:00:00. > :00:00.voted against the SNP motion because we have absolutely no idea where the
:00:00. > :00:13.SNP stand in relation to the UK's future relationship with the EU?
:00:14. > :00:19.Questions to the Prime Minister. Number one, please, Mr Speaker. I
:00:20. > :00:23.had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others this morning.
:00:24. > :00:30.In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further meetings
:00:31. > :00:35.today. A report recently produced by a number of organisations including
:00:36. > :00:45.the Citizens Advice in five found that one third of families that
:00:46. > :00:50.should have been applying for support didn't and that it was
:00:51. > :00:56.partially because it was a ?20 application fee. Other by Minister
:00:57. > :01:00.review these charges? The issues of trying to ensure that those who are
:01:01. > :01:04.responsible for children actually pay for their children when a family
:01:05. > :01:06.has broken up has been a long-standing question this House
:01:07. > :01:10.has addressed. There have been various ways of dealing with it
:01:11. > :01:14.through the agency that has been responsible. It is right that the
:01:15. > :01:18.changes which have been introduced on a more level basis and that more
:01:19. > :01:25.people are able to access the support that they need as a result.
:01:26. > :01:28.The Government has rightly focused on economic growth, jobs and
:01:29. > :01:34.prosperity, something that all of us on these benches can get behind.
:01:35. > :01:39.With that in mind, will she back our highly competitive bid for funding
:01:40. > :01:42.for the north-west relief road in Shrewsbury, not only dealing with
:01:43. > :01:47.the congestion our town is facing but dovetail into that narrative.
:01:48. > :01:50.And I thank my honourable friend for raising this and I know that that
:01:51. > :01:55.Northwest relief road in Shrewsbury has been an issue of particular
:01:56. > :02:04.concern to him, a priority for him and it has had much backing. I know
:02:05. > :02:08.a feasibility application has gone in and what I can say at the moment
:02:09. > :02:11.is that the announcement of the successful bids for visibility
:02:12. > :02:24.funding is expected very soon indeed. Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you, Mr
:02:25. > :02:28.Speaker. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Government 's sustainability and a
:02:29. > :02:33.summation plans for the National Health Service hide ?22 billion
:02:34. > :02:38.worth of cuts from our service according to research by the British
:02:39. > :02:43.Medical Association. That risks, and I quote, starving services resources
:02:44. > :02:48.and patience of vital care. That comes from Doctor Mark Porter of the
:02:49. > :02:55.BMA. When he calls this process a mess, where is he wrong? The
:02:56. > :02:58.National Health Service is indeed looking for savings within the NHS
:02:59. > :03:05.which will be reinvested within the NHS. I would remind the right
:03:06. > :03:10.honourable gentleman that it is this Government that is providing not
:03:11. > :03:14.just the 8 billion of extra funding the NHS requested, but 10 billion
:03:15. > :03:17.extra funding requested by the National Health Service and the
:03:18. > :03:21.sustainability and are summation plans are being developed at local
:03:22. > :03:26.level in the interests of local people by local clinicians. It's
:03:27. > :03:33.very strange that by Minister should say that, Mr Speaker, because the
:03:34. > :03:36.Health Select Committee, chaired by our honourable friend the member
:03:37. > :03:39.board Totnes Zenit St Petersburg back to label .5 billion, not 10
:03:40. > :03:44.billion. There's quite a big difference there. Part of the reason
:03:45. > :03:49.for the strain on our national Health Service is that more than 1
:03:50. > :03:53.million people are not receiving the social care that they need. As a
:03:54. > :03:57.result of this, there's been an increase in emergency admissions for
:03:58. > :04:10.older patients. Margaret read to me this week saying, it's not funny.
