04/10/2016 - Live Morning Session

:00:12. > :00:30.Ladies and gentlemen, pleasd welcome Tom Spilsbury. -- Spiller.

:00:31. > :00:38.Good morning. As the Prime Linister said in her thirsty -- speech at

:00:39. > :00:43.Downing Street, that word common unionist, is an important word to

:00:44. > :00:47.the party. It is a precious bond between our four nations of England,

:00:48. > :00:52.Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We believe we are stronger

:00:53. > :00:56.together and weaker apart. The link between our citizens, whethdr we

:00:57. > :01:01.are, wherever we are from. We are the only party that is 100%

:01:02. > :01:06.committed to this union and to serving all of those people. In

:01:07. > :01:08.Scotland, we are delivering the commission agreement in full,

:01:09. > :01:11.creating a powerhouse, Scottish creating a powerhouse, Scottish

:01:12. > :01:18.Parliament following that hhstoric vote in the referendum. What a

:01:19. > :01:29.fantastic ambassador that wd have in Ruth Davidson.

:01:30. > :01:33.In Northern Ireland, we are delivering the storm on how is

:01:34. > :01:38.agreement which opens the w`y to a more prosperous and stable `nd

:01:39. > :01:44.secure future for everyone hn that valued part of this United Kingdom.

:01:45. > :01:49.In Wales, we are taking leghslation through parliament which will

:01:50. > :01:54.deliver a clearer, fairer and stronger devolution settlemdnt. In

:01:55. > :02:01.Westminster, we are giving ` fairer say to English MPs through Dnglish

:02:02. > :02:05.votes for English laws. At dvery turn we are making sure our policies

:02:06. > :02:10.work every part of this United Kingdom. It is not London where we

:02:11. > :02:14.have had the biggest growth in employment, it is Scotland. It is

:02:15. > :02:19.not the south-east where employment has fallen fastest since thd

:02:20. > :02:24.election, it is Wales. It is not England that is the best performing

:02:25. > :02:29.region in the UK first attr`cting investment per head, it is Northern

:02:30. > :02:33.Ireland. The world wants to film in Northern Ireland, drink whiskey from

:02:34. > :02:41.Scotland and fly on aeroplane wings mailed in Wales -- made in Wales. At

:02:42. > :02:46.this moment of national change after the vote to leave the EU, wd need to

:02:47. > :02:52.take every opportunity to enhance that prosperity and make Brdxit work

:02:53. > :02:57.for the whole of the UK. We have all the assets to forge a new positive

:02:58. > :03:01.role on the world stage and first we are going to hear from someone who

:03:02. > :03:05.is making sure Wales is a htge part of that effort, the leader of the

:03:06. > :03:16.Welsh Conservatives for the National Assembly for Wales, Andrew Davies.

:03:17. > :03:26.Good morning, conference. Nhce to see you all awake. I was thhnking

:03:27. > :03:30.how I would stand when I cale to the lectern and today because I read

:03:31. > :03:35.last week that the power poses to make sure your legs are as far apart

:03:36. > :03:38.as possible. After re-searchers came through and said that isn't the

:03:39. > :03:45.case, the only thing I could think about was to give you a good hernia

:03:46. > :03:49.if I was doing that. Forgivd me for keeping my legs together because I

:03:50. > :03:53.don't want another hernia. Ht is a pleasure to speak at our national

:03:54. > :03:57.conference and to speak to xou, the delegates and members who m`ke up

:03:58. > :04:03.this great party of hours. Xou are the backbone of our party. Xou are

:04:04. > :04:07.the backbone of a united Conservative Party. It is also a

:04:08. > :04:11.pleasure to share this sesshon with my colleague and good friend, Alun

:04:12. > :04:14.Cairns, who is doing an outstanding job following in the footstdps of

:04:15. > :04:21.Stephen Crabb in the Welsh office along with his colleagues. Ht is

:04:22. > :04:24.fair to say that the last fdw months have not been without their

:04:25. > :04:29.challenges the Conservatives in Wales. We have one -- run an

:04:30. > :04:33.incredibly strong fighting lay's election but it wasn't good enough.

:04:34. > :04:38.We have had to come to terms with some hard truths and many p`ssionate

:04:39. > :04:43.discussions have been held since. Our spirits were understand`bly low,

:04:44. > :04:49.another five years of Welsh Labour propped up by the nasty nathonalists

:04:50. > :04:55.and the Liberal Democrats. Business as usual, some might say. Then came

:04:56. > :05:04.June 23. Wales and the UK voted -- voted to leave the EU and this, the

:05:05. > :05:07.Sun, was the way -- Grace one that never people thought would happen. I

:05:08. > :05:16.often felt like a lonely vohce in the wilderness. A loud voicd but a

:05:17. > :05:22.lone voice. As a lifelong f`rmer, I know well that hope can oftdn be a

:05:23. > :05:27.lonely and uncertain business. I can well remember the number of times I

:05:28. > :05:32.have been in the lambing shdd staying up through freezing nights

:05:33. > :05:37.to nurse sickening ewe lambs to health. Where some perished, many

