:33:35. > :33:42.parents leading the campaign for research into childhood cancers.
:33:42. > :33:48.There is not a lot of research from the pharmaceutical companies because
:33:48. > :33:58.it is not profitable. As the East Midlands really a hotbed of
:33:58. > :34:00.
:34:00. > :34:10.antimonarchist 's? This sets us apart. My guests are Health Minister
:34:10. > :34:11.
:34:11. > :34:21.Anna Soubry and labour MP Chris Leslie. How was the Spending
:34:21. > :34:29.
:34:29. > :34:35.Review? What was there specifically for us in East Midlands? We have got
:34:35. > :34:43.investment in a tram route. We have got the electrification of the
:34:43. > :34:48.Midland mainline. It is about restoring our economy so it is
:34:48. > :34:58.better for all of us. Many people are finding life difficult and
:34:58. > :34:59.
:34:59. > :35:04.tough. We have had to reduce public expenditure. I and elated that we
:35:04. > :35:10.have continued to protect our health budget and our schools budget will
:35:10. > :35:20.stop -- budget. There has been 2 billion set aside more for the
:35:20. > :35:25.
:35:25. > :35:30.region. Anna was trying to put the best gloss on it she could. The
:35:30. > :35:40.Chancellor is not doing enough to help the economy. He is focusing on
:35:40. > :35:40.
:35:40. > :35:43.more cuts. He is not reducing the deficit. The deficit is going up. If
:35:43. > :35:53.you do not get growth in the economy you will not repair the public
:35:53. > :36:00.
:36:00. > :36:04.finances. What does that mean for us here? When the Chancellor said two
:36:04. > :36:14.years ago he had taken all the cats he needed, that was obviously false
:36:14. > :36:17.
:36:17. > :36:26.will stop -- cuts. We have already lost children's centres. We have
:36:26. > :36:32.lost 160 police officers. You have chopped 230 nurses from the East
:36:32. > :36:41.Midlands. How many more nurses are going to go? There are lots of
:36:41. > :36:51.figures thrown in there. Can you answer? If everybody stops
:36:51. > :36:51.
:36:51. > :37:00.interrupting angle Ansa. The country was nearly bankrupt in 2010.
:37:00. > :37:06.Bankrupt? You have lost the credit rating. We had to make big cuts in
:37:06. > :37:15.public expenditure. In doing that we tried to protect as many things as
:37:15. > :37:22.we could. We have seen 1 million new jobs in the private sector. There
:37:22. > :37:32.are more doctors now. We have detected that budget, something that
:37:32. > :37:33.
:37:33. > :37:43.Labour would not have done. It is well and good to see what Chris has
:37:43. > :37:44.
:37:44. > :37:54.said, but Labour would spend more money. Can you and to the question
:37:54. > :37:55.
:37:55. > :38:05.on how many nurses we will lose Western Mac -- lose? A surgeon is
:38:05. > :38:08.
:38:08. > :38:14.leading a campaign into research on childhood cancer. Here is our
:38:14. > :38:18.political reporter. There is no doubting the levels of
:38:18. > :38:28.care they receive here but could we be doing more for children suffering
:38:28. > :38:37.from cancer. Dr David Walker is leading a campaign to relax rules
:38:37. > :38:47.designed to protect patients from and tried drugs. Not all trials are
:38:47. > :38:48.
:38:48. > :38:52.such high risk. Many trials are testing well-known drugs in new
:38:52. > :39:01.combinations. That is the most commentators of trial. It is a
:39:01. > :39:10.problem that is all too common for this family. 16-year-old Sam has
:39:10. > :39:16.been to Belgium for treatment which has not been licensed in the UK.
:39:17. > :39:23.Because children's cancers are classed as rare there is not a lot
:39:23. > :39:30.of research from the pharmaceutical companies because it is not
:39:30. > :39:35.profitable. There are not enough children to make a drug. That means
:39:35. > :39:43.that fewer children are able to access new treatments. New
:39:43. > :39:53.treatments are what I needed. has also been to Brussels to lobby
:39:53. > :40:00.
:40:00. > :40:04.for a change in the law. This is not just for cancer patients like
:40:04. > :40:14.myself, but also for patients that have not been so lucky, to support
:40:14. > :40:21.them as well. The case has been taken up by MP Glenis Willmott. She
:40:22. > :40:31.wants to make the new legislation work more effectively. These
:40:32. > :40:39.
:40:39. > :40:42.children need these drugs now. Campaigners here want to make sure
:40:42. > :40:52.that any new European regulations on children's cancer drugs are safe and
:40:52. > :40:55.
:40:55. > :41:04.fair will stop at us and tried for change across the whole of Europe.
:41:05. > :41:09.We will not quite change the world, but we will give it a good try.
:41:09. > :41:17.is a campaign that is aimed mostly at Europe, but can the Government to
:41:17. > :41:24.do more to lobby on this? It is a cross-party campaign. Can we do more
:41:24. > :41:34.here to help? This is a decision by the European Parliament on a
:41:34. > :41:41.particular directive. You can have a clinical trial in Belgium and the
:41:41. > :41:51.results will not be relevant and other countries. It is the European
:41:51. > :41:54.
:41:54. > :42:00.Parliament that makes the decision will stop -- decision. We are
:42:00. > :42:10.providing �110 million in Cancer Research. There are also many
:42:10. > :42:16.charities that raise money. Some cancers become more attractive, if
:42:16. > :42:25.you like, to the public. We have made huge advances in breast cancer
:42:25. > :42:35.and prostate cancer because they have resonated with the public.
:42:35. > :42:37.
:42:37. > :42:44.the rare cancers. This is a real problem. Being in the European Union
:42:45. > :42:54.EU can pool assets. But it is harder to raise money than it is to fight
:42:55. > :42:55.
:42:55. > :43:04.the cancer, one of the families has said. There is a brilliant charity
:43:05. > :43:11.in my constituency. There are so many brain cancers it is an
:43:11. > :43:21.incredibly difficult subject. But there are people doing the most
:43:21. > :43:22.
:43:22. > :43:26.amazing research. The charity in my constituency is funding research.
:43:26. > :43:30.Glenis Willmott is taking a leading role in looking at this legislation
:43:30. > :43:36.in Europe. We asked what are the chances of getting the rules
:43:36. > :43:42.changed. The legislation needs revision. I have been working with
:43:42. > :43:50.Dr David Walker from Nottingham. I have got unanimous support in the
:43:50. > :43:59.committee. I am now negotiating with member States. We want to make these
:43:59. > :44:05.trials easier and safer to run. We want access to all of the
:44:05. > :44:10.information from all of the trials. I am delighted that we have had such
:44:10. > :44:20.a success. Some real hope they our campaigners. Let us take a wider
:44:20. > :44:21.
:44:21. > :44:31.look at health. Places like Nottingham and Leicester have a bad
:44:31. > :44:36.
:44:36. > :44:44.record for life expectancy. We have put public health back where it
:44:44. > :44:51.should be. It is back with local authorities. In Leicester they have
:44:51. > :44:58.made obesity one of their targets. They are also doing fantastic work
:44:58. > :45:06.of diabetes. That is all part of the public health agenda. Some of the
:45:07. > :45:16.worst outcomes in health are linked to deprivation stop -- deprivation.
:45:16. > :45:21.There is now a statutory duty on the NHS. In principle we agree that we
:45:21. > :45:25.want local decisions. We do not want to see national governments pushing
:45:26. > :45:33.this down to local councils and then pulling the rug from underneath them
:45:33. > :45:38.will stop -- underneath them. If they do not have money for their
:45:38. > :45:46.better housing that is needed and the projects to help young people
:45:46. > :45:56.with healthy eating, and the funding formula was not very helpful, then
:45:56. > :45:59.
:45:59. > :46:02.it is very worrying that we will not be making progress. We have given a
:46:02. > :46:12.10% increase in the night of money that local councils get. It is a
:46:12. > :46:13.
:46:13. > :46:23.two-year deal. It is ring fenced money. It enables councils to look
:46:23. > :46:27.
:46:27. > :46:37.at transport policies. But 10% has been chopped off the local authority
:46:37. > :46:37.
:46:37. > :46:43.budget. Council funding has been emasculated. We have to leave that
:46:43. > :46:50.they are. The monarchy has had a difficult
:46:50. > :46:59.time in this region in the past. Charles I surrendered here. Edward
:46:59. > :47:06.VIII met Lady Simpson at Harlaxton. Campaign group Republic is holding a
:47:06. > :47:10.meeting year this weekend. Leicester, restingplace of Richard
:47:10. > :47:20.III will stop a great place to ask people what they think of the
:47:20. > :47:30.monarchy. What is your idea on the monarchy? I get very now static. To
:47:30. > :47:40.think of the Queen gives you a sense of national pride. It gives me some
:47:40. > :47:43.
:47:44. > :47:53.identity. If I had a choice I would be anti-monarchy. Simple as that.
:47:53. > :48:02.prefer to have the monarchy. I quite like the monarchy. I do not see the
:48:02. > :48:07.argument about cost. I am quite proud. They never say how much money
:48:07. > :48:17.she brings into the country. All the tourist come. They want to see
:48:17. > :48:22.Buckingham Palace and the Royal palaces. The Queen is the Queen. I
:48:22. > :48:32.was brought up knowing about the Queen. Without the Queen there is no
:48:32. > :48:32.
:48:33. > :48:38.history in the country. What I you a spot on the monarchy? -- what are
:48:38. > :48:44.your thoughts? It isn't hast extra tourism in this country. We are next
:48:44. > :48:54.main selling a bad time financially, but we really need them at the
:48:54. > :48:54.
:48:54. > :49:02.moment. They work very hard. A lot of fans there. Joining us now is
:49:03. > :49:08.Graham Smith, the chief executive of Republic. How can you have said that
:49:09. > :49:11.the East Midlands is a hotbed of anti-monarchism. There are lots of
:49:11. > :49:21.people in the whole country that support our camp Lane. Articulately
:49:21. > :49:24.
:49:24. > :49:31.here in East Midlands? -- support our campaign. Our campaign has grown
:49:31. > :49:37.enormously. We are moving our annual conference out of London into the
:49:37. > :49:41.Midlands. It is a reflection on the growth of our campaign. Opinion
:49:41. > :49:51.polls show overwhelming support for the Royal family. We should qualify
:49:51. > :49:55.
:49:55. > :49:58.that. It shows an overwhelming view that we can keep it as it is. There
:49:58. > :50:08.is a constituency that loves the monarchy, and there are a group of
:50:08. > :50:08.
:50:08. > :50:18.people that want to get rid of it. Our job is to show what the problem
:50:18. > :50:20.
:50:20. > :50:28.is. It is difficult to make a serious judgement about what sort of
:50:28. > :50:36.head of state we should have. you a royalist? Of course I am. You
:50:37. > :50:45.do not have to be. We have to get this into perspective. I many
:50:45. > :50:55.members have you got the East Midlands? The Queen has never been
:50:55. > :51:06.
:51:06. > :51:16.so pillar. -- never been so popular. The alternative, a presidency...
:51:16. > :51:18.
:51:18. > :51:26.That is not the alternative being proposed. In the Republic of Ireland
:51:27. > :51:36.they elect ahead of state similar to the Queen. Every member of
:51:37. > :51:41.
:51:41. > :51:47.Parliament takes allegiance to the Queen. In two years time we have the
:51:47. > :51:53.800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. It was the first time they
:51:53. > :52:03.taught about restraining the powers of the monarchy. They bring a lot of
:52:03. > :52:04.
:52:05. > :52:14.money this country. They do not. The issue does not get debated on
:52:15. > :52:17.
:52:17. > :52:27.serious grounds very often. How much money do they bring in? An
:52:27. > :52:35.
:52:35. > :52:39.assessment was made. That was a PR stunt at the time of the Jubilee. I
:52:39. > :52:46.said there was no evidence that tourism would go down if we got rid
:52:46. > :52:56.of the monarchy. What are all these tourist this doing around Buckingham
:52:56. > :53:08.
:53:09. > :53:12.Palace? They go to CDs things. -- say these things. At the time of
:53:12. > :53:22.Diana's death, that must've been one of the all-time lows of Royal
:53:22. > :53:27.
:53:27. > :53:31.family. I remember when they had a documentary on the Royal family.
:53:32. > :53:41.They have changed their public relations. They have had a lot of
:53:42. > :53:42.
:53:42. > :53:52.help from the BBC. We have two leave it there.
:53:52. > :53:55.
:53:55. > :54:04.Time for a round-up of the other political stories.
:54:04. > :54:13.MPs are turning their thoughts to holidays. One MP is urging
:54:13. > :54:19.holiday-makers to take out an insurance policy.
:54:19. > :54:29.Alan Meale wants The Sun newspaper removed from Parliament until it
:54:29. > :54:33.
:54:33. > :54:35.removes its page the then up. -- H three.
:54:35. > :54:41.Leicestershire MP claims the cost of the high-speed line will eventually
:54:42. > :54:48.double. It is only a matter of how much money we waste on the way.
:54:48. > :54:58.he had something to smile about. like it when John moves to the
:54:58. > :55:00.
:55:00. > :55:04.right. For the record, John adopts a
:55:04. > :55:14.neutral position will stop Alan Meale wants The Sun newspaper to be
:55:14. > :55:24.and from sale at Westminster until the train moves page three. I would
:55:24. > :55:26.
:55:26. > :55:32.not have it. I wish it would grow up. It is 2013. It is pathetic. I
:55:32. > :55:40.wish they would stop doing it. The way to stop this by people making
:55:40. > :55:50.that choice. It is an activist at. The idea is the on its sell by
:55:50. > :55:54.
:55:55. > :55:58.date. Even Rupert Murdoch has been tweeting that he might stop it.