08/02/2017 Prime Minister's Questions


08/02/2017

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 08/02/2017. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

office numbers as members rightly expect. Order. Questions to be Prime

:00:00.:00:00.

Minister. Mr Toby Perkins. In addition to my duties I shall

:00:00.:00:17.

have further such meetings today Mr Speaker, the Government chose to

:00:18.:00:22.

launch the pupil premium at a school in Chesterfield where 70% of people

:00:23.:00:26.

receive free school meals. The headteacher, Dave Shaw was running

:00:27.:00:29.

the Great North Run for a cancer charity. However, her new schools'

:00:30.:00:35.

funding formula means that the junior school now face the biggest

:00:36.:00:39.

cuts in all of Derbyshire. Running for cash is now the only alternative

:00:40.:00:45.

to sacking staff. Will she go to the finish line and tell Dave Shaw how

:00:46.:00:51.

this is a fairer funding formula? Well, I'm pleased to say that in the

:00:52.:00:56.

local authority that covers the honourable gentleman's constituency,

:00:57.:01:01.

we have seen an increase of over 17,000 children at good or

:01:02.:01:05.

outstanding schools since 2010. That's down to Government changes

:01:06.:01:08.

and the hard work of teaches and other staff in the schools. For a

:01:09.:01:13.

very long time, it has been the general view - and I have campaigned

:01:14.:01:17.

on this for a long time - that actually we need to see a fair

:01:18.:01:25.

funding formula for schools. What Government has brought forward is a

:01:26.:01:29.

consultation on a fairer funding formula. We look at the results of

:01:30.:01:35.

that fairer funding formula and will bring forward our firm proposals in

:01:36.:01:40.

due course. Over the course of the last 12

:01:41.:01:45.

months, as part of the Defence Select Committee, I have' had the

:01:46.:01:49.

opportunity to look into the historic Iraq team and how we as a

:01:50.:01:53.

country deal with more historical allegations for our servicemen and

:01:54.:01:57.

women, not only for us who serve but for many members across this House

:01:58.:02:03.

it has been a deeply disturbing experience. I know the Prime

:02:04.:02:08.

Minister gets it but will she double her and her Government's commitments

:02:09.:02:13.

to get a grip on this historical process, so that never again, will

:02:14.:02:17.

our servicemen and women be exposed... I'm sure the whole House

:02:18.:02:22.

will want to join me in praising the bravery and commitment of all those

:02:23.:02:26.

who Seb in our Armed Forces. I would like to thank my honourable friend

:02:27.:02:29.

for the work he is doing on the Defence Committee because of course

:02:30.:02:32.

he brings personal expertise to that work. Those who serve on the front

:02:33.:02:36.

line deserve our support when they get home. I can assure my honourable

:02:37.:02:39.

friend of the Government's commitment to that. All troops

:02:40.:02:44.

facing allegations receive Legal Aid from the Government, with the

:02:45.:02:47.

guarantee that this will not be claimed back. In relation to the

:02:48.:02:54.

issue he has referred to, we are committed to reducing its case load

:02:55.:02:57.

to a small number of credible cases as quickly as possible and I

:02:58.:03:01.

recognise the action that has been taken in relation to the individuals

:03:02.:03:04.

he has referred to, I think it is absolutely appalling when people try

:03:05.:03:10.

to make a business out of chasing after our brave troops.

:03:11.:03:21.

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, nine out of ten NHS

:03:22.:03:27.

Trusts say their hospitals have been at unsafe levels of overcrowding.

:03:28.:03:32.

One in six Accident Emergency units in England are set to be

:03:33.:03:38.

closed or downgraded. Could the Prime Minister please explain how

:03:39.:03:43.

closing A departments will tackle overcrowding and ever-growing

:03:44.:03:48.

waiting lists? First of all, can I extend my thanks and I'm sure that

:03:49.:03:52.

of the whole House to the hard-working staff in the NHS who do

:03:53.:03:57.

a great job, day-in and day-out, treating patients. Yes we recognise

:03:58.:04:04.

there are heavy priors on the NHS. That's -- pressures on the NHS.

:04:05.:04:10.

That's why, this year we are funding the NHS at 1.3 billion pounds more

:04:11.:04:14.

than the Labour Party promised at the last election. He refers

:04:15.:04:18.

specifically to Accident Emergency. What is your response in

:04:19.:04:25.

Accident Emergency? We see 600 more A consultants. 1,500 more A

:04:26.:04:30.

doctors and 2,000 more paramedics. It's not about standing up and

:04:31.:04:33.

making a sound bite and asking a question, it is about delivering

:04:34.:04:37.

results and that's what this Conservative Government is doing. Mr

:04:38.:04:44.

Speaker, congratulating A staff is one thing, paying them properly is

:04:45.:04:50.

another. I hope she managed to see the BBC reports on the royal

:04:51.:04:55.

Blackburn A department which showed that pep had to wait up to 13

:04:56.:05:00.

hours and 52 minutes to be seen. Shocking. A major cause of the

:05:01.:05:09.

pressure on A is the 4.6 billion cut in the social care budget since

:05:10.:05:18.

2010. Shocking. Earlier this week, Liverpool's very esteemed adult

:05:19.:05:31.

social care director resigned saying, "Frankly, I can't see social

:05:32.:05:40.

services surviving after two years". "That's the maximum." People are

:05:41.:05:43.

suffering and we are really only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Mr

:05:44.:05:48.

