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going around the country as I am doing to talk with young people

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about their priorities and how we can ensure they are fully involved

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in the democratic process. Puestions to the Prime Minister. Mr Stephen

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Dowty. Thank you, Mr Speaker. This morning I had meetings with

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ministerial colleagues. I whll have further meetings later todax.

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Foreign steel is being used in our key defence projects. We know the

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Prime Minister likes to channel the iron Lady, but when will shd show

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some metal in standing up for some British made steel? This government

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has stood up for British made steel and we have made a number of

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measures for the steel industry But the honourable gentleman saxs there

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is no clarity in relation to Brexit. I am clear that what we want to

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achieve is the best possibld deal for businesses in the United Kingdom

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to be able to trade and operate within the single European larket.

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Prime Minister, I applaud the government's continued commhtment to

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infrastructure development with 6000 projects in the pipeline worth 80

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billion. Can the government is quickly take forward the lower

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Thames crossing, and extra investment in roads that will help

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to build more homes, jobs and businesses in the Thames Gateway

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area? I am grateful to my honourable friend I'm grateful to him for

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recognising the contribution the government has made. The importance

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of that investment, we have consulted on proposals around the

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lower Thames crossing. Therd were more than 47,000 responses `nd those

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are being considered and thd Secretary of State for Transport

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will make his response in dte course. Jeremy Corbyn. Could I take

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this opportunity of welcoming Mesa Constance McGinn and hope the

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evidently effective crash course in midwifery undertaken by my

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honourable friend, the membdr for Saint Helens Norton isn't assigned

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to the government we believd in midwifery training. -- downgrading

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midwifery training. Mr Speaker, a few months ago on the steps of

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Downing Street, the Prime Mhnister promised to stand up for falilies

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who are just managing to get by However, however, we now know these

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were just empty words as thhs government plans to cut work

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allowances for exactly thosd families who are just getting by.

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Isn't it the case her cuts to universal credit will leave millions

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worse off? First of all can I congratulate the right honotrable

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gentleman on the birth of I understand, his granddaughtdr. No?

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Then, I completely missed the point. In that case...

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Wait for it. In that case, can I just say perhaps one should never

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trust a former Chief Whip! LAUGHTER.

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And on the point the right honourable gentleman has rahsed in

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relation to universal credit, the introduction of universal credit was

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an important reform brought about in the welfare system. It is more

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simple so people can see much more easily where they stand in relation

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to benefits. Crucially, the point about universal credit is m`king

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short work always pays. As people work more, they earn more. Ht is

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right we don't want to see people just written off to a life on

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benefits, but we are encour`ging people to get into the workplace. It

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is unfair to blame a former Chief Whip for some confusion. Not a very

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gallant. Can we not just Adlir the member for Saint Helen 's North for

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his work? Mr Speaker, Mr Spdaker, it is extremely rude to point! Mr

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Speaker, her predecessor ab`ndoned these same cuts to working people

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through the tax credit systdm. Now she is enacting them through

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universal credit. The Centrd for Social Justice says these ctts will

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leave 3 million families ?1000 a year worse off. Why is the Prime

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Minister slipping the same cuts in through the back door? I have to say

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to the right honourable gentleman, at least my Chief Whip has ` job. On

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the serious point he raises about universal credit, I repeat what I

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have just said. It is important to look at why universal credit was

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introduced. Under the benefhts system under the Labour govdrnment,

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what we saw was too many people finding they were better off on

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benefits than they were in work What is important is the value work,

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we value getting people into work, where they are able to work. But we

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want a system that is fair `nd it is a system that is fair both to those

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who need the benefits, but `lso fair to those who pay for the benefits

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through their taxes. There `re many families struggling to make ends

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meet who are paying for the benefits of others. I want a system that is

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fair to them as well. This week Mr Speaker, Oxford University studies

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found that there is a direct link between rising benefit sanctions and

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rising demand for food banks. A million people accessed a foodbank

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last year to receive parcel. Only 40,000 did so in 2010. I welcome the

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government's promised to review the workplace assessment for disabled

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people, but will she reassess the whole punitive sanctions regime It

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is absolutely right that in our welfare system, we have a sxstem

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that make sure those people who receive benefits, are those who it

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is right to receive benefits. That's why we have assessments in our

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welfare system. It is also hmportant in our welfare system, we ensure

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those who are able to get into the workplace, are making every effort

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to get into the workplace. That s why we have sanctions. What the

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right honourable gentleman wants is no assessments, no sanctions and

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unlimited welfare. That's not fair to the people accessing the welfare

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system and it's not fair to the tax payers who are paying for it.

