:00:00. > :00:00.office numbers as members rightly expect. Order. Questions to be Prime
:00:00. > :00:17.Minister. Mr Toby Perkins. In addition to my duties I shall
:00:18. > :00:22.have further such meetings today Mr Speaker, the Government chose to
:00:23. > :00:26.launch the pupil premium at a school in Chesterfield where 70% of people
:00:27. > :00:29.receive free school meals. The headteacher, Dave Shaw was running
:00:30. > :00:35.the Great North Run for a cancer charity. However, her new schools'
:00:36. > :00:39.funding formula means that the junior school now face the biggest
:00:40. > :00:45.cuts in all of Derbyshire. Running for cash is now the only alternative
:00:46. > :00:51.to sacking staff. Will she go to the finish line and tell Dave Shaw how
:00:52. > :00:56.this is a fairer funding formula? Well, I'm pleased to say that in the
:00:57. > :01:01.local authority that covers the honourable gentleman's constituency,
:01:02. > :01:05.we have seen an increase of over 17,000 children at good or
:01:06. > :01:08.outstanding schools since 2010. That's down to Government changes
:01:09. > :01:13.and the hard work of teaches and other staff in the schools. For a
:01:14. > :01:17.very long time, it has been the general view - and I have campaigned
:01:18. > :01:25.on this for a long time - that actually we need to see a fair
:01:26. > :01:29.funding formula for schools. What Government has brought forward is a
:01:30. > :01:35.consultation on a fairer funding formula. We look at the results of
:01:36. > :01:40.that fairer funding formula and will bring forward our firm proposals in
:01:41. > :01:45.due course. Over the course of the last 12
:01:46. > :01:49.months, as part of the Defence Select Committee, I have' had the
:01:50. > :01:53.opportunity to look into the historic Iraq team and how we as a
:01:54. > :01:57.country deal with more historical allegations for our servicemen and
:01:58. > :02:03.women, not only for us who serve but for many members across this House
:02:04. > :02:08.it has been a deeply disturbing experience. I know the Prime
:02:09. > :02:13.Minister gets it but will she double her and her Government's commitments
:02:14. > :02:17.to get a grip on this historical process, so that never again, will
:02:18. > :02:22.our servicemen and women be exposed... I'm sure the whole House
:02:23. > :02:26.will want to join me in praising the bravery and commitment of all those
:02:27. > :02:29.who Seb in our Armed Forces. I would like to thank my honourable friend
:02:30. > :02:32.for the work he is doing on the Defence Committee because of course
:02:33. > :02:36.he brings personal expertise to that work. Those who serve on the front
:02:37. > :02:39.line deserve our support when they get home. I can assure my honourable
:02:40. > :02:44.friend of the Government's commitment to that. All troops
:02:45. > :02:47.facing allegations receive Legal Aid from the Government, with the
:02:48. > :02:54.guarantee that this will not be claimed back. In relation to the
:02:55. > :02:57.issue he has referred to, we are committed to reducing its case load
:02:58. > :03:01.to a small number of credible cases as quickly as possible and I
:03:02. > :03:04.recognise the action that has been taken in relation to the individuals
:03:05. > :03:10.he has referred to, I think it is absolutely appalling when people try
:03:11. > :03:21.to make a business out of chasing after our brave troops.
:03:22. > :03:27.Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, nine out of ten NHS
:03:28. > :03:32.Trusts say their hospitals have been at unsafe levels of overcrowding.
:03:33. > :03:38.One in six Accident Emergency units in England are set to be
:03:39. > :03:43.closed or downgraded. Could the Prime Minister please explain how
:03:44. > :03:48.closing A departments will tackle overcrowding and ever-growing
:03:49. > :03:52.waiting lists? First of all, can I extend my thanks and I'm sure that
:03:53. > :03:57.of the whole House to the hard-working staff in the NHS who do
:03:58. > :04:04.a great job, day-in and day-out, treating patients. Yes we recognise
:04:05. > :04:10.there are heavy priors on the NHS. That's -- pressures on the NHS.
:04:11. > :04:14.That's why, this year we are funding the NHS at 1.3 billion pounds more
:04:15. > :04:18.than the Labour Party promised at the last election. He refers
:04:19. > :04:25.specifically to Accident Emergency. What is your response in
:04:26. > :04:30.Accident Emergency? We see 600 more A consultants. 1,500 more A
:04:31. > :04:33.doctors and 2,000 more paramedics. It's not about standing up and
:04:34. > :04:37.making a sound bite and asking a question, it is about delivering
:04:38. > :04:44.results and that's what this Conservative Government is doing. Mr
:04:45. > :04:50.Speaker, congratulating A staff is one thing, paying them properly is
:04:51. > :04:55.another. I hope she managed to see the BBC reports on the royal
:04:56. > :05:00.Blackburn A department which showed that pep had to wait up to 13
:05:01. > :05:09.hours and 52 minutes to be seen. Shocking. A major cause of the
:05:10. > :05:18.pressure on A is the 4.6 billion cut in the social care budget since
:05:19. > :05:31.2010. Shocking. Earlier this week, Liverpool's very esteemed adult
:05:32. > :05:40.social care director resigned saying, "Frankly, I can't see social
:05:41. > :05:43.services surviving after two years". "That's the maximum." People are
:05:44. > :05:48.suffering and we are really only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Mr
:05:49. > :05:53.Speaker, what advice does the Government have to the people of
:05:54. > :05:58.Liverpool in this situation? SHOUTING
:05:59. > :06:01.THE SPEAKER: Order, order. It is bad enough that when members who are
:06:02. > :06:06.within the curt ledge of the chamber shout. Those who are not, absolutely
:06:07. > :06:09.should not do so. It is a discourtesy to the House of Commons.
