:00:16. > :00:18.Hello, and welcome to Wednesday In Parliament.
:00:19. > :00:22.At Prime Minister's Questions Theresa May is challenged over
:00:23. > :00:25.mental health, sexual abuse and arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
:00:26. > :00:29.The Chancellor urges fellow Tories to stop leaking to newspapers
:00:30. > :00:34.as ministers work out how to tackle Brexit.
:00:35. > :00:38.And a Conservative wonders why it's not possible to check the tdeth
:00:39. > :00:47.of child migrants to make stre they're under 18.
:00:48. > :00:50.There are various tax rate that can be done without even opening a
:00:51. > :00:53.child's mouth. -- various x,rays. The session started with both
:00:54. > :00:57.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbxn 50 years ago on the 21st of October
:00:58. > :01:01.1966, an avalanche of coal waste crashed into a school and 18 houses
:01:02. > :01:04.in the South Wales village of Aberfan, killing 116
:01:05. > :01:08.children and 28 adults. The disaster made headlines around
:01:09. > :01:11.the world and devastated thd Jeremy Corbyn reckoned it
:01:12. > :01:24.would never be forgotten. Many in that community are still
:01:25. > :01:28.living with that tragedy and they will live with that tragedy for the
:01:29. > :01:31.rest of their days. I remember it very well as a young person growing
:01:32. > :01:36.up at that time and watching collections for the disaster fund. I
:01:37. > :01:39.think the BBC documentary presented last night was absolutely brilliant
:01:40. > :01:44.and poignant. It serves to remind us all of what that disaster w`s about.
:01:45. > :01:48.I'm an age where I can remelber those terrible scenes on television
:01:49. > :01:52.about what happened in Aberfan. I did not see the whole of thd
:01:53. > :01:57.documentary, but the bits that I did see I thought were very poignant, as
:01:58. > :02:03.the Right Honourable gentlelan said. Interestingly, what it showdd that
:02:04. > :02:07.issue of those in power not being willing to step up to the plate
:02:08. > :02:08.initially and accept what h`d actually happened.
:02:09. > :02:14.Jeremy Corbyn moved on his lain topic, mental health and thd NHS.
:02:15. > :02:23.One in four of us will suffdr a mental health problem. Analxsis by
:02:24. > :02:25.the fund suggests that 40% of our mental health trusts had thdir
:02:26. > :02:32.budgets cut last year. Six trusts have seen their budgets cut for
:02:33. > :02:35.three years in a row. Is thd Government happy that we ard
:02:36. > :02:40.delivering parity of esteem for mental health? It is right that we
:02:41. > :02:43.are delivering parity of esteem in our National Health Service. We ve
:02:44. > :02:48.been waiting too long for this. It's important that it is being done But
:02:49. > :02:53.we are investing more in mental health services. An estimatdd record
:02:54. > :02:56.?11.7 billion. Particularly, we are increasing the overall numbdr of
:02:57. > :03:01.children's beds to the highdst number of children's beds in
:03:02. > :03:05.relation to mental health problems. I had a letter from Colin, ` family
:03:06. > :03:08.member of his have a chronic mental health condition. He, like lany
:03:09. > :03:14.others, who have relatives going through mental health crisis, says.
:03:15. > :03:18.The NHS is so underfunded that too often it's left to the underfunded
:03:19. > :03:22.police forces to deal with the consequences of this crisis. Indeed,
:03:23. > :03:26.the Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall have this month threatens
:03:27. > :03:31.legal action against the NHS because he is forced to hold people with
:03:32. > :03:35.mental conditions in police cells because there aren't enough NHS
:03:36. > :03:39.beds. I simply ask the Primd Minister this. If the Government is
:03:40. > :03:43.truly committed to parity of esteem, why is this trust and so many others
:03:44. > :03:49.facing an acute financial crisis at the present time? Halai first of all
:03:50. > :03:56.stay to: but I think we all in this house recognise the difficulty that
:03:57. > :03:59.people have when they are coping with mental health problems. Can I
:04:00. > :04:02.commend those in this house who have been prepared to stand up and
:04:03. > :04:06.referred to their own mental health problems. I think that's bedn an
:04:07. > :04:09.important signal to people with mental health issues across the
:04:10. > :04:13.country. He raises the whold question of the interaction between
:04:14. > :04:16.the NHS and police forces. H'm proud of the fact that when I was Home
:04:17. > :04:19.Secretary I worked with the Department of Health to bring a
:04:20. > :04:24.change to the way in which police forces were dealing with people in
:04:25. > :04:29.mental health crises so that we do see those triage pilots out on the
:04:30. > :04:33.street. We do see better NHS support being given to police forces say the
:04:34. > :04:40.number of people who are having to be taken to a police cell as a place
:04:41. > :04:44.of safety in some areas has, overall, I think it has mord than
:04:45. > :04:47.halved. In some areas it cole down by even more than that. This is a
:04:48. > :04:48.result of the actions that this government has taken.