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According to Sheffield Hall`m University study, one in five

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claimants who have been sanctioned became homeless as a result. Many of

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those included families with children. Could I recommend the

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Prime Minister supports British cinema and takes herself along to

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the cinema to see a film called I, Daniel Blaikie. And perhaps she

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could take the Work and Pensions Secretary with her because he

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described the film as unfair and then went on to admit he had never

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seen it. He has a very fair sense of judgment. But I will tell hdr what

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is unfair, Annex servicemen dying without food in his own due to the

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government's sanction regimd. It is time we ended this instituthonalised

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barbarity against often, very vulnerable people. I have to say to

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the right honourable gentlelan, of course it is important that in our

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welfare system we ensure those who need the support the state hs giving

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them to the benefit system `re able to access the bat. But it is

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important in our system, those who are paying for it feels the system

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is fair to them as well. Th`t is right, that is why we need to have

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work capability assessments, it is why we need to have sanctions in our

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system. The right honourabld gentleman has a view there should be

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no sanctions and unlimited welfare. I have to say to him, the L`bour

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Party is drifting away from the views of Labour voters. It hs this

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party that understands workhng-class people. Mr Speaker, the housing

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benefit bill has gone up by more than ?4 billion because of high

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levels of friends and the ndcessity of supporting people in that. Is

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that a sensible use of publhc money? I think not. In response to the

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March budget, I asked the Chancellor to abandon... I asked the

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Chancellor, Mr Speaker, to `bandon the ?30 cut for disabled people on

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Employment and Support Allowance, unable to work. But with support may

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be able to work in the future. They want to be able to get into work.

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What evidence does the Primd Minister have that imposing poverty

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on people with disabilities actually helps them into work? I am pleased

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to say, what we have seen under this government is nearly half a million

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disabled people now in the workplace. The Secretary of State

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for Work and Pensions has l`unched a Green paper on work which is looking

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at how we can continue to provide and increase support for those who

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regard the tables and want to get into the workplace. But he started

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by asking me about the incrdased in housing benefit. If he thinks the

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amount of money spent on hotsing benefit, is so important, why did he

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opposed the changes we proposed the housing benefit is to introduce the

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housing benefit bill? As thd Prime Minister knows, my concern `nd those

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of my party is the incredible amount of money being paid into thd private

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rented sector by excessive rent and that could be brought under control

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and handled much better. Mr Speaker, many people in this House whll have

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been deeply moved by my honourable friend, the member of the Swansea

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East's article about the tr`gic death of her son and having to take

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out a bank loan for the cost of the funeral. The Sunday Mirror with the

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support of the Labour Party are calling for an end to cancel charges

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the parent is laying a child to rest. It would cost ?10 million a

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year, a small proportion of government expenditure to ensure

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every Council could ensure those laying a child to rest could not

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have a bill imposed on them by the local authority. I hope the Prime

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Minister can act on this? I recognise those issues, there are

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facilities available through the social fund social scheme the

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payments for people who meet those eligibility conditions. It hs

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difficult for anybody when they have to go through the tragedy of losing

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a child and then facing the consequences of the sorts the right

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honourable gentleman makes. We are making sure, in relation to local

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authorities, they now have the extra revenue available to them to

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business rates under the local revenues. It is up to counchls to

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consider what they wish to do in this. But I say there are f`cilities

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available through the social fund funeral expenses to deal with the

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issue he raises. David McIntosh Northamptonshire has, for a long

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time, been affected by a growing population without the right level

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of funding for public services. Can my right honourable friend `ssure

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meet the current reviews into the funding formulas for school,

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policing and health will reflect the population growth in Northalpton and

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the rest of the county so sdrvices get the funding they need?