:04:11. > :04:15.She described how her 89-year-old mother suffered to fall to leading
:04:16. > :04:19.to hospital admissions due to the lack of nursing care and went on to
:04:20. > :04:26.say, my mother is worth more than this. What action will be Prime
:04:27. > :04:30.Minister take to stop the neglect of older people which ends up forcing
:04:31. > :04:37.them to take a and E admissions when they should be cared for at home or
:04:38. > :04:42.in a care home? Of course shows your care is an area of concern and
:04:43. > :04:45.social care is an area of key concern for many people. That is why
:04:46. > :04:50.the Government has introduced the better care fund, why they have
:04:51. > :04:54.introduced the social care precept for local authorities and we are
:04:55. > :04:56.encouraging the working together of the Health Service and local
:04:57. > :05:01.authorities to deal with precisely the issues he has raised on social
:05:02. > :05:04.care and bed blocking. But I will just say this to the honourable
:05:05. > :05:10.gentleman -- right honourable gentleman. We have eschewed eased
:05:11. > :05:18.the social care precept and the better care plan. Let's look at what
:05:19. > :05:23.Labour did in 13 years. They said they'd deal with social care in the
:05:24. > :05:30.97 manifesto, introduced a Royal commission in 1999, a Green paper in
:05:31. > :05:36.2005, a review in 2006, say they would sort in 2007 and another green
:05:37. > :05:47.paper in 2009. 13 years and they did nothing. Mr Speaker, as the Prime
:05:48. > :05:55.Minister well knows, health spending travelled under the last Labour
:05:56. > :05:59.Government -- trebled under the last Labour Government and the levels of
:06:00. > :06:05.satisfaction with the National Health Service were at their highest
:06:06. > :06:12.ever in 2010. This Government's choice was to cut social care by
:06:13. > :06:19.?4.6 billion in the last Parliament. That was at the same time as they
:06:20. > :06:23.found the space, shall we say, to cut billions in corporate taxation
:06:24. > :06:28.bills. That means it is affecting patients leaving hospital as well.
:06:29. > :06:33.In the last four years, the number of patients unable to be transferred
:06:34. > :06:36.from hospital due to lack of adequate social care has increased
:06:37. > :06:42.by one third. Will the Prime Minister ensure how Government
:06:43. > :06:49.guarantees all of our elderly people the dignity they deserve? I
:06:50. > :06:53.recognise the importance of caring for elderly people and providing
:06:54. > :06:58.them with the dignity they deserve. He says that this Government has
:06:59. > :07:01.done nothing on social care. I repeat, we have introduced the
:07:02. > :07:07.social care precept. That is being made use of by his local authority
:07:08. > :07:12.and mine. We have also introduced the better care fund by Debbie talks
:07:13. > :07:17.about support for elderly people, I would remind him which Government
:07:18. > :07:19.has put the triple lock in place for pensioners, ensuring the largest
:07:20. > :07:25.increase in pensions for elderly people. The precept is a drop in the
:07:26. > :07:29.ageing compared to what is necessary for social care. I'll give you an
:07:30. > :07:34.example. The whole house, I'm sure, would have been appalled by
:07:35. > :07:39.revelations in a BBC panorama programme this week showing older
:07:40. > :07:42.people systematically mistreated. The Care Quality Commission's
:07:43. > :07:47.assessment that care homes run by the Morley group require improvement
:07:48. > :07:51.and has issued a warning notices. They go on to say that the owner has
:07:52. > :07:55.allowed services to deteriorate further and has, and I quote,
:07:56. > :08:00.utterly neglected the duty of care to the residence of these homes.
:08:01. > :08:06.What action is how Government going to take to protect the residents of
:08:07. > :08:10.those homes? The right honourable gentleman raises the issue of the
:08:11. > :08:14.quality of care that is provided in homes and the way in which elderly
:08:15. > :08:18.people are treated. I'm sure everybody is appalled when we see
:08:19. > :08:23.examples of poor and terrible treatment which is given to elderly
:08:24. > :08:30.and vulnerable people in care homes. What we do about it is ensure that
:08:31. > :08:34.we happy CQC, able to step in, take action, that has powers to make sure
:08:35. > :08:37.that nobody in the chain of responsibility is immune from legal
:08:38. > :08:41.accountability. But we know that there is more that can be done and
:08:42. > :08:46.that is why the CQC is looking into ways in which it can improve its
:08:47. > :08:50.processors, increase its efficiency. My right honourable friend, the
:08:51. > :08:56.Minister for community health and care will be writing to the CQC
:08:57. > :09:01.shortly. He will let at how we can improve what they do. It is the CQC
:09:02. > :09:07.which deals with these issues, we have back in place, is there more we
:09:08. > :09:12.can do? Yes, and we are doing it. The problem seems to be that that
:09:13. > :09:16.has -- that home was understaffed and we shouldn't be blaming bee
:09:17. > :09:21.staff. We should be ensuring that are enough of them properly paid in
:09:22. > :09:25.all of those homes. There was a problem serious understaffing and it
:09:26. > :09:29.was the last Labour Government which established the CQC and I think a
:09:30. > :09:33.warning notice is insufficient. We need stronger action than that.