:05:38. > :05:41.lips. Lambs are delicate thhngs Without Murch and belief to support

:05:42. > :05:47.their being, they may never take their first breath. Although some in

:05:48. > :05:51.my party did not agree with my vision of Wales outside the EU, our

:05:52. > :05:59.response to the vote has not been defined by division, infighting or

:06:00. > :06:04.recriminations. That is not our way in Wales. To hold different views on

:06:05. > :06:07.such a game changing constitutional question and to be allowed the

:06:08. > :06:11.privilege of campaigning for those views is just about the most

:06:12. > :06:18.democratic thing can do. Whhle our fundamental beliefs will also

:06:19. > :06:22.endure, the union, free entdrprise, the empowerment of communithes,

:06:23. > :06:25.devolution can mean Wales steers a different course. What is good for

:06:26. > :06:32.one isn't always right for the other. There is nothing to fear from

:06:33. > :06:37.this. It is something that hn my eyes should be celebrated. Ht is

:06:38. > :06:42.what localism is about. It hs what Kipling once wrote, if you can keep

:06:43. > :06:47.your head when all about yot are losing theirs, that is exactly what

:06:48. > :06:51.we have done. We have kept our heads, we have come together to

:06:52. > :06:55.confront the challenges and embrace the opportunities that Brexht has to

:06:56. > :07:01.offer and believe me, conference, there are many opportunities. Only

:07:02. > :07:05.by coming together and accepting the Democratic will of the people of

:07:06. > :07:12.Wales and the United Kingdol can we deliver the best deal for otr

:07:13. > :07:16.communities. Labour and Plahd Cymru have lost their heads. The first

:07:17. > :07:20.ministers of the leadership in the aftermath of the vote has bden

:07:21. > :07:24.marked by a lack of ambition, clarity and repeated scaremongering.

:07:25. > :07:29.In his recent Programme for Government, Carwyn Jones sahd Wales

:07:30. > :07:35.is punching above its weight. It is a nice sound bite but it is sadly

:07:36. > :07:40.untrue. Under Labour, large parts of Wales are poorer than Bulgaria or

:07:41. > :07:44.Romania and education systel ranks in the foothills of international

:07:45. > :07:47.standards rather than the stmmit of international excellence. The

:07:48. > :07:51.Nationalists have shamelessly used the vote to leave as a vehicle to

:07:52. > :07:57.renewed their calls for independence. Ambition is stpported

:07:58. > :08:02.by a fraction of the Welsh public. This disconnect that exists between

:08:03. > :08:10.Carwyn Jones and Liam Wood post Brexit, is amplified by the fact

:08:11. > :08:14.that both their constituenches voted decisively to leave the European

:08:15. > :08:20.Union. In his empowerment of the Welsh nationalism's most strident

:08:21. > :08:25.cheerleader, Carwyn Jones rdpresents a danger which cannot be ignored. We

:08:26. > :08:31.must continue to offer robust scrutiny and more positive visions

:08:32. > :08:37.for Wales to counter his cynical brand of politics. We should no

:08:38. > :08:43.longer be content to be at the sidelines. We must no longer be seen

:08:44. > :08:47.by voters as angry oppositionists. Our message must be strong dnough to

:08:48. > :08:52.reach out beyond our tradithonal voter base. If we are seriots about

:08:53. > :09:04.forming a Government in 2020, the violent leftward lurch of play

:09:05. > :09:12.would --... Brexit has greater powers from the Wales bills and are

:09:13. > :09:16.moments for Wales. They offdr real opportunity for us to build and not

:09:17. > :09:21.just hope for a bold new future that serves people from all backgrounds.

:09:22. > :09:27.To wrestle control from those who wish for Brexit to fail just so they

:09:28. > :09:33.can say, "I told you so." Countries are not built on sound bites or

:09:34. > :09:37.empty promises. Countries are built by those who roll their sledves

:09:38. > :09:40.knuckle down and get on with the job. Working together withott

:09:41. > :09:45.excellent new Prime Minister, Theresa May, we will make Brexit a

:09:46. > :09:48.success and conference, mark my words, we will make Brexit `

:09:49. > :10:06.success. APPLAUSE. That is one word that

:10:07. > :10:14.wasn't meant to come out like that. I will have a word with the autocue

:10:15. > :10:18.at the back. We will forge ` bold new positive role for ourselves in

:10:19. > :10:23.the world and secure the right deal for our country and for our people.

:10:24. > :10:28.In 2010, we got Britain working again after the economic sh`mbles

:10:29. > :10:34.left by Labour. In 2016, it is time for phase two. Getting the country

:10:35. > :10:39.working for everyone. Buildhng a Wales that works for everyone, a

:10:40. > :10:43.Wales where there are opportunities for all and when no one is left

:10:44. > :10:53.behind. Wales needs to stop following the crowd. Conferdnce it

:10:54. > :11:08.is time the crowd followed Wales. APPLAUSE.

:11:09. > :11:15.It now gives me great pleastre to welcome to the stage the Secretary

:11:16. > :11:27.of State for Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland in a panel discussion.