:06:10. > :06:20.Nothing more, nothing less. Please don't do it.
:06:21. > :06:25.The Prime Minister. Well, he refers at an early stage in his question to
:06:26. > :06:30.Blackburn oo. Imehappy to say compared to 2010 there are more
:06:31. > :06:33.hospital doctors and more nurses in the Blackburn East Lang kashire
:06:34. > :06:37.Hospital's NHS Trust. He went on to talk about waiting times and waiting
:06:38. > :06:44.times can be an issue. Where is it that you wait a week longer for
:06:45. > :06:50.pneumonia treatment? That you wait a week longer for heart disease
:06:51. > :06:54.treatment? That you wait seven weeks longer for cataract treatment? 11
:06:55. > :06:59.weeks longer for hernia treatment and 21 weeks longer for a hip
:07:00. > :07:11.operation? It's not in England, it's in Wales. Who is in power in Wales?
:07:12. > :07:17.Labour. Mr Speaker, my question was about the comments from the director
:07:18. > :07:21.of social care in Liverpool and why the people of Liverpool are having
:07:22. > :07:23.to suffer these great cuts. Liverpool has asked to meet the
:07:24. > :07:29.Government on four occasions. The crisis is so bad that until
:07:30. > :07:34.yesterday, Mr Speaker, David Hodge, the Conservative leader of Surrey
:07:35. > :07:40.County Council, planned to hold a referendum for a 15% increase in
:07:41. > :07:47.council tax. And at the last minute it was called off. Can the Prime
:07:48. > :07:54.Minister tell the House whether or not a special deal was done for
:07:55. > :07:59.Surrey? The decision as to whether or not to hold a referendum in
:08:00. > :08:04.Surrey is entirely a matter for the local authority in Surrey. In Surrey
:08:05. > :08:08.County Council. The right honourable gentleman has raised the issue of
:08:09. > :08:13.social care, which we've exchanged on across this Despatch Box before
:08:14. > :08:16.and as I've said before, we do need to find a long-term sustainable
:08:17. > :08:20.solution for social care in this country. So I recognise the
:08:21. > :08:23.short-term pressures. That's why we have enabled local authorities to
:08:24. > :08:29.put more money into social care. We have provided more money over the
:08:30. > :08:33.next two years, ?900 million more will be available for social care.
:08:34. > :08:38.But we also need to look at ensuring that good practice is spread across
:08:39. > :08:43.the whole of the country. We can look at places like Barnsley, North
:08:44. > :08:49.Tyneside, St Helen's, Rutland, towards the end of last year, no
:08:50. > :08:53.delayed discharges attributed to social care in those councils. We
:08:54. > :08:57.need to look long-term and that's why the Cabinet is driving a review
:08:58. > :09:00.w the relevant department, to find a sustainable solution, which the
:09:01. > :09:07.Labour Party ducked for far too long. My question was, whether there
:09:08. > :09:10.had been a special deal done for Surrey. The #4r50eder said they had
:09:11. > :09:15.many conversations with the Government. We know they have
:09:16. > :09:22.because I've been leaked copies of text be send by by the Tory leader
:09:23. > :09:26.intended to somebody called Nick who works for ministers in the
:09:27. > :09:30.Department for Communities and Local Government and this text reads "I'm
:09:31. > :09:38.advised that DCLG officials have been working on a solution and that
:09:39. > :09:51.you will be contacted me to agree a memorandum of understanding." Ah.
:09:52. > :09:55.Will the Government now publish this memorandum of understanding and
:09:56. > :10:04.while they are about it, will all councils be offered the same deal?
:10:05. > :10:08.What we have given all councils is the opportunity to raise a 3%
:10:09. > :10:16.precept on the council tax for that go to go into social care. He talks
:10:17. > :10:20.about understanding. What the Labour Party fails to understand... THE
:10:21. > :10:24.SPEAKER: Order. There is far too much noise. Mr Pound calm yourself,
:10:25. > :10:35.you are supposed to be a senior statesman.
:10:36. > :10:41.Order. And Mr Rotherham, you should reserve your shouting for the stands
:10:42. > :10:45.at Anfield. Prime Minister. As I say, all councils have the
:10:46. > :10:49.opportunity to raise the 3% precept to put that funding into the
:10:50. > :10:52.provision of social care. What the Labour Party fails to understand is
:10:53. > :10:56.that this is not just a question of looking at money, it is a question
:10:57. > :10:59.of looking at spreading best practice and finding a sustainable
:11:00. > :11:04.solution. And I have to say to him, that if we look at social care
:11:05. > :11:09.provision across the entire country, the last thing social care providers
:11:10. > :11:13.need is another one of Labour's bouncing cheques.