Speaker, what advice does the Government have to the people of

:05:49.:05:53.

Liverpool in this situation? SHOUTING

:05:54.:05:58.

THE SPEAKER: Order, order. It is bad enough that when members who are

:05:59.:06:01.

within the curt ledge of the chamber shout. Those who are not, absolutely

:06:02.:06:06.

should not do so. It is a discourtesy to the House of Commons.

:06:07.:06:09.

Nothing more, nothing less. Please don't do it.

:06:10.:06:20.

The Prime Minister. Well, he refers at an early stage in his question to

:06:21.:06:25.

Blackburn oo. Imehappy to say compared to 2010 there are more

:06:26.:06:30.

hospital doctors and more nurses in the Blackburn East Lang kashire

:06:31.:06:33.

Hospital's NHS Trust. He went on to talk about waiting times and waiting

:06:34.:06:37.

times can be an issue. Where is it that you wait a week longer for

:06:38.:06:44.

pneumonia treatment? That you wait a week longer for heart disease

:06:45.:06:50.

treatment? That you wait seven weeks longer for cataract treatment? 11

:06:51.:06:54.

weeks longer for hernia treatment and 21 weeks longer for a hip

:06:55.:06:59.

operation? It's not in England, it's in Wales. Who is in power in Wales?

:07:00.:07:11.

Labour. Mr Speaker, my question was about the comments from the director

:07:12.:07:17.

of social care in Liverpool and why the people of Liverpool are having

:07:18.:07:21.

to suffer these great cuts. Liverpool has asked to meet the

:07:22.:07:23.

Government on four occasions. The crisis is so bad that until

:07:24.:07:29.

yesterday, Mr Speaker, David Hodge, the Conservative leader of Surrey

:07:30.:07:34.

County Council, planned to hold a referendum for a 15% increase in

:07:35.:07:40.

council tax. And at the last minute it was called off. Can the Prime

:07:41.:07:47.

Minister tell the House whether or not a special deal was done for

:07:48.:07:54.

Surrey? The decision as to whether or not to hold a referendum in

:07:55.:07:59.

Surrey is entirely a matter for the local authority in Surrey. In Surrey

:08:00.:08:04.

County Council. The right honourable gentleman has raised the issue of

:08:05.:08:08.

social care, which we've exchanged on across this Despatch Box before

:08:09.:08:13.

and as I've said before, we do need to find a long-term sustainable

:08:14.:08:16.

solution for social care in this country. So I recognise the

:08:17.:08:20.

short-term pressures. That's why we have enabled local authorities to

:08:21.:08:23.

put more money into social care. We have provided more money over the

:08:24.:08:29.

next two years, ?900 million more will be available for social care.

:08:30.:08:33.

But we also need to look at ensuring that good practice is spread across

:08:34.:08:38.

the whole of the country. We can look at places like Barnsley, North

:08:39.:08:43.

Tyneside, St Helen's, Rutland, towards the end of last year, no

:08:44.:08:49.

delayed discharges attributed to social care in those councils. We

:08:50.:08:53.

need to look long-term and that's why the Cabinet is driving a review

:08:54.:08:57.

w the relevant department, to find a sustainable solution, which the

:08:58.:09:00.

Labour Party ducked for far too long. My question was, whether there

:09:01.:09:07.

had been a special deal done for Surrey. The #4r50eder said they had

:09:08.:09:10.

many conversations with the Government. We know they have

:09:11.:09:15.

because I've been leaked copies of text be send by by the Tory leader

:09:16.:09:22.

intended to somebody called Nick who works for ministers in the

:09:23.:09:26.

Department for Communities and Local Government and this text reads "I'm

:09:27.:09:30.

advised that DCLG officials have been working on a solution and that

:09:31.:09:38.

you will be contacted me to agree a memorandum of understanding." Ah.

:09:39.:09:51.

Will the Government now publish this memorandum of understanding and

:09:52.:09:55.

while they are about it, will all councils be offered the same deal?

:09:56.:10:04.

What we have given all councils is the opportunity to raise a 3%

:10:05.:10:08.

precept on the council tax for that go to go into social care. He talks

:10:09.:10:16.

about understanding. What the Labour Party fails to understand... THE

:10:17.:10:20.

SPEAKER: Order. There is far too much noise. Mr Pound calm yourself,

:10:21.:10:24.

you are supposed to be a senior statesman.

:10:25.:10:35.

Order. And Mr Rotherham, you should reserve your shouting for the stands

:10:36.:10:41.

at Anfield. Prime Minister. As I say, all councils have the

:10:42.:10:45.

opportunity to raise the 3% precept to put that funding into the

:10:46.:10:49.

provision of social care. What the Labour Party fails to understand is

:10:50.:10:52.

that this is not just a question of looking at money, it is a question

:10:53.:10:56.

of looking at spreading best practice and finding a sustainable

:10:57.:10:59.

solution. And I have to say to him, that if we look at social care

:11:00.:11:04.

provision across the entire country, the last thing social care providers

:11:05.:11:09.

need is another one of Labour's bouncing cheques.

:11:10.:11:13.