:11:28. > :11:42.APPLAUSE. Hello, everyone. Now it is your turn. Hello! It is wonderful to

:11:43. > :11:46.be here today as part of thhs session which is celebrating the

:11:47. > :11:50.union and with me, I have a gathering of Secretary of State is.

:11:51. > :12:04.I don't know if anyone has `ny other words for a group of Secret`ry of

:12:05. > :12:09.States. Anybody? Union. A confidence of Secretary of States. I c`ll it a

:12:10. > :12:14.celebration of Secretary of States. I would like to extend a warm

:12:15. > :12:16.welcome to Arlene Foster who is in the audience. The First Minhster of

:12:17. > :12:32.Northern Ireland. APPLAUSE. Whilst your hands warmed

:12:33. > :12:36.up and you have been applauding please can we go straightaw`y to the

:12:37. > :12:38.first Secretary of State who is about to speak the Northern Ireland,

:12:39. > :12:52.James broken shire. Thank you so very much. It hs great

:12:53. > :12:54.to see you here and we look forward to seeing you back in Westmhnster

:12:55. > :13:10.very, very soon. It is a huge privilege to sdrve as

:13:11. > :13:18.Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. One of the reasons for that

:13:19. > :13:20.is because as all others in the Conservative Party appreciate,

:13:21. > :13:24.Northern Ireland is such very special part of our United Kingdom.

:13:25. > :13:38.APPLAUSE. It is a great place to live, to

:13:39. > :13:43.work, to visit, to invest and to do business. And, as Secretary of

:13:44. > :13:48.State, I will never tire of talking up Northern Ireland as a pl`ce of

:13:49. > :13:53.opportunity. And, in doing so, I am fortunate to have a great tdam, my

:13:54. > :14:06.Ministers Chris Hopkinson and Lord Dunlop, our whip Steve Brian, and

:14:07. > :14:10.Mike eps Oliver Colburn. As this Conservative government strhves to

:14:11. > :14:16.build a country that works for everyone, I am committed to building

:14:17. > :14:22.a Northern Ireland that works for everyone. That means building a

:14:23. > :14:30.stronger economy as the foundations for hope, aspiration and all that we

:14:31. > :14:33.seek to achieve. As a result of the tough decisions we have takdn, the

:14:34. > :14:41.Northern Ireland economy continues to recover from the disastrous

:14:42. > :14:49.Employment is up 55,000 since 2 10. Employment is up 55,000 since 2 10.

:14:50. > :14:56.Unemployment is down by over 40 from its peak. We have cut hncome

:14:57. > :15:04.taxes for over 700,000 people, and taken 110,000 of the lowest paid out

:15:05. > :15:09.of tax altogether. Northern Ireland remains one of the most poptlar

:15:10. > :15:15.destinations in the UK for foreign direct investment outside of London.

:15:16. > :15:17.That is Conservative action delivering positive results for

:15:18. > :15:30.Northern Ireland. APPLAUSE

:15:31. > :15:33.But, we know there is more to do. That is why, in line with the

:15:34. > :15:39.requirements of financial stability that we have set out, we relain

:15:40. > :15:44.fully committed to the devolution of corporation tax powers to the

:15:45. > :15:49.Northern Ireland executive. And we will be championing Northern Ireland

:15:50. > :15:57.is a great place to do business This requires stable political

:15:58. > :16:01.institutions, and today I c`n report that, under a Conservative

:16:02. > :16:07.government Northern Ireland is enjoying the longest run of unbroken

:16:08. > :16:15.devolved government since the 1 60s. That has not always been easy. Let

:16:16. > :16:20.me pay tribute to my predecdssor, Theresa Villiers, who securdd the

:16:21. > :16:24.Stormont house of fresh start agreements that prevented the likely

:16:25. > :16:31.collapse of devolution. She left Northern Ireland stronger and more

:16:32. > :16:36.stable, and we in this partx oh her aides tremendous -- oh her `

:16:37. > :16:49.tremendous debt of gratitudd. So, this government will take no

:16:50. > :16:55.risks with that hard-won political stability. We will stand fahthfully

:16:56. > :17:02.by the agreements that have helped to bring it about. We will `lso

:17:03. > :17:07.continue to discharge our responsibility to keep people safe

:17:08. > :17:13.and secure. Tackling the threat from terrorism, and working to rhd

:17:14. > :17:18.society of the scorch of paramilitaries. That is why we will

:17:19. > :17:24.continue to give the fullest possible support to the brave men

:17:25. > :17:25.and women of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and our sdcurity

:17:26. > :17:41.services who do such an amazing job. And it includes our prison officers,

:17:42. > :17:52.who also works under constant threat. As we saw tragicallx in

:17:53. > :17:57.Our clear message to those Our clear message to those

:17:58. > :18:00.terrorists who continue to pursue their objectives by the bullet and

:18:01. > :18:12.bomb is clear. You will nevdr succeed.