:04:49. > :04:51.A Labour MP asked about the latest problems around the child
:04:52. > :04:53.sexual abuse enquiry, which is now on its fourth
:04:54. > :04:59.chairwoman after Dame Justice Lovell got quit in the summer.
:05:00. > :05:10.She set up the enquiry. She appointed the chair. She was the
:05:11. > :05:14.individual responsible for the s successful Sochi was Home Sdcretary
:05:15. > :05:19.in April and the only person who had the power to act. Can she now
:05:20. > :05:22.finally tell us when she personally learned of the serious problems
:05:23. > :05:30.developing in this enquiry, and why it was that she took no acthon at
:05:31. > :05:33.all? Can I say I recognise that the honourable lady has taken a
:05:34. > :05:37.particular interest in this issue. I'm sure she will recognise, as I
:05:38. > :05:41.hope other members of this house do, why it was that I set up thd
:05:42. > :05:54.enquiry. For too long peopld who had been subjected to child sextal abuse
:05:55. > :06:00.had their voices unheard. They felt they weren't getting justicd. That's
:06:01. > :06:03.why it's very important that the enquiry is able to continue and
:06:04. > :06:07.finite justice for them. Thdre were stories around about the enpuiry and
:06:08. > :06:12.about individuals related to the enquiry. But the Home Secretary
:06:13. > :06:13.cannot intervene on the bashs of suspicion, rumour or hearsax.
:06:14. > :06:15.The SNP's Westminster leader turned to the conflict in Yemen and
:06:16. > :06:23.whether or not British arms were being used by Saudi forces
:06:24. > :06:29.It is beyond doubt that the Saudi air forces bombing Yemen flxing
:06:30. > :06:34.planes made in Britain by phlots trained by Britain, and thehr
:06:35. > :06:37.droppings missiles made in Britain. I asked a direct question and she
:06:38. > :06:41.couldn't answer it. I can try for a second time. Can she give this house
:06:42. > :06:46.an assurance that civilians have not been killed by bombs being dropped
:06:47. > :06:52.on Yemen which are partiallx manufactured in Scotland under
:06:53. > :06:55.license by our government? Hf she doesn't know the answer to that
:06:56. > :07:01.question, how can she possibly in good conscience continue selling
:07:02. > :07:05.them to Saudi Arabia? First of all, in response to the right honourable
:07:06. > :07:09.gentleman, the point he madd was very simple, which is that we press
:07:10. > :07:12.for proper investigations into what has happened and that those
:07:13. > :07:16.incidents before we reach a decision or a conclusion on what has happened
:07:17. > :07:21.in relation to those incidents. We have a very strong relationship with
:07:22. > :07:24.Saudi Arabia, that is important for this country. It's important in
:07:25. > :07:27.terms of dealing with counterterrorism and a numbdr of
:07:28. > :07:30.other issues. But what mattdrs when incidents happen about which there
:07:31. > :07:31.was concern is that they're properly investigated.
:07:32. > :07:34.Earlier this week, Downing Street said that Theresa May had ftll
:07:35. > :07:36.confidence in her Chancellor, Philip Hammond, after reports
:07:37. > :07:39.he was trying to slow progrdss towards the UK's leading thd EU
:07:40. > :07:41.Some newspapers said colleagues believe that Mr Hammond
:07:42. > :07:43.was attempting to undermine the process by delaying
:07:44. > :07:51.A Treasury source said the claims were rubbish.
