0:00:24 > 0:00:25Questions to the Prime Minister.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Number one, please, Mr Speaker.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others this morning.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have
0:00:32 > 0:00:33further meetings today.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36A report recently produced by a number of organisations
0:00:36 > 0:00:41including the Citizens Advice in five found that one third
0:00:41 > 0:00:45of families that should have been applying for support didn't
0:00:45 > 0:00:55and that it was partially because it was a ?20 application fee.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The 4% collection fee impacted family budgets.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Will the Minister review these charges?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11The issues of trying to ensure that those who are responsible
0:01:11 > 0:01:14for children actually pay for their children when a family has
0:01:14 > 0:01:17broken up has been a long-standing question this House has addressed.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19There have been various ways of dealing with it
0:01:19 > 0:01:21through the agency that has been responsible.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It is right that the changes which have been introduced on a more
0:01:24 > 0:01:27level basis and that more people are able to access the support
0:01:27 > 0:01:30that they need as a result.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32The Government has rightly focused on economic growth,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35jobs and prosperity, something that all of us on these
0:01:35 > 0:01:37benches can get behind.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41With that in mind, will she back our highly competitive bid for funding
0:01:41 > 0:01:48for the north-west relief road in Shrewsbury, not only dealing
0:01:48 > 0:01:50with the congestion our town is facing but dovetail
0:01:50 > 0:01:51into that narrative.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55And I thank my honourable friend for raising this and I know that
0:01:55 > 0:01:58that Northwest relief road in Shrewsbury has been an issue
0:01:58 > 0:02:01of particular concern to him, a priority for him and it has
0:02:01 > 0:02:04had much backing.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11I know a feasibility application has gone in and what I can say
0:02:11 > 0:02:17at the moment is that the announcement of the successful
0:02:17 > 0:02:19bids for visibility funding is expected very soon indeed.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Jeremy Corbyn.
0:02:20 > 0:02:30Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32The Government's sustainability and a summation plans
0:02:32 > 0:02:36for the National Health Service hide ?22 billion worth of cuts
0:02:36 > 0:02:41from our service according to research by the British
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Medical Association.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45That risks, and I quote, starving services resources
0:02:45 > 0:02:49and patience of vital care.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53That comes from Doctor Mark Porter of the BMA.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59When he calls this process a mess, where is he wrong?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01The National Health Service is indeed looking for savings
0:03:01 > 0:03:05within the NHS which will be reinvested within the NHS.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09I would remind the right honourable gentleman that it is this Government
0:03:09 > 0:03:15that is providing not just the 8 billion of extra funding
0:03:15 > 0:03:19the NHS requested, but 10 billion extra funding requested
0:03:19 > 0:03:22by the National Health Service and the sustainability
0:03:22 > 0:03:24and are summation plans are being developed at local level
0:03:24 > 0:03:34in the interests of local people by local clinicians.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's very strange the Prime Minister should say that, Mr Speaker,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42because the Health Select Committee, chaired by our honourable friend
0:03:42 > 0:03:48the member board Totnes Zenit St Petersburg back
0:03:48 > 0:03:50it's actually 4.5 billion, not 10 billion.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51There's quite a big difference there.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Part of the reason for the strain on our national Health Service
0:03:54 > 0:03:57is that more than 1 million people are not receiving the social
0:03:57 > 0:03:58care that they need.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02As a result of this, there's been an increase
0:04:02 > 0:04:07in emergency admissions for older patients.
0:04:07 > 0:04:16Margaret wrote to me this week saying, it's not funny.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24She described how her 89-year-old mother suffered two falls leading
0:04:24 > 0:04:27to hospital admissions due to the lack of nursing care and went
0:04:27 > 0:04:32on to say, my mother is worth more than this.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37What action will the Prime Minister take to stop the neglect of older
0:04:37 > 0:04:40people which ends up forcing them to take A and E admissions
0:04:40 > 0:04:48when they should be cared for at home or in a care home?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Of course social care is an area of concern and social
0:04:51 > 0:04:53care is an area of key concern for many people.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56That is why the Government has introduced the better care fund,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59why they have introduced the social care precept for local authorities
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and we are encouraging the working together of the Health Service
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and local authorities to deal with precisely the issues he has
0:05:05 > 0:05:07raised on social care and bed blocking.
