protd of the
:06:49. > :06:52.fact that when I was secret`ry I worked with the Department of Health
:06:53. > :07:02.to bring a change to the wax in which police forces were de`ling
:07:03. > :07:05.with people in mental health prices so that we see those triage pilots
:07:06. > :07:07.out on the street, we see bdtter NHS support being given to police forces
:07:08. > :07:12.so the number of people who are having to be taken to a polhce cell
:07:13. > :07:16.is a place of safety in somd areas, overall it has more than halved in
:07:17. > :07:20.some areas it has come down by even more than that. This is a rdsult of
:07:21. > :07:26.the action that this governlent has taken. Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Spdaker the
:07:27. > :07:30.reality is that no one with a mental health condition should ever be
:07:31. > :07:34.taken to a police cell. Thex should be supported in the proper way. I do
:07:35. > :07:38.commend those Police and Crhme Commissioner 's that have ended that
:07:39. > :07:43.practice in the areas but the reality is that it isn't just Devon
:07:44. > :07:47.and Cornwall suffering cuts, Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust has
:07:48. > :07:53.had a cut for every one of hts last three years and I agree with the
:07:54. > :07:55.Prime Minister that members of this House openly discussing mental
:07:56. > :08:00.health issues they have had is a great thing because we do nded to
:08:01. > :08:06.end the stigma surrounding these conditions across the whole country.
:08:07. > :08:11.But NHS trusts are in a fin`ncial crisis. According to NHS providers
:08:12. > :08:16.it seems to be the worst financial crisis in NHS history, 80% of
:08:17. > :08:25.hospitals no endeavours that. There was a time in 2010 when the NHS was
:08:26. > :08:29.in surplus. What has happendd? The Prime Minister. I would likd to
:08:30. > :08:35.remind him that what has happened with NHS funding is this. Wd asked
:08:36. > :08:39.the NHS themselves to come tp with a five-year plan and say what extra
:08:40. > :08:43.funding was needed to delivdr on it. They came up with a five-ye`r plan
:08:44. > :08:48.led by Simon Stevens as chidf executive of the NHS. He sahd it was
:08:49. > :08:53.?8 billion that was needed `nd we are giving ?10 billion of extra
:08:54. > :08:59.funding to the and adjust. @nd I might remind the right honotrable
:09:00. > :09:03.gentleman that, at the last election, it wasn't the Conservative
:09:04. > :09:11.Party that was refusing to guarantee funding for the NHS, it was the
:09:12. > :09:19.Labour Party! Mr Speaker cole in six years, the NHS has gone frol surplus
:09:20. > :09:25.to its worst crisis. ?3 billion was wasted on top-down reorganisation
:09:26. > :09:29.and no one wanted and yesterday at the select committee Simon Stevens
:09:30. > :09:31.made it clear that he does not believe that NHS England has enough
:09:32. > :09:38.money to get through the crhsis it is facing. Can I offer an analysis
:09:39. > :09:41.from the Care Quality Commission which seemed to have quite ` good
:09:42. > :09:50.grasp of what's happening. They save at cuts to adult social card, and I
:09:51. > :09:52.quote, translating to incre`sed A E attendances, emergency missions
:09:53. > :09:56.and delays to people leaving hospital which in turn is affecting
:09:57. > :10:01.the ability of a growing nulber of trusts to meet their perforlances
:10:02. > :10:08.and their natural targets, will the Prime Minister also addressdd the
:10:09. > :10:18.reckless, counter-productivd cuts made. You could Simon Stevens. The
:10:19. > :10:21.time of the Autumn Statement last November he said that their case for
:10:22. > :10:25.the NHS had been hurt activdly supported. The right honour`ble
:10:26. > :10:30.gentleman raises the question of social care and the interaction
:10:31. > :10:35.between health and social c`re. Over ?5 billion extra was put into the
:10:36. > :10:39.better care of and preciselx to deal with these issues. Local authorities
:10:40. > :10:46.are able to raise about 2% of council tax to deal with social care
:10:47. > :10:49.costs that they face. But what is important is the health service and
:10:50. > :10:54.local authorities working together to ensure that they are delhvering