:07:52. > :07:54.The man himself was asked about the newspaper stories
:07:55. > :07:56.when he appeared before the Commons Treasury committee.
:07:57. > :07:59.He was also asked about the progress of Brexit negotiations, and angered
:08:00. > :08:02.a Labour MP when he repeated the Government's line that linisters
:08:03. > :08:15.We cannot have a public deb`te about what our negotiating
:08:16. > :08:19.If we were to do that, we would have no negotiating position.
:08:20. > :08:21.So we won't be having a public debate, Chancellor,
:08:22. > :08:23.about the future relationshhp with the European Union?
:08:24. > :08:26.We must now leave that in the hands of the Governmdnt?
:08:27. > :08:28.That's a ridiculous extrapolation, if I may say so.
:08:29. > :08:30.Of course we'll be having a public debate.
:08:31. > :08:32.We are clearly having it every single day.
:08:33. > :08:42.But what we can't do is publish the various options which mhnisters
:08:43. > :08:45.will be considering and the modelled output of those options in terms
:08:46. > :08:49.That would be to undermine our negotiating position
:08:50. > :08:54.A public vote is very difficult to have, Chancellor,
:08:55. > :08:56.without the evidence available either to parliamentarians
:08:57. > :09:00.So we could have a public debate, but it won't be
:09:01. > :09:06.I would be a very poor publhc debate and I think that the disappointing
:09:07. > :09:10.I would suggest to you that there will be plenty of people producing
:09:11. > :09:13.material, between now and ndxt March.
:09:14. > :09:16.Tax payers pay for the Treasury to do that work, Chancellor.
:09:17. > :09:17.I think the public and parliamentarians deserve
:09:18. > :09:25.I have to say that I expect that the majority view
:09:26. > :09:31.The heart of the matter is that we are having
:09:32. > :09:38.And the public debate occurs every time the Brexit Cabinet
:09:39. > :09:43.Within 24 hours we have a vdry full and public debate.
:09:44. > :09:47.I'm not going to tie everybody in the room with the long lhst
:09:48. > :09:50.of leaps that there have bedn, but we can identify the datds
:09:51. > :09:56.of meetings even if they're not made public merely from the arrival
:09:57. > :10:02.Don't you think it would be a far more intelligent way
:10:03. > :10:05.to have a debate by publishhng proposals, than to carry
:10:06. > :10:08.on with this idea that we c`n't say anything because it will interfere
:10:09. > :10:10.with our negotiating position and running commentary?
:10:11. > :10:14.We're having a running commdntary anyway.
:10:15. > :10:17.The Government can't keep this stuff secret for 24 hours between itself.
:10:18. > :10:19.Once it gets into the hands of our counterparties,
:10:20. > :10:21.27 countries plus the EU, it might as well get
:10:22. > :10:26.I think it would be far mord helpful to this debate if we were able
:10:27. > :10:27.to conduct these internal discussions privately
:10:28. > :10:30.We need space to explore different options.
:10:31. > :10:33.It's no secret that there are different views about how
:10:34. > :10:35.we should approach of the negotiation.
:10:36. > :10:37.We are exploring together how to give the Prime Minister
:10:38. > :10:41.I think your first sentence gives a pretty clear view of your own
:10:42. > :10:44.attitude to whether or not one agrees with it is another m`tter.
:10:45. > :10:46.Andrew Tyree the main campahgn during the referendum,
:10:47. > :10:49.Another committee member, the Conservative Jacob Rees Mogg,
:10:50. > :11:10.was and is an outspoken supporter of Brexit.
:11:11. > :11:13.The press have had you down as a Remainer, but I think
:11:14. > :11:16.everything you said has been a positive view of how Brexht can
:11:17. > :11:21.The Chancellor smiled slightly at that.
:11:22. > :11:25.My job is to look at the economy, the challenges it will face
:11:26. > :11:29.and the opportunities that will be in front of us to make sure
:11:30. > :11:30.we are well-equipped to seize those opportunities.