0:05:07 > 0:05:15But I will just say this to the right honourable gentleman.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16We have introduced the social care precept
0:05:16 > 0:05:18and the better care plan.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Let's look at what Labour did in 13 years.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23They said they'd deal with social care in the 97 manifesto, introduced
0:05:23 > 0:05:33a Royal commission in 1999, a Green paper in 2005,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43a review in 2006, said they would sort it in 2007 and another
0:05:43 > 0:05:44green paper in 2009.
0:05:44 > 0:05:5013 years and they did nothing.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Mr Speaker, as the Prime Minister well knows, health spending
0:05:54 > 0:05:59trebled under the last Labour Government and the levels
0:05:59 > 0:06:05of satisfaction with the National Health Service
0:06:05 > 0:06:12were at their highest ever in 2010.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16This Government's choice was to cut social care by ?4.6 billion
0:06:16 > 0:06:18in the last Parliament.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22That was at the same time as they found the space,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27shall we say, to cut billions in corporate taxation bills.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31That means it is affecting patients leaving hospital as well.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37In the last four years, the number of patients unable to be
0:06:37 > 0:06:40transferred from hospital due to lack of adequate social care has
0:06:40 > 0:06:43increased by one third.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Will the Prime Minister ensure how Government guarantees
0:06:47 > 0:06:53all of our elderly people the dignity they deserve?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I recognise the importance of caring for elderly people and providing
0:06:55 > 0:07:00them with the dignity they deserve.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03He says that this Government has done nothing on social care.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06I repeat, we have introduced the social care precept.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10That is being made use of by his local authority and mine.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13We have also introduced the better care fund by Debbie talks
0:07:13 > 0:07:15about support for elderly people, I would remind him which Government
0:07:15 > 0:07:20has put the triple lock in place for pensioners,
0:07:20 > 0:07:30ensuring the largest increase in pensions for elderly people.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35The precept is a drop in the ocean compared to what is
0:07:35 > 0:07:36necessary for social care.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37I'll give you an example.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39The whole house, I'm sure, would have been appalled
0:07:39 > 0:07:42by revelations in a BBC panorama programme this week showing older
0:07:42 > 0:07:43people systematically mistreated.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47The Care Quality Commission's assessment that care homes run
0:07:47 > 0:07:49by the Morley group require improvement and has issued
0:07:49 > 0:07:53a warning notices.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56They go on to say that the owner has allowed services
0:07:56 > 0:07:58to deteriorate further and has, and I quote, utterly
0:07:58 > 0:08:04neglected the duty of care to the residence of these homes.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06What action is how Government going to take to protect
0:08:06 > 0:08:13the residents of those homes?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16The right honourable gentleman raises the issue of the quality
0:08:16 > 0:08:19of care that is provided in homes and the way in which elderly
0:08:19 > 0:08:22people are treated.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I'm sure everybody is appalled when we see examples of poor
0:08:25 > 0:08:27and terrible treatment which is given to elderly
0:08:27 > 0:08:33and vulnerable people in care homes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36What we do about it is ensure that we happy CQC, able to step in,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39take action, that has powers to make sure that nobody in the chain
0:08:39 > 0:08:41of responsibility is immune from legal accountability.
0:08:41 > 0:08:50But we know that there is more that can be done and that is why the CQC
0:08:50 > 0:09:00is looking into ways in which it can improve its processors,
0:09:03 > 0:09:04increase its efficiency.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06My right honourable friend, the Minister for community
0:09:06 > 0:09:08health and care will be writing to the CQC shortly.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11He will let at how we can improve what they do.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14It is the CQC which deals with these issues, we have back in place,
0:09:14 > 0:09:15is there more we can do?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Yes, and we are doing it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19The problem seems to be that that home was understaffed
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and we shouldn't be blaming the staff.
0:09:21 > 0:09:28We should be ensuring that are enough of them properly paid
0:09:28 > 0:09:29in all of those homes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32There was a problem serious understaffing and it was the last
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Labour Government which established the CQC and I think a warning
0:09:35 > 0:09:36notice is insufficient.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37We need stronger action than that.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Yesterday, the Government propose that patients may have show
0:09:40 > 0:09:42passports or other IDA to access non-emergency health care.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47As the Government considered that the impact of this on elderly
0:09:47 > 0:09:53people, with the last census showing us that 9.5 million people in this
0:09:53 > 0:10:03country do not have passports?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Rather than distracting people, with divisive policies,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20could the Government provide the NHS
0:10:20 > 0:10:22and social care with the money they need to support people?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Over the course of this Parliament, the Government will be spending half
0:10:25 > 0:10:27?1 trillion on the National Health Service.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29The right honourable gentleman asks about a process to ensure that
0:10:29 > 0:10:31people receiving NHS treatment are entitled to receive
0:10:31 > 0:10:32that NHS treatment.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35For many years, there has been a concern about health tourism,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38about people turning up in the UK, accessing health services and not
0:10:38 > 0:10:39paying for them.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42We want to make sure that those who are entitled to use the services
0:10:42 > 0:10:45are enjoyed able to see those free at the point of delivery
0:10:45 > 0:10:48but that we deal with health tourism and those who should be paying
0:10:48 > 0:10:56for the use of our Health Service.