:10:55. > :10:59.the best possible service for people who require that social card. I saw
:11:00. > :11:04.a good example of that at S`lford Royal on Monday. I want to see more
:11:05. > :11:08.such examples across the NHS, delivering for patients. We have put
:11:09. > :11:16.the funding in. His party would not have done that. We have seen better
:11:17. > :11:20.care for patient Mikes. We `ll want the government and the local NHS to
:11:21. > :11:26.work well together but the problem is that local government funding has
:11:27. > :11:30.been cut, 400,000 fewer people are receiving publicly funded social
:11:31. > :11:34.care as a consequence, the NHS is having trouble coping with the
:11:35. > :11:38.crisis, therefore, unfortun`tely there is bed blocking, wherd acute
:11:39. > :11:42.patients cannot leave because there is no social care available for them
:11:43. > :11:48.down the line. The issue is the funding crisis in the NHS and in
:11:49. > :11:52.local government. The published figures by the NHS Trust show that
:11:53. > :11:59.the total deficit is 2.45 bhllion but the chief executive says this
:12:00. > :12:02.figure may even be bigger. The government disguises the extent of
:12:03. > :12:17.the crisis through temporarx bailouts. They are bailing out, and
:12:18. > :12:22.trust in a crisis, that is not a bad thing but why are they in a crisis
:12:23. > :12:28.in the first place? -- bailhng out of trust in a crisis. Next lonth, Mr
:12:29. > :12:33.Speaker, sustainability and transformation plans are gohng be
:12:34. > :12:37.published. Many, all over the country, are alarmed by this,
:12:38. > :12:43.because of the threat to accident and emergency departments. Can the
:12:44. > :12:50.Prime Minister deal with thhs issue now by simply saying there will be
:12:51. > :12:52.no downgrades and no closurds of A E departments in the statemdnt next
:12:53. > :13:01.month? Over the course of this Parliament,
:13:02. > :13:08.the government will be spending over half ?1 trillion on the NHS. That is
:13:09. > :13:11.a record level of investment in our National Health Service. But there
:13:12. > :13:16.is a key difference between the way he approaches this and the way that
:13:17. > :13:20.I do. We believe on this side of the house that, at local level, people
:13:21. > :13:25.should be able to make decisions about the NHS, that decisions should
:13:26. > :13:28.be led by clinicians, that ht shouldn't be top-down, which is a
:13:29. > :13:42.prep -- which is typical of the Labour Party. Well, Mr Speaker,
:13:43. > :13:47.top-down is what we got. And it cost ?3 billion for a reorganisation that
:13:48. > :13:50.nobody wanted at all. Mr Spdaker, I started by asking the Prime Minister
:13:51. > :13:58.about parity of esteem. All this government has produced is parity of
:13:59. > :14:02.failure. Failing mental health patients, failing elderly pdople who
:14:03. > :14:06.need social care, failing the 4 million on the NHS waiting list
:14:07. > :14:11.wailing five times as many people waiting more than four hours at A
:14:12. > :14:17.departments, and another winter crisis is looming. The socidty of
:14:18. > :14:21.acute medicines is it right, I think, when it says, this ftnding
:14:22. > :14:29.crisis and the local governlent funding crisis is leaving the NHS on
:14:30. > :14:35.its knees. What has happened in the NHS over the last six years? More
:14:36. > :14:38.patients being treated, mord calls to the Ambulance Service, more
:14:39. > :14:44.operations, more doctors, more nurses. That is what has bedn
:14:45. > :14:48.happening in the NHS. But ldt's just look at what his party's approach to
:14:49. > :14:52.the NHS is. A former Shadow Health Secretary said, it would be
:14:53. > :14:58.irresponsible to put more money into the NHS. A former leader of the
:14:59. > :15:12.Labour Party wanted to recognise the NHS. -- weapon ise. At everx
:15:13. > :15:15.election, the Labour Party claims that the Tories will cut NHS
:15:16. > :15:21.spending. After every electhon, we increase NHS spending. At every
:15:22. > :15:27.election, Labour claim that the Tories will privatise the NHS. At
:15:28. > :15:33.every election, indictment, we have protected the NHS. -- in government.
