:00:00. > :00:00.give comfort, we have ensurdd that the money is there, we are working
:00:00. > :00:00.with the executors to be able to deliver that and look forward to a
:00:00. > :00:22.report in the near future. This morning I had meetings with
:00:23. > :00:28.ministerial colleagues and others. I shall have further such meetings
:00:29. > :00:32.later today. In the Black Country in the West Midlands, we are vdry proud
:00:33. > :00:38.of our long, industrial herhtage. We are also very proud of the recent
:00:39. > :00:41.revival in the fortunes of the Black Country with new jobs and investment
:00:42. > :00:45.in the local economy. With the Prime Minister agree with me not one of
:00:46. > :00:49.the ways to create an econoly which works for everyone is to further
:00:50. > :00:52.devolved powers and funding to the West Midlands to drive investment
:00:53. > :01:00.and to combine that with thd strong leadership and vision that only Andy
:01:01. > :01:07.Street can provide, the Conservative candidate for West Midlands? Thank
:01:08. > :01:11.you. Our honourable friend speaks up well for the Black Country. I am
:01:12. > :01:16.pleased to echo his comments about the economic growth in the West
:01:17. > :01:21.Midlands. Since 2010 we havd seen 220,000 more jobs, 55,000 more new
:01:22. > :01:26.businesses in the region thought he is right that evolution deal is
:01:27. > :01:31.important. It is the biggest deal, devolution deal that is being done,
:01:32. > :01:36.for the West Midlands. Part of that is crucially the election of a
:01:37. > :01:39.directly elected mayor. Andx Street, with his local knowledge and
:01:40. > :01:49.business experience, will drive economic growth. Jeremy Corbyn.
:01:50. > :01:53.Thank you. Could I stop by welcoming the child refugees who have arrived
:01:54. > :01:56.in Britain in the last few days question that they are obviously
:01:57. > :02:00.deeply traumatised and we should welcome and love them and stpport
:02:01. > :02:06.them in the best way we can. Irrespective party, when melbers of
:02:07. > :02:09.this House go through health problems, we reach out a hand of
:02:10. > :02:15.support. I want to pay tribtte to the member for Grantham and Stamford
:02:16. > :02:20.for the social media messagd he sent out this morning which shows amazing
:02:21. > :02:24.humour and bravery and we whsh him all the very best and hope he fully
:02:25. > :02:27.recovers. There are now to be regular sessions of the joint
:02:28. > :02:31.ministerial Council to disctss Brexit. It seems the Prime
:02:32. > :02:35.Minister's counterparts are already feeling the same sense of
:02:36. > :02:39.frustration as members of this House. The First Minister P`ul
:02:40. > :02:44.Wales, Carwyn Jones, said there is a great deal of uncertainty that they
:02:45. > :02:48.need full and unfettered access to the single market. Can the Prime
:02:49. > :02:51.Minister help the First Minhster of Wales and the other devolved
:02:52. > :02:58.Administration is by giving them some clarity? First of all can I
:02:59. > :03:03.commend the Home Office for the work that has been done in ensurhng that
:03:04. > :03:07.it is working carefully to look at the best interests of the child
:03:08. > :03:12.refugees, so they are provided with the support they need when they come
:03:13. > :03:15.here to the United Kingdom. Can I also join him in commending my
:03:16. > :03:19.honourable friend the member for grants and Stamford, for behng
:03:20. > :03:23.willing to be so open about the health problem he has, and we wish
:03:24. > :03:29.him all the very best for the future and for his place here in this
:03:30. > :03:33.House. In relation to the issue of clarity on the aim is the Government
:03:34. > :03:35.has in relation to Brexit, H have been very clear and I will be clear
:03:36. > :03:50.again. There are those who talk about means
:03:51. > :03:53.and those who talk about ends. I am talking about ends. What we need to
:03:54. > :03:57.see is the best possible arrangement for trade with an operation within
:03:58. > :04:03.the single European market for businesses in goods and services
:04:04. > :04:05.here in the United Kingdom. I'd thought moment the Prime Minister
:04:06. > :04:17.was to say Brexit means Brexit again. There are others... H am sure
:04:18. > :04:22.she will tell us one day wh`t it actually means. The Mayor of London
:04:23. > :04:33.also added this is causing unnecessary certainty but it is also
:04:34. > :04:38.very important uncertainty. It would be very helpful if the Primd
:04:39. > :04:42.Minister could provide some clarity over the Northern Ireland border.
:04:43. > :04:45.Will we continue membership of the customs union will be sea border
:04:46. > :04:53.checks introduced between Northern Ireland and the Republic? The Leader
:04:54. > :05:02.of the Opposition tries to poke fun at the phrase, Brexit means Brexit.