0:10:56 > 0:11:02Sir Simon Stevens said two weeks ago that the next three years will be
0:11:02 > 0:11:06the toughest ever for NHS funding and that 2018 would see how spending
0:11:06 > 0:11:15per person cut for the first time ever in this country.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The NAO reported that the cost of health tourism is over 100 times
0:11:18 > 0:11:21less than the ?22 billion worth of cuts the NHS is facing from this
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Government.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The reality is that under this Government, there are 6000 fewer
0:11:25 > 0:11:30mental health nurses.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34A record 3.9 million people on NHS waiting lists.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38All of us who visit accident and emergency know the stress
0:11:38 > 0:11:41the staff are under and that the waiting time is getting
0:11:41 > 0:11:44longer and longer and that there are 1 million people in this country
0:11:44 > 0:11:48not receiving the social care they need.
0:11:48 > 0:11:56Instead of looking for excuses and scapegoats, shouldn't
0:11:56 > 0:11:59the Prime Minister be ensuring that health and social care is properly
0:11:59 > 0:12:03resourced, properly funded, taking away the stress and fear that
0:12:03 > 0:12:06people face in old age over social care and the stress that is placed
0:12:06 > 0:12:15on our very hard-working NHS and social care staff?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Billions of pounds extra into social care through the social care precept
0:12:19 > 0:12:20and the better care fund.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Half ?1 trillion being spent on the National Health Service.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26A record level of investment in mental health in
0:12:26 > 0:12:28the National Health Service.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Order.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Members must not attempt to shout down by Minister.
0:12:35 > 0:12:43The question was asked, heard and the answer must be heard.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45There is a fundamental point that the right honourable gentleman
0:12:45 > 0:12:46refrain from mentioning.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49We can only afford to pay for the National Health Service
0:12:49 > 0:12:55and social care if we have a strong economy creating wealth.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58That is precisely what he's going to hear from the Chancellor
0:12:58 > 0:13:00of the Exchequer in a few minutes time.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07Order.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11On the 23rd of June, my constituents voted by a margin
0:13:11 > 0:13:18of 62% to 38% to leave the European Union.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Many of those people, many of those people are unhappy
0:13:22 > 0:13:25and frustrated at what they see are delaying
0:13:25 > 0:13:27tactics by some remain as who don't seem to understand the meaning
0:13:27 > 0:13:30of the word democracy.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Order.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33This is very discourteous.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36The honourable gentleman has a legitimate question and this
0:13:36 > 0:13:45question should be thoroughly and with politeness and heard.
0:13:45 > 0:13:53Thank you Mr Speaker.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Remainers who don't seem to understand the meaning
0:13:55 > 0:13:59of the word democracy
0:13:59 > 0:14:02which I would remind them is Government by the people and rule
0:14:02 > 0:14:09of the majority and with that in mind what reassures
0:14:09 > 0:14:11can my right honourable friend give my constituents and me that
0:14:11 > 0:14:21article 50 will be triggered by March next year?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I am clear that we will trigger Article 50 by the end of March
0:14:24 > 0:14:27next year but my honourable friend is absolutely right
0:14:27 > 0:14:29to make the key point, the referendum was decided by this
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Parliament 6-1 that the people should have the opportunity to vote
0:14:32 > 0:14:37on the EU, the vote was held the turnout was high
0:14:37 > 0:14:39and the public gave the verdict.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42There must be no second referendum or attempt to weasel out of this.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44This is the government that will deliver on the vote
0:14:44 > 0:14:47of the British people.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53We on these benches have repeatedly brought up the devastating
0:14:53 > 0:14:59impact on disabled people from the UK benefits system.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02The Government plans to cut support for people with long-term health
0:15:02 > 0:15:06difficulties by ?30 per week.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Last week my SNP colleague the member for Airdrie and Shotts
0:15:09 > 0:15:12proposed the motion that was passed by this house with support from both
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Labour and Conservative members for these cuts to be postponed.