:15:34. > :15:34.There is only one party that has cut funding for the NHS, the Labour
:15:35. > :15:51.Party in Wales. Thank you, Mr Speaker. If the Prime
:15:52. > :15:52.Minister aware that research shows that infrastructure investmdnt most
:15:53. > :15:58.benefits area is prepared to capitalise on it, with new
:15:59. > :16:03.associated possibilities in housing, skills and jobs? Will she ensure
:16:04. > :16:08.that current opportunities `re taken for inward investment to prdserve
:16:09. > :16:11.and we energise essential n`tional industries, like one in the Yeovil
:16:12. > :16:21.area, as we seek to capitalhse on the dualling of the A303? Mx
:16:22. > :16:25.honourable friend is right. We are investing in infrastructure like the
:16:26. > :16:29.A303. It is important that local communities embrace those
:16:30. > :16:32.opportunities. I know that ly honourable friend has been putting
:16:33. > :16:36.together ideas for Yeovil and I m sure he will share those with Mike
:16:37. > :16:41.right honourable friend, thd Communities Secretary. I johned the
:16:42. > :16:45.Prime Minister and the leaddr of the Labour Party in remembering the
:16:46. > :16:49.Aberfan disaster at my thoughts are with everybody affected. Thousands
:16:50. > :16:52.of innocent civilians have now been killed by Saudi air strikes in
:16:53. > :16:58.Yemen. Can the Prime Ministdr give the house assurance that those
:16:59. > :17:04.civilians have not been killed by pave way missiles, partiallx
:17:05. > :17:09.manufactured in Scotland, under licence from her government in Saudi
:17:10. > :17:15.Arabia? I congratulate the right honourable gentleman on his election
:17:16. > :17:20.as deputy leader of the SNP. I say to him, as he knows, we havd one of
:17:21. > :17:25.the toughest regimes in the world in relation to arms exports. When these
:17:26. > :17:30.allegations arise, we have been pressing, I have pressed in the past
:17:31. > :17:35.and my right honourable fridnd the Foreign Secretary has pressdd the
:17:36. > :17:40.Foreign Secretary, and the Saudi government investigate and learn
:17:41. > :17:46.lessons. It is beyond doubt that the Saudi air force is bombing Xemen,
:17:47. > :17:52.flying planes made in Britahn, by pilots trained by Britain and
:17:53. > :17:56.dropping missiles made in Britain. I asked her a direct question and she
:17:57. > :18:00.couldn't answer it. Can she give this house and the assurancd that
:18:01. > :18:06.civilians have not been killed by Paveway 4 bombs being droppdd on
:18:07. > :18:11.Yemen which are partially manufactured in Scotland under
:18:12. > :18:15.licence by the government? Hf she doesn't know the answer to that
:18:16. > :18:21.question, how can she possibly in good conscience continue selling
:18:22. > :18:26.them to Saudi Arabia? In response to the right honourable gentlelan, the
:18:27. > :18:29.point I made was simple. We press for proper investigations into what
:18:30. > :18:32.has happened on those inciddnts before we reach a decision or
:18:33. > :18:36.conclusion on what has happdned in relation to those incidents. We have
:18:37. > :18:41.a very strong elation chip with Saudi Arabia. It is for this country
:18:42. > :18:44.in terms of dealing with counterterrorism and a numbdr of
:18:45. > :18:48.other issues. What matters when incidents happen which causdd
:18:49. > :18:56.concern is that they are properly investigated. A few weeks ago, I
:18:57. > :19:02.thought I'd successfully botght four tickets online for one of mx
:19:03. > :19:06.favourite bands, Green Day, only to be told the tickets were un`vailable
:19:07. > :19:11.and the gig sold out. Within minutes, I could buy the tickets on
:19:12. > :19:16.another site for twice the price. It turned out the ticket site had been
:19:17. > :19:21.the victim of an attack by organised cats who resold the ticket hnflated
:19:22. > :19:25.prices. We'll the Prime Minhster asked her ministers to give close
:19:26. > :19:29.consideration to my amendment to be Digital economy act which would make
:19:30. > :19:34.the computerised harvesting of tickets for resale in offence?
:19:35. > :19:37.Similar legislation exists dlsewhere and it would go a long way to
:19:38. > :19:42.protecting consumers and genuine music fans. I think my honotrable
:19:43. > :19:46.friends for raising this issue. I'm sure he isn't the only membdr of the
:19:47. > :19:51.spouse who has had that expdrience and certainly not the only person,
:19:52. > :19:57.as people will know from thdir constituency mailbags, to h`ve had
:19:58. > :20:02.this experience. As part of the consumer rights act, a revidw of
:20:03. > :20:05.online ticket sales was introduced. Professor Michael Waterson
:20:06. > :20:08.introduced a report on that. It has produced a number of
:20:09. > :20:12.recommendations, some for the industry to be able to bettdr
:20:13. > :20:14.protect itself, but the govdrnment will be looking at the
:20:15. > :20:23.recommendations of that verx carefully to see what can bd done to
:20:24. > :20:27.address the issue he talks `bout. The child abuse enquiry needs to
:20:28. > :20:31.regain the trust of survivors. In September, the Home Secretary said
:20:32. > :20:34.she had no information about Syria's leadership failings but on Londay
:20:35. > :20:38.she told the house she had known about serious problems sincd July.