:05:03. > :05:05.The whole point is this. Brdxit it is this government which is
:05:06. > :05:16.listening to the voice of the British people. Brexit means Brexit
:05:17. > :05:19.and that means we are coming out of the European Union. What thd Right
:05:20. > :05:23.Honourable gentleman appears to be doing is frustrating the well of the
:05:24. > :05:26.British people by saying Brdxit means something completely different
:05:27. > :05:31.in relation to the Northern Irish border, a considerable amount of
:05:32. > :05:35.work was already going on whth the Irish government to look at issues
:05:36. > :05:38.around the Common travel arda. That work is continuing. We have been
:05:39. > :05:42.very clear, the Government of the Republic of Ireland has been very
:05:43. > :05:46.clear. The Northern Ireland Executive has been very cle`r. None
:05:47. > :05:54.of us want to see a return to the borders of the past. I would remind
:05:55. > :05:59.the right honourable gentlelan that the Common travel area has been in
:06:00. > :06:04.place since 1923. That is wdll before either of us joined the
:06:05. > :06:08.European Union. Mr Speaker, on Monday, the Prime Minister said the
:06:09. > :06:13.customs union was not a bin`ry choice. I can't think of anxthing
:06:14. > :06:17.other than a binary choice hs whether you have a border or do not
:06:18. > :06:23.have one. There is not a thhrd way on that one. On Monday, her friend,
:06:24. > :06:28.the honourable member for Broxtowe, expressed concern of the automotive
:06:29. > :06:33.and aerospace industries whhle the British banking Association said its
:06:34. > :06:39.members are poised, quivering, over the relocate button. Every day the
:06:40. > :06:43.Prime Minister dithers over the chaotic Brexit, there are rtmours
:06:44. > :06:48.circulating about relocation. This cannot carry on until March of next
:06:49. > :06:54.year. When will the Prime Mhnister come up with a plan? I have to say
:06:55. > :07:00.to the right honourable gentleman, the fact that he seems to confuse a
:07:01. > :07:08.customs union with a border where they are two different issuds, it
:07:09. > :07:15.shows why it is important that it is this party that is in government and
:07:16. > :07:24.not his. He talks about the plan. I have been very clear that wd want to
:07:25. > :07:29.trade freely - both trade and operate within the single m`rket. I
:07:30. > :07:34.want this country to be a global leader in free trade. The L`bour
:07:35. > :07:39.Party is against free trade. I want to introduce control on fred
:07:40. > :07:42.movement so that we have an end to free movement. The Labour P`rty
:07:43. > :07:46.wants to continue with free movement. I want to deliver on the
:07:47. > :07:51.will of the British people. He is trying to frustrate the will of the
:07:52. > :07:58.British people. Mr Speaker, there was no answer on the border, which
:07:59. > :08:03.was the question. On Monday, Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister told the
:08:04. > :08:08.house, and I quote that we have a plan not to set out at everx stage
:08:09. > :08:16.of the negotiation the detahls. I have been thinking about thhs white
:08:17. > :08:24.couple of days, Mr Speaker. I think when you are searching for the real
:08:25. > :08:28.meaning and importance behind the Prime Minister's statement xou have
:08:29. > :08:38.to consult the great philosophers. The only one I can come up with ..
:08:39. > :08:50.Mr cleverly, calm yourself or you are in peril in your own he`lth All
:08:51. > :08:54.I can come up with Mr Speakdr is Baldrick, who said, our cunning plan
:08:55. > :08:59.is to have no plan. Brexit was apparently about taking back control
:09:00. > :09:04.but devolved governments do not know the plan, businesses do not know the
:09:05. > :09:07.plan, Parliament does not know the plan. When will the Prime Mhnister
:09:08. > :09:10.abandon their shambolic Torx Brexit and develop a plan that delhvers for
:09:11. > :09:26.the whole country? I am interested that the right
:09:27. > :09:30.honourable gentleman shows to support Baldrick. The actor playing
:09:31. > :09:36.Baldrick was a member of thd Labour Party. I will tell the right
:09:37. > :09:40.honourable gentleman what wd are going to deliver. We are gohng to
:09:41. > :09:44.deliver on the vote of the British people, we are going to delhver the
:09:45. > :09:48.best possible deal for tradd in goods and services both with and
:09:49. > :09:52.operating within the Europe`n Union. And we are going to deliver an end
:09:53. > :09:55.to free movement. That is what the British people want and that is what
:09:56. > :10:03.this government will deliver for them. Mr Speaker, three years ago
:10:04. > :10:08.the United Kingdom backed S`udi Arabia former mission of thd UN
:10:09. > :10:11.Human Rights Council. On 28th of October, there are elections again
:10:12. > :10:17.for the UN human rights Council A UN panel has warned that thd Saudi
:10:18. > :10:21.Arabian bombing of Yemen has violated international law. Amnesty
:10:22. > :10:25.International says, executions are on the increase, women are widely
:10:26. > :10:29.discriminated against, torttre is common and human rights
:10:30. > :10:34.organisations are banned. Whll Howard government again be backing
:10:35. > :10:39.the Saudi dictatorship for membership of that committed? - her
:10:40. > :10:42.government. As the right honourable gentleman knows, whether our
:10:43. > :10:46.legitimate human rights concerns in relation to Saudi Arabia, wd raise
:10:47. > :10:50.them. In relation to the action in the Yemen we have been clear that we
:10:51. > :10:53.want those incidents which have been referred to to be properly
:10:54. > :10:57.investigated and we want thd Saudi Arabians, if there are lessons to be
:10:58. > :11:02.learned, to learn lessons. H will reiterate the point I have lade in
:11:03. > :11:10.this House before that our relationship with Saudi Arabia is
:11:11. > :11:12.important. It particularly hmportant relationship in relation to the
:11:13. > :11:15.security of this country and counterterrorism and boiling
:11:16. > :11:19.activities of those who wish to do harm to citizens in the UK. A Yemeni
:11:20. > :11:25.man living in Liverpool told me this week that Yemen is quickly becoming
:11:26. > :11:30.the forgotten crisis. If people are not being killed by bombs, ht is
:11:31. > :11:34.hunger that kills them. The UK needs to use its influence to help the
:11:35. > :11:39.people of Yemen. Bombs exported from Britain are being dropped on Yemeni
:11:40. > :11:44.children by Saudi pilots tr`ined by Britain. If there are war crimes
:11:45. > :11:49.being committed, as the UN suggests, they must be investigated. Hsn't it
:11:50. > :11:56.about time this government suspended its arms sales to Saudi Arabia? The
:11:57. > :12:00.issues are being investigatdd. I say to the right honourable gentleman.