:18:13. > :18:21.Northern Ireland's future whll only ever be determined by democracy and

:18:22. > :18:26.consent, never by violence. Tackling paramilitary groups remains a key

:18:27. > :18:33.part of this agenda. I realhse that this is easier said than done, and

:18:34. > :18:37.these groups use intimidation, control and paramilitary labels to

:18:38. > :18:45.instil fear and line their own pockets. But let's be clear about

:18:46. > :18:51.our objective. There was never any justification for these grotps in

:18:52. > :18:56.the past. There is none tod`y. We need a concerted effort across

:18:57. > :19:05.society to put them out of business for good.

:19:06. > :19:10.APPLAUSE We also need to provide better

:19:11. > :19:18.outcomes for victims and survivors of the troubles. They are the people

:19:19. > :19:26.who suffered the most. We h`ve a duty to support them. Our m`nifesto

:19:27. > :19:28.committed us to delivering the Stormont house agreement, including

:19:29. > :19:33.the new body is designed to address legacy issues. We have made good

:19:34. > :19:40.progress on the detailed work required to do just that. Btt, let

:19:41. > :19:49.me be clear. There will be no amnesties. Their work will be fair,

:19:50. > :19:54.balanced and proportionate. We Conservatives will never be party to

:19:55. > :20:01.any rewrite of history that seeks to legitimise terrorism or unddrmines

:20:02. > :20:02.the vital contribution to pdace made by our brave soldiers and police

:20:03. > :20:16.officers. Building a Northern Ireland that

:20:17. > :20:21.works for everyone also means making a success of the UK's democratic

:20:22. > :20:31.decision to leave the Europdan Union. I am in no doubt that we can

:20:32. > :20:37.and will. Northern Ireland has some world beating businesses. A hugely

:20:38. > :20:44.talented workforce, and a great entrepreneurial spirit. We will work

:20:45. > :20:48.to ensure that Northern Ireland s unique interests are protected and

:20:49. > :20:53.advanced. That is particularly the case when it comes to the l`nd

:20:54. > :20:58.border with the Republic of Ireland, and the Common travel area which has

:20:59. > :21:05.served the UK and Ireland wdll for many decades. No one wants to see a

:21:06. > :21:10.return to the borders of thd past. As someone who worked alongside

:21:11. > :21:15.Theresa May for six years at the Home Office, I can testify to the

:21:16. > :21:21.Prime Minister's commitment to all parts of our United Kingdom. As she

:21:22. > :21:27.made clear on entering Downhng Street, we must preserve thd special

:21:28. > :21:41.bonds that unite England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So, we

:21:42. > :21:47.should approach this with optimism and a positive view of what we can

:21:48. > :21:56.achieve for Northern Ireland inside the UK, but outside the EU. That is

:21:57. > :22:01.what we will continue to do as we seek to build a peaceful, stable and

:22:02. > :22:04.prosperous Northern Ireland. A Northern Ireland that looks to the

:22:05. > :22:08.future with confidence. A Northern Ireland that works for everxone

:22:09. > :22:20.Thank you very much. APPLAUSE

:22:21. > :22:23.James, thank you very much hndeed. Next welcome to the stage the

:22:24. > :22:33.Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell.

:22:34. > :22:38.It is an honour to have the chance to address you all this morning as

:22:39. > :22:42.the Conservative and Unionist Secretary of State for Scotland I

:22:43. > :22:49.would like to thank both Lord Dunlop and David Morris for their hard work

:22:50. > :22:55.and support. Our new Prime Linister spoke for all of us that dax in July

:22:56. > :22:59.on the steps of Downing Strdet, we are the Conservative and Unhonist

:23:00. > :23:06.party. I believe with all mx heart in the preservation of the tnion. It

:23:07. > :23:11.is indeed a precious, precious bond, and that bond has never been more

:23:12. > :23:18.important. APPLAUSE

:23:19. > :23:27.Because it will be that strong, stable bond on the broad shoulders

:23:28. > :23:31.of our UK that carry the cotntry through the coming years. Wd can't

:23:32. > :23:36.and won't provide a running commentary on exiting the ET, but on

:23:37. > :23:43.one thing I want to be absolutely clear. We will negotiate as United

:23:44. > :23:46.Kingdom, leave as a United Kingdom, and face the future together as a

:23:47. > :23:57.United Kingdom. APPLAUSE

:23:58. > :24:04.That is what I call a Team TK approach because the UK is

:24:05. > :24:09.Scotland's vital union. Earlier this year, we passed the Scotland act

:24:10. > :24:14.2016. This devolved new powdrs on tax, spending that will see Holyrood

:24:15. > :24:19.become one of the most powerful devolved Parliaments in the world.

:24:20. > :24:25.We have delivered the Smith commission in full, and I al hugely

:24:26. > :24:30.proud to have taken that legislation successfully through the UK

:24:31. > :24:34.Parliament. As these powers come in, the Scottish Government will have

:24:35. > :24:42.new freedom to cut taxes or to raise them, to attract businesses in, or

:24:43. > :24:47.drive them away, to attract people on benefits or support them into

:24:48. > :24:50.work. I may not like that the SNP wants to tax families and btsinesses

:24:51. > :24:56.by ?1 billion more than in Dngland, but that is their choice, and they

:24:57. > :25:07.will have two account to it to the Scottish people at the ballot box.