:20:39. > :20:44.Yesterday it emerged that sdnior home of this -- Home Office
:20:45. > :20:50.officials were briefed in April this year. She set up the enquirx and
:20:51. > :20:53.pointed the chair. She was the individual responsible for the
:20:54. > :20:58.enquiry's success. She was the Home Secretary in April and she was the
:20:59. > :21:02.only person who had the powdr to act. Can she now finally tell us
:21:03. > :21:08.when she personally learned of the serious problems developing in this
:21:09. > :21:15.enquiry and why it was that she took no action at all? Can I say, I
:21:16. > :21:19.recognise that the honourable lady has taken a particular interest in
:21:20. > :21:24.this issue and I'm sure she will recognise, as I hope other lembers
:21:25. > :21:30.of this house do, why it is I set up the enquiry. For too long, people
:21:31. > :21:36.who had been to child... For too long, people who had been stbjected
:21:37. > :21:40.to child sexual abuse had their voices going unheard and thdy felt
:21:41. > :21:44.they were not getting justice. That is why it is very important that the
:21:45. > :21:51.enquiry is able to continue and find that justice for them. I have to say
:21:52. > :21:54.to the honourable lady that one of the important aspects of thhs is
:21:55. > :21:59.that, over the years, too m`ny people have had concerns th`t people
:22:00. > :22:05.in positions of power have intervened to stop them frol getting
:22:06. > :22:09.justice. There were stories around about the enquiry and about
:22:10. > :22:13.individuals related to the dnquiry, but the Home Secretary cannot
:22:14. > :22:21.intervene on the basis of stspicion, rumour or hearsay. She refers to the
:22:22. > :22:24.statement made yesterday in this house. She refers to the st`tement
:22:25. > :22:29.made yesterday in this housd about information being discussed with the
:22:30. > :22:35.director-general in the Homd Office. She will also have noted th`t that
:22:36. > :22:38.conversation was asked to bd confidential, and as far as I'm
:22:39. > :22:41.aware it was treated as such. I think it is important for us to
:22:42. > :22:48.recognise that, when the Hole Office was officially informed of hssues,
:22:49. > :22:54.the Home Office acted. It's now for the enquiry to get on and ddliver
:22:55. > :23:01.for victims and survivors. Having been born and growing up in south
:23:02. > :23:05.Wales and as a former Secretary of State for Wales, can I associate
:23:06. > :23:09.myself with the heartfelt tributes that have been paid by the front
:23:10. > :23:14.bench to the community of Aberfan and throughout this house. Ht was a
:23:15. > :23:17.tragedy that was unparalleldd and it stunned the world. Can the Prime
:23:18. > :23:23.Minister in her own words step up to the plate and reconfirm her
:23:24. > :23:27.commitment to Wales and to dnsuring that her government works whth the
:23:28. > :23:32.Welsh government, particularly after leaving the EU, to maintain the
:23:33. > :23:35.levels of investment that so vital to the long-term social and economic
:23:36. > :23:41.development of the valleys communities and rest of Walds? I say
:23:42. > :23:45.to my right honourable friend that, as a former Secretary of St`te for
:23:46. > :23:49.Wales, she is well aware of the impact the Aberfan disaster at an
:23:50. > :23:53.south Wales and those local communities and, as I said hn my
:23:54. > :23:57.opening remarks, these events were tragic and the thoughts of the whole
:23:58. > :24:02.house with those who were affected by them. I can give that colmitment
:24:03. > :24:06.she is asking for, of this government to Wales and working with
:24:07. > :24:10.the Welsh government. I am clear this government is going to deliver
:24:11. > :24:16.a country that works for evdry part of the UK. The Wales Bill whll
:24:17. > :24:20.transfer a historic transfer of powers to be Welsh Assembly. It will
:24:21. > :24:24.allow the Welsh government to focus on the job of transforming the Welsh
:24:25. > :24:29.economy, and we are talking to them about how we are going to go forward
:24:30. > :24:33.in relation to negotiations for leaving the EU. Progress today has
:24:34. > :24:42.been very slow. Can I appeal to colleagues to speed up. Much
:24:43. > :24:45.obliged. Can there be a single member of this house who dods not
:24:46. > :24:51.have reason to be grateful to those heroes of our high street, the
:24:52. > :24:55.community pharmacist. And c`n there be any member of the public who is
:24:56. > :25:00.not as bemused as I am by the fact that the government is proposing a
:25:01. > :25:06.12% cut in the community ph`rmacy budgets, potentially leading to 3000
:25:07. > :25:09.closures? Will be Prime Minhster today express her support for
:25:10. > :25:14.community pharmacy and have another look at this divisive, corrosive and
:25:15. > :25:22.destructive proposal? I think everybody in this house recognises
:25:23. > :25:26.the role and contribution of community pharmacies up and down the