:12:01. > :12:05.We have taken action for thd P is right to refer to the humanhtarian
:12:06. > :12:11.crisis in the Yemen. -- we have taken action. This country hs at the
:12:12. > :12:14.forefront to ensuring humanhtarian aid is provided. I believe this
:12:15. > :12:19.country are governing can bd proud around the world in terms of actions
:12:20. > :12:25.taken. It is important. There was as the station of hostilities hn the
:12:26. > :12:30.Yemen for a period of 72 hotrs over the weekend. -- a cessation. I spoke
:12:31. > :12:35.to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at the weekend. One issue we dhscussed
:12:36. > :12:42.was the importance of trying to find a political solution in Yemdn and
:12:43. > :12:45.trying to see if that cessation in hostilities could be continted, but
:12:46. > :12:49.it has not. The only solution which will work for the Yemen will be to
:12:50. > :12:57.make sure we have that political solution which will give st`bility
:12:58. > :13:01.in the Yemen. Mr Speaker, 20 years ago, a Conservative governmdnt
:13:02. > :13:05.agreed that Christchurch and East Dorset councils could retain their
:13:06. > :13:16.sovereignty, independence, `nd control over their own desthny. Will
:13:17. > :13:21.my right honourable friend `ssure the House that the Government will
:13:22. > :13:28.not agree to the abolition of Christchurch or is Dorset councils
:13:29. > :13:33.against the will of my constituents? My right honourable friend hs right
:13:34. > :13:37.to speak up for his constittents. He is also right that there is not a
:13:38. > :13:40.single model that will work in every part of the country. That is why we
:13:41. > :13:43.believe it is important for local people to come together and
:13:44. > :13:46.determine what is right for them. I know my right honourable frhend is
:13:47. > :13:51.trying to build a consensus and also as to what the right way forward is.
:13:52. > :13:52.It is right that local people are able to respond on the constltation
:13:53. > :14:00.and their concerns are listdned to. The Scottish Poppy Appeal is
:14:01. > :14:04.launched today for parliamentarians, so can I take the opportunity it
:14:05. > :14:07.praise all of the fund raidsers the volunteers and veterans involved and
:14:08. > :14:11.I'm sure colleagues in other parts of the House will commend efforts to
:14:12. > :14:16.raise money for the Poppy Appeal in the rest of the UK as well. Hear,
:14:17. > :14:21.hear. Mr Speaker, one of thd biggest humanitarian catastrophes of our
:14:22. > :14:25.time is in Syria, specifically in Aleppo, where we expect the
:14:26. > :14:30.ceasefire to end shortly and an onslaught to begin. Will thd Prime
:14:31. > :14:33.Minister tell us what efforts the UK is currently undertaking to support
:14:34. > :14:37.a peaceful resolution to thd conflict, but also to deal with
:14:38. > :14:42.those who are exacerbating the situation? Hear, hear. Well, first
:14:43. > :14:46.of all, may join the right honourable gentleman in comlending
:14:47. > :14:49.and praising the work of all those across the whole of the United
:14:50. > :14:53.Kingdom who give their time and efforts to raise money for the Poppy
:14:54. > :14:58.Appeal. It is very important that we never forget those, through many
:14:59. > :15:02.conflict, who have given of themselves for the safety and
:15:03. > :15:08.security of us and it is important that we recognise that and give
:15:09. > :15:12.generously to the Poppy Appdal over the United Kingdom. In relation to
:15:13. > :15:17.Syria, of course it is important to approach this in a number of tracks.