:09:34. > :09:39.Yesterday, the Government propose that patients may have show
:09:40. > :09:42.passports or other IDA to access non-emergency health care. As the
:09:43. > :09:49.Government considered that the impact of this on elderly people,
:09:50. > :09:58.with the last census showing us that 9.5 million people in this country
:09:59. > :10:01.do not have passports? Rather than distracting people, could they bred
:10:02. > :10:08.by the NHS and social care with the money they need to support people?
:10:09. > :10:13.Over the course of this Parliament, the Government will be spending half
:10:14. > :10:17.?1 trillion on the National Health Service. The right honourable
:10:18. > :10:23.gentleman asks about a process to ensure that people receiving NHS
:10:24. > :10:29.treatment are entitled to receive that NHS treatment. For many years,
:10:30. > :10:32.there has been a concern about health tourism, about people turning
:10:33. > :10:37.up in the UK, accessing health services and not paying for them. We
:10:38. > :10:40.want to make sure that those who are entitled to use the services are
:10:41. > :10:44.enjoyed able to see those free at the point of delivery but that we
:10:45. > :10:51.deal with health tourism and those who should be paying for the use of
:10:52. > :10:55.our Health Service. Sir Simon Stevens said two weeks ago that the
:10:56. > :11:00.next three years will be the toughest ever for NHS funding and
:11:01. > :11:07.that 2018 would see how spending per person cut for the first time ever
:11:08. > :11:12.in this country. The NAL reported that the cost of health tourism is
:11:13. > :11:17.over 100 times less than the ?22 billion worth of cuts the NHS is
:11:18. > :11:23.facing from this Government. The reality is that under this
:11:24. > :11:28.Government, there are 6000 fewer mental health nurses. A record 3.9
:11:29. > :11:32.million people on NHS waiting lists. All of us who visit accident and
:11:33. > :11:36.emergency know the stress the staff are under and that the waiting time
:11:37. > :11:40.is getting longer and longer and that there are 1 million people in
:11:41. > :11:45.this country not receiving the social care they need. Instead of
:11:46. > :11:50.looking for excuses and scapegoats, shouldn't the Prime Minister the
:11:51. > :11:53.ensuring that health and social care is properly resourced, properly
:11:54. > :11:58.funded, taking away the stress and fear that people face in old age
:11:59. > :12:08.over social care and the stress that is placed on our very hard-working
:12:09. > :12:12.NHS and social care staff? Billions of pounds extra into social care
:12:13. > :12:17.through the social care precept and the better care fund. Half ?1
:12:18. > :12:21.trillion being spent on the National Health Service. A record level of
:12:22. > :12:29.investment in mental health in the National Health Service. Order.
:12:30. > :12:35.Order. Members must not attempt to shout down by Minister. The question
:12:36. > :12:39.was asked, heard and the answer must be heard. There is a fundamental
:12:40. > :12:43.point that the right honourable gentleman refrain from mentioning.
:12:44. > :12:46.We can only afford to pay for the National Health Service and social
:12:47. > :12:52.care if we have a strong economy creating wealth. That is precisely
:12:53. > :13:02.what he's going to hear from the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a few
:13:03. > :13:08.minutes time. Order. On the 23rd of June, my constituents voted by a
:13:09. > :13:16.margin of 62% to 38% to leave the European Union. Many of those
:13:17. > :13:21.people, many of those people are unhappy and frustrated at what they
:13:22. > :13:25.see are delaying techniques -- tactics by some remain as who don't
:13:26. > :13:33.seem to understand the meaning of the word democracy. Order. This is
:13:34. > :13:36.very discourteous. The honourable gentleman has a legitimate question
:13:37. > :13:37.and this question should be thoroughly and with politeness and
:13:38. > :13:48.heard. Thank you Mr Speaker. Remainders
:13:49. > :13:53.don't seem to understand the meaning of the word democracy which I would
:13:54. > :13:58.remind them is government by the people and rule of the majority and
:13:59. > :14:02.with that in mind what reassures on scan my right honourable friend give
:14:03. > :14:08.my constituents and me that article 50 will be triggered by March next
:14:09. > :14:12.year? I am clear that he will click the article 50 by the end of March
:14:13. > :14:20.next year but my honourable friend is absolutely right to make the key
:14:21. > :14:25.point, the referendum was decided by this parliament 6-1 that the people
:14:26. > :14:28.should have the opportunity to vote on the EU, the vote was held the
:14:29. > :14:33.turnout was high on the public gave the verdict. There must be no second
:14:34. > :14:36.referendum or attempt to weasel out of this. This is the government that
:14:37. > :14:43.will deliver on the vote of the British people. We on these benches
:14:44. > :14:48.have repeatedly brought up the devastating impact on disabled
:14:49. > :14:53.people from the UK benefits system. The government plans to cut support