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I can say we have protected the schools budget in relation to

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funding per pupil and we have protected the police budget. As we

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look at various ways we are funding public services in the constituency

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and County of Northampton, we will look at the very issue of what is

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right in terms of the need of the local area and the numbers. Angus

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Robertson. It is with sadness we learn of the death... No dotbt the

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Prime Minister and right honourable colleagues will extend their

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condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of a servicelan who

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has died so tragically. The Prime Minister says she wants to tackle

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international and domestic tax avoidance and serious criminality.

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On these benches we support this. If she were told that specific UK

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financial vehicles are being used for tax avoidance and other serious

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commonality, what would you do about it? -- criminality. Can I fhrst of

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all say, I'm sure the whole House would wish to pass on condolences of

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the friends and family of the service man who died. We have done a

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significant amount in terms of tax avoidance. What should anybody do if

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they have evidence of peopld avoiding tax? I suggest he speaks to

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HMRC. Scottish limited partnerships were established by this Hotse in

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1907 are now being aggressively marketed internationally, especially

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in Eastern Europe. The International Monetary Fund has warned on the risk

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imposed and the fight against global money laundering and against

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organised crime. It is a matter of public record that SLP 's affected

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as France for child abuse and have been part of corruption in Tkraine,

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Uzbekistan and Moldova and hnclude the arms industry. Given thd

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seriousness of this industrx and the Prime Minister's and to deal with

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criminality but the lack of progress, will she agreed to meet

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with me to discuss a joint way forward? The right honourable

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gentleman raises issues arotnd criminality and investigations into

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criminal activity that is t`king place and he talks about thd issue

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of websites peddling child `buse and child sexual exploitation. Ht is in

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order to increase our ability to deal with this criminal acthvity

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that we created the National Crime Agency, we have been ensuring we

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have been working on other hssues with the city like money-latndering,

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and we are looking at the whole question of how we can ensure we are

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taking effective action on criminal activity. I am pleased to s`y, he

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keeps saying, well I meet whth him? As he knows, I do meet with him on

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occasions. I am always happx to meet the right honourable gentlelan. If

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he wants to talk to me about dealing with criminal activity, I whll be a

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good tell him about the work that has been done under this government

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working with the city on money-laundering and enhanchng our

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ability to deal with the sort of criminal activity he is talking

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about. Does the Prime Minister agree it is disappointed with it. Here

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from the Leader of the Opposition any welcome for the huge boost to

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manufacturing and employment that have come from the Nissan ddcision?

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Does she agree that demonstrates great confidence in the UK with

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benefits throughout the supply change, including companies like

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Automotive Installations, in my constituency. It is extremely

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disappointing that the leaddr of the position has not actually wdlcomed,

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unlike his colleague, the honourable member for Sunderland West `nd

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Washington, who has welcomed the fact that these jobs have bden saved

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in her constituency and in the supply chain around the country It

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is that supply chain which hs every bit as important. I know th`t

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Automotive Installations ard receiving money and I wish them all

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the best for the future. Wh`t assurances can the Prime Minister

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give to the agri- food sector right across the United Kingdom that it

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would be given the important status that is required when it coles to

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any Brexit negotiations? I can absolutely assure the honourable

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gentleman that we are deterlined, first of all, to get the best

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possible deal on exiting thd European Union for the Brithsh

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people. We're looking at thd various sectors. We are very conscious of

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the importance of food in the agricultural sector across the

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United Kingdom and particul`rly of the importance to that sector to

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Northern Ireland. We will bd doing all we can to listen to the

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representations made by the Northern Ireland Executive and make sure we

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have the best deal possible for agri- food sector. Last week's

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announcement on accelerated access to medicines report will make a

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positive impact to the lives of children and adults with a rare

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genetic and un-diagnosed condition. Decades patients have struggled to

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get access to this medicine. The progress made but I honourable

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friend from Mid Norfolk will make massive progress on that. Whll the

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Prime Minister confirmed th`t if the programme is successful to the first

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five to ten drugs in the first year it will be extended further drugs in

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the following years? You ard right to welcome the accelerated `ccess

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you and to pay tribute for our honourable member for Mid Norfolk

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who has placed life sciences in the UK on the agenda and ensure we are

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able to sue the UK developing at best possible place to develop new

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drugs. That is what we want to see. With regard to the recommendations

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from the review, the Departlent of Health will be responding to those

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shortly. I think this is an important element in terms of our

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ability to accelerate that `ccess to drugs, which is to the benefit of

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patients. Recent weeks have seen three government ministers dxpress

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three different views on wh`t will happen while industry cries out for

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clarity. Not Brexit, surprisingly enough but the oil and gas hndustry.

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Can I asked the Prime Minister will she bring forward additional support

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for this industry in the Autumn Statement or is she happy to sit

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back and see more jobs lost? I say to the honourable gentleman, of

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course we understand the ch`llenges the UK oil and gas industry are

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facing and we take those very seriously. I also say to hil that is

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why we have established the oil and gas authority and why we have taken

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action. The 2.3 billion package of measures in the last two budgets to

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make sure the North Sea continues to attract investment and safeguard the

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future of this vital nation`l asset. We have taken a range of me`sures.

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We understand the concerns `bout the oil and gas industry and assess what

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the Government has taken action -- and that is why. Watch as the

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airport and the Medway industrial estate are home to a number of

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science SMEs which are doing wonders to our economy. I would likd to

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congratulate the decision to take a cohort of SMEs to help incrdase

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trading relationships with dmerging economies. Can I ask if her

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dedication will continue in ensuring all parts of our economy ard able to

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seize the opportunities that present themselves as we leave be you? You

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are right about the importance of small and medium-sized businesses

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and obviously as she has referenced in the technology industry. That is

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why I am pleased in my trip to India I will be taking leading sm`ll and

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medium-sized businesses in life sciences and technology sectors It

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is important to get them to forge trading links with India. As we look

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at the races for leaving thd European Union we will be t`king the

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interests of all sectors into account. -- the arrangements. Tartar

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speciality is a big employer in my constituency. It's workforcd is

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worried by the period of uncertainty and acted by Tata Steel. With the

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Prime Minister use her tradd visit to India to secure the future

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production of steel in Brit`in and convey the importance of Tata Steel

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acting as a responsible owndr and seller of its UK assets? I can

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assure the honourable lady we recognise the importance of steel

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and the importance of temper macro in the United Kingdom. That is why

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we have had discussions with Tata in the United Kingdom and we whll

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continue to sow do. -- the importance of Tata. My constituency

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apparently contains more powers than any other. This means world class

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cheese. Can the Prime Minister ensure West Country farmers that in

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best deal for Britain the interests of the agricultural industrx and

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farming community will be foremost in her mind question that whll she

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popped down to Somerset soon for perhaps a chunk of cheddar `nd drop

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of cider? We are grateful to the honourable gentleman. The Prime

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Minister. His invitation for West Country cheese and cider is an

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invitation which is difficult to refuse. I look forward at some stage

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of coming down into Somerset and being able to sample those products.

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He is absolutely right about the importance of our agricultural

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sector to economies across the UK, but particular parts of the UK rely

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heavily on the agricultural sector. We will be taking their needs and

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considerations into account as we negotiate the best possible deal for

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this country leaving the EU. This morning, the High Court ruldd that

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the Government has comprehensively failed to properly tackle ahr

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pollution. Which does the Prime Minister feel is worse? The

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Government losing in the High Court for a second time or the 40,000

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early deaths that may result from air pollution every year in the UK?

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I have been asked about equhty in this chamber previously at PMQs --

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air quality. We always recognise there is more for the Government to

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do. We have been doing a lot in this area. We have been putting dxtra

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money into actions that will relieve the issues around are quality. We

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recognise that Defra needs to look at the judgment made by the courts

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and we had to look again at the proposals we will bring forward

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Nobly in this Has doubts thd importance of the issue of `ir

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quality. There is more to do and we will do it. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

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The Prime Minister will remdmber visiting the Witney constittency

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recently. Chipping Norton h`s been short listed for the great British

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high street awards. Does shd join me in congratulating the small

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businesses on Chipping Norton and Tammy what support the Government

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offers to the small businesses in our market towns? -- and tell me.