:15:18. > :15:21.We are involved - my right honourable friend the Foreign
:15:22. > :15:29.Secretary, has been involved in discussions with the United States
:15:30. > :15:33.of America, Secretary of St`te, Kerry about looking for a w`y
:15:34. > :15:36.forward. I raised the issue of Russian actions in Syria,
:15:37. > :15:40.particularly the bombing of Aleppo at the European Union at thd end of
:15:41. > :15:44.this week, it was only the `genda because the UK had raised T as a
:15:45. > :15:47.result of that discussion, the EU agreed that should the atrocities
:15:48. > :15:53.continue, then we will look at all available options for taking action
:15:54. > :15:57.to put pressure on Russia to stop their indiscriminate bombing of
:15:58. > :16:01.innocent civilians. I commend the Prime Minister for those endeavours,
:16:02. > :16:10.but it is widely expected that the onslaught on Aleppo will be unleash
:16:11. > :16:14.bid Russian airpower, which is currently steaming across the
:16:15. > :16:20.Mediterranean Bonn a battle group of ships. And in recent years 60
:16:21. > :16:24.Russian vessels have refuelled and resupplied in Spanish ports. So will
:16:25. > :16:30.the Prime Minister join me `nd EU and NATO Allies in unequivocally
:16:31. > :16:37.calling on Spain to refuse the refuelling? The right honourable
:16:38. > :16:40.gentleman refers to the passage of Russian naval ships and of course on
:16:41. > :16:44.the high seas they are able to travel as they wish, although, of
:16:45. > :16:47.course, when they went throtgh the English Channel they were
:16:48. > :16:56.accompanied by royal naval vessels, as they went through. But, what we
:16:57. > :17:01.have seen, sadly s that the Russians are already able to unleash attacks
:17:02. > :17:06.on innocent civilians on Syria. What happens is that we put pressure on
:17:07. > :17:10.Russia to do what everybody agrees is the only way that we are going to
:17:11. > :17:14.resolve this issue, which is to ensure that we have a polithcal
:17:15. > :17:22.transition in Syria, and th`t's where we should focus our attention.
:17:23. > :17:27.THE SPEAKER: Wendy Morton. Mr Speaker, my constituency of
:17:28. > :17:30.Aldridge Brownhills forms p`rts of the UN West Midlands Combindd can
:17:31. > :17:33.Authority. So there will be new powers being devolved to thd
:17:34. > :17:36.authority and the mayor. Account Prime Minister tell me how these new
:17:37. > :17:41.powers will help my constittents, and local businesses, in sectors
:17:42. > :17:48.such as manufacturing, the automotive industry and bricks ander
:17:49. > :17:54.is a ammics? I can confirm , and ceranics. I confirm the deal will
:17:55. > :17:56.provide the West Midlands whth 1 billion over years for local
:17:57. > :18:00.projects to drive economic growth. This is why it is so import`nt to
:18:01. > :18:05.have a mayor who understands the local area, but also has business
:18:06. > :18:08.expertise, Andy Street to ensure the economic projects are being
:18:09. > :18:13.developed with the interests of the locality in the prime focus for
:18:14. > :18:17.them. I believe that the de`l will deliver more jobs on economhc
:18:18. > :18:20.prosperity across the West Lidlands. It is good for the West Midlands and
:18:21. > :18:25.her condition constituencies and good for the rest of the cotntry as
:18:26. > :18:28.well. The independent inquiry on child sexual abuse was established
:18:29. > :18:35.to deliver long-awaited justice for victims and survivors and to do so
:18:36. > :18:38.it must have their could have, dethe Shirley Observation survivors
:18:39. > :18:44.association represents more than 600 survivors of abuse that took place
:18:45. > :18:48.in Lambeth Council children's homes and has raised concerns abott
:18:49. > :18:58.changes to the inquiry. Will the Prime Minister meet with me and the
:18:59. > :19:01.how many from street that and survivors to ensure action so their
:19:02. > :19:05.confidence can be restored. The whole purpose of the itch Qtiry was
:19:06. > :19:09.to provide justice for thosd whose voices have not been heard for too
:19:10. > :19:12.long and who felt that people in positions of power and insthtutions
:19:13. > :19:17.of the state and other organisations had not heard, their voice, they had
:19:18. > :19:20.not been prepared tolies u listen to them and investigate properly what
:19:21. > :19:23.happened. It is important that victims have confidence in the
:19:24. > :19:26.inquiry. The inquiry is an independent inquiry and it hs up to
:19:27. > :19:30.the inquiry chairman to work with irsour viefrs and victims, which I
:19:31. > :19:34.know the inquiry chairman h`s been doing, but I will certainly ensure
:19:35. > :19:37.that the Home Secretary has heard the representations that thd
:19:38. > :19:41.honourable lady has made and we will take what she has said to us today
:19:42. > :19:45.away and consider very carefully what she said. We all want this
:19:46. > :19:47.inquiry to work properly and to work in the interests of survivors and
:19:48. > :19:54.victims. THE SPEAKER: Trevelyan Trev.
:19:55. > :19:58.The Prime Minister will be `ware that our nation's commitment to our
:19:59. > :20:02.present and former Armed Forces personnel and families by w`y of the
:20:03. > :20:05.Armed Forces could have nanted is a work in progress and whilst we have
:20:06. > :20:09.made important moves there hs much more to do. Will she take this
:20:10. > :20:12.opportunity to I a sure this house of her personal commitments of the
:20:13. > :20:15.values and promises set out in the covenant and pledge to lend her
:20:16. > :20:19.support to efforts to continue the good work begun, to ensure personnel
:20:20. > :20:22.veterans and their families face no disadvantage for the servicd and
:20:23. > :20:28.sacrifice they have all madd for our country? My honourable friend is
:20:29. > :20:34.absolutely right. I know shd has championed the Armed Forces covenant
:20:35. > :20:37.and is a great proponent of our veterans and Armed Forces. Ht is
:20:38. > :20:41.right everybody in this House owes a great debt of gratitude to our
:20:42. > :20:45.veterans and those serving today in our Armed Forces for what they do to
:20:46. > :20:48.keep us safe and secure. And this is' why it is so important that the
:20:49. > :20:52.covenant isn't just a responsibility for the Government, it is actually a
:20:53. > :20:56.national responsibility. We should all be working to ensure th`t those
:20:57. > :21:00.who served us and served us well, do not face disadvantage. It is why we
:21:01. > :21:04.have been doing things like putting money into a forces help-to,buy
:21:05. > :21:09.scheme to help them with hotse, I think the figure is ?200 million. We
:21:10. > :21:11.must continue to do this. I absolutely commit to ensuring this
:21:12. > :21:17.is a Government that contintes to support our set rans and thd members
:21:18. > :21:23.of our Armed Forces. - our veterans. Mr Speaker, last year, my
:21:24. > :21:31.25-year-old nephew committed suicide after a very short period of
:21:32. > :21:34.depression. His GP had referred him for talking therapy counselling but
:21:35. > :21:38.warned him it would be at ldast six months before he got an appointment.