:14:54. > :14:58.for people with long-term health difficulties by ?30 per week. Last
:14:59. > :15:03.week by SNP colleague the member for Airdrie and Shotts proposed the
:15:04. > :15:07.motion that was passed by this house with support from both Labour and
:15:08. > :15:10.Conservative members for these cuts to be postponed. Will the Prime
:15:11. > :15:15.Minister act on the vote of this house? Let me say to the right
:15:16. > :15:20.honourable death and what we have been doing in relation to benefits
:15:21. > :15:24.for disabled people. The overall funding for disability benefits will
:15:25. > :15:28.be hiring every year up to 2020 that was in 2010, we have been focusing
:15:29. > :15:32.support on those who most need it, those who are not able to get into
:15:33. > :15:36.the workplace. For those who are able at some stage to get into the
:15:37. > :15:40.workplace we have been providing a wider package of support. I'm
:15:41. > :15:43.pleased to say that over the last six years almost 600,000 more
:15:44. > :15:47.disabled people are in the workplace with the dignity of having a job
:15:48. > :15:51.which is what any people with disabilities want to have. We focus
:15:52. > :15:55.help those who most need it and help those with disabilities who want to
:15:56. > :16:02.get into the workplace to do just that. It is widely trailed that the
:16:03. > :16:06.Prime Minister will make changes impacting on benefits recipient in
:16:07. > :16:10.work. Will the Prime Minister confirm that she has no intention of
:16:11. > :16:13.helping people with disabilities and medical conditions? Why should
:16:14. > :16:18.people unable to make a living be punished for the disability or
:16:19. > :16:23.illness I was ?630 per week? Does she have any intention of changing
:16:24. > :16:27.that? I have just set out for the right honourable gentleman the ways
:16:28. > :16:30.in which we are providing support and help for those people who have
:16:31. > :16:34.disabilities. As they said the overall funding, spending on
:16:35. > :16:41.disability benefits will be higher in every year to 2020 than it was in
:16:42. > :16:45.2010. It is important to recognise that when we give support for people
:16:46. > :16:49.with disabilities it is not simply about the benefits system and how
:16:50. > :16:55.much money they are given, for those are able to get into work and on
:16:56. > :16:58.that part of the USA we provide ideas that are outside of benefits
:16:59. > :17:02.as well because we recognise that people want the dignity of getting
:17:03. > :17:14.into the workplace. That is what we are helping people with disabilities
:17:15. > :17:18.who can work to do. Will my right honourable friend agree that
:17:19. > :17:23.thousands of road commuters including many of my constituents
:17:24. > :17:30.who used a 12 pack travelling on roads that need to be repaired and
:17:31. > :17:34.upgraded? To improve connectivity and speed up the daily commute
:17:35. > :17:41.times, would my right honourable friend except that the proposal ?1.3
:17:42. > :17:47.billion investment to improve our road network is warmly welcomed and
:17:48. > :17:57.will do a great deal to enhance connectivity? My honourable friend
:17:58. > :18:01.is absolutely right, the importance of infrastructure expenditure in
:18:02. > :18:06.helping to deal with the issue of productivity in our economy and I am
:18:07. > :18:10.pleased that the 1.3 billion for new roads shows is investing in the term
:18:11. > :18:15.future for Britain. It is about delivering jobs, economic growth, it
:18:16. > :18:21.is about making sure that this is an economy that works for everyone. It
:18:22. > :18:24.is one part of the package we are proposing, and my right honourable
:18:25. > :18:30.friend the Chancellor will be setting our proposals out were
:18:31. > :18:36.clearly in a few minutes time. My constituent is in prison in Iran. A
:18:37. > :18:40.British national, he has been separate -- she has been separated
:18:41. > :18:46.from her husband and two-year-old. For eight months. She has been on
:18:47. > :18:49.hunger strike and is now suicidal. The Prime Minister needs to reunite
:18:50. > :18:56.this mother, this daughter, this wife with her family. Mr Speaker,
:18:57. > :19:05.will it take her death for the government to start taking her
:19:06. > :19:07.seriously? Obviously this is a very difficult time for the whole family
:19:08. > :19:14.and I'm sure we're all concerned about the of the impact that the
:19:15. > :19:18.tension is having on her health as she is in detention in Iran. This is
:19:19. > :19:22.an issue that he's been repeatedly raised with the Iranian government
:19:23. > :19:26.by the UK Government, but the previous and current Foreign
:19:27. > :19:31.Secretary is, I personally written with President Rohani on the 23rd --
:19:32. > :19:35.20th of September and stressed the importance of finding a resolution
:19:36. > :19:38.as quickly as possible. I have written to present a highly
:19:39. > :19:43.suggesting a commutation of the charges and assurances that she will
:19:44. > :19:47.be allowed full legal representation and regular contact with her family.