:25:27. > :25:33.country, but it's also right that we look at how we are spending NHS
:25:34. > :25:37.money. That is why the government is looking at this issue. If the
:25:38. > :25:40.honourable gentleman supports community pharmacies, perhaps he
:25:41. > :25:44.ought to have a word with hhs right honourable friend, the Leaddr of the
:25:45. > :25:49.Opposition, because his polhcy is to completely nationalised the health
:25:50. > :25:54.system, lock, stock and barrel, GP surgeries, Macmillan nurses and GP
:25:55. > :25:58.pharmacies. Next week, this government will finally makd a
:25:59. > :26:02.decision on airport capacitx in the south-east, something that dluded
:26:03. > :26:06.three of her predecessors and will help boost trade. Does the Prime
:26:07. > :26:09.Minister agree that on this issue substance matters more? Will she
:26:10. > :26:18.outlined her timetable for indentation? He is right, this month
:26:19. > :26:21.this government will take a decision on the appropriate site for expanded
:26:22. > :26:26.airport capacity in the south-east. This is a subject that's bedn
:26:27. > :26:30.debated, discussed, speculated on for 40 years. This government will
:26:31. > :26:34.take a decision. But there hs a formal process that has to be
:26:35. > :26:40.undertaken, so the government will identify its proposed option
:26:41. > :26:43.off-site -- of sight. That will go to a statutory consultation. The
:26:44. > :26:47.government will consider thd results of that and bring forward an
:26:48. > :26:56.airports national planning statement on which this house will vote. Does
:26:57. > :26:59.the Prime Minister agree th`t any move to close the historic barracks
:27:00. > :27:04.at Fort George would not only be a poor military decision after 25
:27:05. > :27:10.years of service but a betr`yal of the Black Watch and a slap hn the
:27:11. > :27:14.face to the Highlands? I sax to the honourable gentleman that I
:27:15. > :27:18.recognised the strength of the view he has put forward. No decisions on
:27:19. > :27:21.Fort George or other locations have been taken and the Ministry of
:27:22. > :27:25.Defence will engage with all parties impacted by any decisions that it
:27:26. > :27:33.takes of this sort, including in Scotland. My right honourable friend
:27:34. > :27:37.has been expressing some reluctance to submit even the broad pl`ns for
:27:38. > :27:41.future negotiations with thd EU to this house because of worrids it
:27:42. > :27:46.might weaken her government's negotiating position. As shd noticed
:27:47. > :27:52.that this week one or more Brexiteer members of her Cabinet have been
:27:53. > :27:57.briefing the newspapers cophously on every proposal being put forward in
:27:58. > :27:59.papers to be relevant Cabindt committee by their colleaguds, and
:28:00. > :28:05.launching political attacks on their Cabinet colleagues, who seeled to
:28:06. > :28:09.disagree with them? Will shd take firm action to stop this process,
:28:10. > :28:14.and will she also agree that the proper approach is Parliamentary
:28:15. > :28:19.scrutiny of the broad stratdgy once the government has reached `greement
:28:20. > :28:23.on what it should be? I say to my right honourable friend that the
:28:24. > :28:27.government is very clear th`t the vote on June the 23rd was a vote to
:28:28. > :28:32.ensure that we had control of movement of people from the EU into
:28:33. > :28:36.the UK, but also we want to see the best possible access for businesses
:28:37. > :28:40.for trading in goods and services with an operating within th`t
:28:41. > :28:44.European market. That is wh`t the government will be aiming for and we
:28:45. > :28:47.will be ambitious in that. Parliament will have its sax. These
:28:48. > :28:51.are going to be lengthy negotiations over the course of two years or
:28:52. > :28:57.more. Parliament will have hts say in a variety of ways, not ldast in
:28:58. > :29:01.relation to the great repeal bill. Some of my constituents havd had
:29:02. > :29:06.their tax credits suddenly stopped by concentric and have been accused
:29:07. > :29:10.of being in a relationship with previous tenants of their homes who
:29:11. > :29:14.they have never even met. In some cases, they have been accusdd of
:29:15. > :29:20.being in a relationship with members of their own families and told to
:29:21. > :29:23.prove they are not. This Kafka-esque situation is causing deep dhstress
:29:24. > :29:29.and hardship among working lothers in my constituency. This is what the
:29:30. > :29:32.Prime Minister means by being on the side of working people? What is she
:29:33. > :29:37.going to do to put it right? The right honourable lady raises an
:29:38. > :29:42.issue which is of concern to members across this house. Making stre that
:29:43. > :29:46.those who are being assessed are being assessed properly and the
:29:47. > :29:50.decisions and right decisions are taken. The Department for Work and
:29:51. > :29:58.Pensions is looking at the process of what should be done and how both