:21:39. > :21:44.Mr Speaker, these treatments in the NHS are very often a waiting game
:21:45. > :21:47.and a dangerous waiting gamd and a postcode lottery. What is the Prime
:21:48. > :21:54.Minister doing to sort this crisis out? Hear, hear.
:21:55. > :21:58.Can I first of all recognisd and commend the honourable gentleman for
:21:59. > :22:03.raising the personal experidnce that he has of the terrible tragddy that
:22:04. > :22:07.can occur when mental health problems are not properly ddalt
:22:08. > :22:11.with. He raises a very serious issue and it is a serious issue for
:22:12. > :22:15.everybody in this House on how the NHS treats mental health. It is why
:22:16. > :22:19.we have established this concept of parity of esteem forp mental health
:22:20. > :22:23.and physical health in the National Health Service. It is why wd are
:22:24. > :22:27.seeing record levels of funding but the question of talking therapies,
:22:28. > :22:35.which are therapies which are very effective and we have been
:22:36. > :22:39.introducing waiting time st`ndards for this area but I accept there is
:22:40. > :22:41.more to do in this area to dnsure that those with mental health
:22:42. > :22:45.problems are properly treatdd, and are given the care and attention
:22:46. > :22:52.they need. It is an issue not just for the them but for the whole of
:22:53. > :22:54.our society. My right honourable friend became Prime Minister in
:22:55. > :23:00.dramatic and extraordinary circumstances and in my judgment,
:23:01. > :23:08.she has proved more than capable of rising to the many challengds.. ...
:23:09. > :23:12.Hear hear. It was not my right honourable friend's fault that the
:23:13. > :23:17.Chilcot report took seven ydars or more than ?10 million in terms of
:23:18. > :23:21.cost. Now that we know that Parliament was misled, would my
:23:22. > :23:30.right honourable friend we `ssure me that she has a cunning plan to
:23:31. > :23:38.ensure that action is taken. Well, I thank my honourable friend for his
:23:39. > :23:44.comments. Obviously what thd Chilcot report did was an important task but
:23:45. > :23:48.although it did look at - and criticise - the way in which
:23:49. > :23:52.information had been handled in a number of aspects, it did not say
:23:53. > :23:56.that people had set out delhberately to mislead. I think it is ilportant
:23:57. > :23:59.that we recognise that. But it is important, also, that we le`rn the
:24:00. > :24:03.lessons from the Chilcot report and this is' why the national sdcurity
:24:04. > :24:07.advisor is leading a piece of work, an exercise to do precisely that.
:24:08. > :24:12.This was a long time coming, it was a serious report. There is luch in
:24:13. > :24:18.it, we need to ensure that we do learn the lessons from it. THE
:24:19. > :24:23.SPEAKER: Dr Alasdair McDonndll. Question 6, please. THE SPE@KER Get
:24:24. > :24:27.in there, man, let's hear it. The Prime Minister will be award that
:24:28. > :24:31.much of the foundation and lany of the elements of the 1988 settlement,
:24:32. > :24:36.the peace agreement in Northern Ireland was referenced and rooted in
:24:37. > :24:40.EU approaches and processes of laws and that leaving the EU will
:24:41. > :24:42.significantly destabilise the foundations of that settlemdnt, has
:24:43. > :24:46.the Prime Minister given anx consideration to the extent of the
:24:47. > :24:52.potential damage the EU withdrawal, from the European Union, cotld do to
:24:53. > :24:56.do Good Friday Belfast agredment under the 1998 political settlement
:24:57. > :25:00.and does she at this stage have any plan to protect that settlelent Can
:25:01. > :25:04.I say to the honourable gentleman, I don't believe there is any reason to
:25:05. > :25:07.believe that the outcome of the referendum will do anything to
:25:08. > :25:10.undermine the absolute rock solid commitment of this Government and
:25:11. > :25:15.the people of Northern Irel`nd, to the settlement that was set out in
:25:16. > :25:20.the Belfast agreement. And there is and remains strong support for the
:25:21. > :25:24.entirely peaceful future for Northern Ireland. That has been
:25:25. > :25:29.determined by democracy and consent. We remain committed to that and we
:25:30. > :25:34.remain committed to work with others to ensure that entirely peaceful
:25:35. > :25:39.future. THE SPEAKER: Jeremy Lefroy General
:25:40. > :25:43.Electrihas shown its confiddnce in the UK economy and my consthtuents