Mrnchts speaker, I wonder if it is anything to do with the fact that

:11:14.:11:18.

the Chancellor and Health Secretary both represent Surrey

:11:19.:11:26.

constituencies? Mr Speakerers there was a second text from Surrey County

:11:27.:11:33.

Council leader to Nick and in the second text it says "The numbers you

:11:34.:11:38.

indicated are the numbers that I understand are acceptable for me to

:11:39.:11:44.

accept and call off the R." Now I've been reading a bit of John Le Carre,

:11:45.:11:50.

and apparently R means, referendum. It's very subtle, all this.

:11:51.:11:57.

He goes on to say in his text to Nick "If it is possible for that

:11:58.:12:03.

info to be sent to myself, I can then revert back soonest. Really

:12:04.:12:11.

want to kill this off." So, how much did the Government offer Surrey to

:12:12.:12:17.

kill this off? And is the same sweetheart deal on offer to every

:12:18.:12:22.

council facing the social care crisis, created by her Government?

:12:23.:12:29.

I've made clear to the right honourable gentleman what has been

:12:30.:12:32.

made available to every council, which is the ability to raise the

:12:33.:12:38.

precept. And I have to say to him... THE SPEAKER: Order. As colleagues

:12:39.:12:46.

know, I never mind how long Prime Minister's Questions takes. The

:12:47.:12:49.

questions must be heard and the answers must be heard.

:12:50.:12:51.

The Prime Minister. I have to say to him, he comes to the despatch broks

:12:52.:12:55.

making all sorts of claims. Yet again what we get from Labour are

:12:56.:13:06.

alternative facts. -- Despatch Box. What they really need is an

:13:07.:13:08.

alternative leader. Mr Speaker, my question was - what

:13:09.:13:22.

deal has been offered to Surrey that got them to call off a referendum

:13:23.:13:27.

and will the same deal be offered to every other council going through a

:13:28.:13:33.

social care crisis? Mr Speaker, hospital wards are overcrowded. 1

:13:34.:13:36.

million people aren't getting the care they need. And family members,

:13:37.:13:42.

mostly women, are having to give up work to care for loved ones. Every

:13:43.:13:48.

day that the Prime Minister fails to act, this crisis gets worse. So will

:13:49.:13:54.

she, finally, come clean and provide local authorities with the funding

:13:55.:14:00.

they need to fund social care properly, so that our often elderly

:14:01.:14:04.

and vulnerable people can be treated with the support and dignity that

:14:05.:14:10.

they deserve in a civilised society? The deal that is on offer to all

:14:11.:14:15.

councils is the one I have already set out. Let me just be very clear

:14:16.:14:20.

with the right honourable gentleman, because as ever, he stands up and

:14:21.:14:26.

consistently asks for more spending. More money, more funding. What he

:14:27.:14:32.

always fails to recognise, what he fails to recognise is that you can

:14:33.:14:38.

only spend money on social care and on the National Health Service if

:14:39.:14:42.

off strong economy to deliver the wealth that you need. There is a

:14:43.:14:47.

fundamental difference between us. When I... THE SPEAKER: Order. I'm

:14:48.:14:52.

sorry there is still too much noise in the chamber. People observing our

:14:53.:14:58.

proceedings here and on the outside what the questions heard and the

:14:59.:15:01.

answers heard and they will be. Prime Minister.

:15:02.:15:03.

There is a difference between us, when I talk about half a trillion

:15:04.:15:07.

pounds, that's the money we will be spending on the NHS this Parliament.

:15:08.:15:11.

When Labour talk about half a trillion pounds, tss the money they

:15:12.:15:15.

want to borrow. Conservatives investing in the NHS, Labour

:15:16.:15:16.

bankrupting Britain. Thank you, Mr Speaker, there are

:15:17.:15:28.

significant challenges facing this great nafgs ours, Prime Minister,

:15:29.:15:32.

one of which is tackling mental health, particularly for young

:15:33.:15:35.

people. The pressures of juggling school life, family life and staying

:15:36.:15:39.

safe and feeling valued online are more difficult than ever, would the

:15:40.:15:43.

Prime Minister agree to meet with me and my team to discuss the Mental

:15:44.:15:48.

Health Act that we have been working on and developing, an app to give

:15:49.:15:53.

young people a tool box to help them in the times of crisis?

:15:54.:15:58.

I am interested to hear of this. Mental health is an area where we do

:15:59.:16:05.

need to put more of a focus and make progress. I am pleased to say that

:16:06.:16:10.

something like 1400 more people are accessing mental health services

:16:11.:16:14.

every day. But more needs to be done. We are putting ?68 million

:16:15.:16:18.

into improving mental health care through digital innovation, which

:16:19.:16:22.

sounds as if it fits right into what my honourable friend is looking at.

:16:23.:16:25.

There will be a particular focus on that with children and young

:16:26.:16:28.

people's mental health in mind. He might want to look out for the

:16:29.:16:31.

Department of Health and the Department for Education joint green

:16:32.:16:34.

paper that they will publish in October. Angus Robertson. Last

:16:35.:16:40.

night, parliamentarians from across the chamber and across the parties

:16:41.:16:47.

voted overwhelmingly against the UK Government's Brexit plans in the

:16:48.:16:55.