:19:48. > :19:51.We will continue to do everything we can for the family including the
:19:52. > :19:59.British government remaining being ready to help bring her back to
:20:00. > :20:03.Britain if that is the request. Does my right honourable friend agree
:20:04. > :20:09.that most of our social problems are either caused or aggravated by the
:20:10. > :20:13.acute shortage of housing? So even if as I hope we managed to reduce
:20:14. > :20:20.the net immigration to this country we will have to build far more new
:20:21. > :20:25.homes. So isn't the recommendation by the European banking authority to
:20:26. > :20:30.increase by 50% the reserves banks must hold a house-building making it
:20:31. > :20:36.even more costly for them to lend for housing than for unsecured
:20:37. > :20:42.credit cards, profoundly unhelpful and perverse? I am sure my right
:20:43. > :20:48.honourable friend will recognise that we are subject to our own
:20:49. > :20:51.regulation authorities, but the point he makes about house-building
:20:52. > :20:57.is correct. We need to build more homes. That is something the
:20:58. > :21:00.government has been doing, there have been 900,000 new homes built
:21:01. > :21:08.since 2010 and there's more for us to do. The Brexit secretary and the
:21:09. > :21:15.Foreign Secretary are described by a senior German politician is having
:21:16. > :21:25.no idea what Brexit really means. Other times reports today that EU
:21:26. > :21:30.ambassadors in more -- say that the Foreign Secretary's more colourful
:21:31. > :21:33.outbursts are damaging our relationships with member states.
:21:34. > :21:37.When will the Prime Minister get a grip on her ministers and
:21:38. > :21:45.demonstrates to the country and to our EU colleagues that she has a
:21:46. > :21:49.coherent workable plan for Brexit? I have been very clear in this house
:21:50. > :21:54.on many occasions about the plan that we have for Brexit, crucially,
:21:55. > :21:57.we will be leaving the EU and we will be triggering article 50 by the
:21:58. > :22:01.end of March next year and that is when the form associations will
:22:02. > :22:06.start. But that is absolutely right that we do not set out at this stage
:22:07. > :22:09.every single detail of our proposed negotiating strategy because that
:22:10. > :22:18.would be the best way to get the worst possible deal for Britain. As
:22:19. > :22:21.he leaves the EU, maintaining the UK's cutting edge and world
:22:22. > :22:26.leadership in scientific and technological discovery is of
:22:27. > :22:29.paramount importance to our industries and universities. Can I
:22:30. > :22:33.welcome the Prime Minister's announcement that each year we will
:22:34. > :22:36.invest a further 2 billion in research and development to bless
:22:37. > :22:41.the science and engineering base? Isn't this just the type of vital
:22:42. > :22:44.support that our businesses and researchers need, rather than the
:22:45. > :22:52.sets from the Labour Party to slice the heart and the tax credits which
:22:53. > :22:56.would hamper innovation? My right honourable friend is absolutely
:22:57. > :23:02.right. The extra investment we will put into research and development is
:23:03. > :23:07.a crucial part of the long-term task we have of ensuring that we have the
:23:08. > :23:11.economy around growth and prosperity in this country that we need. The
:23:12. > :23:15.new funds will be able to put us at the cutting edge of scientific
:23:16. > :23:20.discovery, which I soften myself, we are already doing this. I was at the
:23:21. > :23:24.welcome Jean on campus in Cambridge on Monday to see the really
:23:25. > :23:28.exciting, really transformational work that is being done coming out
:23:29. > :23:33.of the knowledge base and scientific research here in the UK. We want to
:23:34. > :23:40.see more of that and that is why you will be investing in it. A little's
:23:41. > :23:44.hospitals are destroyed and Syrians who avoid the bombs and cloying gas
:23:45. > :23:52.are starting from the Russian blockade. We must do more. So will
:23:53. > :23:57.she revisit the prospect for AIDS drops and will she'll look at
:23:58. > :24:03.backing the campaign to stop this daily perpetrator of war crimes, of
:24:04. > :24:09.stripping them of their right to hold the 2018 World Cup? The
:24:10. > :24:13.honourable gentleman is right to raise the issue of the appalling
:24:14. > :24:17.atrocities taking place in a little. And it is right that we along with
:24:18. > :24:22.the international allies are doing all that we can to try and bring
:24:23. > :24:26.this to stop. He will recognise that the issue of who hosts sporting
:24:27. > :24:29.events is not the government remit, what is in the government remit and
:24:30. > :24:34.what we are doing is working with the international allies to put more
:24:35. > :24:37.pressure on Russia to stop the appalling atrocities, the appalling
:24:38. > :24:42.attacks taking place in Aleppo. What we want to see is an agreement for