:11:14. > :11:18.Mrnchts speaker, I wonder if it is anything to do with the fact that
:11:19. > :11:26.the Chancellor and Health Secretary both represent Surrey
:11:27. > :11:33.constituencies? Mr Speakerers there was a second text from Surrey County
:11:34. > :11:38.Council leader to Nick and in the second text it says "The numbers you
:11:39. > :11:44.indicated are the numbers that I understand are acceptable for me to
:11:45. > :11:50.accept and call off the R." Now I've been reading a bit of John Le Carre,
:11:51. > :11:57.and apparently R means, referendum. It's very subtle, all this.
:11:58. > :12:03.He goes on to say in his text to Nick "If it is possible for that
:12:04. > :12:11.info to be sent to myself, I can then revert back soonest. Really
:12:12. > :12:17.want to kill this off." So, how much did the Government offer Surrey to
:12:18. > :12:22.kill this off? And is the same sweetheart deal on offer to every
:12:23. > :12:29.council facing the social care crisis, created by her Government?
:12:30. > :12:32.I've made clear to the right honourable gentleman what has been
:12:33. > :12:38.made available to every council, which is the ability to raise the
:12:39. > :12:46.precept. And I have to say to him... THE SPEAKER: Order. As colleagues
:12:47. > :12:49.know, I never mind how long Prime Minister's Questions takes. The
:12:50. > :12:51.questions must be heard and the answers must be heard.
:12:52. > :12:55.The Prime Minister. I have to say to him, he comes to the despatch broks
:12:56. > :13:06.making all sorts of claims. Yet again what we get from Labour are
:13:07. > :13:08.alternative facts. -- Despatch Box. What they really need is an
:13:09. > :13:22.alternative leader. Mr Speaker, my question was - what
:13:23. > :13:27.deal has been offered to Surrey that got them to call off a referendum
:13:28. > :13:33.and will the same deal be offered to every other council going through a
:13:34. > :13:36.social care crisis? Mr Speaker, hospital wards are overcrowded. 1
:13:37. > :13:42.million people aren't getting the care they need. And family members,
:13:43. > :13:48.mostly women, are having to give up work to care for loved ones. Every
:13:49. > :13:54.day that the Prime Minister fails to act, this crisis gets worse. So will
:13:55. > :14:00.she, finally, come clean and provide local authorities with the funding
:14:01. > :14:04.they need to fund social care properly, so that our often elderly
:14:05. > :14:10.and vulnerable people can be treated with the support and dignity that
:14:11. > :14:15.they deserve in a civilised society? The deal that is on offer to all
:14:16. > :14:20.councils is the one I have already set out. Let me just be very clear
:14:21. > :14:26.with the right honourable gentleman, because as ever, he stands up and
:14:27. > :14:32.consistently asks for more spending. More money, more funding. What he
:14:33. > :14:38.always fails to recognise, what he fails to recognise is that you can
:14:39. > :14:42.only spend money on social care and on the National Health Service if
:14:43. > :14:47.off strong economy to deliver the wealth that you need. There is a
:14:48. > :14:52.fundamental difference between us. When I... THE SPEAKER: Order. I'm
:14:53. > :14:58.sorry there is still too much noise in the chamber. People observing our
:14:59. > :15:01.proceedings here and on the outside what the questions heard and the
:15:02. > :15:03.answers heard and they will be. Prime Minister.
:15:04. > :15:07.There is a difference between us, when I talk about half a trillion
:15:08. > :15:11.pounds, that's the money we will be spending on the NHS this Parliament.
:15:12. > :15:15.When Labour talk about half a trillion pounds, tss the money they
:15:16. > :15:16.want to borrow. Conservatives investing in the NHS, Labour
:15:17. > :15:28.bankrupting Britain. Thank you, Mr Speaker, there are
:15:29. > :15:32.significant challenges facing this great nafgs ours, Prime Minister,
:15:33. > :15:35.one of which is tackling mental health, particularly for young
:15:36. > :15:39.people. The pressures of juggling school life, family life and staying
:15:40. > :15:43.safe and feeling valued online are more difficult than ever, would the
:15:44. > :15:48.Prime Minister agree to meet with me and my team to discuss the Mental
:15:49. > :15:53.Health Act that we have been working on and developing, an app to give
:15:54. > :15:58.young people a tool box to help them in the times of crisis?
:15:59. > :16:05.I am interested to hear of this. Mental health is an area where we do
:16:06. > :16:10.need to put more of a focus and make progress. I am pleased to say that
:16:11. > :16:14.something like 1400 more people are accessing mental health services
:16:15. > :16:18.every day. But more needs to be done. We are putting ?68 million
:16:19. > :16:22.into improving mental health care through digital innovation, which
:16:23. > :16:25.sounds as if it fits right into what my honourable friend is looking at.