Scottish Parliament. If the United Kingdom is a partnership of equals,

:16:56.:17:00.

will the Prime Minister compromise like the Scottish Government and

:17:01.:17:03.

reach a negotiated agreement before invoking Article 50, or will she

:17:04.:17:13.

just carry on regardless? As the right honourable gentleman knows,

:17:14.:17:19.

when the UK Government negotiates, it will be negotiating as the

:17:20.:17:21.

government for the whole of the United Kingdom. We have put in place

:17:22.:17:27.

the JNC arrangements through various committees which enable us to work

:17:28.:17:31.

closely with the devolved administrations identify the

:17:32.:17:35.

particular issues that they want to see represented as we put our views

:17:36.:17:42.

together. We have said we will intensify the discussions within

:17:43.:17:47.

that arrangement and that is what we'll do. Angus Robertson. When the

:17:48.:17:52.

Prime Minister was in Edinburgh on the 15th of July last year, she

:17:53.:17:58.

pledged that she would "Not trigger article 50 until she had an agreed

:17:59.:18:05.

UK-wide approach. So given that the Scottish Parliament has voted

:18:06.:18:08.

overwhelmingly against her approach, and all bar one MP representing a

:18:09.:18:13.

Scottish constituency in this House of Commons has voted against her

:18:14.:18:19.

approach, she does not have an agreed UK-wide approach. As the

:18:20.:18:26.

Prime Minister knows, a lot of people in Scotland watch Prime

:18:27.:18:32.

Minister's Questions. So will she tell those viewers in Scotland when

:18:33.:18:35.

she intends to keep her word to Scotland or not? We are ensuring

:18:36.:18:41.

that we are working with the Scottish Government and the other

:18:42.:18:46.

devolved administrations as we take this matter forward. I would just

:18:47.:18:50.

remind the right honourable gentleman of two things. First of

:18:51.:18:53.

all, the Supreme Court was clear that the Scottish parliament does

:18:54.:18:57.

not have a veto on the triggering of article 50. The bill that is going

:18:58.:19:03.

through the House is obviously giving the power to the government

:19:04.:19:07.

to trigger article 50. I would also remind him of this point, because he

:19:08.:19:10.

constantly refers to the interests of Scotland inside the European

:19:11.:19:15.

Union. An independent Scotland would not be in the European Union. Mr

:19:16.:19:24.

Speaker, the people of Rossendale and Darwen warmly welcome

:19:25.:19:29.

Government's housing White Paper. Will my right honourable friend

:19:30.:19:32.

confirm that when it comes to providing more security for renters,

:19:33.:19:36.

building more affordable homes and helping people buy their own home,

:19:37.:19:42.

it is this party, the Conservative Party, that is fixing our broken

:19:43.:19:48.

housing market? Am happy to agree with my honourable friend. Our

:19:49.:19:52.

broken housing market is one of the greatest barriers to progress in

:19:53.:19:57.

Britain today and the housing White Paper brought out by my right

:19:58.:20:01.

honourable friend II for communities and local government sets out the

:20:02.:20:04.

steps we will take to fix it and my honourable friend is right. It is

:20:05.:20:08.

the Conservatives who are going to support local authorities to deliver

:20:09.:20:12.

more of the right homes in the right places to encourage faster build-up

:20:13.:20:16.

of developments. I'm sure everybody recognised the problem of planning

:20:17.:20:18.

permission that are given and then not built out, and create the

:20:19.:20:22.

conditions for a more competitive and diverse housing market. We are

:20:23.:20:26.

setting out the response abilities of all parties in building the homes

:20:27.:20:33.

that Britain needs. Does the Prime Minister agree that in a 21st

:20:34.:20:38.

century parliament, the rules should not able any member to speak for

:20:39.:20:42.

longer than 58 minutes in a three-hour debate? Does she agree

:20:43.:20:45.

that the rules of the House should be changed to prevent filibustering

:20:46.:20:48.

and French other members from all sides of the House get that our

:20:49.:20:55.

share of the time available? I have to say, I find that a rather curious

:20:56.:20:58.

question from the honourable gentleman. Last night, as it

:20:59.:21:03.

happens, I was out of the House between the two votes. I switched on

:21:04.:21:09.

the BBC Parliament channel and I saw the honourable gentleman speaking. I

:21:10.:21:13.

turned over to something else. I switched back. I saw the honourable

:21:14.:21:25.

gentleman still speaking! I switched over to something else. I switched

:21:26.:21:31.

back and the honourable gentleman was still speaking. He is the last

:21:32.:21:34.

person to complain about filibustering in this House. Mrs

:21:35.:21:45.

Theresa Villiers. Mr Speaker,... Order! Mr Hughes, you seem to be in

:21:46.:21:52.

a state of permanent overexcitement. Calm yourself, man, take some sort

:21:53.:21:55.

of medication and it will soothe you. We must hear Mrs Williams. As

:21:56.:22:01.

we prepare in this House to take back control over our laws on

:22:02.:22:07.

agriculture, was she agree to use Brexit as an opportunity to

:22:08.:22:09.

strengthen, not weaken the rules which safeguard the welfare of

:22:10.:22:16.

animals? My right honourable friend raises an important point which is

:22:17.:22:22.

of concern are many people in this house and outside. We should be

:22:23.:22:25.

proud in the UK that we have some of the highest animal welfare standards

:22:26.:22:29.

in the world. Indeed, one of the highest scores for animal protection

:22:30.:22:33.

in the world. Leaving the EU will not change this. I can assure my

:22:34.:22:36.

right honourable friend that we are committed to maintaining and where

:22:37.:22:42.

possible, improving standards of welfare in the UK while ensuring

:22:43.:22:45.

that our industry is not put at a competitive disadvantage. Last week,

:22:46.:22:56.

the Russian Duma decriminalised violence against women and children.