:24:43. > :24:46.the political transition to a Syria without President Assad. Does my
:24:47. > :24:52.right honourable friend agree that if the UK is to remain competitive
:24:53. > :24:56.and our citizens are to enjoy the benefits of the digital revolution,
:24:57. > :25:00.it is essential that we should be at the forefront of deployment of both
:25:01. > :25:06.ultrafast broadband and five G mobile connectivity. Can I therefore
:25:07. > :25:10.welcome the announcement that we're led to believe might be made shortly
:25:11. > :25:18.of a ?1 billion investment to achieve this? My right on all friend
:25:19. > :25:22.will of course be waiting in anticipation for my right honourable
:25:23. > :25:24.friend the Chancellor's Autumn Statement but he's absolutely right
:25:25. > :25:30.that as we look at improving productivity in this country and as
:25:31. > :25:34.we look to the economy of the future, the provision of that
:25:35. > :25:37.superfast broadband in three provision of the new technological
:25:38. > :25:39.opportunities for people is a crucial part of that and that is
:25:40. > :25:44.something that is government recognises and will act on.
:25:45. > :25:47.One day last week for police officers in my constituency were
:25:48. > :25:52.assaulted over a single 24-hour period. There are over 23,000
:25:53. > :25:56.assaults on police officers last year and an assault on police
:25:57. > :26:00.officers is an assault on society. What will the Prime Minister do to
:26:01. > :26:05.insure the toughest deterrents are in place to protect front-line
:26:06. > :26:11.officers and when will the number of police on our streets? Can I send
:26:12. > :26:16.our best wishes to those police officers who were assaulted in her
:26:17. > :26:19.constituency last week? It is important that we recognise that
:26:20. > :26:26.when police officers go out on duty and indeed for many of duty they
:26:27. > :26:31.sometimes find themselves interview in situations where they find
:26:32. > :26:34.themselves with assaults on violence against them. They are willing to
:26:35. > :26:39.enter the line of duty were others are not and we recognise that. What
:26:40. > :26:43.we have done in relation to this is one of the things we want to do is
:26:44. > :26:46.recognise better the number of assaults taking place and that is
:26:47. > :26:50.why last year we introduce provisional figures, and we are
:26:51. > :26:52.improving those figures this year. Sentencing guidelines already allow
:26:53. > :26:58.for an assault on a police officer to be taken as an aggravating factor
:26:59. > :27:01.into account, and also new developments like the body worn
:27:02. > :27:05.videos help provide the evidence that ensure that people can be
:27:06. > :27:10.brought to justice and that deterrent assaults in the first
:27:11. > :27:14.place. I know the Prime Minister shares my concern at the level of
:27:15. > :27:19.Acute Hospital bed blocking. Does she agree with me that part of the
:27:20. > :27:23.solution is to promote Community Hospital beds where they still exist
:27:24. > :27:26.in places like Warminster and Shaftesbury as part of the
:27:27. > :27:34.sustainability and transformation planning process? As regards to the
:27:35. > :27:37.SDP process that will take place at the local level and it will be about
:27:38. > :27:40.level that the proposals will be considered and put forward by
:27:41. > :27:44.clinicians, but the concept of being able to deal with the bed blocking
:27:45. > :27:48.any variety of ways is absolutely right. There are good examples
:27:49. > :27:53.around the country are having those step-down beds available is actually
:27:54. > :27:57.resolving the problem of bed blocking. There are other ways in
:27:58. > :28:01.which it is being done, part of the contour of social workers are being
:28:02. > :28:03.employed by hospital trusts for example, but it is very good to
:28:04. > :28:10.recognise good practice when it is done and we should see more of that
:28:11. > :28:15.across the country. Earlier this month an area man turned lawyer
:28:16. > :28:20.Karen, I confess to the BBC that he took part in robberies and gun
:28:21. > :28:25.attacks that murdered British soldiers. He stated that he will
:28:26. > :28:29.never disclose information on any further IRA man despite knowing
:28:30. > :28:33.details of IRA reaction is that he himself defines as posited in war
:28:34. > :28:36.crimes. In the Prime Minister assure me that Her Majesty 's government
:28:37. > :28:41.will apply for the extradition of this terrorist for questioning from
:28:42. > :28:45.the Republic of Ireland? The question as to whether or not an
:28:46. > :28:50.individual would be extradited or a request including four extradition
:28:51. > :28:55.would be for the appropriate prosecution authorities. What I say
:28:56. > :29:00.to the honourable gentleman is that we do of course recognise the
:29:01. > :29:03.concerns for those cases where it is still possible to bring people for
:29:04. > :29:09.justice and obviously want to see that being done.