0:15:15 > 0:15:23Will the Prime Minister act on the vote of this house?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Let me say to the right honourable death and what we have been doing
0:15:26 > 0:15:28in relation to benefits for disabled people.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30The overall funding for disability benefits will be hiring every year
0:15:30 > 0:15:33up to 2020 that was in 2010, we have been focusing support
0:15:33 > 0:15:36on those who most need it, those who are not able to get
0:15:36 > 0:15:38into the workplace.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42For those who are able at some stage to get into the workplace we have
0:15:42 > 0:15:44been providing a wider package of support.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I'm pleased to say that over the last six years almost 600,000
0:15:47 > 0:15:49more disabled people are in the workplace
0:15:49 > 0:15:52with the dignity of having a job which is what any people
0:15:52 > 0:15:55with disabilities want to have.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58We focus help those who most need it and help those with disabilities
0:15:58 > 0:16:03who want to get into the workplace to do just that.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07It is widely trailed that the Prime Minister
0:16:07 > 0:16:09will make changes impacting on benefits recipient in work.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Will the Prime Minister confirm that she has no intention of helping
0:16:14 > 0:16:17people with disabilities and medical conditions?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Why should people unable to make a living be punished
0:16:20 > 0:16:23for the disability or illness I was ?630 per week?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Does she have any intention of changing that?
0:16:25 > 0:16:35I have just set out for the right honourable gentleman the ways
0:16:35 > 0:16:38in which we are providing support and help for those people
0:16:38 > 0:16:40who have disabilities.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42As they said the overall funding, spending on disability benefits
0:16:42 > 0:16:47will be higher in every year to 2020 than it was in 2010.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50It is important to recognise that when we give support for people
0:16:50 > 0:16:53with disabilities it is not simply about the benefits system and how
0:16:53 > 0:17:03much money they are given, for those are able to get into work
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and on that part of the ESA we provide ideas that are outside
0:17:07 > 0:17:09of benefits as well because we recognise that people
0:17:09 > 0:17:11want the dignity of getting into the workplace.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13That is what we are helping people with disabilities
0:17:13 > 0:17:20who can work to do.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Will my right honourable friend agree that thousands
0:17:23 > 0:17:29of road commuters including many of my constituents who used
0:17:29 > 0:17:32a 12 pack travelling on roads that need to be repaired and upgraded?
0:17:32 > 0:17:39To improve connectivity and speed up the daily commute times,
0:17:39 > 0:17:47would my right honourable friend except that the proposal
0:17:47 > 0:17:54?1.3 billion investment to improve our road network
0:17:54 > 0:17:57is warmly welcomed and will do a great deal
0:17:57 > 0:18:00to enhance connectivity?
0:18:00 > 0:18:05My honourable friend is absolutely right,
0:18:05 > 0:18:10the importance of infrastructure expenditure in helping to deal
0:18:10 > 0:18:13with the issue of productivity in our economy and I am pleased
0:18:13 > 0:18:15that the 1.3 billion for new roads shows is investing
0:18:15 > 0:18:17in the term future for Britain.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20It is about delivering jobs, economic growth, it is about making
0:18:20 > 0:18:22sure that this is an economy that works for everyone.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25It is one part of the package we are proposing, and my right
0:18:25 > 0:18:30honourable friend the Chancellor will be setting our proposals out
0:18:30 > 0:18:32were clearly in a few minutes time.
0:18:32 > 0:18:41My constituent is in prison in Iran.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45A British national,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47she has been separated from her husband and two-year-old.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48For eight months.
0:18:48 > 0:18:54She has been on hunger strike and is now suicidal.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57The Prime Minister needs to reunite this mother, this daughter,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00this wife with her family.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Mr Speaker, will it take her death for the government to start
0:19:03 > 0:19:09taking her seriously?
0:19:09 > 0:19:19Obviously this is a very difficult time for the whole family and I'm
0:19:20 > 0:19:25sure we're all concerned about the reports of the impact
0:19:25 > 0:19:28that detention is having on her health as she is
0:19:28 > 0:19:29in detention in Iran.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32This is an issue that he's been repeatedly raised with the Iranian
0:19:32 > 0:19:34government by the UK Government, but the previous and current
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Foreign Secretary is, I personally written
0:19:38 > 0:19:40with President Rohani on the 20th of September and stressed
0:19:40 > 0:19:43the importance of finding a resolution as quickly as possible.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I have written to present a highly suggesting a commutation
0:19:45 > 0:19:48of the charges and assurances that she will be allowed full legal
0:19:48 > 0:19:50representation and regular contact with her family.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52We will continue to do everything we can for the family including
0:19:52 > 0:19:55the British government remaining being ready to help bring her back
0:19:55 > 0:20:06to Britain if that is the request.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Does my right honourable friend agree that most of our social
0:20:11 > 0:20:13problems are either caused or aggravated by the acute
0:20:13 > 0:20:22shortage of housing?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26So even if, as I hope, we manage to reduce the net immigration
0:20:26 > 0:20:28to this country we will have to build far more new homes.
0:20:28 > 0:20:38So isn't the recommendation by the European banking authority
0:20:38 > 0:20:40to increase by 50% the reserves banks must hold
0:20:40 > 0:20:41against house-building
0:20:41 > 0:20:44making it even more costly for them to lend for housing
0:20:44 > 0:20:47than for unsecured credit cards, profoundly unhelpful and perverse?
0:20:47 > 0:20:53I am sure my right honourable friend will recognise that we are subject
0:20:53 > 0:20:55to our own regulation authorities, but the point he makes
0:20:56 > 0:20:56about house-building is correct.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01We need to build more homes.
0:21:01 > 0:21:07That is something the government has been doing, there have been 900,000
0:21:07 > 0:21:14new homes built since 2010 and there's more for us to do.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16The Brexit secretary and the Foreign Secretary
0:21:16 > 0:21:19are described by a senior German politician is having no idea
0:21:19 > 0:21:29what Brexit really means.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35The Tuimes reports today that EU ambassadors
0:21:35 > 0:21:37say that the Foreign Secretary's more colourful outbursts
0:21:37 > 0:21:39are damaging our relationships with member states.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42When will the Prime Minister get a grip on her ministers
0:21:42 > 0:21:44and demonstrate to the country and to our EU colleagues
0:21:44 > 0:21:54that she has a coherent workable plan for Brexit?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58I have been very clear in this house on many occasions about the plan
0:21:58 > 0:22:01that we have for Brexit, crucially, we will be leaving the EU
0:22:01 > 0:22:11and we will be triggering article 50 by the end of March next year
0:22:13 > 0:22:15and that is when the formal negotiations will start.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19But that is absolutely right that we do not set out at this stage
0:22:19 > 0:22:21every single detail of our proposed negotiating strategy because that
0:22:21 > 0:22:25would be the best way to get the worst possible deal for Britain.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28As we leave the EU, maintaining the UK's cutting edge
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and world leadership in scientific and technological discovery
0:22:30 > 0:22:36is of paramount importance to our industries and universities.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Can I welcome the Prime Minister's announcement that each year
0:22:38 > 0:22:42we will invest a further 2 billion in research and development to bless
0:22:42 > 0:22:46the science and engineering base?
0:22:46 > 0:22:52Isn't this just the type of vital support that our businesses
0:22:52 > 0:23:02and researchers need, rather than the threats
0:23:03 > 0:23:05from the Labour Party to slash RND tax credits
0:23:05 > 0:23:06which would hamper innovation?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08My right honourable friend is absolutely right.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10The extra investment we will put into research and development
0:23:10 > 0:23:13is a crucial part of the long-term task we have of ensuring
0:23:13 > 0:23:16that we have the economy around growth and prosperity in this
0:23:16 > 0:23:17country that we need.
0:23:17 > 0:23:26The new funds will be able to put us at the cutting edge
0:23:26 > 0:23:28of scientific discovery, which I saw for myself,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32we are already doing this.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I was at the welcome genome campus in Cambridge on Monday to see
0:23:35 > 0:23:36the really exciting, really transformational work
0:23:36 > 0:23:39that is being done coming out of the knowledge base and scientific
0:23:39 > 0:23:40research here in the UK.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43We want to see more of that and that is why
0:23:43 > 0:23:48you will be investing in it.
0:23:48 > 0:23:55Aleppo's hospitals are destroyed and Syrians who avoid the bombs
0:23:55 > 0:23:57and chlorine gas are starting from the Russian blockade.