:25:08. > :25:14.The Scottish Government will have an unprecedented power and freddom to

:25:15. > :25:18.govern Scotland's affairs btt crucially, Scotland will retain the

:25:19. > :25:24.benefits of the UK's broad shoulders. It is the Chancellor in

:25:25. > :25:28.the UK Treasury that can gu`rantee the future of Scotland's European

:25:29. > :25:33.structure and investment funds project. For Scotland, that will be

:25:34. > :25:39.worth on average ?200 million every year until we leave the EU. It is

:25:40. > :25:44.the UK's balance sheet that keeps borrowing rates at historic lows

:25:45. > :25:51.Wendy Scottish Parliament's deficit balloons to almost 10%. It hs the

:25:52. > :25:55.UK's Paul Smith damage the Scottish governance can increase spending by

:25:56. > :26:03.over 3% when the tax revenuds fall by over 5%. The UK is investing in

:26:04. > :26:07.city deals like Glasgow, Abdrdeen and Inverness. The UK has ddlivered

:26:08. > :26:11.the biggest boost to the oil and gas industry in over 20 years, `nd the

:26:12. > :26:24.UK has introduced the National living wage. As we look to DU exit,

:26:25. > :26:32.remember that Scotland tradds over four times more with the rest of the

:26:33. > :26:39.UK van with the EU. This is a bedrock of support that can only

:26:40. > :26:43.come from being part of the UK. The new powers are a huge opportunity

:26:44. > :26:47.for the Scottish Government, but so far, the SNP have put their

:26:48. > :26:53.obsession with independence above all else. They have abandondd the

:26:54. > :27:00.price. They spend their timd doom price. They spend their timd doom

:27:01. > :27:06.mongering about Brexit and tsing it as an excuse to threaten a second

:27:07. > :27:12.independence referendum. Th`t is not what the people of Scotland want. It

:27:13. > :27:16.is a sort of Damocles, the single biggest threat to Scotland's

:27:17. > :27:25.economy. The SNP need to stop pursuing their own ideological

:27:26. > :27:32.agenda and start governing. APPLAUSE

:27:33. > :27:36.They have come to think that they have a divine right to hold power,

:27:37. > :27:42.and not to be held to account. We know they don't. And now we have

:27:43. > :27:54.Ruth Davidson and our fantastic team of 30 MSPs to prove that.

:27:55. > :28:00.The Scottish Conservatives had a stunning result in May, and I want

:28:01. > :28:05.to thank everyone here in this hall, and throughout the country, who

:28:06. > :28:09.knocked on doors, made the calls, delivered the leaflets. It was a

:28:10. > :28:17.fantastic effort. APPLAUSE

:28:18. > :28:24.We overtook Scottish Labour as the main opposition. Not surprising

:28:25. > :28:28.perhaps, when you heard Jerdmy Corbyn's speech in Liverpool. He did

:28:29. > :28:33.not mention the Scottish Labour leader. He did not even went

:28:34. > :28:41.Scottish Labour. Worse still, he did not even mention the union. The only

:28:42. > :28:44.thing he did mention was thd Glasgow city deal, which he had not heard

:28:45. > :28:50.that the Government in the TK had Ashley put ?500 billion into. Ladies

:28:51. > :28:51.and gentlemen, I am telling you seriously, the Labour Party can no

:28:52. > :29:10.longer be trusted with the tnion. Now, every day in Holyrood, it is

:29:11. > :29:16.rude than the Conservatives holding the SNP to account.

:29:17. > :29:20.We are strong opposition and a strong Government in Westminster.

:29:21. > :29:29.Together, we are standing up for the union

:29:30. > :29:35.APPLAUSE Standing up for is people who are working harder just

:29:36. > :29:41.managing. Those with a job but no job security, those who start in

:29:42. > :29:47.life, whose skin colour, whose poverty has denied them the

:29:48. > :29:54.opportunities of the privildged few. We are driven by a simple vhsion.

:29:55. > :30:05.United that supports anyone, whoever they are, to go as far as their

:30:06. > :30:10.talent will take them. That is what this Government and this party are

:30:11. > :30:13.about and I am very privileged to play a part in that. Thank xou very

:30:14. > :30:27.much. Next to the stage, please c`n we

:30:28. > :30:41.welcome Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns.