:16:26. > :16:28.There will be a particular focus on that with children and young
:16:29. > :16:31.people's mental health in mind. He might want to look out for the
:16:32. > :16:34.Department of Health and the Department for Education joint green
:16:35. > :16:40.paper that they will publish in October. Angus Robertson. Last
:16:41. > :16:47.night, parliamentarians from across the chamber and across the parties
:16:48. > :16:55.voted overwhelmingly against the UK Government's Brexit plans in the
:16:56. > :17:00.Scottish Parliament. If the United Kingdom is a partnership of equals,
:17:01. > :17:03.will the Prime Minister compromise like the Scottish Government and
:17:04. > :17:13.reach a negotiated agreement before invoking Article 50, or will she
:17:14. > :17:19.just carry on regardless? As the right honourable gentleman knows,
:17:20. > :17:21.when the UK Government negotiates, it will be negotiating as the
:17:22. > :17:27.government for the whole of the United Kingdom. We have put in place
:17:28. > :17:31.the JNC arrangements through various committees which enable us to work
:17:32. > :17:35.closely with the devolved administrations identify the
:17:36. > :17:42.particular issues that they want to see represented as we put our views
:17:43. > :17:47.together. We have said we will intensify the discussions within
:17:48. > :17:52.that arrangement and that is what we'll do. Angus Robertson. When the
:17:53. > :17:58.Prime Minister was in Edinburgh on the 15th of July last year, she
:17:59. > :18:05.pledged that she would "Not trigger article 50 until she had an agreed
:18:06. > :18:08.UK-wide approach. So given that the Scottish Parliament has voted
:18:09. > :18:13.overwhelmingly against her approach, and all bar one MP representing a
:18:14. > :18:19.Scottish constituency in this House of Commons has voted against her
:18:20. > :18:26.approach, she does not have an agreed UK-wide approach. As the
:18:27. > :18:32.Prime Minister knows, a lot of people in Scotland watch Prime
:18:33. > :18:35.Minister's Questions. So will she tell those viewers in Scotland when
:18:36. > :18:41.she intends to keep her word to Scotland or not? We are ensuring
:18:42. > :18:46.that we are working with the Scottish Government and the other
:18:47. > :18:50.devolved administrations as we take this matter forward. I would just
:18:51. > :18:53.remind the right honourable gentleman of two things. First of
:18:54. > :18:57.all, the Supreme Court was clear that the Scottish parliament does
:18:58. > :19:03.not have a veto on the triggering of article 50. The bill that is going
:19:04. > :19:07.through the House is obviously giving the power to the government
:19:08. > :19:10.to trigger article 50. I would also remind him of this point, because he
:19:11. > :19:15.constantly refers to the interests of Scotland inside the European
:19:16. > :19:24.Union. An independent Scotland would not be in the European Union. Mr
:19:25. > :19:29.Speaker, the people of Rossendale and Darwen warmly welcome
:19:30. > :19:32.Government's housing White Paper. Will my right honourable friend
:19:33. > :19:36.confirm that when it comes to providing more security for renters,
:19:37. > :19:42.building more affordable homes and helping people buy their own home,
:19:43. > :19:48.it is this party, the Conservative Party, that is fixing our broken
:19:49. > :19:52.housing market? Am happy to agree with my honourable friend. Our
:19:53. > :19:57.broken housing market is one of the greatest barriers to progress in
:19:58. > :20:01.Britain today and the housing White Paper brought out by my right
:20:02. > :20:04.honourable friend II for communities and local government sets out the
:20:05. > :20:08.steps we will take to fix it and my honourable friend is right. It is
:20:09. > :20:12.the Conservatives who are going to support local authorities to deliver
:20:13. > :20:16.more of the right homes in the right places to encourage faster build-up
:20:17. > :20:18.of developments. I'm sure everybody recognised the problem of planning
:20:19. > :20:22.permission that are given and then not built out, and create the
:20:23. > :20:26.conditions for a more competitive and diverse housing market. We are
:20:27. > :20:33.setting out the response abilities of all parties in building the homes
:20:34. > :20:38.that Britain needs. Does the Prime Minister agree that in a 21st
:20:39. > :20:42.century parliament, the rules should not able any member to speak for
:20:43. > :20:45.longer than 58 minutes in a three-hour debate? Does she agree
:20:46. > :20:48.that the rules of the House should be changed to prevent filibustering
:20:49. > :20:55.and French other members from all sides of the House get that our
:20:56. > :20:58.share of the time available? I have to say, I find that a rather curious
:20:59. > :21:03.question from the honourable gentleman. Last night, as it
:21:04. > :21:09.happens, I was out of the House between the two votes. I switched on
:21:10. > :21:13.the BBC Parliament channel and I saw the honourable gentleman speaking. I
:21:14. > :21:25.turned over to something else. I switched back. I saw the honourable
:21:26. > :21:31.gentleman still speaking! I switched over to something else. I switched
:21:32. > :21:34.back and the honourable gentleman was still speaking. He is the last
:21:35. > :21:45.person to complain about filibustering in this House. Mrs
:21:46. > :21:52.Theresa Villiers. Mr Speaker,... Order! Mr Hughes, you seem to be in
:21:53. > :21:55.a state of permanent overexcitement. Calm yourself, man, take some sort
:21:56. > :22:01.of medication and it will soothe you. We must hear Mrs Williams. As
:22:02. > :22:07.we prepare in this House to take back control over our laws on
:22:08. > :22:09.agriculture, was she agree to use Brexit as an opportunity to
:22:10. > :22:16.strengthen, not weaken the rules which safeguard the welfare of
:22:17. > :22:22.animals? My right honourable friend raises an important point which is
:22:23. > :22:25.of concern are many people in this house and outside. We should be
:22:26. > :22:29.proud in the UK that we have some of the highest animal welfare standards
:22:30. > :22:33.in the world. Indeed, one of the highest scores for animal protection
:22:34. > :22:36.in the world. Leaving the EU will not change this. I can assure my
:22:37. > :22:42.right honourable friend that we are committed to maintaining and where
:22:43. > :22:45.possible, improving standards of welfare in the UK while ensuring
:22:46. > :22:56.that our industry is not put at a competitive disadvantage. Last week,
:22:57. > :22:59.the Russian Duma decriminalised violence against women and children.