0:23:57 > 0:24:04We must do more.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07So will she revisit the prospect for aid drops and will she look
0:24:07 > 0:24:11at backing the campaign to stop this daily perpetrator of war crimes,
0:24:11 > 0:24:16of stripping them of their right to hold the 2018 World Cup?
0:24:16 > 0:24:23The honourable gentleman is right to raise the issue of the appalling
0:24:23 > 0:24:25atrocities taking place in Aleppo.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28And it is right that we along with the international allies
0:24:28 > 0:24:31are doing all that we can to try and bring this to stop.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34He will recognise that the issue of who hosts sporting events is not
0:24:34 > 0:24:37in the government remit, what is in the government remit
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and what we are doing is working with the international allies to put
0:24:40 > 0:24:42more pressure on Russia to stop the appalling atrocities,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46the appalling attacks taking place in Aleppo.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49What we want to see is an agreement for the political transition
0:24:49 > 0:24:54to a Syria without President Assad.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Does my right honourable friend agree that if the UK is to remain
0:24:59 > 0:25:01competitive and our citizens are to enjoy the benefits
0:25:01 > 0:25:08of the digital revolution, it is essential that we should be
0:25:08 > 0:25:11at the forefront of deployment of both ultrafast broadband and
0:25:11 > 0:25:135G mobile connectivity.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Can I therefore welcome the announcement that we're led
0:25:17 > 0:25:19to believe might be made shortly of a ?1 billion investment
0:25:19 > 0:25:25to achieve this?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27My right honourable friend will of course be waiting
0:25:27 > 0:25:29in anticipation for my right honourable friend
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the Chancellor's Autumn Statement but he's absolutely right that
0:25:33 > 0:25:36as we look at improving productivity in this country and as we look
0:25:36 > 0:25:44to the economy of the future, the provision of that superfast
0:25:44 > 0:25:46broadband and provision of the new technological
0:25:46 > 0:25:48opportunities for people is a crucial part of that
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and that is something that is government recognises
0:25:50 > 0:25:52and will act on.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55One day last week four police officers in my constituency
0:25:55 > 0:25:56were assaulted over a single 24-hour period.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00There are over 23,000 assaults on police officers last year
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and an assault on police officers is an assault on society.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06What will the Prime Minister do to insure the toughest deterrents
0:26:06 > 0:26:16are in place to protect front-line officers and when will the number
0:26:16 > 0:26:18of police on our streets be restored?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Can I send our best wishes to those police officers who were assaulted
0:26:21 > 0:26:23in her constituency last week?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26It is important that we recognise that when police officers go out
0:26:26 > 0:26:35on duty and indeed for many of duty they sometimes find themselves
0:26:35 > 0:26:45intervening in situations where they find themselves
0:26:45 > 0:26:47with assaults and violence against them.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50They are willing to enter the line of duty were others are not
0:26:50 > 0:26:51and we recognise that.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55What we have done in relation to this is one of the things
0:26:55 > 0:27:00we want to do is recognise better the number of assaults taking place
0:27:00 > 0:27:03and that is why last year we introduced provisional figures,
0:27:03 > 0:27:04and we are improving those figures this year.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Sentencing guidelines already allow for an assault on a police officer
0:27:07 > 0:27:09to be taken as an aggravating factor into account,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12and also new developments like the body worn videos help
0:27:12 > 0:27:16provide the evidence that ensure that people can be brought
0:27:16 > 0:27:19to justice and that deter assaults in the first place.
0:27:19 > 0:27:25I know the Prime Minister shares my concern at the level
0:27:25 > 0:27:27of acute hospital bed blocking.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Does she agree with me that part of the solution is to promote
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Community Hospital beds where they still exist in places
0:27:32 > 0:27:34like Warminster and Shaftesbury as part of the sustainability
0:27:34 > 0:27:39and transformation planning process?
0:27:39 > 0:27:45As regards to the SDP process that will take place at the local level
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and it will be at local level that the proposals will be
0:27:48 > 0:27:50considered and put forward by clinicians, but the concept
0:27:50 > 0:27:54of being able to deal with the bed blocking any variety of ways
0:27:54 > 0:27:55is absolutely right.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57There are good examples around the country are having those
0:27:57 > 0:27:58step-down beds available is actually resolving
0:27:58 > 0:28:01the problem of bed blocking.
0:28:01 > 0:28:08There are other ways in which it is being done,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10part of the country where social workers are being employed
0:28:10 > 0:28:13by hospital trusts for example, but it is very good to recognise
0:28:13 > 0:28:16good practice when it is done and we should see more
0:28:16 > 0:28:22of that across the country.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28Earlier this month an IRA man turned lawyer,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31confessed to the BBC that he took part in robberies and gun attacks
0:28:31 > 0:28:35that murdered British soldiers.
0:28:35 > 0:28:43He stated that he will never disclose information on any fellow
0:28:43 > 0:28:50IRA man despite knowing details of IRA actions that he himself
0:28:50 > 0:28:51defines as war crimes.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53In the Prime Minister assure me that Her Majesty 's government
0:28:53 > 0:28:56will apply for the extradition of this terrorist for questioning
0:28:56 > 0:28:57from the Republic of Ireland?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00The question as to whether or not an individual would be extradited
0:29:00 > 0:29:02or a request including for extradition would be
0:29:02 > 0:29:03for the appropriate prosecution authorities.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06What I say to the honourable gentleman is that we do of course
0:29:06 > 0:29:10recognise the concerns for those cases where it is still possible
0:29:10 > 0:29:12to bring people for justice and obviously want to see
0:29:12 > 0:29:20that being done.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23During the last six years we have had three major referendums all with
0:29:23 > 0:29:27varying degrees of excitement.
0:29:27 > 0:29:34Would the Prime Minister agree with me that you can have too much
0:29:34 > 0:29:38excitement and will she therefore rule out
0:29:38 > 0:29:41any further referendums in this Parliament?
0:29:41 > 0:29:43My honourable friend is trying to take me down a route.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45One thing I will certainly rule out is a
0:29:45 > 0:29:50second referendum on whether or not we leave the European Union.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Mr Speaker, the people of Aberdeen have
0:29:52 > 0:29:55launched a financial appeal because of the increased number of people
0:29:55 > 0:30:05finding themselves homeless as a direct result of the UK
0:30:05 > 0:30:10Government's pursuit of austerity.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12How can the prime ministers sleep in her warm
0:30:12 > 0:30:15bed at night knowing her policies are consigning people to a cold
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Christmas?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19The Government is taking action in and a variety of ways to
0:30:19 > 0:30:21address the issue of homelessness and one
0:30:21 > 0:30:22thing we need to do is
0:30:22 > 0:30:24ensure more homes are built in this country.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25I would say this to the
0:30:25 > 0:30:29honourable lady.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31She talks about austerity in the tone which she
0:30:31 > 0:30:33refers to it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:43Posterity is about living within our means.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44And we should always remember when
0:30:44 > 0:30:46we are talking about Government providing support for individuals
0:30:46 > 0:30:48that taxpayers have do pay for that support
0:30:48 > 0:30:49and many taxpayers are
0:30:49 > 0:30:52themselves struggling to get by.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57The Prime Minister will be aware that
0:30:57 > 0:30:59yesterday the peninsula rail task force launched its report,
0:30:59 > 0:31:01commissioned following the storms that severed Devon and Cornwall's
0:31:01 > 0:31:07vital rail link.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Does she welcome the report and will she commit the
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Government to ensuring its vision is delivered?
0:31:11 > 0:31:19I thank my honourable friend for his question.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Can I suggest he listens very carefully
0:31:21 > 0:31:26to what my right honourable member Chancellor has to say?
0:31:26 > 0:31:27In these uncertain times we will certainly
0:31:27 > 0:31:32agree that Britain needs strong defence.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34So how can the prime minister justify her Government's
0:31:34 > 0:31:39decision to scrap all the Navy's heavyweight surface to surface
0:31:39 > 0:31:45guided missiles without any replacement?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48I have to say I don't recognise the picture the honourable gentleman
0:31:48 > 0:31:50presents in relation to what the Government is doing
0:31:50 > 0:31:51with the Armed Forces.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55We are investing billions of pounds to ensure our Armed Forces
0:31:55 > 0:31:57do have the missiles, boats, the ships for
0:31:57 > 0:31:59the Royal Navy and the other
0:31:59 > 0:32:02pieces of equipment for the other Armed Forces, so that picture is not
0:32:02 > 0:32:08one I recognise.
0:32:08 > 0:32:15Would my right honourable friend agree that it
0:32:15 > 0:32:18would be good for confidence in the rule of law if judges did not
0:32:18 > 0:32:20enter into speculative public thoughts on
0:32:20 > 0:32:26cases that they are about to hear?