:29:59. > :30:01.assessment should be taken. I say to her that I hoped she would welcome
:30:02. > :30:05.the fact that this government has said that, for those with long-term
:30:06. > :30:19.conditions that are not going to improve, we will not be
:30:20. > :30:26.The first apprenticeship at EDF and the Ministry of Defence has just
:30:27. > :30:36.been launched. It is another forefront of the approach of reborn
:30:37. > :30:47.policy does the Prime Minister agree with me that is exactly the of
:30:48. > :30:58.business Lent course that wd need may
:30:59. > :31:08.And we do want to see every generation of nuclear expertise in
:31:09. > :31:13.the industry. The Prime Minhster is celebrated her 65th birthdax but
:31:14. > :31:19.will not retire. It is her choice. Yet she is denying that samd choice
:31:20. > :31:23.to many of my constituents, women like Christina, who has worked every
:31:24. > :31:28.bit as hard as the Prime Minister but will have to now work an extra
:31:29. > :31:33.six years. When will she do the right thing and give these women
:31:34. > :31:39.there transitional... So th`t they can also make the choices that she
:31:40. > :31:41.has enjoys? The honourable lady knows that we have transition
:31:42. > :31:45.arrangements in place, that action was taken by the government to
:31:46. > :31:51.ensure that the period of thme that the pension aged changed wotld be no
:31:52. > :31:55.more than 18 months compared to the previous timetable and for 81% of
:31:56. > :32:04.women affected by the 2011 change it will be no more than 12 months.
:32:05. > :32:06.Heidi Allen. Thank you, Mr Speaker, the unemployment figures results
:32:07. > :32:11.today are fantastic news yet I worry about the economic volatility that
:32:12. > :32:15.could come as a consequence of Brexit potentially inflation rising
:32:16. > :32:18.and the cost of living going up for people on modest wages, does the
:32:19. > :32:21.Prime Minister agree we need to keep as many people in a plummet as
:32:22. > :32:25.possible and need to make the right decision of tax credits, cotld I
:32:26. > :32:31.urge you to look at those ctts embedded in universal credit and
:32:32. > :32:35.make sure we know what it whll do to people trying to get work in this
:32:36. > :32:42.Autumn Statement. My right honourable friend is right say this,
:32:43. > :32:46.I'm very proud of the record that the government has over the last six
:32:47. > :32:51.years of getting more peopld into work so that there are now hundreds
:32:52. > :32:55.of thousands fewer households with no work income coming into the
:32:56. > :32:59.household. That is extremelx important and the point of tniversal
:33:00. > :33:03.credit is to be able to enstre that the transition from benefits into
:33:04. > :33:09.work as a transition that mdans that people do have benefit if they are
:33:10. > :33:13.out of work rows this systel means that for some people there were
:33:14. > :33:18.better off on benefits, we want to see people in work and that is a
:33:19. > :33:25.system is there to encouragd. Mr Speaker been asking questions for 15
:33:26. > :33:31.months and this government hs appalling to child policy and rape
:33:32. > :33:35.close, from one feminist to another how can the Prime Minister justify
:33:36. > :33:40.putting vulnerable women to the trauma of proving that the third
:33:41. > :33:44.child has been born as a result of rape? We have been very cle`r that
:33:45. > :33:47.women with a third child as a result of rape would not be subject to the
:33:48. > :33:55.limit being considered in rdlation to benefits. I absolutely rdcognise
:33:56. > :34:00.that the honourable lady is making a point on how this would affdct
:34:01. > :34:05.individuals who have been through the trauma of rape. That is why the
:34:06. > :34:08.government is taking its tile, is considering this, consulting on this
:34:09. > :34:16.at the moment and looking at how we can make sure we do this in the
:34:17. > :34:19.right way. Sir who goes quidt. Thank you, Mr Speaker, given the
:34:20. > :34:22.increasing relevance of the Commonwealth in terms of tr`de were
:34:23. > :34:25.the Prime Minister give her support to the first ever meeting of
:34:26. > :34:29.Commonwealth trade ministers in the UK next year and will she commit
:34:30. > :34:37.when she goes to India next month to persuade the Indian Prime Mhnister
:34:38. > :34:41.to attend in the UK in 2018? I am happy to encourage all leaddrs to
:34:42. > :34:46.attend the event when it takes place in the UK. I can assure my right
:34:47. > :34:50.honourable friend that we are looking at the possibility of trade
:34:51. > :34:52.deals in relation to the Commonwealth and I to applatd that
:34:53. > :34:57.first ever meeting of Commonwealth trade metres which is an important
:34:58. > :35:02.step as we look to forging ` new global role in the world, ensuring
:35:03. > :35:12.we are making a success of trading around the world. Local authorities
:35:13. > :35:16.are clear that the removal of 2 hour maternity services in ly area
:35:17. > :35:20.will cost lives and this is a decision the government will have to
:35:21. > :35:24.make. Will the Prime Ministdr please commit to visiting my consthtuency
:35:25. > :35:29.to see the effect of the decision upon West Cumbrian families and
:35:30. > :35:33.children. I say to the honotrable gentleman, this is not the first
:35:34. > :35:37.time he's raised his concerns in relation to this hospital. Can I say
:35:38. > :35:40.that the point of the way in which we are approaching this is that
:35:41. > :35:45.decisions are taken and gendrated from the local level. It is at the
:35:46. > :35:48.local level that they will look for services necessary to peopld to
:35:49. > :35:53.ensure they can provide the services needed and safe services for people
:35:54. > :35:59.of his constituency and othdr parts of Cumbria. Sir Robert Neill. The
:36:00. > :36:03.tragic murder of one prisondr and the critical winding of two others
:36:04. > :36:07.in Pentonville prison last light bring some start to the declining
:36:08. > :36:11.safety and presence. Will the Prime Minister give the Secretary of State
:36:12. > :36:15.for Justice full support in commissioning a thorough and
:36:16. > :36:20.complete review of the oper`tional, managerial capacity of leaddrship of
:36:21. > :36:25.the service which has signally failed to arrest this declining
:36:26. > :36:29.situation? This is a matter which is one of the very first issue is that
:36:30. > :36:33.my right honourable friend the Justice Secretary raised with me
:36:34. > :36:37.which was the question of vholence in prisons and safety in prhsons.
:36:38. > :36:40.That is why my right honour`ble friend is looking across-thd-board
:36:41. > :36:46.and the action needed to be taken and has announced extra mondy to the
:36:47. > :36:51.staff in prisons because shd recognises the importance of this
:36:52. > :36:56.issue. Lucy Powell. Thank you Mr Speaker, one in every 1000 pupils
:36:57. > :37:01.has three meals in grammar schools. Does the Prime Minister agrde with
:37:02. > :37:04.me that this tiny number is flimsy evidence base on which to create a
:37:05. > :37:09.new national schools policy. Watching the better looking at the
:37:10. > :37:14.real evidence of how we redtce inequality in education? -- would
:37:15. > :37:17.she not be better looking about I want to see every child getting the
:37:18. > :37:23.education right for them, every child able to get on as far as their
:37:24. > :37:26.talents and hard work will them That is why we need to incrdase the
:37:27. > :37:36.number of good schools in this country. If you look at the gap in
:37:37. > :37:40.attainment between those who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and
:37:41. > :37:46.those not in grammar schools it is virtually zero. That's not the same
:37:47. > :37:49.in other schools. I say to the honourable lady that I think it is
:37:50. > :37:55.wrong that we have a system in this country where we have a law that
:37:56. > :38:04.prevents the opening or exp`nsion of good schools, that is what we will
:38:05. > :38:08.get rid of. Pauline Latham. Will the premise to work with her secretaries
:38:09. > :38:13.of state to try to reduce the amount of ivory trade and trade of
:38:14. > :38:19.endangered species throughott the world, to try to lead by ex`mple
:38:20. > :38:23.from this country? My honourable friend raises an important hssue,
:38:24. > :38:28.this is something the government has been taken up and I can asstre her
:38:29. > :38:32.not only has my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretarx heard
:38:33. > :38:38.them that has promoted that this is an issue the government will take
:38:39. > :38:42.up. The pottery industry is witnessing a modest Renaiss`nce
:38:43. > :38:45.partly through EU exports and action on Chinese ceramic dumping. The
:38:46. > :38:50.previous prime ministers sahd he would make sure that the ceramic
:38:51. > :38:55.industry's voice is heard and we would get a good negotiation. What
:38:56. > :38:59.is this Prime Minister doing to make sure that Stoke-on-Trent ceramic
:39:00. > :39:02.manufacturers maintain tariff free access to the EU and a level playing
:39:03. > :39:09.field in the face of protectionist dumping? I say to the honourable
:39:10. > :39:14.gentleman that I am pleased to welcome the Renaissance in the
:39:15. > :39:18.ceramics industry that he rdfers to. His constituency has a long,standing
:39:19. > :39:22.history and tradition in ceramics. What are we doing as we go through
:39:23. > :39:25.the negotiations were leaving the European Union we will ensure that
:39:26. > :39:30.this country has the best possible access to trade with and opdrate
:39:31. > :39:37.within that European market. That is what people want. Many constituents
:39:38. > :39:42.have expressed concern to md of anti-Semitism. I'm sure that every
:39:43. > :39:49.member of this House will agree that we should show its zero toldrance.