:22:57.:22:59.

I trust the government will encourage Russia to rethink this

:23:00.:23:03.

aggressive approach which could realise a domestic violence. Does

:23:04.:23:05.

she agree that ratify the Convention would send a message to Russia and

:23:06.:23:11.

the world of the priority that should be placed on ending

:23:12.:23:15.

gender-based violence? I am proud that in this country, we have

:23:16.:23:19.

strengthened the law on domestic violence and violence against women

:23:20.:23:22.

and girls. We see this as a retrograde step by the Russian

:23:23.:23:26.

government, repealing existing legislation sends out absolutely the

:23:27.:23:30.

wrong message on what is a global problem. We have joined others in

:23:31.:23:34.

both the Council of Europe and the OSCE in criticising this decision.

:23:35.:23:45.

Each year, the NHS reportedly spends ?80 million more than it needs to on

:23:46.:23:49.

prescriptions for basic painkillers that can be sourced much more

:23:50.:23:53.

cheaply. Yet at the same time, secondary breast cancer patients

:23:54.:23:59.

face being denied life extending drugs. May I ask my right honourable

:24:00.:24:04.

friend to review this poor allocation of resources and give

:24:05.:24:06.

breast cancer sufferers the hope that they deserve? This is obviously

:24:07.:24:12.

an important issue that my honourable friend has raised. I

:24:13.:24:16.

understand that on the point of basic medication, it is in the fact

:24:17.:24:20.

that the NHS pays more for basic painkillers than on the high street.

:24:21.:24:23.

In fact, their prices are lower. In the case of the drug, it is right

:24:24.:24:29.

that difficult decisions are made on the basis of clinical evidence. I

:24:30.:24:33.

understand that Nice is undertaking a comprehensive assessment before

:24:34.:24:36.

making a final recommendation and in the meantime, the drug is still

:24:37.:24:45.

available to patients. Last month, a report was published on historical

:24:46.:24:47.

institutional abuse in Northern Ireland. Given the uncertain

:24:48.:24:53.

political institutions in Northern Ireland, if the executive is not up

:24:54.:24:56.

and running within a month, will the Prime Minister commit to

:24:57.:25:00.

implementing a report on historical institutional abuse in full? This

:25:01.:25:08.

was obviously an important review and of course we have our inquiry

:25:09.:25:12.

into historic child abuse taking place in England and Wales. I

:25:13.:25:17.

recognise the point the honourable gentleman makes about looking ahead

:25:18.:25:22.

to the future. We obviously have the elections on the 2nd of March. There

:25:23.:25:26.

were then be a period of time for an executive to be put together. I

:25:27.:25:31.

would encourage all parties to work to ensure that an executive can be

:25:32.:25:35.

put together in Northern Ireland to maintain the devolved institutions.

:25:36.:25:38.

I don't want to see the benefits that have come of progress being

:25:39.:25:43.

undone at this stage. I am sure that looking ahead, whatever is necessary

:25:44.:25:48.

will be done to ensure that the findings of that report are taken

:25:49.:25:55.

into account and acted on. The Prime Minister has been clear in her

:25:56.:25:59.

negotiating objectives as we prepare to leave the European Union. But

:26:00.:26:07.

with the Prime Minister agree with me that regions like the West

:26:08.:26:10.

Midlands, part of which I represent, needs a voice in those negotiations

:26:11.:26:14.

to ensure that we take the opportunities presented by Brexit to

:26:15.:26:20.

raise investment in education, skills and infrastructure in the

:26:21.:26:23.

region to ensure that her vision of a global Britain represents the

:26:24.:26:28.

interests of all the regions of England as well as the broader

:26:29.:26:34.

United Kingdom? I agree with my honourable friend. When we negotiate

:26:35.:26:38.

as a United Kingdom, we will be negotiating for the whole of the

:26:39.:26:41.

United Kingdom and taking account of all parts of the United Kingdom. We

:26:42.:26:45.

have ambition in terms of making the Midlands and engine for growth. It

:26:46.:26:49.

is about growing the region's economy and more jobs. That is why

:26:50.:26:53.

money has been put into funding the Birmingham rail hub, for example. Of

:26:54.:26:56.

course, the West Midlands will be getting a strong voice nationally

:26:57.:27:02.

with a directed irate elected mayor in May. I believe Andy Street will

:27:03.:27:08.

be a very good mayor for the West Midlands. In welcoming the

:27:09.:27:10.

honourable gentleman back again to the chamber, I call Mr Ronnie

:27:11.:27:16.

Campbell. Looking pretty slim as well, Mr Speaker! Mr Speaker, I had

:27:17.:27:27.

five months under the health service in Newcastle, under the auspices of

:27:28.:27:36.