:30:42. > :31:09.He Speaks Welsh. I trust yot agree with every word I said. It hs a

:31:10. > :31:13.pleasure to be here at the Conservative Party conference and a

:31:14. > :31:17.privilege to serve as the Sdcretary of State for Wales and to follow in

:31:18. > :31:26.the excellent footsteps and the work of my predecessor, Stephen Crabb. I

:31:27. > :31:35.want to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in the

:31:36. > :31:43.party in Wales, particularlx my ministerial team. Also the @ssembly

:31:44. > :31:50.team based in Cardiff Bay. Ht has been a fantastic year in Wales for

:31:51. > :31:54.more reasons than one. We h`d an outstanding performance at this

:31:55. > :32:00.year's Olympics and Paralympics and I must admit that in the past, I

:32:01. > :32:07.have relished the opportunity to remind my English friends of the

:32:08. > :32:12.success of the Wales rugby team This year, I won't do that. It

:32:13. > :32:21.wouldn't be right because England were last year and I have ddcided to

:32:22. > :32:28.move on to football. APPLAUSE. A brilliant performance at

:32:29. > :32:33.the Euros earlier this year. It was a privilege to see how the whole of

:32:34. > :32:37.the UK got behind the Welsh team as we approached the semifinals. Our

:32:38. > :32:43.sporting triumphs are important for a number of reasons but thex also

:32:44. > :32:48.serve to underline the UK as a special family of nations. Hn this

:32:49. > :32:53.context, Wales has played its part in growing the UK economy. The

:32:54. > :32:58.unemployment rate in Wales hs the lowest in the UK. Employment has

:32:59. > :33:04.never been higher and since 201 , Wales has seen the fastest dconomic

:33:05. > :33:10.growth across the whole of the country outside of London. Key to

:33:11. > :33:13.that success has been a range of UK initiatives from the broadb`nd

:33:14. > :33:18.roll-out scheme, to the electrification of the railways as

:33:19. > :33:22.long as -- as well as the changes in our welfare system. It is hdartening

:33:23. > :33:27.to see that the best employlent data is coming from some of the lost

:33:28. > :33:39.deprived communities in Walds. Truly highlighting that we are a

:33:40. > :33:43.Government that works for everyone. As a family of nations, the UK

:33:44. > :33:49.taxpayer rightly supports all parts of the UK to stop after dec`des of

:33:50. > :33:51.in-built does advantage of the funding formula, it took a

:33:52. > :33:57.Conservative Government to hntroduce a funding for all in Wales. Labour

:33:58. > :34:02.talked about it for 13 years but we delivered it within our first year

:34:03. > :34:07.in Government. We also recognise that our role goes further. We

:34:08. > :34:12.established the UK's larger city deal in Cardiff. ?1.2 billion that

:34:13. > :34:19.will deliver a modern Metro for Cardiff and the wider vallexs'

:34:20. > :34:23.communities. I working on chty and growth deals for Swansea Bax and

:34:24. > :34:27.North Wales. I am determined to see that North Wales has plugged into

:34:28. > :34:31.the economic opportunities hn Manchester, Liverpool and Cheshire

:34:32. > :34:37.and the Northern Powerhouse. After all, we are all interconnected

:34:38. > :34:41.economy is and that is why we will halve the tolls in the Severn Bridge

:34:42. > :34:45.to improve economic opportunities between South Wales, Bristol and the

:34:46. > :34:52.south-west. The Government on the side of working people. Another

:34:53. > :34:55.success story has been the record-breaking years of foreign

:34:56. > :35:02.direct investment. Last year 90 projects came to Wales with a direct

:35:03. > :35:07.support of UK TIA. It is in this spirit I am excited by the `pproach

:35:08. > :35:12.and enthusiasm of Liam Fox. His new Department of International trade

:35:13. > :35:17.will be fundamental to seek out new markets and take us to the next

:35:18. > :35:22.level of the investment. We are working closely together to build on

:35:23. > :35:25.the successes of recent years. His department is an example of a

:35:26. > :35:32.department that will work for all of the UK. Wales is an open, ottward

:35:33. > :35:37.looking economy determined to make the most of post-Brexit

:35:38. > :35:41.opportunities. There will bd challenges but there will also be a

:35:42. > :35:49.host of new opportunities and new prospects also. The Wales Fhrst

:35:50. > :35:52.Minister 60% Wales as a victim of the EU referendum. He seems to

:35:53. > :35:59.forget Wales voted to leave the European Union also. Whether we like

:36:00. > :36:03.it or not, we must work frol that instruction. There are exciting

:36:04. > :36:11.opportunities for Wales with the UK being the global leader in free

:36:12. > :36:16.trade. The outcome of the rdferendum has raised concerns over thd future

:36:17. > :36:19.of what is currently considdred EU funding. That is money targdted to

:36:20. > :36:26.support some of the poorest parts of the UK. Again, we must seizd this

:36:27. > :36:32.moment as an opportunity to do better for those communities. After

:36:33. > :36:36.all, European structural funds are supposed to be a temporary fix, a

:36:37. > :36:45.similar score the most deprhved parts of the UK. In Wales in 19 9, I

:36:46. > :36:51.remember the debate about objective one money. It was a

:36:52. > :36:54.once-in-a-lifetime opportunhty but 16 years on, ?4 billion latdr,

:36:55. > :36:59.Labour's mismanagement of the funds has let those communities down. So

:37:00. > :37:02.much was their frustration that those areas have received most

:37:03. > :37:13.European aid with the same `reas that voted in the strongest numbers

:37:14. > :37:18.to leave the European Union. When we consider some of the projects they

:37:19. > :37:24.funded, there is little worry that they are anger. If only the

:37:25. > :37:30.outcomes, if they have focused on the outcomes, if they had looked the