:23:00. > :23:03.I trust the government will encourage Russia to rethink this
:23:04. > :23:05.aggressive approach which could realise a domestic violence. Does
:23:06. > :23:11.she agree that ratify the Convention would send a message to Russia and
:23:12. > :23:15.the world of the priority that should be placed on ending
:23:16. > :23:19.gender-based violence? I am proud that in this country, we have
:23:20. > :23:22.strengthened the law on domestic violence and violence against women
:23:23. > :23:26.and girls. We see this as a retrograde step by the Russian
:23:27. > :23:30.government, repealing existing legislation sends out absolutely the
:23:31. > :23:34.wrong message on what is a global problem. We have joined others in
:23:35. > :23:45.both the Council of Europe and the OSCE in criticising this decision.
:23:46. > :23:49.Each year, the NHS reportedly spends ?80 million more than it needs to on
:23:50. > :23:53.prescriptions for basic painkillers that can be sourced much more
:23:54. > :23:59.cheaply. Yet at the same time, secondary breast cancer patients
:24:00. > :24:04.face being denied life extending drugs. May I ask my right honourable
:24:05. > :24:06.friend to review this poor allocation of resources and give
:24:07. > :24:12.breast cancer sufferers the hope that they deserve? This is obviously
:24:13. > :24:16.an important issue that my honourable friend has raised. I
:24:17. > :24:20.understand that on the point of basic medication, it is in the fact
:24:21. > :24:23.that the NHS pays more for basic painkillers than on the high street.
:24:24. > :24:29.In fact, their prices are lower. In the case of the drug, it is right
:24:30. > :24:33.that difficult decisions are made on the basis of clinical evidence. I
:24:34. > :24:36.understand that Nice is undertaking a comprehensive assessment before
:24:37. > :24:45.making a final recommendation and in the meantime, the drug is still
:24:46. > :24:47.available to patients. Last month, a report was published on historical
:24:48. > :24:53.institutional abuse in Northern Ireland. Given the uncertain
:24:54. > :24:56.political institutions in Northern Ireland, if the executive is not up
:24:57. > :25:00.and running within a month, will the Prime Minister commit to
:25:01. > :25:08.implementing a report on historical institutional abuse in full? This
:25:09. > :25:12.was obviously an important review and of course we have our inquiry
:25:13. > :25:17.into historic child abuse taking place in England and Wales. I
:25:18. > :25:22.recognise the point the honourable gentleman makes about looking ahead
:25:23. > :25:26.to the future. We obviously have the elections on the 2nd of March. There
:25:27. > :25:31.were then be a period of time for an executive to be put together. I
:25:32. > :25:35.would encourage all parties to work to ensure that an executive can be
:25:36. > :25:38.put together in Northern Ireland to maintain the devolved institutions.
:25:39. > :25:43.I don't want to see the benefits that have come of progress being
:25:44. > :25:48.undone at this stage. I am sure that looking ahead, whatever is necessary
:25:49. > :25:55.will be done to ensure that the findings of that report are taken
:25:56. > :25:59.into account and acted on. The Prime Minister has been clear in her
:26:00. > :26:07.negotiating objectives as we prepare to leave the European Union. But
:26:08. > :26:10.with the Prime Minister agree with me that regions like the West
:26:11. > :26:14.Midlands, part of which I represent, needs a voice in those negotiations
:26:15. > :26:20.to ensure that we take the opportunities presented by Brexit to
:26:21. > :26:23.raise investment in education, skills and infrastructure in the
:26:24. > :26:28.region to ensure that her vision of a global Britain represents the
:26:29. > :26:34.interests of all the regions of England as well as the broader
:26:35. > :26:38.United Kingdom? I agree with my honourable friend. When we negotiate
:26:39. > :26:41.as a United Kingdom, we will be negotiating for the whole of the
:26:42. > :26:45.United Kingdom and taking account of all parts of the United Kingdom. We
:26:46. > :26:49.have ambition in terms of making the Midlands and engine for growth. It
:26:50. > :26:53.is about growing the region's economy and more jobs. That is why
:26:54. > :26:56.money has been put into funding the Birmingham rail hub, for example. Of
:26:57. > :27:02.course, the West Midlands will be getting a strong voice nationally
:27:03. > :27:08.with a directed irate elected mayor in May. I believe Andy Street will
:27:09. > :27:10.be a very good mayor for the West Midlands. In welcoming the
:27:11. > :27:16.honourable gentleman back again to the chamber, I call Mr Ronnie
:27:17. > :27:27.Campbell. Looking pretty slim as well, Mr Speaker! Mr Speaker, I had
:27:28. > :27:36.five months under the health service in Newcastle, under the auspices of
:27:37. > :27:39.Professor Griffiths, a marvellous surgeon. He just about saved my
:27:40. > :27:44.life. But there was a flip side. That is the best side of the
:27:45. > :27:47.national health and it has been wonderful, the service I got. But
:27:48. > :27:55.there is a flip side, which is what we are seeing today. We now have
:27:56. > :27:57.dedicated nurses who are called corridor nurses. They are in the