:25:44. > :25:50.by starting construction of the second of its two new world class
:25:51. > :25:53.research and manufacturing facilities on Staffordshire County
:25:54. > :25:58.Council's redhill business park would the Prime Minister medt with
:25:59. > :26:01.General Electric and other West Midland manufacturers who hdar how
:26:02. > :26:04.important that may have chahns and markets, free of tariffs and
:26:05. > :26:09.bureaucracy are of them and their hundreds of thousands of st`ff. I'm
:26:10. > :26:13.delighted to hear of the colmitment made to Stafford but it is lore than
:26:14. > :26:17.a commitment to Stafford. It is a commitment to the UK and to the
:26:18. > :26:20.future of our economy here hn the UK. I understand my right honourable
:26:21. > :26:23.friend, the international Trade Secretary, has already met with GE,
:26:24. > :26:27.to discuss with them, their interests in trade and what we can
:26:28. > :26:32.be doing to promote free tr`de. As I have said earlier, I want the UK to
:26:33. > :26:34.be a global leader in free trade and we are listening to businesses
:26:35. > :26:39.around the country, in the importance that they place on free
:26:40. > :26:44.trade, as we look at the negotiations for exiting thd EU
:26:45. > :26:49.Speak Jim Dowd. Is the Primd Minister aware of the recent reports
:26:50. > :26:52.showing the continuing and `larming increase in average alcohol
:26:53. > :26:58.consumption in the UK, and particularly, amongst women? Given
:26:59. > :27:01.the numerous health risks associated with excessive alcohol constmption,
:27:02. > :27:06.will her Government, togethdr with the drinks industry, reexamhne the
:27:07. > :27:11.case for mandatory health w`rnings on all alcoholic products? Hear
:27:12. > :27:14.hear. Well, I recognise what the honourable gentleman raises in terms
:27:15. > :27:17.of the figures that have bedn shown recently, and particularly the
:27:18. > :27:22.figures in relation to women and the use of alcohol. Of course, H was
:27:23. > :27:25.part, as Home Secretary, part of the development of the alcohol strategy
:27:26. > :27:29.that the Government produced a few years ago. I'm pleased to s`y that
:27:30. > :27:34.at that time we were working well with industry to encourage them to
:27:35. > :27:40.ensure that they could take steps to have an impact on the drinkhng
:27:41. > :27:46.habits of the nation. THE SPEAKER: Maggie Troup. Thank you
:27:47. > :27:52.Mr Speaker. With the final decision on the eastern route of HS2
:27:53. > :27:56.imminent, it is important for the infrastructure, and additional
:27:57. > :27:59.traffic this will bring to the areas around the station hubs, with this
:28:00. > :28:05.in mind will my honourable friend back my campaign for a new phase of
:28:06. > :28:10.the M1 to ensure that Erewash residents don't get stuck in a jam?
:28:11. > :28:13.I seem to recall I first met my honourable friend when she was
:28:14. > :28:17.campaigning on an issue in relation to motorways and she's absolutely
:28:18. > :28:20.right, in order to support the rail infrastructure, we need to dnsure
:28:21. > :28:24.that the right roads infrastructure is there. And that's why we are
:28:25. > :28:29.investing ?15 billion in thd road investment strategy. That's about
:28:30. > :28:32.boasting local economies and boasting growth and seeing further
:28:33. > :28:36.economic growth. I understand highways England ark looking at the
:28:37. > :28:40.issues in the eefted Midlands and looking at Brigging forward
:28:41. > :28:44.significant new road enhancdments around the site of the East Midlands
:28:45. > :28:48.HS2 station and going forward, they are looking at an audit of roads in
:28:49. > :28:51.the area. I trust my honour`ble friend will make her voice heard on
:28:52. > :28:56.this issue and that of her constituents as she has dond in the
:28:57. > :29:01.past Can I return the Prime Minister to the answer she gave to mx friend
:29:02. > :29:04.for Hull. Because the Conservative manifesto promised shorter NHS
:29:05. > :29:09.waiting times for those who need help with their mental health. But
:29:10. > :29:13.as prescriptions for antidepressants still rise, my constituents in
:29:14. > :29:18.Wirral, who need talking thdrapies, have to wait a month for referral,
:29:19. > :29:22.and well over four months for treatment. So was that Tory
:29:23. > :29:27.manifesto just words, or will the Prime Minister ever deliver?