:11:31. > :11:33.But also to make sure that we spot the challenges coming.
:11:34. > :11:41.The Chancellor on his Brexit position.
:11:42. > :11:43.You're watching Wednesday in Parliament, with me,
:11:44. > :11:46.The former head of a progralme to help England's most disadvantaged
:11:47. > :11:49.families has hit back at cl`ims that the initiative has madd
:11:50. > :11:57.The programme was launched hn 2 12, at a cost of ?448 million,
:11:58. > :12:03.and was intended to turn around the lives of 120,000 familids.
:12:04. > :12:06.But the National Institute of Economic and Social Rese`rch
:12:07. > :12:09.using data from a quarter of the families taking
:12:10. > :12:13.part in the first stage, found a very small number
:12:14. > :12:19.Jonathan Portes, one of the authors, called it "a perfect case study
:12:20. > :12:21.of how the manipulation and misrepresentation
:12:22. > :12:24.of statistics by civil serv`nts and politicians meant bad
:12:25. > :12:33.Well, the top civil servant at the Department for Communities
:12:34. > :12:36.argued the research and the way it was reported didn't
:12:37. > :12:42.What the evaluation does show is that the families
:12:43. > :12:43.in the programme did improve their outcomes.
:12:44. > :12:46.It does show that quite cle`rly whether that's work or school
:12:47. > :12:53.It also shows that there is a statistically signific`nt
:12:54. > :12:55.improvement in how they feel about their lives,
:12:56. > :12:57.and in particular about feeling that the worst is behind thdm.
:12:58. > :13:00.We don't want to go into the detail of...
:13:01. > :13:03.Well, I think at some level you have to bring out the detail a bht,
:13:04. > :13:09.if you will just forgive me with one more point.
:13:10. > :13:12.What I think we need to sort of in a way put in context
:13:13. > :13:16.is that this evaluation onlx ran for 12 to 18 months with individual
:13:17. > :13:19.bits of data, and what provdd not to be possible in the research
:13:20. > :13:21.was to be able to form a kind of control group,
:13:22. > :13:24.that would have allowed you to say, here's a group of families that
:13:25. > :13:26.didn't have a troubled families intervention,
:13:27. > :13:29.that are similar to the ones that did, and therefore how can
:13:30. > :13:32.That's the thing that the rdsearch wasn't able to prove.
:13:33. > :13:35.But the report does also sax they were unable to find consistent
:13:36. > :13:38.evidence that the programme had had any significant or systemic impact.
:13:39. > :13:39.That was attributable to the programme -
:13:40. > :13:45.although the outcomes did ilprove and that is shown in the ev`luation.
:13:46. > :14:05.We're going to move on now from the actual publication
:14:06. > :14:08.The frustration is that it hs one part of a much bigger story,
:14:09. > :14:11.and I think the other thing is the way that it is being
:14:12. > :14:13.presented in the media, and if I'm honest quite
:14:14. > :14:15.deliberately, is that it hasn't got the caveats across.
:14:16. > :14:17.Nowhere does the word "Attributable"...
:14:18. > :14:20.When you say "quite deliber`tely," who are you attributing that to
:14:21. > :14:26.Sorry, I mean I've got nothhng to lose in a scenario like this
:14:27. > :14:29.I think lots of comment madd by those closely involved
:14:30. > :14:31.with the evaluation, which has been leading on the press
:14:32. > :14:33.in the last few days, has been unedifying.
:14:34. > :14:35.They didn't wait until the rest of the evaluation was out,
:14:36. > :14:38.I'm sure they feel suppressdd, that simply isn't true.
:14:39. > :14:40.I'm the first to say that Jonathan Portes and NIESR,
:14:41. > :14:42.their research, after a lot of correction and sorting ott,
:14:43. > :14:44.I accept the findings of the research.
:14:45. > :14:47.Which is over the timescale they looked at the families,
:14:48. > :14:50.which was really early on in the programme,
:14:51. > :14:53.that the changes in those f`milies, which they do not dispute,
:14:54. > :14:55.you cannot directly attribute to the troubled families programme.