Professor Griffiths, a marvellous surgeon. He just about saved my

:27:37.:27:39.

life. But there was a flip side. That is the best side of the

:27:40.:27:44.

national health and it has been wonderful, the service I got. But

:27:45.:27:47.

there is a flip side, which is what we are seeing today. We now have

:27:48.:27:55.

dedicated nurses who are called corridor nurses. They are in the

:27:56.:27:57.

corridor, looking after patients on trolleys. That is not the way we

:27:58.:28:05.

want our health service to run. Get your purse open and give them the

:28:06.:28:11.

money they want. As the Speaker said, I welcome the honourable

:28:12.:28:17.

gentleman to his place again in this chamber. And I commend the surgeon

:28:18.:28:21.

and all those who have treated him in the National Health Service that

:28:22.:28:25.

has enabled him to be here today and to continue his duties. As we know,

:28:26.:28:30.

there are surgeons, doctors, nurses and other staff up and down the NHS

:28:31.:28:35.

day in and day out, saving lives. We should commend them for all that

:28:36.:28:40.

they do. The north-east is a good example of some of the really good

:28:41.:28:44.

practice that we see in the National Health Service. I want to see that

:28:45.:28:48.

good practice being spread across the NHS across the whole country. Dr

:28:49.:28:54.

Sarah Wollaston. I am not alone in hearing from family 's long settled

:28:55.:28:57.

here in Britain who are deeply worried that they could be separated

:28:58.:29:01.

after we leave the European Union. I know that the Prime Minister will

:29:02.:29:05.

not want that to happen, and I wonder if today, she could reassure

:29:06.:29:09.

all our constituents that those who were born elsewhere in the European

:29:10.:29:13.

Union but settled here in the UK are married or in partnerships with

:29:14.:29:17.

British citizens, will have the right to remain? My honourable

:29:18.:29:23.

friend raises an issue that is of concern to members across this

:29:24.:29:28.

House. As she says, it is of concern to many individuals outside of this

:29:29.:29:32.

House who will want reassurance about their future. I want to be

:29:33.:29:36.

able to give that reassurance, but I do want to see the same reassurance

:29:37.:29:42.

for UK citizens living in the EU. But when I trigger article 50, I

:29:43.:29:47.

intend to make it clear that I want this to be a priority for an early

:29:48.:29:51.

stage of the negotiations so that we can address this issue and reassure

:29:52.:30:02.

the people concerned. Just two weeks ago, a 15-year-old left school and

:30:03.:30:09.

was stabbed four times and died. Three days earlier, a 19-year-old

:30:10.:30:15.

was stabbed to death in Wembley. And just a few months earlier, two of my

:30:16.:30:21.

young constituents were killed and the police said it was a case of

:30:22.:30:27.

mistaken identity. They were 22-year-old and a 27-year-old. Next

:30:28.:30:31.

week, I am eating the deputy Mayor of London to discuss this issue and

:30:32.:30:36.

other issues. The Prime Minister meet with me, fellow MPs and my

:30:37.:30:41.

borough commander to talk about this issue and the sycamore project which

:30:42.:30:44.

we would like to see rolled out in London and beyond?

:30:45.:30:51.

Can I express obviously the condolences of the whole House to

:30:52.:30:57.

the familiar lanes friends to all of those she referred to in her

:30:58.:31:00.

question who of been so brutally stabbed and attacked and suffered

:31:01.:31:03.

from knife attacks she refers to. Obviously this is an important

:31:04.:31:06.

issue. It is a particularly important issue for London but it is

:31:07.:31:11.

one that we want to see addressed. A lot of good work that has been done.

:31:12.:31:15.

I'm in the aware of the sycamore project she has referred to but

:31:16.:31:18.

would be happy to hear more details of it.

:31:19.:31:25.

From medics at Kingston Hospital to researchers at Kingston university,

:31:26.:31:31.

and staff at growing electronics businesses, Kingston's workforce is

:31:32.:31:35.

enriched by highly-skilled workers from abroad so. Can my honourable

:31:36.:31:41.

friend refirm after we leave the EU we'll continue to welcome

:31:42.:31:43.

highly-skilled worksers from the EU and beyond. I thank my honourable

:31:44.:31:46.

friend for his question. We are very clear that we dop want to bring the

:31:47.:31:51.

numbers of net migration down but we also want to ensure that the

:31:52.:31:54.

brightest and best are still welcome here in the United Kingdom. And

:31:55.:31:58.

that's why I think people want to see the UK Government making

:31:59.:32:01.

decisions about people who are coming here from the European Union,

:32:02.:32:04.

but we are very clear about the importance, as I said in my speech

:32:05.:32:09.

in Lancaster House, there will still be immigration from the European

:32:10.:32:12.

Union into the UK and we want to ensure that the brightest and best

:32:13.:32:17.

are able to come here. Yesterday the Brexit minister

:32:18.:32:21.

claimed that Parliament will have a meaningful vote on the final EU

:32:22.:32:25.

deal. But account Prime Minister confirm that under her plans

:32:26.:32:29.

Parliament will either have to accept what the Government offers or

:32:30.:32:34.

fall back on WTO rules? And in the event there's no deal, there'll be

:32:35.:32:40.

no vote at all? Isn't the reality this is just take it or leave it and

:32:41.:32:47.

it is not a meaningful concession, it's a con? We have been very clear.

:32:48.:32:56.