:29:28. > :29:32.Hear, hear. I gave a serious answer to her
:29:33. > :29:36.honourable friend, which is that we have been looking at the whole issue
:29:37. > :29:39.of talking therapies and thd availability of talking thex are
:29:40. > :29:43.pains the waiting times that relate to talking therapies. And wd do want
:29:44. > :29:47.to improve the options that people have for having access to t`lking
:29:48. > :29:51.therapies, precisely becausd they have been shown to be so successful
:29:52. > :29:54.in so many cases. So this is something that the Government is
:29:55. > :29:59.working on. We will continud to work on it to provide, as we havd said,
:30:00. > :30:01.that parity of esteem betwedn mental health and physical health hn the
:30:02. > :30:11.National Health Service. And understand that ignore the Guild
:30:12. > :30:15.of transport for south-west London and particularly for Wimbledon. Can
:30:16. > :30:18.she assure me that the Government still supports Crossrail two and
:30:19. > :30:24.will she asked the Secretarx of State to set out the timetable for
:30:25. > :30:28.the delayed consultation? Wdll, I can absolutely give the comlitments
:30:29. > :30:34.that we continue to support cross will too. We are waiting to see a
:30:35. > :30:39.robust business case and a proper funding proposal in relation to
:30:40. > :30:43.Crossrail two. My right honourable friend the Transport Secret`ry will
:30:44. > :30:47.give out a timetable in rel`tion to this, but I can assure my rhght
:30:48. > :30:51.honourable friend, as a forler Wimbledon Ian, that we are `ware of
:30:52. > :30:54.his interest in the Wimbledon to Waterloo aspects of this and the
:30:55. > :31:02.needs of the local area are being taken into account. Mr Speaker, in
:31:03. > :31:08.the Indian occupied Kashmir, over the last three months, 150 people
:31:09. > :31:14.have died, 600 have been blhnded by the use of pellet guns, over 16 000
:31:15. > :31:17.have been injured many crithcally, unexplained disabilities, food
:31:18. > :31:21.shortages, what the Prime Mhnister meet with me and cross partx
:31:22. > :31:26.colleagues to discuss the htman rights abuses and the issue of
:31:27. > :31:30.self-determination for Kashlir people and set out the resolution of
:31:31. > :31:37.the UN in 1948? And can she raised this matter... Extremely gr`teful.
:31:38. > :31:42.Prime Minister. The honourable lady sets out her case and the issues
:31:43. > :31:46.that she has identified in relation to this. I take the same vidw as
:31:47. > :31:52.this Government has since it came into power and indeed previously,
:31:53. > :31:56.which is that the issue of Kashmir is an issue for India and P`kistan
:31:57. > :32:01.to sort out. The Foreign Secretary has heard her reputation... Her
:32:02. > :32:08.representations, and I'm sure will be interested in taking those issues
:32:09. > :32:13.up with her. Several months ago I raised the issue of enhanced medical
:32:14. > :32:18.assistance of the Turkish pdople with the Prime Minister, thd former
:32:19. > :32:22.premiers. I then look to thd new Prime Minister. With the opdration
:32:23. > :32:25.to free morsel on going, will she meet with me and members of the
:32:26. > :32:29.Kurdish regional Government to discuss if we can provide specialist
:32:30. > :32:33.medical facilities here in the UK, for instance, ten beds were
:32:34. > :32:36.seriously injured people and to ensure that the forces on the ground
:32:37. > :32:40.are getting all the support they need because I understand the short
:32:41. > :32:45.of heavy weapons and basic dquipment such as helmets and body arlour My
:32:46. > :32:48.honourable friend is right `nd I recognise this is an issue that he
:32:49. > :32:52.has raised before. I would firstly say that what we have seen hs that
:32:53. > :32:56.the coalition activity that is taking place is actually having some
:32:57. > :33:02.impact and is having an imp`ct as we wish you to in relation to Dyas
:33:03. > :33:06.There are not planned at thd moment either to do what he has suggested
:33:07. > :33:11.in his question or to provide a field hospital and field medical
:33:12. > :33:15.capabilities from the United Kingdom, but we do continually
:33:16. > :33:19.review what we are doing in support of the coalition and of course, we
:33:20. > :33:23.are also as part of the trahning that we are providing, that does
:33:24. > :33:29.include training in the provision of medical facilities. Mr Speaker, I'm
:33:30. > :33:33.sure we all recognise the rdmoval of the camp at Calais as not a
:33:34. > :33:36.long-term solution to the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Can thd Prime
:33:37. > :33:40.Minister tell us what the Government is going to do to learn frol
:33:41. > :33:47.experiences in Calais and to speed up of vulnerable individuals as is
:33:48. > :33:50.committed to under the schele. Individuals are already being
:33:51. > :33:54.brought to United kingdom under the dubs amendments, in addition to the
:33:55. > :33:58.resettlement scheme for vulnerable Syrians that we had, the 20,000 that
:33:59. > :34:02.will come to the UK over thd course of this Parliament and in addition
:34:03. > :34:07.to the 3000 vulnerable people, children and others, who we will be
:34:08. > :34:11.picking up from the Middle Dast and north Africa, working with TNHCR to
:34:12. > :34:14.make sure that it is right for the individuals to come here to the
:34:15. > :34:17.United Kingdom and that thex have support when they get here, but I
:34:18. > :34:20.would remind the honourable gentleman that it is this country
:34:21. > :34:25.that is the second-biggest bilateral donor in relation to humanitarian
:34:26. > :34:28.aid in this area region and we are able to support and provide for more
:34:29. > :34:36.people in the region and I think that is the right thing to do. Thank
:34:37. > :34:40.you, Mr Speaker. Around Heathrow, regal air quality limits have been
:34:41. > :34:43.breached. Over Twickenham, noise pollution has increased according to
:34:44. > :34:51.Heathrow data. Can the Primd Minister explain how a third runway
:34:52. > :34:57.can be delivered and comply with pollution legal requirements? Does
:34:58. > :35:07.she agree, environmentally, Heathrow is not good enough and cannot
:35:08. > :35:11.possibly be both bigger and better? The Government looked very closely
:35:12. > :35:15.at this issue of air qualitx and environmental impacts on all three
:35:16. > :35:19.schemes that were proposed by the airports commission. We took extra
:35:20. > :35:22.time to look at those from the decision to take increased `irport
:35:23. > :35:26.capacity in the south-east. We wanted to look more particularly at
:35:27. > :35:31.the quality issues. The evidence shows that air quality standards can
:35:32. > :35:34.be met as required by all three of the schemes, including the North
:35:35. > :35:37.West runway at Heathrow. My honourable friend raises an issue
:35:38. > :35:42.that is actually about more than airports because the question of air
:35:43. > :35:47.quality is also about road transport and that's why we are looking to do
:35:48. > :35:51.more in relation to what we are doing for air quality. It's why for
:35:52. > :35:57.example, I am pleased to sed that we are at such a leading edge hn the
:35:58. > :36:01.provision of electric vehicles. The Prime Minister's real plan for
:36:02. > :36:05.Brexit seems to be to pick winners, to cut a special deal for the City
:36:06. > :36:10.of London, to let the bankers of boys the dire consequences of
:36:11. > :36:19.leaving the economic union... Hear, hear. Wales has an exporting economy
:36:20. > :36:24.with a surplus last year and 20 ,000 jobs dependent on staying whthin the
:36:25. > :36:27.European Union. A soft Brexht for her friends in the city, a hard
:36:28. > :36:32.Brexit for everyone else? Whll she cut a similar deal for Wales? I will
:36:33. > :36:41.be cutting the best deal for the United Kingdom, all part of it.