:37:31. > :37:37.money they were spending in those projects. Carrying on in thd way

:37:38. > :37:42.spending like the same old way is not an option any longer. A new

:37:43. > :37:45.structure will give us the opportunity to follow UK prhorities,

:37:46. > :37:52.investing in a way that is tailored to the Welsh and UK economy. Now

:37:53. > :38:00.that we are leaving the European Union, the union of the UK hs more

:38:01. > :38:06.important than ever before. Where labour start of the devoluthon

:38:07. > :38:10.process, it is up to us to deliver a clearer, stronger, Ferres sdttlement

:38:11. > :38:17.that works for Wales and for our part within the union of thd United

:38:18. > :38:21.Kingdom. That is why we will continue to work in the intdrests of

:38:22. > :38:26.our precious union and across Government with colleagues such as

:38:27. > :38:29.Greg Clark to seek a sustainable future for steel-maker with Karen

:38:30. > :38:33.Bradley to develop our broadcasting industry and with Chris Graxling to

:38:34. > :38:37.improve transport infrastructure. Across the whole of UK Government

:38:38. > :38:46.departments to make exiting the European Union is a success for all

:38:47. > :38:50.parts of the country. I start my contribution by talking abott the

:38:51. > :38:55.special family of nations. @s the Prime Minister said on the steps of

:38:56. > :38:59.Downing Street, we firmly bdlieve in the precious, precious bond between

:39:00. > :39:03.England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I am hugely

:39:04. > :39:07.encouraged by the performance - importance placed on the role of

:39:08. > :39:11.Wales. The premise was in C`rdiff within days of entering Downing

:39:12. > :39:15.Street. The message is clear. This Government will do all it c`n to

:39:16. > :39:19.deliver a country that will work for everyone, an economy that whll work

:39:20. > :39:23.for everyone, a society that will work for everyone, union th`t will

:39:24. > :39:28.work for everyone. Whether xou are a farmer on the rolling hills of Powys

:39:29. > :39:36.all like my father, a steel worker in Port Talbot, we Government that

:39:37. > :39:50.works for you. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE. Thank you very much

:39:51. > :39:55.indeed. Everyone of you talked about the importance of a strong tnion and

:39:56. > :40:02.how the spotlight more than ever is on the union as we move awax from

:40:03. > :40:09.the European Union. There are opportunities to grasp. How are we

:40:10. > :40:14.going to make sure you do that? There are some excellent data coming

:40:15. > :40:19.from all parts of the UK. Above all, we are an interlinked econoly. We

:40:20. > :40:24.talked about North Wales as a powerhouse and South Wales working

:40:25. > :40:30.together. The UK as a union in marketing all of us around the world

:40:31. > :40:41.is an excellent example of where together we bring about mord. How

:40:42. > :40:44.are you hearing what people are wanting and how are you reaching out

:40:45. > :40:52.to the different parts of the debate? Since June we have been

:40:53. > :40:58.holding 60 metres -- meetings around Scotland with groups. Fishermen

:40:59. > :41:01.farmers, young people, all strands of society. People recognisd that

:41:02. > :41:06.there are challenges in terls of leaving the EU but what encourages

:41:07. > :41:10.me is that they see there are opportunities as well. People are

:41:11. > :41:17.starting to look towards thdse opportunities. The big issud in

:41:18. > :41:21.Scotland, which is concerning people, is the Nationalists have

:41:22. > :41:25.used it as an opportunity to bring independence back to the table that

:41:26. > :41:30.is the issue people won't t`ke off the table because it is the thing

:41:31. > :41:36.that brings uncertainty and let s get together and focus on 18 UK

:41:37. > :41:41.approach to delivering the best possible EU deal for Scotland and

:41:42. > :41:46.the whole of our United Kingdom Certainty is a key word whether it

:41:47. > :41:53.is an individual in the homd or a business. Where are we going, how

:41:54. > :41:58.will we provide that certainty? It is important to look at somd of the

:41:59. > :42:01.things the Chancellor has done. In relation to farm payments, those

:42:02. > :42:06.direct payments which mean ` great deal for a lot of industry hn

:42:07. > :42:11.Northern Ireland. To give that certainty until 2020, there has been

:42:12. > :42:16.a really important thing. There is the responsibility that we `ll feel

:42:17. > :42:21.as secretaries of State in going out across our communities, Scotland,

:42:22. > :42:26.Wales and Northern Ireland, listening but also giving that

:42:27. > :42:31.assurance, that assurance of the objectives of this Government

:42:32. > :42:36.getting the best possible ddal for the United Kingdom and all parts of

:42:37. > :42:41.the UK. That is a feeling that we will continue to underline `nd also

:42:42. > :42:48.in listening to some of the other comments. How we are open for

:42:49. > :42:54.business, of the trade, open for investment. That is something that

:42:55. > :42:57.Liam Fox is championing and how we as secretaries of State are playing

:42:58. > :43:02.our part in underlining the UK and all parts of the UK are open for

:43:03. > :43:09.business and we want to see and encourage that. I didn't want to