:29:10. > :29:16.During the last six years we have had three major referendums all with
:29:17. > :29:20.varying degrees of excitement. But the Prime Minister agree with me
:29:21. > :29:23.that you can have too much excitement and which he therefore
:29:24. > :29:30.rule out any further referendums in this Parliament? -- would she
:29:31. > :29:36.therefore? My honourable friend is trying to take me down a route. One
:29:37. > :29:42.thing I will certainly rule out is a second referendum on whether or not
:29:43. > :29:48.we leave the European Union. Mr Speaker, the people of Aberdeen have
:29:49. > :29:52.launched a financial appeal because of the increased number of people
:29:53. > :29:56.finding themselves homeless as a direct result of the UK Government's
:29:57. > :30:01.the sea to posterity. How can the prime ministers sleep in how warm
:30:02. > :30:06.bed at night knowing her policies are consigning people to a cold
:30:07. > :30:11.Christmas? The Government is taking action in and a variety of ways to
:30:12. > :30:15.address the issue of homelessness and one thing we need to do is
:30:16. > :30:19.ensure more homes are built in this country. I would say this to the
:30:20. > :30:23.honourable lady. She talks about austerity in the town which she
:30:24. > :30:29.refers to it. Posterity is about living within our means -- austerity
:30:30. > :30:35.is about us living within our means and we should always remember when
:30:36. > :30:39.we are talking about Government providing support for individuals
:30:40. > :30:45.that taxpayers have do pay for that support and many taxpayers are
:30:46. > :30:49.themselves struggling to get by. The Prime Minister will be aware that
:30:50. > :30:52.yesterday the peninsula railed task force launched its report,
:30:53. > :30:58.commissioned following the storms that severed Devon and Cornwall's
:30:59. > :31:03.vital rail link. Does she welcomed the report and will she commit the
:31:04. > :31:11.Government to ensuring its vision is delivered? I thank my honourable
:31:12. > :31:14.friend for his question. Can I suggest he listened very carefully
:31:15. > :31:21.to what my right honourable member Chancellor has to say? In these
:31:22. > :31:25.uncertain times we will certainly agree that Britain needs strong
:31:26. > :31:30.defence. So how can the prime ministers justify her Government's
:31:31. > :31:35.decision to scrap all the Navy's heavyweight surface to surface
:31:36. > :31:39.missiles without any replacement? I have do say I don't recognise the
:31:40. > :31:43.picture the honourable gentleman presents in relation to what the
:31:44. > :31:48.Government is doing with the Armed Forces. We are investing billions of
:31:49. > :31:52.pounds to ensure our Armed Forces have the missiles, boats, the ships
:31:53. > :31:57.for the Royal Navy and the other pieces of equipment for the other
:31:58. > :32:05.Armed Forces, so that picture is not one I recognise. Would my right
:32:06. > :32:10.honourable friend agree that it would be good for confidence in the
:32:11. > :32:19.rule of law if judges did not enter into speculative public thoughts on
:32:20. > :32:23.cases that they are about to hear? We value in this country the
:32:24. > :32:28.independence of our judiciary. That's the independence for the
:32:29. > :32:34.judiciary when they come to make their judgments in court but also
:32:35. > :32:37.they are independent and it is to them to determine what they choose
:32:38. > :32:47.to put in their speeches or not, not for the Government to tell them what
:32:48. > :32:53.to do. As millions of public sector workers face another year of
:32:54. > :32:57.suppressed pay after another week of shambolic Brexit negotiations and
:32:58. > :33:02.with a National Health Service facing a winter crisis, crying out
:33:03. > :33:12.for cash, does the Prime Minister worry that her Government is only
:33:13. > :33:17.just about managing? Well, I have do say to the right honourable
:33:18. > :33:19.gentleman that we are very clear about the amount of money we are
:33:20. > :33:23.putting into the National Health Service. He talks about the