I said in my Lancaster House speech that there would be a vote on the

:32:57.:33:01.

final deal. There were a number of questions on what exactly that

:33:02.:33:04.

meant. We will bring forward o motion on the final agreement for

:33:05.:33:08.

approval by both Houses of Parliament and before the final

:33:09.:33:10.

agreement is concluded. We do expect. I know this has been an

:33:11.:33:15.

issue for a number of honourable and right honourable members. We do

:33:16.:33:20.

expect and intend that will happen before the European Parliament

:33:21.:33:22.

debate before it votes and debates on the final agreement.

:33:23.:33:29.

As the Prime Minister knows, Trafford Schools are the best in the

:33:30.:33:35.

country. But they are also in one of the F40 worst-funded areas but

:33:36.:33:38.

perversely the draft funding formula would actually cut funding to are

:33:39.:33:43.

Trafford Schools not increase T when she reviews the draft proposals l

:33:44.:33:48.

she look, please for a new formula that guarantees that all of the

:33:49.:33:52.

worst-funded areas are increased in funding, not cut? My honourable

:33:53.:33:57.

friend raises, again, an important point that I know is a matter which

:33:58.:34:03.

is on the minds of a number of honourable and right honourable

:34:04.:34:05.

friends. As I said earlier, I think the current system of funding is

:34:06.:34:08.

unfair, it is not transparent. I think it is out of date. I want to

:34:09.:34:13.

see a session at the that does support our aspiration to ensure

:34:14.:34:16.

that every child has a good school place. But, in looking at these

:34:17.:34:20.

reforms I can assure my honourable friend that we want to get this

:34:21.:34:23.

right. It is why we are consulting and why we will look very closely at

:34:24.:34:28.

the responses to that consultation. Thank you very much, Mr Speaker.

:34:29.:34:33.

Npower have announced a 9.8% increase on dual fuel bills which

:34:34.:34:38.

even the former boss, the former tsar has described as shocking. EDS

:34:39.:34:43.

announced a 8.4% electricity hike and it is reported that British Gas

:34:44.:34:47.

is preparing its 11 million customs tomorrow Merse for a 9% increase.

:34:48.:34:53.

Ofgem has moved to protect those on prepayment ministers with a cap on

:34:54.:34:57.

energy bills. I ask the Prime Minister why doesn't she demand

:34:58.:35:01.

similar protection for the majority of customs Merse who are being

:35:02.:35:08.

ripped off as the CMA has said to the sum of ?1.4 billion. The Right

:35:09.:35:12.

Honourable lady might have missed the fact that where we have said

:35:13.:35:17.

that markets aren't working we will look at the measures needed and the

:35:18.:35:22.

energy market is one we are looking at at the moment. In the spirit of

:35:23.:35:31.

neutrality. The Prime Minister's Lancaster House was a call to put

:35:32.:35:34.

the divisions behind us. Does my right honourable friend agree that

:35:35.:35:39.

this is a vision that everyone in the House should support, that the

:35:40.:35:45.

more united we are, the stronger our negotiating position will be. THE

:35:46.:35:49.

SPEAKER: The honourable gentleman must be concerned. Does she share my

:35:50.:35:56.

surprise that certain members opposite that disagreeing with their

:35:57.:36:00.

current party leader, can cause headaches, that some may not have

:36:01.:36:07.

learned. Can I say to my honourable friend,

:36:08.:36:11.

he is absolutely right that I think the country wants us, in this House,

:36:12.:36:15.

and everybody in the country, wants to unite behind the Government's

:36:16.:36:19.

work to ensure that we get the best-possible deal for the UK, as we

:36:20.:36:22.

leave the European Union, and I believe that we can get a deal that

:36:23.:36:26.

actually is going to be in the interests both of the UK and of the

:36:27.:36:30.

European Union. I had hoped that I was going to be able to welcome the

:36:31.:36:34.

Shadow Home Secretary to the front bench in time for the vote that's

:36:35.:36:36.

going to take place later tonight. Perhaps members of the Labour Party

:36:37.:36:40.

are starting to realise the only real headache is their leader. Thank

:36:41.:36:51.

you, very much, Mr Speaker. Does the Prime Minister agree with

:36:52.:36:56.

the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation that if Britain

:36:57.:37:02.

were to leave the EU on WTO terms, it would cost ?9 billion in lost

:37:03.:37:08.

trade each year? What we want to do is to ensure that we negotiate a

:37:09.:37:12.

deal with the European Union that enables us to have the best-possible

:37:13.:37:19.

deal in trading with and operating within the European Union single

:37:20.:37:23.

market in goods and services. I believe that's possible, precisely

:37:24.:37:25.

because, as I have just said n response to my honourable friend the

:37:26.:37:28.

member for Lincoln, I believe that is a deal that is good, not just for

:37:29.:37:32.

but for the EU as well. The Prime Minister rightly argues

:37:33.:37:42.

for true parity of esteem between mental and physical health but

:37:43.:37:45.

parent in York have been sold that their children must wait up to a

:37:46.:37:52.

year for an assessment by the child, now adolescent mentalhealth

:37:53.:37:54.

services. As the Department of Health actually does not currently

:37:55.:37:58.

record these figures, would the Prime Minister consider making the

:37:59.:38:00.

monitoring fted waiting times a requirement? My honourable friend

:38:01.:38:04.

has raised an important point. As I set out a few weeks ago, the

:38:05.:38:10.