0:32:26 > 0:32:34We value in this country the independence of our judiciary.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39That's the independence for the judiciary when they come to make
0:32:39 > 0:32:42their judgments in court but also they are independent and it is to
0:32:42 > 0:32:45them to determine what they choose to put in their speeches or not, not
0:32:45 > 0:32:52for the Government to tell them what to do.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55As millions of public sector workers face another year of
0:32:55 > 0:33:04suppressed pay after another week of shambolic Brexit negotiations and
0:33:04 > 0:33:09with a National Health Service facing a winter crisis, crying out
0:33:09 > 0:33:12for cash, does the Prime Minister worry that her Government is only
0:33:12 > 0:33:19just about managing?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Well, I have to say to the right honourable
0:33:21 > 0:33:24gentleman that we are very clear about the amount of money we are
0:33:24 > 0:33:26putting into the National Health Service.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29He talks about the negotiations.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Actually the negotiations for us leaving the
0:33:31 > 0:33:35European Union don't formally start until we trigger article 50.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40We will do that by the end of March next year.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43What the right honourable gentleman wants to do is to stop us
0:33:43 > 0:33:50from leaving the European Union by denying the people the decision and
0:33:50 > 0:33:53deliverability of the vote that they too brightly on the 23rd of June.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57He wants to deny people what they want, we are going to give it
0:33:57 > 0:33:58to them.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00May I raise the Prime Minister the concerns of many
0:34:00 > 0:34:02drivers and hauliers across the United Kingdom who worry
0:34:02 > 0:34:05about the cost of driving, the cost of fuel
0:34:05 > 0:34:09duty and whether her Government will look at keeping that down and also
0:34:09 > 0:34:12at the pump pricing and how forecourt pricing works as the oil
0:34:12 > 0:34:13price falls.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18They jump like a rocket and fall like a feather.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I recognise as my honourable friend says that many people look with
0:34:21 > 0:34:26great concern at the cost of motoring in this country.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29I suggest that he is a little more patient and wait for the
0:34:29 > 0:34:34Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36The Prime Minister has talked about her
0:34:36 > 0:34:40worries with social care, but surely we have do
0:34:40 > 0:34:44judge her by her actions.
0:34:44 > 0:34:51In the last six years, there has been a 37% on average cut in
0:34:51 > 0:34:57local authority funding, 57% in my area and nearly a quarter
0:34:57 > 0:35:00of those in need of social care have been denied any help at all.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02What is she going to do about it?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05The right honourable lady might have noticed that I have been asked
0:35:05 > 0:35:09several questions about social care and I will give the answer that I
0:35:09 > 0:35:19have given previously.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23What this government is doing about social care
0:35:23 > 0:35:26is putting more money on through the better care fund,
0:35:26 > 0:35:27giving more opportunities through the social
0:35:27 > 0:35:30care research and making sure that health and social care come together
0:35:30 > 0:35:33to deal with the issue of bed blocking.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Mr Speaker, how many of us would charge into a
0:35:36 > 0:35:38darkened store in night knowing that inside were three mask wearing
0:35:38 > 0:35:45crowbar wielding thugs.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Well, my two constituents did just that and by intervening,
0:35:47 > 0:35:52the thugs fled, leaving the money, the staff were hurt less and one
0:35:52 > 0:35:56of the gentleman was hurt himself.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Will my right honourable friend join me in
0:35:58 > 0:36:00praising their courage and selflessness in this extraordinary
0:36:00 > 0:36:06act of bravado?
0:36:06 > 0:36:15I absolutely agree with my honourable friend and I
0:36:15 > 0:36:22commend the bravery and courage that was shown by those two
0:36:22 > 0:36:25individuals, who stepped into that situation to
0:36:25 > 0:36:28ensure that it was not as bad as it might have been.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30That is incredible bravery.
0:36:30 > 0:36:38There are many members of the public who would not have been
0:36:38 > 0:36:41willing to step forward in that way and can he pass on the best wishes
0:36:41 > 0:36:43of the whole house to those individuals?
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Does the Prime Minister believe that big companies should
0:36:48 > 0:36:54put a worker on the board?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56I believe that we should see the worker's
0:36:56 > 0:36:59representation on boards and I make no apology but the fact that this
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Government is going to deliver on that.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02For all their years in
0:37:02 > 0:37:11Government, the Labour Party did nothing.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17Order!