:36:42. > :36:46.Every year, hundreds of people are diagnosed, supper and usually die
:36:47. > :36:49.from rare diseases such as cystic fibrosis and rare cancers which
:36:50. > :36:53.there is no treatment for which the current drugs are prohibitively
:36:54. > :37:01.expensive. We see report thhs week which sets out a way to get
:37:02. > :37:04.discounted prices to the NHS. Will the prime and is me in welcoming
:37:05. > :37:13.that review which is welcomdd by patients, charities, and encourage
:37:14. > :37:18.NHS England to bring it in speedy. This is important in terms of
:37:19. > :37:22.patients being able to get better access to drugs and equipment. I
:37:23. > :37:26.think United Kingdom has established a leading role in relation to life
:37:27. > :37:30.sciences. I would pay tribute to my friend for the role he has played in
:37:31. > :37:32.developing life sciences here in the United Kingdom. I know the
:37:33. > :37:36.Department of Health will bd looking very closely at the specific
:37:37. > :37:41.recommendations from that rdport. But we will be doing so in the light
:37:42. > :37:44.of recognising that if we c`n take opportunities through the N`tional
:37:45. > :37:52.Health Service to be encour`ging the development of new drugs to benefit
:37:53. > :37:55.patients then we should do so. The predators are just told us that
:37:56. > :37:58.record levels of spending are going to Meta health services. He`lth
:37:59. > :38:02.Secretary stood at that dispatch box on the 9th of December and told us
:38:03. > :38:07.that the proportion of fundhng going into mental health from all of our
:38:08. > :38:13.CCGs should be increasing. Why is it then the 57% of CCGs are reducing
:38:14. > :38:16.the proportion of spent in lental health's yet another broken promise.
:38:17. > :38:22.When we will we have real epuality for Meta health in our country? The
:38:23. > :38:26.fact that I set out is we are spending record levels on mdntal
:38:27. > :38:28.health is absolutely right. And I said in response to a number of
:38:29. > :38:32.people who have questioned the best that we recognise there is lore for
:38:33. > :38:34.us to do in mental health and I would have thought that we should
:38:35. > :38:41.have cross-party support on doing just that. Speaking outside ten
:38:42. > :38:44.Downing St on the day she bdcame Prime Minister, my right honourable
:38:45. > :38:47.friend said, if you suffer from mental health problems, there is not
:38:48. > :38:50.enough help to hand. Can I welcome my right honourable friend's
:38:51. > :39:00.commitments in mental health expressed on that day... He`r, hear.
:39:01. > :39:06.And in her responses today. And then I asked her what steps she hs taking
:39:07. > :39:11.to mixture that bold ambitions of the Government's forward vidw for
:39:12. > :39:16.mental health are achieved? I'm pleased to say that in fact what we
:39:17. > :39:21.see, far from the comments `nd impressionist is given by some of
:39:22. > :39:25.the comments opposite, is that since 2009-10, around 750,000 mord people
:39:26. > :39:30.are accessing talking therapies and 1400 more people are accesshng
:39:31. > :39:35.mental health services everx day compared to 2010, so that is up by
:39:36. > :39:38.40%. But my honourable friend, who I know has a particular interdst in
:39:39. > :39:43.this issue, and a particular ends were teased in this area, is right
:39:44. > :39:46.that we need to do more and that is why we are continuing to invest in
:39:47. > :39:51.mental health services and continuing to increase the standards
:39:52. > :39:56.that we provide. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Just 20 children are
:39:57. > :40:01.diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours as a result of Chu Beres
:40:02. > :40:06.squirrels has every year, and yet despite earlier indications at NHS
:40:07. > :40:12.England turned it down further funding despite it being affordable.
:40:13. > :40:16.Was she meet with me, charities and fun doing at families to find out
:40:17. > :40:20.how we can get to this pockdt and get this treatment. I'm happy to
:40:21. > :40:22.look at this issue and look in detail at what can be done to take
:40:23. > :40:33.that forward. Order.