:14:56. > :14:59.You can on the other hand fhnd a lot of information as to why thdy hadn't
:15:00. > :15:02.frankly put any of the cave`ts in the public domain...
:15:03. > :15:05.So you're unhappy with the way the people who are funded
:15:06. > :15:07.by the department to do this the evaluation have
:15:08. > :15:15.And I don't want to make it a personal thing, because actually
:15:16. > :15:18.I accept that within this one piece of research it doesn't provd
:15:19. > :15:21.Did I ask the department to sit on it?
:15:22. > :15:25.No, I didn't, I think it's better to have that stuff out and washed
:15:26. > :15:28.out in the public domain so you can have a discourse about it.
:15:29. > :15:30.Now, a Conservative MP is c`lling for child migrants arriving
:15:31. > :15:33.in the UK from Calais to have their teeth tested
:15:34. > :15:41.Several unaccompanied children have arrived to join relatives
:15:42. > :15:43.in the UK this week, but there have been suggesthons that
:15:44. > :15:55.The Monmouth MP David Davies said mandatory teeth checks
:15:56. > :15:58.would reassure people, and it was a suggestion takdn up
:15:59. > :16:08.There was a lot of dissatisfaction in the paper today, saying
:16:09. > :16:11.that these are adults rather than children, and it went on to say
:16:12. > :16:15.that the best way of identifying the age is dental examination.
:16:16. > :16:17.And that's why I'm asking this question, because it then wdnt
:16:18. > :16:20.on to say that they couldn't do a dental examination becausd wisdom
:16:21. > :16:22.teeth are highly significant, and they couldn't do it
:16:23. > :16:26.But of course, there are various X-rays that can be done without even
:16:27. > :16:30.So I think there is something very strange about that,
:16:31. > :16:33.and I wondered why it hasn't been possible to make some agreelent
:16:34. > :16:35.whereby if you wanted to cole in you should be obliged
:16:36. > :16:38.to be allowed to be checked in terms of age.
:16:39. > :16:41.Well, my lords, I must confdss to be 49 years of age and still not
:16:42. > :16:43.having wisdom teeth, but that probably says
:16:44. > :16:50.We are working very closely with the French authorities
:16:51. > :16:54.and their partner agencies to ensure that all those who come to the UK
:16:55. > :16:59.from the camps are eligible under the Dublin Regulations.
:17:00. > :17:03.So all individuals who are referred to the UK authorities by thd FTDA,
:17:04. > :17:06.and are then interviewed by French and UK officials, and where credible
:17:07. > :17:08.and clear documentary evidence of age is not available,
:17:09. > :17:10.criteria including physical appearance and demeanour ard used
:17:11. > :17:13.as part of the interview process to assess age.
:17:14. > :17:16.That is the process in France, and I want noble lords to bd quite
:17:17. > :17:18.clear that we are bound by the French system
:17:19. > :17:33.When those children come here, we do not use dental X-rays
:17:34. > :17:36.to confirm the ages of thosd seeking asylum in the UK.
:17:37. > :17:38.The British Dental Associathon is vigorously opposed to thdm,
:17:39. > :17:39.and has described them as inaccurate,
:17:40. > :17:56.May I do something I don't think I've ever done before,
:17:57. > :17:58.The peer who'd championed t`king children from the so-called
:17:59. > :18:10.Jungle camp in Calais welcomed their arrival.
:18:11. > :18:13.May I do something I don't think I've ever done before,
:18:14. > :18:15.which is to welcome what the Government has said today.
:18:16. > :18:18.Could I say that this is good news that child refugees
:18:19. > :18:20.are coming to Britain, I wish we'd had these
:18:21. > :18:22.statements several months ago, but it's happening now
:18:23. > :18:26.May I simply ask the Ministdr to assure us that all presstre
:18:27. > :18:28.is being brought to bear on the French Government,
:18:29. > :18:30.because I understand they have a part to play
:18:31. > :18:33.in assessing the other children who come under the Immigrathon Act.
:18:34. > :18:35.The minister said pressure was being brought to bear,
:18:36. > :18:38.and the UK Government was trying very hard to work with the French.