:27:58. > :28:05.corridor, looking after patients on trolleys. That is not the way we
:28:06. > :28:11.want our health service to run. Get your purse open and give them the
:28:12. > :28:17.money they want. As the Speaker said, I welcome the honourable
:28:18. > :28:21.gentleman to his place again in this chamber. And I commend the surgeon
:28:22. > :28:25.and all those who have treated him in the National Health Service that
:28:26. > :28:30.has enabled him to be here today and to continue his duties. As we know,
:28:31. > :28:35.there are surgeons, doctors, nurses and other staff up and down the NHS
:28:36. > :28:40.day in and day out, saving lives. We should commend them for all that
:28:41. > :28:44.they do. The north-east is a good example of some of the really good
:28:45. > :28:48.practice that we see in the National Health Service. I want to see that
:28:49. > :28:54.good practice being spread across the NHS across the whole country. Dr
:28:55. > :28:57.Sarah Wollaston. I am not alone in hearing from family 's long settled
:28:58. > :29:01.here in Britain who are deeply worried that they could be separated
:29:02. > :29:05.after we leave the European Union. I know that the Prime Minister will
:29:06. > :29:09.not want that to happen, and I wonder if today, she could reassure
:29:10. > :29:13.all our constituents that those who were born elsewhere in the European
:29:14. > :29:17.Union but settled here in the UK are married or in partnerships with
:29:18. > :29:23.British citizens, will have the right to remain? My honourable
:29:24. > :29:28.friend raises an issue that is of concern to members across this
:29:29. > :29:32.House. As she says, it is of concern to many individuals outside of this
:29:33. > :29:36.House who will want reassurance about their future. I want to be
:29:37. > :29:42.able to give that reassurance, but I do want to see the same reassurance
:29:43. > :29:47.for UK citizens living in the EU. But when I trigger article 50, I
:29:48. > :29:51.intend to make it clear that I want this to be a priority for an early
:29:52. > :30:02.stage of the negotiations so that we can address this issue and reassure
:30:03. > :30:09.the people concerned. Just two weeks ago, a 15-year-old left school and
:30:10. > :30:15.was stabbed four times and died. Three days earlier, a 19-year-old
:30:16. > :30:21.was stabbed to death in Wembley. And just a few months earlier, two of my
:30:22. > :30:27.young constituents were killed and the police said it was a case of
:30:28. > :30:31.mistaken identity. They were 22-year-old and a 27-year-old. Next
:30:32. > :30:36.week, I am eating the deputy Mayor of London to discuss this issue and
:30:37. > :30:41.other issues. The Prime Minister meet with me, fellow MPs and my
:30:42. > :30:44.borough commander to talk about this issue and the sycamore project which
:30:45. > :30:51.we would like to see rolled out in London and beyond?
:30:52. > :30:57.Can I express obviously the condolences of the whole House to
:30:58. > :31:00.the familiar lanes friends to all of those she referred to in her
:31:01. > :31:03.question who of been so brutally stabbed and attacked and suffered
:31:04. > :31:06.from knife attacks she refers to. Obviously this is an important
:31:07. > :31:11.issue. It is a particularly important issue for London but it is
:31:12. > :31:15.one that we want to see addressed. A lot of good work that has been done.
:31:16. > :31:18.I'm in the aware of the sycamore project she has referred to but
:31:19. > :31:25.would be happy to hear more details of it.
:31:26. > :31:31.From medics at Kingston Hospital to researchers at Kingston university,
:31:32. > :31:35.and staff at growing electronics businesses, Kingston's workforce is
:31:36. > :31:41.enriched by highly-skilled workers from abroad so. Can my honourable
:31:42. > :31:43.friend refirm after we leave the EU we'll continue to welcome
:31:44. > :31:46.highly-skilled worksers from the EU and beyond. I thank my honourable
:31:47. > :31:51.friend for his question. We are very clear that we dop want to bring the
:31:52. > :31:54.numbers of net migration down but we also want to ensure that the
:31:55. > :31:58.brightest and best are still welcome here in the United Kingdom. And
:31:59. > :32:01.that's why I think people want to see the UK Government making
:32:02. > :32:04.decisions about people who are coming here from the European Union,
:32:05. > :32:09.but we are very clear about the importance, as I said in my speech
:32:10. > :32:12.in Lancaster House, there will still be immigration from the European
:32:13. > :32:17.Union into the UK and we want to ensure that the brightest and best
:32:18. > :32:21.are able to come here. Yesterday the Brexit minister
:32:22. > :32:25.claimed that Parliament will have a meaningful vote on the final EU
:32:26. > :32:29.deal. But account Prime Minister confirm that under her plans
:32:30. > :32:34.Parliament will either have to accept what the Government offers or
:32:35. > :32:40.fall back on WTO rules? And in the event there's no deal, there'll be
:32:41. > :32:47.no vote at all? Isn't the reality this is just take it or leave it and
:32:48. > :32:56.it is not a meaningful concession, it's a con? We have been very clear.