:39:50. > :39:54.Does the Prime Minister also agree that all parties should not allow a
:39:55. > :40:00.situation to arise where it appears that an environment is created when
:40:01. > :40:04.anti-Semitism is tolerated? Liverpool Prime Minister? I
:40:05. > :40:08.absolutely agree with my honourable friend that this House should send a
:40:09. > :40:12.clear message that we won't tolerate anti-Semitism. I have been concerned
:40:13. > :40:17.about the rise we have seen in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in
:40:18. > :40:20.this country. We should enstre that those incidents are properlx
:40:21. > :40:25.investigated and dealt with and give that clear message that we want
:40:26. > :40:29.tolerated. But that has to be every political party in this chalber And
:40:30. > :40:33.I ask the right honourable gentleman, the Leader of thd
:40:34. > :40:37.Opposition, given the report of the select committee of this Hotse about
:40:38. > :40:41.anti-Semitism and the appro`ch to anti-Semitism in the Labour Party,
:40:42. > :40:45.he needs to think very carefully about the environment being created
:40:46. > :40:53.in the Labour Party in relation to anti-Semitism. Andy Burnham. We are
:40:54. > :40:57.one such man and -- we one lonth from the inquest into the Bhrmingham
:40:58. > :41:02.pub bombings, the west midl`nds fund has a fund of ?1 million yet the
:41:03. > :41:07.bereaved families have no ldgal funding. This is a shameful state of
:41:08. > :41:11.affairs. Please intervene and show the Birmingham families the same
:41:12. > :41:14.compassion that was shown to the Hillsborough families. The right
:41:15. > :41:18.honourable gentleman may be aware that the Birmingham families have
:41:19. > :41:22.been encouraged to apply and I believe they have applied to the
:41:23. > :41:27.legal aid fund for the exceptional funds. That was as I understand what
:41:28. > :41:30.happened after the 7/7 bombhngs The Home Secretary has made cle`r her
:41:31. > :41:35.expectation that funding will be provided. We await the decision from
:41:36. > :41:43.the legal aid fund. We hope that decision be for certificate. -- will
:41:44. > :41:47.be positive. Why build a new runway at Heathrow when we could ddliver
:41:48. > :41:52.one at Gatwick for a fraction of the time and the cost. May I assure my
:41:53. > :41:55.right honourable friend that no decision has been taken on the site
:41:56. > :41:59.of airport expansion on the south-east. As she will know from
:42:00. > :42:08.her previous background that Davis commission said that airport
:42:09. > :42:11.capacity should be expected, the Davis commission identified three
:42:12. > :42:17.sites all of which they said would be credible and deliverable. I feel
:42:18. > :42:22.it is fitting that we finish with a question from Mr Gerard Jonds. Could
:42:23. > :42:25.I first thank the Prime Minhster and the Leader of the Opposition and
:42:26. > :42:28.other members for their comlents on the Aberfan disaster and thd
:42:29. > :42:35.resilience and quiet dignitx shown by the people of Aberfan. On Friday
:42:36. > :42:38.morning at 915, on the anniversary of the disaster the people of that
:42:39. > :42:43.community along with communhties of Wales will mark that disastdr with
:42:44. > :42:46.one minute's silence. Could I ask the Prime Minister if she would
:42:47. > :42:50.support that moment of silence being marked as the disaster affected
:42:51. > :42:56.communities across the country, if not the world, that that molent of
:42:57. > :43:00.silence be marked across thd UK I say to the honourable gentldman I
:43:01. > :43:04.know the Secretary of State for Wales will attend the memorhal in
:43:05. > :43:07.his constituency on Friday. I think it is appropriate that we all mark
:43:08. > :43:12.and show our respect for those who lost their lives and the falilies
:43:13. > :43:18.who suffered as a result of the tragedy that took place 50 xears ago
:43:19. > :43:23.in Aberfan. It was, as we s`id earlier, terrible tragedy not just
:43:24. > :43:26.for families but for communhty and I think it is right that we rdcognise
:43:27. > :43:27.that and mark it. Thank