:18:39. > :18:41.Now, Scottish Nationalists have led calls in the Commons for ministers
:18:42. > :18:43.to guarantee all European Union citizens living in the UK
:18:44. > :18:45.retain their existing rights after Brexit.
:18:46. > :18:47.Around 3 million EU citizens are waiting to find out
:18:48. > :18:49.if they can remain here, while the Government seeks
:18:50. > :18:51.to guarantee the futures of Britons living overseas.
:18:52. > :18:53.The SNP accused Conservativds of using EU citizens
:18:54. > :19:01.Despite repeated requests, this Government has refused
:19:02. > :19:05.to guarantee in the long term the rights of EU nationals who have
:19:06. > :19:06.made their home in the United Kingdom.
:19:07. > :19:10.In the meantime, in England and Wales hate crime has so`red
:19:11. > :19:13.and xenophobic rhetoric is common in the mainstream media and sadly
:19:14. > :19:18.also sometimes in the mouths of Government ministers.
:19:19. > :19:21.Nobody is suggesting that anybody is going to be ejected
:19:22. > :19:23.from the United Kingdom, and she is simply
:19:24. > :19:28.But would she understand and admit that there is a layer of colplexity
:19:29. > :19:33.So, if she is giving rights to people, which I think
:19:34. > :19:36.we would all accept, what effective date
:19:37. > :19:42.what then happens when people go outside the UK and seek
:19:43. > :19:44.to return, and all these things are relevant also
:19:45. > :19:46.to British nationals, that the Government has to negotiate
:19:47. > :19:52.Many of the people we're talking about provide vital services
:19:53. > :19:58.For instance, 6% of the doctors working in the Welsh health
:19:59. > :20:03.We are facing a crisis wherdby a third of our doctors may retire
:20:04. > :20:06.We're going to need these pdople, and extra qualified individtals
:20:07. > :20:11.to work in health services, and the rhetoric by the Govdrnment,
:20:12. > :20:14.if enacted in policy, will have a detrimental imp`ct
:20:15. > :20:16.on the delivery of health services in my country.
:20:17. > :20:19.Isn't it time we got our act together as a country, and gave
:20:20. > :20:21.people who given their lives and their taxes to this country
:20:22. > :20:27.the security that they need to know that they can remain?
:20:28. > :20:31.The point is that there are people out there who have been emboldened
:20:32. > :20:33.by the current political clhmate, who want to see EU
:20:34. > :20:35.nationals living here expelled, and worse.
:20:36. > :20:37.And giving the sort of sign`l but she is calling for
:20:38. > :20:42.and which I support today would be a very powerful signal in s`ying
:20:43. > :20:44.that the views of these people are wholeheartedly rejected
:20:45. > :21:02.On this side of the House wd don't believe in cutting off our nose
:21:03. > :21:04.to spite our face, we want to see unilateral and immediate action
:21:05. > :21:08.to guarantee the status of DU national succumbed to be it
:21:09. > :21:11.And we don't believe, to be absolutely clear,
:21:12. > :21:13.that that will undermine the Government's ability to secure
:21:14. > :21:16.the status of UK nationals living in other EU countries,
:21:17. > :21:18.because we believe they also are an asset to the communities
:21:19. > :21:23.The Government has been cle`r that it wants to protect thd status
:21:24. > :21:33.As the Prime Minister's madd clear, the only circumstances in which that
:21:34. > :21:39.would not be possible, are if British citizens' rights
:21:40. > :21:42.in other EU member states wdre not protected in return.
:21:43. > :21:44.The Government has provided repeated assurances on this point,
:21:45. > :21:48.And I'm sorry but the SNP has not included this
:21:49. > :21:55.At the end, the SNP's motion was rejected by 43 votes.
:21:56. > :21:58.Now, plans to allow people to raise money by selling their penshon
:21:59. > :22:00.annuities have been dropped by the Government.
:22:01. > :22:02.Annuities - financial products that provide regular payments to retired
:22:03. > :22:05.people until death - have long been criticised for giving
:22:06. > :22:10.Last year, the then Chancellor George Osborne announced
:22:11. > :22:12.he'd be extending pensions freedoms, allowing people
:22:13. > :22:22.But this week, that option was withdrawn.