Government will be reviewing the separation of CAMs services across

:38:11.:38:14.

the country because I recognise some of the concerns that honourable

:38:15.:38:17.

members have made. We want to ensure that children and young people have

:38:18.:38:20.

easy access at the right time to mental health because of the

:38:21.:38:22.

evidence that a significant proportion of mental health problems

:38:23.:38:29.

that arise later in life actually sta of children and adolescents. We

:38:30.:38:33.

have made more money available to support transformation in children

:38:34.:38:39.

and young peep's mental health but the Shadow Health Secretary - sorry,

:38:40.:38:44.

the Health Secretary... -- young people's mental health.

:38:45.:38:49.

He is in his place as well. I haute Shadow Health Secretary will

:38:50.:38:55.

agree with me we need to review CAM services and are giving the right

:38:56.:39:00.

support to children and young people, adolescents with mental

:39:01.:39:02.

health problems and we'll look at the issue my honourable friend has

:39:03.:39:06.

raised. Many honourable members in this

:39:07.:39:09.

House have recently made the long journey up to West Cumbria for the

:39:10.:39:14.

by-election and we've all experienced the states of our roads

:39:15.:39:20.

and local railways. It's taken a by-election for transport ministers

:39:21.:39:23.

to look seriously and show any real interest in this. Can I is ask, is

:39:24.:39:29.

the Prime Minister planning a trip herself, so she too can experience

:39:30.:39:33.

why we need proper investment from this Government into our transport

:39:34.:39:36.

infrastructure in West Cumbria? We are putting more money, the

:39:37.:39:39.

Government is putting more money into infrastructure investment

:39:40.:39:42.

across the country but you have to say to her, the Labour Party had 13

:39:43.:39:46.

years to improve transport in West Cumbria and didn't do anything about

:39:47.:39:56.

it. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I recently visited a world class

:39:57.:40:00.

coach-building manufacture based in my constituent and heard about their

:40:01.:40:03.

exciting plans for the future. With my right honourable friend join me

:40:04.:40:07.

in emphasising the importance of skills and manufacturing for our

:40:08.:40:11.

economy, especially as we look to leave the European Union? Can I

:40:12.:40:16.

thank my honourable friend for drawing our attention to the example

:40:17.:40:23.

of Woodall Nicholson and say how pleased we are to hear they have

:40:24.:40:26.

good plans for the future. Can I say he is right, as we leave the EU we

:40:27.:40:31.

will be doing that from a position of strength. He is right that skills

:40:32.:40:34.

and manufacturing are an important of our economy for the future that's

:40:35.:40:37.

why in the industrial strategy we are looking at how we can develop

:40:38.:40:40.

the excellence we already have in the UK, for the prosperous, growing

:40:41.:40:45.

economy for the future. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime

:40:46.:40:50.

Minister's right honourable friend, the member for Rushcliffe last week

:40:51.:40:56.

pointed out that her aspiration to achieve barrier-free tariff-free

:40:57.:41:01.

trade with the single market, getting all the benefits but paying

:41:02.:41:06.

none of the cost, was actually akin to disappearing down the rabbit hole

:41:07.:41:12.

to wonderland. Mr Speaker, I think she makes a very interesting choice

:41:13.:41:17.

for Alice. But, if she doesn't manage to achieve that Higham Biggs,

:41:18.:41:24.

would she produce an analysis of what trading on WTO rules would

:41:25.:41:29.

actually mean for our economy, so we can make a proper choice? Can I say

:41:30.:41:35.

I commend my right honourable friend the member for Rushcliffe for the

:41:36.:41:40.

significant service he has given to this House and his constituents over

:41:41.:41:45.

the years. He and I have have worked well over a number of years although

:41:46.:41:49.

I have to say when I was Home Secretary and he was Justice

:41:50.:41:51.

Secretary, I used to say that I locked him up and he let them out.

:41:52.:41:57.

Can I say to the Right Honourable lady, as far as this Government is

:41:58.:42:02.

concerned, we believe it is possible within the two-year time frame to

:42:03.:42:06.

get the agreement, not just for our withdrawal from the European Union,

:42:07.:42:09.

but also the trade arrangements that will ensure that we have a strong,

:42:10.:42:13.

strategic partnership with the European Union in the future.

:42:14.:42:24.

In my right honourable friend's meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu this

:42:25.:42:29.

week, did she press the only way to get a lasting peace settlement is

:42:30.:42:33.

for young Palestinians and Israelis to look Ford to a job, a sharing

:42:34.:42:37.

prosperity and a life without fear, does she agree the only way to

:42:38.:42:40.

achieve this is face-to-face negotiations? And will she join the

:42:41.:42:46.

Israeli Prime Minister in pressing the Prime Minister of the

:42:47.:42:48.

Palestinian authorities for face-to-face negotiations? My right

:42:49.:42:54.

honourable friend does make a very important point about this. We

:42:55.:42:58.

continue as a Government a Conservative Government in the UK to

:42:59.:43:01.

believe that the two-state solution is a right one. That means a viable

:43:02.:43:07.

Palestinian state but also a safe and secure Israel. And, of course,

:43:08.:43:12.

it is for the parties to negotiate. Obviously there are others on the

:43:13.:43:16.

international arena who are doing their work to facilitate an

:43:17.:43:20.

agreement in the Middle East. But, ultimately it is for the two parties

:43:21.:43:24.

to agree a way forward. THE SPEAKER: Order.

:43:25.:43:26.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS