:00:00. > :00:07.We work of all our partners to ensure a and the protection of the
:00:08. > :00:32.people is taking place. Questions to the Prime Minister.
:00:33. > :00:44.Mr Speaker, last year the campaign group Fighting Cuts at the hospital
:00:45. > :00:47.were due to deliver a strong petition to Downing Street, but they
:00:48. > :00:53.were turned away at the gates and told, today is not a good day.
:00:54. > :00:55.Comeback after Thursday. How can the Prime Minister justify this
:00:56. > :01:06.disgraceful dismissal of the people of Corb Lund? -- Copeland. The
:01:07. > :01:09.petition was indeed delivered and accepted by Downing Street yesterday
:01:10. > :01:13.so I suggest to the honourable lady she considers what she said in her
:01:14. > :01:18.question, but I am aware of the issues raised around West Cumberland
:01:19. > :01:28.Hospital, and I am aware of those because the very good Conservative
:01:29. > :01:30.candidate in Copeland, Trudy Harrison, has indeed raise those
:01:31. > :01:35.issues with me, and made very clear she wants to see no downgrading of
:01:36. > :01:39.services at West Cumberland Hospital, she has made that clear to
:01:40. > :01:48.me and the health ministers. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have constituents
:01:49. > :01:52.concerned about the new funding formula. Can I be assured that when
:01:53. > :01:57.deciding on funding for our schools we will look at costs such as the
:01:58. > :02:02.apprenticeship levy and things like that to ensure they have the money
:02:03. > :02:05.they need to educate our children? I thank my honourable friend for
:02:06. > :02:09.raising this. The question of schools funding and the system we
:02:10. > :02:12.have is important. I think the current system is unfair, not
:02:13. > :02:17.transparent and out of date and that has been the general view for some
:02:18. > :02:20.time now. The problem is it cannot support the aspiration of all our
:02:21. > :02:25.children to get a great education and we do indeed want to see
:02:26. > :02:29.children being able to get the education they deserve that ensures
:02:30. > :02:33.they can go as far as their talent and hard work take them. The Labour
:02:34. > :02:40.Government did nothing to address the funding system and we are
:02:41. > :02:50.looking at that funding system. It is... It is a consultation and I am
:02:51. > :02:53.sure the comments my honourable friend has raised will be noted by
:02:54. > :03:04.the Secretary of State for Education. Thank you, Mr Speaker.
:03:05. > :03:10.When hospitals are struggling to provide essential care, why is the
:03:11. > :03:19.Prime Minister's Government cutting the number of beds in our National
:03:20. > :03:21.Health Service? Thanks to the medical advances, the use of
:03:22. > :03:29.technology, the quality of care, what we see in hospital stays is
:03:30. > :03:34.actually the average length of time for staying in hospital has
:03:35. > :03:44.virtually halved since the year 2000. Let's actually look at
:03:45. > :03:47.Labour's record on this issue. In the last six years of the last
:03:48. > :03:55.Labour Government, 25,000 hospital beds were cut, but we don't even
:03:56. > :04:02.need to go as far back as that. Let's just look at what was Labour's
:04:03. > :04:14.policy before the last election. Because before the last election,
:04:15. > :04:19.the Right Honourable member, a former Shadow Health Secretary,
:04:20. > :04:28.said, what I would cut our hospital beds. Labour policy to cut hospital
:04:29. > :04:35.beds. Mr Speaker, back in 2010 there was the highest ever level of
:04:36. > :04:43.satisfaction with the health service delivered by a Labour Government.
:04:44. > :04:50.The BMA tells us, Mr Speaker, that is doctors, that 15,000 beds have
:04:51. > :04:57.been cut in the last six years, the equivalent of 24 hospitals, and as a
:04:58. > :05:03.result we have longer waiting times in A, record charges and more
:05:04. > :05:08.people on waiting lists. The Prime Minister claims the NHS is getting
:05:09. > :05:14.the money it needs, so why is it one in six of A units in England are
:05:15. > :05:19.set for closure or downgrading? I will tell the honourable gentleman
:05:20. > :05:26.what is happening and what has been happening since 2010 in A 1500
:05:27. > :05:33.more emergency care doctors, which includes more Andrew Neil
:05:34. > :05:42.consultants, 2400 more paramedics, -- more emergency consultants. What
:05:43. > :05:45.the NHS... He speaks about what the NHS needs and what it needs is more
:05:46. > :05:49.doctors and we are giving it more doctors. What it needs is more
:05:50. > :05:55.funding and we are giving it more funding. What it does not need is a
:05:56. > :06:06.bankrupt economy, which is exactly what Labour would give it. Mr
:06:07. > :06:09.Speaker, I asked the Prime Minister by one in six A units are
:06:10. > :06:13.currently set for closure or downgrading. She did not answer. One
:06:14. > :06:19.of the problems, and she well knows this, is that ?4.6 billion cut the
:06:20. > :06:24.social care which has a knock-on effect, and her friend, the Tory
:06:25. > :06:28.chair of the Local Government Association, Lord Porter, has said,
:06:29. > :06:32.and I quote, "Extra council tax income will not bring in anywhere
:06:33. > :06:40.near enough money to alleviate the growing pressure on social care. Two
:06:41. > :06:46.weeks ago -- social care." Two weeks ago we found out about the
:06:47. > :06:50.sweetheart deal with Tory Surrey. When will the other 151 social
:06:51. > :06:58.department in England get the same as the Surrey deal? The right
:06:59. > :07:03.honourable gentleman refers to the questions he asks me about Surrey
:07:04. > :07:10.County Council two weeks ago. Those claims were utterly destroyed the
:07:11. > :07:26.same afternoon. So rather than asking the same question, he should
:07:27. > :07:31.stand up and apologise. Mr Speaker, far from apologising it is the Prime
:07:32. > :07:38.Minister who ought to be reading her correspondence and answering the
:07:39. > :07:40.letter from 62 council leaders representing social services
:07:41. > :07:45.authorities who want to know if they are going to get the same deal as
:07:46. > :07:48.Surrey, as they are grappling with a crisis that has left over 1 million
:07:49. > :07:54.people not getting the social care they need. Mr Speaker, we opposed
:07:55. > :08:05.the Tory cuts in the NHS which involved scrapping of nurses'
:08:06. > :08:09.bursaries because we believed it would dissuade people from entering
:08:10. > :08:12.training. We were told it would create an extra 10,000 training
:08:13. > :08:20.places in this Parliament. Has this target be met? There are 10,000 more
:08:21. > :08:23.training places available for nurses in the NHS, but the right honourable
:08:24. > :08:27.gentleman talks about the amount of money being spent on the NHS. It is
:08:28. > :08:31.this Conservative Government that is putting the extra funding into the
:08:32. > :08:36.NHS, and I remind the right honourable gentleman, I remind the
:08:37. > :08:42.right honourable gentleman that we are spending ?1.3 billion more on
:08:43. > :08:46.the NHS this year than Labour planned to do if they had won the
:08:47. > :08:54.election. Mr Speaker, my questions were about the social services
:08:55. > :08:58.funding to pay for social care. No answer. My questions were about the
:08:59. > :09:05.number of nurse training places being brought in. No answer. In
:09:06. > :09:11.reality, 10,000 fewer places have been filled because there are fewer
:09:12. > :09:15.applications. There is a problem in building up for the future. In
:09:16. > :09:20.addition, the Royal College of Midwives estimate is shortage of
:09:21. > :09:27.3500 midwives in England, and the Royal College of Nursing warned the
:09:28. > :09:31.nursing workforce is in crisis. If fewer nurses graduate in 2020 it
:09:32. > :09:36.will exacerbate what is already an unsustainable situation. Will the
:09:37. > :09:45.Prime Minister at least commit herself to reinstating the nurses'
:09:46. > :09:49.bursary? He asked me a question about nurses' training places which
:09:50. > :09:53.I answered. I have to say to him, if he doesn't like the answer he gets,
:09:54. > :09:58.he cannot just carry on asking the same question. If I have answered it
:09:59. > :10:02.previously. He is talking about all these issues in relation to what is
:10:03. > :10:10.happening in the NHS. Let's just look at what is happening in the
:10:11. > :10:20.NHS. We have 1800 more midwives in the NHS since 2010. We have more
:10:21. > :10:26.people being seen in A since 2010. We have more operations every week
:10:27. > :10:29.in the NHS. Our NHS staff are working hard, providing a quality of
:10:30. > :10:35.care for patients up and down the country. What they do not need is a
:10:36. > :10:39.Labour Party policy that leads to a bankrupt economy, because Labour's
:10:40. > :10:43.policy, you spend money on everything which means you bankrupt
:10:44. > :10:47.the economy, and have no money to spend on anything. That does not
:10:48. > :10:51.help doctors and nurses, it does not help patients, it does not help the
:10:52. > :10:56.NHS and it does not help ordinary working families up and down this
:10:57. > :11:01.country. Mr Speaker, yes, let's look at the National Health Service.
:11:02. > :11:04.Let's thank all those that work so hard in our National Health Service,
:11:05. > :11:12.but recognise the pressures they are under. Today the married to
:11:13. > :11:17.re-foundation trust finds nurses are so overstretched they cannot provide
:11:18. > :11:23.the high care needed for patients at the very end of their lives -- the
:11:24. > :11:26.Marie Curie Foundation. It prevents patients from having the dignity of
:11:27. > :11:29.dying at home. There is a nursing shortage and something should be
:11:30. > :11:35.done about it such as reinstating the nurses' bursary. Mr Speaker, her
:11:36. > :11:41.Government has put the NHS and social care in the state of
:11:42. > :11:51.emergency. Nine out of ten NHS trusts are unsafe. 18,000 patients
:11:52. > :11:56.per week are waiting. Mr Speaker, I repeat the figure. 18,000 patients a
:11:57. > :12:05.week are waiting on trolleys in hospital corridors. 1.2 million of
:12:06. > :12:10.them very dependent... Mr Speaker, it seems to me that some members do
:12:11. > :12:14.not want to be concerned about the fact there are 1.2 million elderly
:12:15. > :12:20.people not getting the care that they need. The legacy of her
:12:21. > :12:25.Government will be blighting our NHS for decades. There are hospitals,
:12:26. > :12:29.fewer A departments, fewer nurses and fewer people getting the care
:12:30. > :12:38.they need. We need a Government that puts the NHS first, and will invest
:12:39. > :12:44.in our NHS. First of all I have to say to the right honourable
:12:45. > :12:50.gentleman that he should consider correcting the record, because 54%
:12:51. > :12:55.of hospital trusts are considered good or outstanding. Quite different
:12:56. > :13:07.from the figure he has shown. Secondly, I will take no lessons on
:13:08. > :13:10.the NHS from the party... Oh, the deputy leader of the Labour Party
:13:11. > :13:14.says we should take lessons on the NHS. I will not take any lessons
:13:15. > :13:24.from the party that presided over met staff's hospital, and what
:13:25. > :13:30.happened at that hospital. -- Midstaff. They say we should learn
:13:31. > :13:34.lessons. I tell you who should learn lessons. The Labour Party, who still
:13:35. > :13:39.fail to recognise that if you are going to fund the NHS, and we are
:13:40. > :13:42.putting more money in - there are more doctors, more operations, more
:13:43. > :13:46.hospitals. If you're going to fund the NHS you need a strong economy.
:13:47. > :13:49.Now we know that Labour have a different sort of phrase for their
:13:50. > :13:52.approach to these things. Remember they used to speak about boom and
:13:53. > :14:12.bust. Now it is borrow and bankrupt. We must get through backbenchers'
:14:13. > :14:17.questions and the answers to them. Brendan Cox will meet with the
:14:18. > :14:21.Duchess of Cornwall to launch plans to bring communities together over
:14:22. > :14:27.the weekend of the 17th and 18th of June to mark the first anniversary
:14:28. > :14:32.of our colleague's death. It is for more than 10 million people across
:14:33. > :14:37.the country to come together as communities and neighbours for
:14:38. > :14:41.events such as student parties and picnics and bake off. Will the Prime
:14:42. > :14:46.Minister join me and agree that such event is a moment of national
:14:47. > :14:52.reflection but also celebration in our communities and it will be a
:14:53. > :14:57.fitting tribute to Jo? And as she herself said it will remind us that
:14:58. > :15:03.we have far more common with ourselves than things that divide
:15:04. > :15:06.us. I am happy to agree with him that what is becoming known as the
:15:07. > :15:14.great get-together is a fitting and important tribute to our late
:15:15. > :15:17.colleague Jo Cox and I would like to commend her husband Brendan and I am
:15:18. > :15:22.sure everybody would like to do so, for the work he has done. It is
:15:23. > :15:28.important we remember there is more that brings us together than divides
:15:29. > :15:31.us. This opportunity at this point of national reflection and
:15:32. > :15:36.celebration of the strength of our communities is important as we face
:15:37. > :15:41.the future together. We stand at momentous times for this country and
:15:42. > :15:44.it is important we remember that being united makes us strong, we
:15:45. > :15:49.should recognise the things that unite us as a country and as the
:15:50. > :15:55.people, the bonds that we shared together, and this is a very fitting
:15:56. > :15:59.tribute to our late colleague. In recent days the Prime Minister has
:16:00. > :16:04.said that it is a key personal commitment to transform the way that
:16:05. > :16:07.domestic violence is tackled. It is hugely welcome that she has called
:16:08. > :16:14.for ideas about how the treatment of victims can be improved and more
:16:15. > :16:19.convictions secured against abusers. Combating violence against women and
:16:20. > :16:25.preventing domestic violence is the aim of the Istanbul convention which
:16:26. > :16:28.the UK has yet to ratify. Does she agree with members across this house
:16:29. > :16:35.that the convention should be ratified as a priority? He has
:16:36. > :16:39.raised a particularly important subject. It is one that I take
:16:40. > :16:44.particularly seriously. I worked very hard on it as Home Secretary
:16:45. > :16:52.and I continue to do so as Prime Minister. Over 400,000 victims of
:16:53. > :16:56.sexual violence in the last year. We signed up to the Istanbul convention
:16:57. > :17:01.and are committed to ratifying it and that is why we supported the
:17:02. > :17:04.members bill in principal at second reading and that committee stage.
:17:05. > :17:09.The measures we have in place in many ways go further than the
:17:10. > :17:13.convention but I am very clear that we need to maintain this momentum
:17:14. > :17:17.and that is why I am setting up a ministerial working group to look at
:17:18. > :17:21.the legislation and how we can provide good support for victims and
:17:22. > :17:25.to look at the possibility of a domestic violence act in the future.
:17:26. > :17:29.This Friday the Commons will consider a bill on the Istanbul
:17:30. > :17:35.convention and government ministers have been working very hard with my
:17:36. > :17:40.colleague who has cross-party support for her bell. Given the
:17:41. > :17:42.importance of this issue and the Prime Minister's personal commitment
:17:43. > :17:48.she has outlined again today will she encourage members to support the
:17:49. > :17:55.bill and discourage any attempts to use Parliamentary tactics to stop
:17:56. > :18:01.it? I am very happy to join him in that. The minister for vulnerability
:18:02. > :18:06.has had a number of constructive discussions with the member for
:18:07. > :18:09.Banff and Buchan and tabled mutually agreed amendments which the
:18:10. > :18:15.government will be voting for this Friday and I hope that all born
:18:16. > :18:20.Friday will be supporting those measures. It is an important bill
:18:21. > :18:23.which the government has been supporting and I hope it will they
:18:24. > :18:30.support across all parts of this house. Residents in the village of
:18:31. > :18:34.highly in my constituency are concerned by the 4000 homes proposed
:18:35. > :18:41.under the Greater Manchester spatial framework more than doubling the
:18:42. > :18:44.size of that village. What assurances can she give to my
:18:45. > :18:50.constituents that the green belt is safe with this government? I am
:18:51. > :18:54.happy to give that commitment. The government is very clear that the
:18:55. > :18:58.green belt must be protected. Very clear that boundary should only be
:18:59. > :19:03.altered when local authorities have fully examined all other reasonable
:19:04. > :19:06.options and if they go down that route they should compensate by
:19:07. > :19:11.improving the quality or accessibility of the remaining green
:19:12. > :19:14.belt land so that can be enjoyed. I know the particular issue he has
:19:15. > :19:20.raised and I believe the framework led to quite a number of responses.
:19:21. > :19:26.There was a lot of interest in the consultation. I am sure all those
:19:27. > :19:31.views will be taken into account. Last week the all-party group for
:19:32. > :19:36.children of alcoholics launched a manifesto for change. 2.5 million
:19:37. > :19:40.children are growing up in the home of a problem drinker. I did as well.
:19:41. > :19:45.These children are twice as likely to have problems at school, three
:19:46. > :19:50.times as likely to commit suicide, four times more likely to become an
:19:51. > :19:54.alcoholic yet 138 local authorities have no plan to support these
:19:55. > :19:58.children. All the Prime Minister work with the all-party group to
:19:59. > :20:02.establish the first ever government strategy to tackle both hidden
:20:03. > :20:06.problem that blight the lives of millions? She has raised an
:20:07. > :20:11.important issue and I know she recently spoke very movingly about
:20:12. > :20:16.her experience and I am sure members recognise the devastating impact
:20:17. > :20:20.that addiction can have on individuals and their families. This
:20:21. > :20:25.is an important issue for her to raise. It is unacceptable that
:20:26. > :20:29.children bear the brunt of their parents' condition. It is important
:20:30. > :20:32.than the government is committed to working with MPs and health
:20:33. > :20:36.professionals and those affected to reduce the harm of addiction and
:20:37. > :20:42.give people the support they need and we will be looking carefully at
:20:43. > :20:50.the proposal she has raised. Question nine. It is absolutely
:20:51. > :20:57.appalling when people tried to make a business out of dragging our brave
:20:58. > :21:01.troops through the courts. In the case of Northern Ireland 90% of
:21:02. > :21:05.deaths were caused by terrorists and it is essential the justice system
:21:06. > :21:09.reflects this. It would be wrong to treat terrorists more favourably
:21:10. > :21:13.than soldiers or police officers and that is why as part of her work to
:21:14. > :21:18.bring forward the Stormont House bill we will make sure that
:21:19. > :21:24.investigate of bodies are fair, balanced and proportionate soul
:21:25. > :21:28.veterans are not unfairly treated or disproportionately investigated. It
:21:29. > :21:33.does not go as far as I and others would like. There is no prospect of
:21:34. > :21:38.new credible evidence coming forward against our veterans of the troubles
:21:39. > :21:42.up to 40 years after the event and yet people are starting to use the
:21:43. > :21:47.same techniques in Northern Ireland against them as were used against
:21:48. > :21:53.veterans of Iraq. Surely the answer has to be a statute of limitations
:21:54. > :21:57.preventing the prosecution of veterans to do with matters that
:21:58. > :22:05.concerned prior to the date of the Belfast Agreement. As he knows this
:22:06. > :22:11.is an issue that we are looking at as part of the Stormont House
:22:12. > :22:13.agreement. We are ensuring that the investigative bodies responsible for
:22:14. > :22:18.looking at depths during the troubles will operate in a fair
:22:19. > :22:24.balanced and proportionate manner. We want cases to be considered in
:22:25. > :22:27.chronological order. We are going to be consulting fully on these
:22:28. > :22:34.proposals because we want to make sure we get this right. The new
:22:35. > :22:40.local housing allowance cap for social tenants when introduced in
:22:41. > :22:47.2019 will hit people on low income in my constituency really hard. In
:22:48. > :22:57.Maidenhead the allowance will often exceed the average rent but in
:22:58. > :23:01.Merthyr Tydfil not so. This will mean that tenants including many
:23:02. > :23:07.older be bought will be expected to find almost ?500 a year towards the
:23:08. > :23:11.rent. Will she acts to introduce clear guidance to at the very least
:23:12. > :23:16.exempt older people from these cuts and ensure that the local housing
:23:17. > :23:24.allowances in line with local rents? Yes. I believe local authorities are
:23:25. > :23:29.in a position, they have a fun they can exercise discretion in relation
:23:30. > :23:32.to this matter. There will be incidences across the country and
:23:33. > :23:36.there were some steps taken to ensure that particularly vulnerable
:23:37. > :23:44.people were not affected as you suggest. The lack of large-scale
:23:45. > :23:50.vaccine manufacturing has been described for our country as a
:23:51. > :23:55.national security issue. Which will take many years to build up. Will
:23:56. > :23:59.she look into what more the government can do to address this
:24:00. > :24:06.highly critical health and defence concerned? She is right to raise
:24:07. > :24:12.this in the context she has. The government takes it very seriously.
:24:13. > :24:16.Being able to ensure we can scale up vaccine production in the event of a
:24:17. > :24:22.pandemic is very important to national security. The precise
:24:23. > :24:26.details are confidential but I can assure her we have provisions in
:24:27. > :24:30.place to make sure that urgently needed vaccines are available in the
:24:31. > :24:36.UK at short notice including in the event of pandemic. As a contingency
:24:37. > :24:39.we are funding a ?10 million competition to establish a world
:24:40. > :24:43.leading centre on vaccine manufacturing but it is only part of
:24:44. > :24:47.the picture because we have one of the most successful vaccination
:24:48. > :24:56.programmes in the world backed up by ?300 million. Last night Bristol
:24:57. > :24:59.council said its budget very difficult decisions very difficult
:25:00. > :25:05.because of the abject failure of the previous murmur to get a grip on the
:25:06. > :25:11.finances. It has taken a Labour mayor to face up to the challenge
:25:12. > :25:17.but government cuts are making his job almost impossible and it is
:25:18. > :25:21.doing more with less. We did our bit, will the Prime Minister meet
:25:22. > :25:30.with the mayor of Bristol to discuss the funding deal that the people of
:25:31. > :25:32.Bristol deserve? I understand the Communities Secretary has had such a
:25:33. > :25:46.meeting to discuss the issues she raised. 17 years ago my constituent
:25:47. > :25:51.received a phone call that no parent should ever have to take. The collar
:25:52. > :25:55.told them that their daughter Kirsty, who was backpacking in
:25:56. > :25:59.Thailand, had been brutally murdered. The tie as warranties are
:26:00. > :26:05.due to close the investigation into her murder but as yet her case
:26:06. > :26:14.remains unsolved, her killer remains free and her parents have not
:26:15. > :26:18.justice or closure. Can I ask her to push the Thai authorities to use DNA
:26:19. > :26:22.techniques to bring the killer to justice, to endeavour to provide
:26:23. > :26:28.more support to families who have lost loved ones abroad and finally
:26:29. > :26:35.to ensure that Kirsty's personal effects are at last returned home to
:26:36. > :26:39.her parents from Thailand? I am sure the whole house would offer
:26:40. > :26:42.condolences to the family and recognising the trauma they have
:26:43. > :26:49.been through as a result of the killing of their daughter. It is
:26:50. > :26:53.obviously not for the British government to interfere with police
:26:54. > :26:57.investigations that take place in another country but I understand the
:26:58. > :27:00.Foreign Office has been providing support and our embassy in Bangkok
:27:01. > :27:04.will continue to raise these issues as it has been with the Thai
:27:05. > :27:11.government and I am sure the Foreign Office will keep him updated. In the
:27:12. > :27:15.Lancaster house speech she said of a future trade agreement with the EU
:27:16. > :27:19.that no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain. In the
:27:20. > :27:24.spirit of consistency will that appeal to any future trade goals she
:27:25. > :27:31.Asians with the US? By Mike President Trump has said that
:27:32. > :27:36.America comes first -- negotations. We will be ensuring when we
:27:37. > :27:45.negotiate trade deals they will be good deals for the UK. In the same
:27:46. > :27:52.sex marriage act we took the power subject to consultation to give
:27:53. > :27:56.humanists in England and Wales the opportunity to celebrate marriages
:27:57. > :27:59.as they do in Scotland. We have had the consultation with 90% approval
:28:00. > :28:03.and there has been referenced in the Law Commission which has concluded.
:28:04. > :28:08.And she gave her attention to laying there is order and giving humanists
:28:09. > :28:16.same rights in England as they enjoy in Scotland? This is an issue he has
:28:17. > :28:21.been following closely over recent years. He recognises this is an
:28:22. > :28:24.important area of law and complex and we want to make sure the
:28:25. > :28:28.proposals are considered properly which is why the Ministry of Justice
:28:29. > :28:36.is examining the differences in treatment that exist within marriage
:28:37. > :28:40.law so that the differences can be minimised and I am sure he will
:28:41. > :28:50.agree it is right and fair to approach it that way. My
:28:51. > :28:56.constituent's chances of survival from buying the Attic cancer were no
:28:57. > :29:01.better than his mother's who died 40 years earlier. A disease soon to
:29:02. > :29:09.become the fourth biggest cancer killer in the UK -- pancreatic. Will
:29:10. > :29:12.she championed a significant increase in spending on pancreatic
:29:13. > :29:21.cancer researcher, which lags behind that of other cancers? He has raised
:29:22. > :29:24.a very important point which obviously is of particular relevance
:29:25. > :29:30.in the case of the constituent referred to. It is the case that
:29:31. > :29:34.pancreatic cancer is one that is very difficult to deal with and to
:29:35. > :29:40.treat and there has been a lot of attention over the years on certain
:29:41. > :29:43.cancers, like breast cancer, bowel cancer, prostate cancer, but I am
:29:44. > :29:47.sure it is important the appropriate attention is given to cancers which
:29:48. > :29:57.are more difficult to deal with like pancreatic. In February 2008 the
:29:58. > :30:04.brother of one of my constituents was unlawfully killed in the
:30:05. > :30:10.Ukraine. His Ukrainian wife is clearly implicated in his death.
:30:11. > :30:14.Earlier this year a coroner in Devon ruled that he was tricked into
:30:15. > :30:18.standing on a carriageway before being run down by a car with stolen
:30:19. > :30:23.license plates and death was immediate. Every time an
:30:24. > :30:28.investigating officer makes progress with this case and the Ukraine they
:30:29. > :30:34.are replaced. This has happened ten times and the case has stalled. And
:30:35. > :30:39.I implore her to raise this case with the Ukrainian Prime Minister so
:30:40. > :30:47.we can get justice and closure for Barry's mother, brother and the
:30:48. > :30:51.family? I am sure that the whole house will join me in offering
:30:52. > :30:56.condolences to the family following his death in 2008. I understand he
:30:57. > :31:02.has discussed this case with the Foreign Secretary. It is not for the
:31:03. > :31:06.British government to interfere in the legal processes of another
:31:07. > :31:10.country but the Foreign Office has been regularly raising this case
:31:11. > :31:14.with the Ukrainian authorities and will continue to do so and I
:31:15. > :31:17.understand UK police have assisted the investigation on a number of
:31:18. > :31:21.occasions and all information from the UK coroner will be passed on and
:31:22. > :31:28.I am sure the Foreign Office will keep him updated. Tens of thousands
:31:29. > :31:33.of disabled people on the portability scheme have had their
:31:34. > :31:38.cars removed by this government. In November a minister said they were
:31:39. > :31:46.looking at payments to keep their car pending appeal. Next week my
:31:47. > :31:50.constituents will lose her car. Can the Prime Minister of the house on
:31:51. > :31:56.the progress of this review to help Margaret and thousands like her? He
:31:57. > :31:59.raises an issue about the way these assessments are made and the
:32:00. > :32:07.implications of decisions being taken. He referred to a review in
:32:08. > :32:16.relation to payments and the moat ability elements of that and I will
:32:17. > :32:23.write to him with further details. It was a gear this week sends a
:32:24. > :32:28.hospital was closed due to fire safety concerns. There are no
:32:29. > :32:33.community gets locally within St Ives, Penzance or Saints just or
:32:34. > :32:37.rural areas in between. Campaigners agree that there is valued Community
:32:38. > :32:45.Hospital needs to be opened a urgent priority. Will she apply some
:32:46. > :32:49.pressure to NHS property services and Cornwall NHS managers to get the
:32:50. > :32:57.building work done and open these community beds? This is obviously a
:32:58. > :33:00.concern for his constituents and he is right to raise it. He will
:33:01. > :33:06.recognise the first priority must be to ensure patients are being treated
:33:07. > :33:11.in a safe environment and I understand the local CCG and the NHS
:33:12. > :33:16.have been working to ensure that community hospitals are fit to
:33:17. > :33:18.deliver that expectation in Cornwall. A review has been
:33:19. > :33:24.undertaken into the repairs needed to bring the Community Hospital up
:33:25. > :33:28.to a safe standard and the CCG will be looking at the entrance at
:33:29. > :33:31.facilities and needs once the local plan has been agreed and then Health
:33:32. > :33:39.Secretary has heard his representations. The government
:33:40. > :33:42.business rate hike could devastate the local economy in migrating
:33:43. > :33:53.constituency. Brighton Pier is facing a 17% increase, the world end
:33:54. > :33:56.pub, a hotel a 400% increase. Does she recognise Brighton will be
:33:57. > :34:01.disproportionately affected and will she set up a discretionary fund to
:34:02. > :34:08.support small businesses and agreed to a full review of the whole
:34:09. > :34:12.system? Business rates are based on the rental values of properties and
:34:13. > :34:16.the rental values of properties change over time going up and down
:34:17. > :34:22.and it is right that rates changed to recognise that. That is the
:34:23. > :34:25.principal of furnace that underpins the business rates system. We want
:34:26. > :34:29.to support businesses and recognise that for some business rates will go
:34:30. > :34:33.up when these revaluations take place which is why we have put
:34:34. > :34:38.significant funding in place for transitional relief but I recognise
:34:39. > :34:42.there has been particular concern there will be some small businesses
:34:43. > :34:46.that are particularly adversely affected by the result of this
:34:47. > :34:49.evaluation and that is why I have asked the Chancellor and the
:34:50. > :34:59.Communities Secretary to make sure there is appropriate relief for
:35:00. > :35:09.those cases hardest-hit. She gave a sympathetic answer to the honourable
:35:10. > :35:13.friend for the new Forest. Can I put it to her that for many of us there
:35:14. > :35:18.is something profoundly wrong with a criminal justice system which can
:35:19. > :35:24.pursue veterans will risk their lives for this country, 40 years on
:35:25. > :35:28.after any possibility of new evidence, while at the same time is
:35:29. > :35:37.capable of paying out ?1 million to a terror suspect. In relation to
:35:38. > :35:40.this issue in Northern Ireland, we are... The issue with the legacy
:35:41. > :35:50.bodies was part of the Stormont House agreement and we are working
:35:51. > :35:56.to deliver on that agreement. As I said, the overwhelming majority of
:35:57. > :36:00.our armed forces serving in Northern Ireland served with great
:36:01. > :36:04.distinction and we owe them a huge debt of gratitude. The situation at
:36:05. > :36:08.the moment is there a case is being pursued against officers who served
:36:09. > :36:16.in Northern Ireland. We want to see developing a legacy body, a
:36:17. > :36:25.proportionate fair and balanced approach. We recognise the majority
:36:26. > :36:32.of individuals were the result... Were at the result of the hands of
:36:33. > :36:36.terrorists. The Prime Minister pledged to end the burning injustice
:36:37. > :36:43.of so few working-class boys going to university. Can she tell me how
:36:44. > :36:45.cutting every single secondary school in Rochdale, Trafford and
:36:46. > :36:48.Manchester through the new schools funding formula is going to do
:36:49. > :36:54.anything other than make that injustice even worse? We want to
:36:55. > :36:58.ensure through the education system that we have a good school place for
:36:59. > :37:04.every child. And the Conservatives in government we have seen 1.8
:37:05. > :37:08.million more children in good or outstanding schools. We are looking
:37:09. > :37:13.at the funding formula for schools. We are listening to the comments
:37:14. > :37:18.made. Everybody across this house will recognise that for some time it
:37:19. > :37:28.has been said the existing funding formula is not transparent and is
:37:29. > :37:32.fair. But I can assure that our education policy is about ensuring
:37:33. > :37:41.every child has the opportunity to go as far as their talents and
:37:42. > :37:48.hard-working Ed Balls them to do. -- enables. You saw what a cut run
:37:49. > :37:54.means for a town and club like Sutton. With Wimbledon out of the
:37:55. > :37:59.picture wonder if she will join me in teen graduating Sutton for such a
:38:00. > :38:04.spirited performance on Monday and in wishing Lincoln well to keep the
:38:05. > :38:15.non-league spirit alive in the next round. He must be heard. Finally
:38:16. > :38:21.come gradually to and thanking arsenal for their generosity and
:38:22. > :38:36.allowing Sutton to keep a little bit of an extra slice of the FA Cup pie.
:38:37. > :38:43.Any reference to pie. I am happy to congratulate Sutton on the extremely
:38:44. > :38:50.good run that they had in the FA Cup. It is important and makes a
:38:51. > :38:54.huge difference to local areas when their football club is able to
:38:55. > :38:58.progress to that extent and is able to be up there with the big boys and
:38:59. > :39:04.do as well as they did and I am happy to congratulate Lincoln city
:39:05. > :39:13.on the success may have shown and we wish them well for the future.
:39:14. > :39:19.Finally, Michelle Thomson. The green investment bank is currently being
:39:20. > :39:25.sold. Some reports suggest that the contract could soon be concluded.
:39:26. > :39:29.This despite the U:K.'s dated focus on research and development and the
:39:30. > :39:33.fact that no realistic guarantees have yet been given as to the
:39:34. > :39:36.continuation of the proper headquarters and board based in
:39:37. > :39:42.Edinburgh. Will she commits to looking again as to why a sale at
:39:43. > :39:53.this time is not in the best interest of Edinburgh or the green
:39:54. > :39:57.agenda or the UK taxpayer? Before I respond I also am apologies. I am
:39:58. > :40:03.sorry to the member for Stroud and mixing him up with the member for
:40:04. > :40:16.Lincoln. I was obviously getting carried away with the football
:40:17. > :40:19.fever. In relation to the green investment bank, I will write to her
:40:20. > :40:27.with response to the questions she has raised. The Prime Minister has
:40:28. > :40:30.applied a very straight bat. We will leave it there.