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Can I take this opportunity, my first opportunity in this chamber,

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to welcome my honourable frhend to this chamber and for his excellent

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result in the by-election? Can I just say, his question brings back

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many happy memories for me. As a child, Chipping Norton was our local

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town and I use together and spend my pocket money assiduously in the

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shops in Chipping Norton, so I have done my bit for his high-street and

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we are clear, as the Governlent that business rates and isstes

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regarding that will support local businesses. We are always grateful

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for extra information and wd have now had it. This government's record

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on immigration detention is disgraceful. Amid concern over plans

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to get a short-term detention centre near Glasgow airport, will she use

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this as an bush unity to rethink her detention policy? -- and

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opportunity. A lot of work has been done by the Government on the issue

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of immigration detention and the number of changes have taken place.

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An Independent review took place the year or so ago on the questhon of

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detention of people. I would say, it is important that where there are

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people who are due to be reloved from this country, and the prospect

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is that actually they could be lost in the system if they are not being

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detained, there are circumstances in which it is right to detain people

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in the immigration estate. We need to make sure we have got th`t right

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and that is why a lot of work has been bananas. The fundament`l point,

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I suspect he does not think we should detain anybody in relation to

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immigration enforcement but we believe they should rightfully be

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detained before they are reloved from this country. When people make

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fun of Christianity in this country, it rightly turns the other cheek.

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When a young gymnast, Louis Smith, makes fun of another religion widely

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practised in this country, he is hounded on Twitter by the mddia and

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suspended by his association. For goodness sake, this man recdived

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death threats and we have all looked the other way. My question to the

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Prime Minister is, what is going on in this country? I no longer

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understand the rules. I unddrstand the level of concern my honourable

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friend has raised in relation to this matter. This is a balance that

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we need to find. We value freedom of expression and freedom of its buses

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like a speech in this country. That is essential in underpinning our

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democracy. We also value tolerance to others, tolerance in rel`tion to

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religion. This is one of thd issues we have looked at in the cotnter

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extremism strategy the Government has produced. I think we nedd to

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ensure it is right that people can have that freedom of expression but

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in so doing that right has ` responsibility as well. That is a

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responsibility recognise thd importance of tolerance to others.

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Mr Speaker, today's daily rdcord leads on DWP issues. Is the Prime

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Minister aware Telephone call to the Department for Work and Pensions by

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a severely disabled person of a carer can cost up to 45p a linute.

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This is a considerable sum from the Social Security entitlement. Should

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a disabled citizen pay this price or does the Prime Minister agrde with

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me that we should end this telephone tax on the most honourable hn our

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society? The honourable gentleman raises an issue that has bedn raised

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on a number of occasions in this House. The Government is in

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promoting new guidelines in relation to the operation of these tdlephone

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lines and a number of lines are being reduced. The Government has

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recognised this issue and is taking action. The last 18 months have been

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hell for commuters in my constituency in Lewis at ushng the

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southern row network. Last night a journey which should have t`ken an

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hour took over four hours. @nd I begged the Prime Minister to

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intervene on the southern ndtwork? Why we have a country that works for

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everyone we have a railway that works for no one. I feel for my

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honourable friend in relation to the journey she had to go through last

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night and the extended time that tip. We have my right honourable

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friend, the Secretary of St`te transport, who has taken action in

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recent weeks in relation to the improvements are necessary. We have

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stepped in to invest ?20 million to tackle the breakdown on the southern

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row network that has proven so difficult to passengers. -- southern

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rail. I recognise the degred of concern. The Secretary of State

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transport is working on this to ensure those improvements. Has the

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Prime Minister spotted the ludicrous refusal by Fifa, the footballing

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federation, to let our playdrs wear poppies at the forthcoming Scotland

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- England game? Will he tell the respective associations that in this

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country we decide when to wdar poppies? And they will be wdaring

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them at Wembley. I think thd stance that has been taken by Fifa is

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utterly outrageous. Our football players want to recognise and

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respect those who have given their lives for our safety and security. I

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think it is absolutely right they should be able to do so. It is for

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our football associations btt a clear message is going from this

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House. We want our players to be able to wear those poppies. I have

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to say two feet, before thex start telling us what to do, they ought to

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sort their own house out. -, I have to say to Fifa. Could I congratulate

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my right honourable friend on her recent announcement of a task force

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to stamp out the file busindss of modern slavery? Would she join me in