:22:23. > :22:25.A Lib Dem said dropping the policy showed the Government didn't
:22:26. > :22:31.trust people to look after their own money.
:22:32. > :22:34.It was specifically included in the manifesto on which this
:22:35. > :22:35.Government was elected, yet yesterday afternoon
:22:36. > :22:37.the Government announced, Mr Speaker, via the press,
:22:38. > :22:40.not via this House, that thdy were scrapping the whole deal.
:22:41. > :22:42.This is a huge U-turn, announced after clear lobbyhng
:22:43. > :22:45.by the industry that never really subscribed to this, and a f`ilure
:22:46. > :22:47.with the Government to work to build a reasonable
:22:48. > :22:50.Of course it's right that protections are put in placd
:22:51. > :22:53.to ensure people are not exploited on the secondary annuities larket,
:22:54. > :22:56.but there are tens of thous`nds of people trapped in poor v`lue
:22:57. > :22:58.annuities who are eager to be able to take advantage
:22:59. > :23:02.Rather than being to the benefit of British pensioners, it
:23:03. > :23:10.And it is for this reason, Mr Speaker, that we are not prepared
:23:11. > :23:13.to allow such a market to ddvelop, and we will not be taking
:23:14. > :23:20.Doesn't this announcement rdpresent two new problems - first of all
:23:21. > :23:22.to those hundreds of thousands of pensioners who have been marched
:23:23. > :23:33.up the hill only to be marched back down again, and left uncert`in
:23:34. > :23:36.about their own financial options, but secondly also to those other
:23:37. > :23:38.generations of potential savers who are baffled by pensions
:23:39. > :23:44.generally, and will find thhs mixed message about chopping and changing
:23:45. > :23:49.on flexibilities even more of a reason to feel sour towards
:23:50. > :23:52.We've got a savings crisis hn this country, and the Government needs
:23:53. > :23:58.far more consistency and a clearer policy here.
:23:59. > :24:00.The minister said no-one wanted to see people being baffled,
:24:01. > :24:03.and all politicians had a dtty to educate and inform peopld
:24:04. > :24:06.about the importance of savings and pensions.
:24:07. > :24:09.A Labour MP is calling for a tightening up of the rules
:24:10. > :24:13.The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said
:24:14. > :24:15.there were just over 51,000 surgical procedures in 2015 -
:24:16. > :24:26.Kevin Jones put forward a Bhll calling for a change in the rules,
:24:27. > :24:29.to allow the General Medical Council to strengthen the rules,
:24:30. > :24:32.and recognise specific qualifications and accredit`tions.
:24:33. > :24:35.His Bill also aims to tackld the marketing around
:24:36. > :24:37.The law at present allows any qualified doctor, not even
:24:38. > :24:40.a surgeon, to perform cosmetic surgery without undertaking
:24:41. > :24:43.additional training or qualifications.
:24:44. > :24:45.My Bill aims, Mr Speaker, to close this loophole,
:24:46. > :24:52.and has the support of the Royal College of Surgeons.
:24:53. > :24:54.His Bill also aims to tackld the marketing around
:24:55. > :24:59.Some of the techniques that are used would be more appropriate
:25:00. > :25:00.for selling double glazing than cosmetic surgery
:25:01. > :25:04.These include two for one offers, along with glossy brochures,
:25:05. > :25:06.with no explanation of the potential risks of undergoing surgery.
:25:07. > :25:09.The whole thrust of the advdrtising is to sell procedures withott any
:25:10. > :25:12.counselling or advice on whether or not it is appropriate
:25:13. > :25:19.for an individual to undergo such procedures.
:25:20. > :25:22.Well, Mr Jones won the right to take his Bill forward,
:25:23. > :25:24.but it won't make real progress unless it's backed
:25:25. > :25:35.And that's all from me for now, but do join me again at the same
:25:36. > :25:38.time tomorrow for another round up of the day in Parliament,
:25:39. > :25:40.including a Commons debate on what went wrong at BHS.
:25:41. > :25:46.But for now, from me, Alicia McCarthy, goodbye.