:32:57. > :33:01.I said in my Lancaster House speech that there would be a vote on the
:33:02. > :33:04.final deal. There were a number of questions on what exactly that
:33:05. > :33:08.meant. We will bring forward o motion on the final agreement for
:33:09. > :33:10.approval by both Houses of Parliament and before the final
:33:11. > :33:15.agreement is concluded. We do expect. I know this has been an
:33:16. > :33:20.issue for a number of honourable and right honourable members. We do
:33:21. > :33:22.expect and intend that will happen before the European Parliament
:33:23. > :33:29.debate before it votes and debates on the final agreement.
:33:30. > :33:35.As the Prime Minister knows, Trafford Schools are the best in the
:33:36. > :33:38.country. But they are also in one of the F40 worst-funded areas but
:33:39. > :33:43.perversely the draft funding formula would actually cut funding to are
:33:44. > :33:48.Trafford Schools not increase T when she reviews the draft proposals l
:33:49. > :33:52.she look, please for a new formula that guarantees that all of the
:33:53. > :33:57.worst-funded areas are increased in funding, not cut? My honourable
:33:58. > :34:03.friend raises, again, an important point that I know is a matter which
:34:04. > :34:05.is on the minds of a number of honourable and right honourable
:34:06. > :34:08.friends. As I said earlier, I think the current system of funding is
:34:09. > :34:13.unfair, it is not transparent. I think it is out of date. I want to
:34:14. > :34:16.see a session at the that does support our aspiration to ensure
:34:17. > :34:20.that every child has a good school place. But, in looking at these
:34:21. > :34:23.reforms I can assure my honourable friend that we want to get this
:34:24. > :34:28.right. It is why we are consulting and why we will look very closely at
:34:29. > :34:33.the responses to that consultation. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.
:34:34. > :34:38.Npower have announced a 9.8% increase on dual fuel bills which
:34:39. > :34:43.even the former boss, the former tsar has described as shocking. EDS
:34:44. > :34:47.announced a 8.4% electricity hike and it is reported that British Gas
:34:48. > :34:53.is preparing its 11 million customs tomorrow Merse for a 9% increase.
:34:54. > :34:57.Ofgem has moved to protect those on prepayment ministers with a cap on
:34:58. > :35:01.energy bills. I ask the Prime Minister why doesn't she demand
:35:02. > :35:08.similar protection for the majority of customs Merse who are being
:35:09. > :35:12.ripped off as the CMA has said to the sum of ?1.4 billion. The Right
:35:13. > :35:17.Honourable lady might have missed the fact that where we have said
:35:18. > :35:22.that markets aren't working we will look at the measures needed and the
:35:23. > :35:31.energy market is one we are looking at at the moment. In the spirit of
:35:32. > :35:34.neutrality. The Prime Minister's Lancaster House was a call to put
:35:35. > :35:39.the divisions behind us. Does my right honourable friend agree that
:35:40. > :35:45.this is a vision that everyone in the House should support, that the
:35:46. > :35:49.more united we are, the stronger our negotiating position will be. THE
:35:50. > :35:56.SPEAKER: The honourable gentleman must be concerned. Does she share my
:35:57. > :36:00.surprise that certain members opposite that disagreeing with their
:36:01. > :36:07.current party leader, can cause headaches, that some may not have
:36:08. > :36:11.learned. Can I say to my honourable friend,
:36:12. > :36:15.he is absolutely right that I think the country wants us, in this House,
:36:16. > :36:19.and everybody in the country, wants to unite behind the Government's
:36:20. > :36:22.work to ensure that we get the best-possible deal for the UK, as we
:36:23. > :36:26.leave the European Union, and I believe that we can get a deal that
:36:27. > :36:30.actually is going to be in the interests both of the UK and of the
:36:31. > :36:34.European Union. I had hoped that I was going to be able to welcome the
:36:35. > :36:36.Shadow Home Secretary to the front bench in time for the vote that's
:36:37. > :36:40.going to take place later tonight. Perhaps members of the Labour Party
:36:41. > :36:51.are starting to realise the only real headache is their leader. Thank
:36:52. > :36:56.you, very much, Mr Speaker. Does the Prime Minister agree with
:36:57. > :37:02.the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation that if Britain
:37:03. > :37:08.were to leave the EU on WTO terms, it would cost ?9 billion in lost
:37:09. > :37:12.trade each year? What we want to do is to ensure that we negotiate a
:37:13. > :37:19.deal with the European Union that enables us to have the best-possible
:37:20. > :37:23.deal in trading with and operating within the European Union single
:37:24. > :37:25.market in goods and services. I believe that's possible, precisely
:37:26. > :37:28.because, as I have just said n response to my honourable friend the
:37:29. > :37:32.member for Lincoln, I believe that is a deal that is good, not just for
:37:33. > :37:42.but for the EU as well. The Prime Minister rightly argues
:37:43. > :37:45.for true parity of esteem between mental and physical health but
:37:46. > :37:52.parent in York have been sold that their children must wait up to a
:37:53. > :37:54.year for an assessment by the child, now adolescent mentalhealth
:37:55. > :37:58.services. As the Department of Health actually does not currently
:37:59. > :38:00.record these figures, would the Prime Minister consider making the
:38:01. > :38:04.monitoring fted waiting times a requirement? My honourable friend
:38:05. > :38:10.has raised an important point. As I set out a few weeks ago, the
:38:11. > :38:14.Government will be reviewing the separation of CAMs services across
:38:15. > :38:17.the country because I recognise some of the concerns that honourable
:38:18. > :38:20.members have made. We want to ensure that children and young people have
:38:21. > :38:22.easy access at the right time to mental health because of the
:38:23. > :38:29.evidence that a significant proportion of mental health problems
:38:30. > :38:33.that arise later in life actually sta of children and adolescents. We
:38:34. > :38:39.have made more money available to support transformation in children
:38:40. > :38:44.and young peep's mental health but the Shadow Health Secretary - sorry,
:38:45. > :38:49.the Health Secretary... -- young people's mental health.
:38:50. > :38:55.He is in his place as well. I haute Shadow Health Secretary will
:38:56. > :39:00.agree with me we need to review CAM services and are giving the right
:39:01. > :39:02.support to children and young people, adolescents with mental
:39:03. > :39:06.health problems and we'll look at the issue my honourable friend has
:39:07. > :39:09.raised. Many honourable members in this
:39:10. > :39:14.House have recently made the long journey up to West Cumbria for the
:39:15. > :39:20.by-election and we've all experienced the states of our roads
:39:21. > :39:23.and local railways. It's taken a by-election for transport ministers
:39:24. > :39:29.to look seriously and show any real interest in this. Can I is ask, is
:39:30. > :39:33.the Prime Minister planning a trip herself, so she too can experience
:39:34. > :39:36.why we need proper investment from this Government into our transport
:39:37. > :39:39.infrastructure in West Cumbria? We are putting more money, the
:39:40. > :39:42.Government is putting more money into infrastructure investment
:39:43. > :39:46.across the country but you have to say to her, the Labour Party had 13
:39:47. > :39:56.years to improve transport in West Cumbria and didn't do anything about
:39:57. > :40:00.it. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I recently visited a world class
:40:01. > :40:03.coach-building manufacture based in my constituent and heard about their
:40:04. > :40:07.exciting plans for the future. With my right honourable friend join me
:40:08. > :40:11.in emphasising the importance of skills and manufacturing for our
:40:12. > :40:16.economy, especially as we look to leave the European Union? Can I
:40:17. > :40:23.thank my honourable friend for drawing our attention to the example
:40:24. > :40:26.of Woodall Nicholson and say how pleased we are to hear they have
:40:27. > :40:31.good plans for the future. Can I say he is right, as we leave the EU we
:40:32. > :40:34.will be doing that from a position of strength. He is right that skills
:40:35. > :40:37.and manufacturing are an important of our economy for the future that's
:40:38. > :40:40.why in the industrial strategy we are looking at how we can develop
:40:41. > :40:45.the excellence we already have in the UK, for the prosperous, growing
:40:46. > :40:50.economy for the future. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime
:40:51. > :40:56.Minister's right honourable friend, the member for Rushcliffe last week
:40:57. > :41:01.pointed out that her aspiration to achieve barrier-free tariff-free
:41:02. > :41:06.trade with the single market, getting all the benefits but paying
:41:07. > :41:12.none of the cost, was actually akin to disappearing down the rabbit hole
:41:13. > :41:17.to wonderland. Mr Speaker, I think she makes a very interesting choice
:41:18. > :41:24.for Alice. But, if she doesn't manage to achieve that Higham Biggs,
:41:25. > :41:29.would she produce an analysis of what trading on WTO rules would
:41:30. > :41:35.actually mean for our economy, so we can make a proper choice? Can I say
:41:36. > :41:40.I commend my right honourable friend the member for Rushcliffe for the
:41:41. > :41:45.significant service he has given to this House and his constituents over
:41:46. > :41:49.the years. He and I have have worked well over a number of years although
:41:50. > :41:51.I have to say when I was Home Secretary and he was Justice
:41:52. > :41:57.Secretary, I used to say that I locked him up and he let them out.
:41:58. > :42:02.Can I say to the Right Honourable lady, as far as this Government is
:42:03. > :42:06.concerned, we believe it is possible within the two-year time frame to
:42:07. > :42:09.get the agreement, not just for our withdrawal from the European Union,
:42:10. > :42:13.but also the trade arrangements that will ensure that we have a strong,
:42:14. > :42:24.strategic partnership with the European Union in the future.
:42:25. > :42:29.In my right honourable friend's meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu this
:42:30. > :42:33.week, did she press the only way to get a lasting peace settlement is
:42:34. > :42:37.for young Palestinians and Israelis to look Ford to a job, a sharing
:42:38. > :42:40.prosperity and a life without fear, does she agree the only way to
:42:41. > :42:46.achieve this is face-to-face negotiations? And will she join the
:42:47. > :42:48.Israeli Prime Minister in pressing the Prime Minister of the
:42:49. > :42:54.Palestinian authorities for face-to-face negotiations? My right
:42:55. > :42:58.honourable friend does make a very important point about this. We
:42:59. > :43:01.continue as a Government a Conservative Government in the UK to
:43:02. > :43:07.believe that the two-state solution is a right one. That means a viable
:43:08. > :43:12.Palestinian state but also a safe and secure Israel. And, of course,
:43:13. > :43:16.it is for the parties to negotiate. Obviously there are others on the
:43:17. > :43:20.international arena who are doing their work to facilitate an
:43:21. > :43:24.agreement in the Middle East. But, ultimately it is for the two parties
:43:25. > :43:26.to agree a way forward. THE SPEAKER: Order.