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congratulating my constituents, Mike Emberson, and the men I trust on

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their ten years of work with the victims and the 70 places they now

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provide across their homes for these most unfortunate women? -- Lenai. I

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have met with representativds from the Menai Trust. It is right we

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continue our momentum in thd fight against modern slavery. Too much

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slavery is taking place on the streets and in the towns and

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villages of this country. That is why the task force I have sdtup will

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continue that momentum. We will be relentless in our pursuit of

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ensuring we eradicate modern slavery. Thank you, Mr Speaker. In

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July, the Armed Forces charhty published an in-depth survex of

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nearly 1000 working age vetdrans. 85% thought the UK did not give them

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enough support. Only 16% thought the Armed Forces covenant was bding

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implemented effectively. Wh`t is the Prime Minister doing person`lly to

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change this? We absolutely recognise the debt we owe to our veterans

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That is why we have the Armdd Forces covenant. We recognise the support

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necessary for veterans. He talks about what we can do. One thing we

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can do is to help people coling out of the Armed Forces actuallx find

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their way into the world of work. That is quite is important that we

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have a system which helps them to find a support necessary to get into

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the world of work and we have an economy providing jobs that people

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need. This week it is wind dnergy week. The devell at the offshore

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wind sector is vital to my Cleethorpes constituency. C`n you

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ensure the governor will continue to work with the industry to ddvelop

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future jobs for young peopld with emphasis on training? I am happy to

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reassure my honourable friend that the Government will continud to work

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with this industry. It has been an important development for the United

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Kingdom and an important part of the amount of energy we are now

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generating from renewables. As he said it does provide jobs and we

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need to ensure we look at training for people to be able to take up

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those jobs. That is why skills is part of the work we are doing on our

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future industrial strategy. Will the Prime Minister agree with md that it

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is highly irresponsible and dangerous for people to talk up the

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prospects of increased violdnce in Northern Ireland as a result of us

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are leaving the U? People should used the agreed institutions set up

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under various agreements, not stand outside them or create new ones Can

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she assure me it will not rdsult in an impeding of the way that people

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in countries within the UK connect with each other? I am very happy to

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get the right honourable gentleman that assurance in relation to

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movement around the United Kingdom. No change will take place. Ht is

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right that what we will do hn Brexit is ensure it is a good deal for the

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whole of the United Kingdom. Those who wish to encourage violence off

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the back of that frankly should be ashamed of themselves. It is

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absolutely essential that wd all work together to make a success of

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this and get the best possible opportunities for people across the

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whole of the United Kingdom. Will she join me in praising

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Henley-on-Thames for receivhng its first tranche of community

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infrastructure money at the higher rate because it has a neighbourhood

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plan? Will she join me in s`ying this is the best means of ghving

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communities a say over planning issues? I am very happy to

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congratulate both my neighbouring MP and congratulate Henley-on-Thames

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for achieving that. He is rhght Neighbourhood plans are a crucial

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part of the planning system. That is the way in which a local people can

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have a real say over what is happening in their local arda. Thank

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you, Mr Speaker. Can I add ly congratulations to my honourable

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friend and member for St Helens Moving swiftly from midwives to

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doctors, is the Prime Minister aware that doctors in Doncaster are facing

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a crisis in primary care? As GPs retire, it is proving almost

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impossible to get new ones to take over their practices. Because of

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restrictions in the health `nd social care act, NHS bodies cannot

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take necessary action, for dxample to put in salaried GPs. Will she do

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something about this quicklx because otherwise many of my constituents

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will be left without a doctor? Mr Speaker, can I say, because I did

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not after my unfortunate mistake I made earlier about the right

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honourable gentleman, I failed to add my congratulations to hdr

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honourable friend, the membdr for St Helens. I am happy now to do. On the

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point of GPs, it is important that we see the number of GPs coling

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through so that we can repl`ce those who are retiring. Over the last six

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years we have seen thousands more GPs in our NHS that is why ly right

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honourable friend, the Secrdtary of State for Health, is ensuring we

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have a programme to bring forward more GPs, more doctors into

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training, so we can ensure places like her constituency and others

:38:28.:38:33.

around this House actually have GPs in the numbers they need.

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