:33:24. > :33:27.negotiations. Actually the negotiations for us leaving the
:33:28. > :33:32.European Union don't formally start until we trigger article 50. We will
:33:33. > :33:36.do that by the end of March next year. What the right honourable
:33:37. > :33:39.gentleman wants to do is to stop us from leaving the European Union by
:33:40. > :33:43.denying the people the decision and deliver ability of the vote that
:33:44. > :33:47.they too brightly on the 23rd of June. He wants to deny people what
:33:48. > :33:52.they want, we are going to give it to them. May I raise the Prime
:33:53. > :33:56.Minister the concerns of many drivers and hauliers across the
:33:57. > :33:59.United Kingdom who worry about the cost of driving, the cost of fuel
:34:00. > :34:03.duty and whether her Government will look at keeping that down and also
:34:04. > :34:09.at the pump pricing and how forecourt pricing works as the oil
:34:10. > :34:14.price falls. They jump like a rocket and fall like a feather. I recognise
:34:15. > :34:19.as my honourable friend says that many people look with great concern
:34:20. > :34:23.at the cost of motoring in this country. I suggest that he is a
:34:24. > :34:31.little more patient and wait for the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. The
:34:32. > :34:36.Prime Minister has talked about her worries with social care, but surely
:34:37. > :34:44.we have do judge her by her actions. In the last six years, there has
:34:45. > :34:49.been a 37% on average cut in funding, 57% in my area and nearly a
:34:50. > :34:52.quarter of those in need of social care have been denied any help at
:34:53. > :34:59.all. What is she going to do about it? The right honourable lady might
:35:00. > :35:05.have noticed that I have been asked several questions about social care
:35:06. > :35:10.and I will give the answer that I have given previously. But the
:35:11. > :35:14.covenant is doing about social care is putting more money on through the
:35:15. > :35:18.better care fund, giving more opportunities through the social
:35:19. > :35:20.care research and making sure that health and social care come together
:35:21. > :35:29.to deal with the issue of bed blocking. Mr Speaker, how many of us
:35:30. > :35:34.words -- would charge into a darkened store in night knowing that
:35:35. > :35:42.inside were three mask wearing crowbar wielding thugs. Well, my two
:35:43. > :35:46.constituents did just that and by intervening, the thugs fled, leaving
:35:47. > :35:50.the money, the staff were hurt less and one of the gentleman was hurt
:35:51. > :35:55.himself. Will my right honourable friend join me in craving --
:35:56. > :36:07.praising their courage and selflessness in this extraordinary
:36:08. > :36:11.act of bravado? I absolutely agree with my honourable friend and I
:36:12. > :36:18.commend the bravery and courage that was shown by those two individuals,
:36:19. > :36:22.who stepped into that situation to ensure that it was not as bad as it
:36:23. > :36:27.might have been. That is incredible bravery. There are many members of
:36:28. > :36:30.the public who would not have been willing to step forward in that way
:36:31. > :36:35.and can you pass on the Best wishes of the whole house to those
:36:36. > :36:42.individuals? Does the Prime Minister believes that big companies should
:36:43. > :36:46.put a work are on the board? I believe that we should do the work's
:36:47. > :36:51.representation on boards and I make no apology but the fact that this
:36:52. > :36:55.Government is going to deliver on that. For all their years in
:36:56. > :37:05.Government, the Labour Party did nothing.
:37:06. > :37:16.Statement, the first Secretary of State and Chancellor of the X,
:37:17. > :37:20.Chancellor Philip Hammond. It is a privilege to report today on an
:37:21. > :37:23.economy which the IMF predicts will be the fastest-growing major
:37:24. > :37:30.advanced economy in the world this year. An economy with employment at
:37:31. > :37:31.a record high and unemployment at an 11 year low. An economy which
:37:32. > :37:33.through the