:43:10. > :43:17.stop and applause. I heard ` rumble of applause there. They would never

:43:18. > :43:21.forgive me. There are sensitivities as well and that are challenges

:43:22. > :43:29.particularly in Northern Irdland and you have got to deal with those as

:43:30. > :43:32.well. We have had this unbroken period of devolved Government in

:43:33. > :43:36.Northern Ireland for the longest period since the 1960s and H am very

:43:37. > :43:42.focused on how we continue to see that political progression, continue

:43:43. > :43:48.to follow through on the colmitments that we have made. It is important

:43:49. > :43:52.to stress the strong support for those political institutions and the

:43:53. > :43:58.political settlement that h`s not been changed as a consequence of the

:43:59. > :44:03.vote in relation to the refdrendum. It is their sense of opporttnity,

:44:04. > :44:07.that benefit that we can sed to take Northern Ireland further but also

:44:08. > :44:11.how we do need to deal with a number of these issues that I touched on in

:44:12. > :44:17.my speech around paramilitaries safety and security and that, in my

:44:18. > :44:18.role as secretary of state, something I'm determined to take

:44:19. > :44:27.forward. It is such a beautiful union.

:44:28. > :44:33.Whether you are going to Anglesey, as I did as a kid, but Scotland to,

:44:34. > :44:37.and we have had a bumper ye`r for visitors, so how will we continue

:44:38. > :44:41.with that? One of the things that has happened is that we havd had,

:44:42. > :44:46.for example, a record Edinbtrgh Festival. I would argue, thd

:44:47. > :44:52.Edinburgh Festival is one of the UK's Premier cultural event, and to

:44:53. > :44:56.me it sums up the fact that, although we are leaving the EU, we

:44:57. > :44:59.are still very much part of Europe, and very much part of that wider

:45:00. > :45:04.world, and there are signifhcant opportunities out there for us,

:45:05. > :45:08.there our business opportunhties, but their results of the opportunity

:45:09. > :45:15.to get people to come to our country and sample its beautiful waxs, not

:45:16. > :45:20.least of course in Scotland. And Bushmills in Northern Ireland! I

:45:21. > :45:25.like the way you are working together, healthy competition

:45:26. > :45:33.between one another. Again, bringing up healthy competition, we have got

:45:34. > :45:41.sporting references in therd. Again, we do need to praise, you know,

:45:42. > :45:44.think our praises and talk `bout our virtues. We are needing to sell

:45:45. > :45:50.ourselves to the rest of thd world. We are the fifth largest economy in

:45:51. > :45:54.the world, so on that basis the clout that we will have in our

:45:55. > :45:59.negotiating is a much stronger than if we were independent nations. We

:46:00. > :46:05.have attracted 90 projects that came as a direct intervention of UK TIA

:46:06. > :46:11.and Aston Martin is one of them and they are now establishing a new

:46:12. > :46:16.factory in my constituency. That demonstrates a global brand within

:46:17. > :46:20.the UK, but not only in England also in Wales, Scotland and Northern

:46:21. > :46:27.Ireland. And that strong history of trading needs to be exploitdd and

:46:28. > :46:30.worked upon. Yes, absolutelx, and those special characteristics of all

:46:31. > :46:39.parts of the UK, you have hdard of some of the tourism issues `nd that

:46:40. > :46:45.matters very much in Northern Ireland, getting them to experience

:46:46. > :46:49.the Titanic experience in Bdlfast, how it has been transformed as a

:46:50. > :46:53.city, so how we look outwards and how we encourage that. But `lso

:46:54. > :47:01.together as Secretaries of State, we are working together as arotnd all

:47:02. > :47:04.of this for all parts of thd United Kingdom. I remember the first

:47:05. > :47:08.Cabinet meeting that the three of us went to, we went in together, and

:47:09. > :47:13.that underlined that strength of unity between all of us, between all

:47:14. > :47:17.parts of the United Kingdom, coming together and how we are detdrmined

:47:18. > :47:21.to get the best possible de`l for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

:47:22. > :47:26.as part of the United Kingdom. You talk about a country that works for

:47:27. > :47:28.everyone, and a union that works for everyone, and each of you

:47:29. > :47:34.highlighted the employment hssues, and that is key because it does need

:47:35. > :47:40.to spread to those most deprived areas, those difficult areas. Wales

:47:41. > :47:44.has the lowest and implement in the whole of the UK. If we go b`ck a

:47:45. > :47:48.decade ago, we'd never have dreams of that. In large part it is the

:47:49. > :47:53.welfare reforms that you were instrumental in delivering `s a

:47:54. > :47:54.Minister in Parliament, so H thank you for your part in that.

:47:55. > :48:07.APPLAUSE It is important to continue to point

:48:08. > :48:11.out that trade within the United Kingdom is so important. Scotland's

:48:12. > :48:14.trade with the rest of the TK is more than four times as much is the

:48:15. > :48:21.trade with the European Union, and so I find it incredible that some

:48:22. > :48:25.people are so concerned abott losing the trading link with the ET, but

:48:26. > :48:30.are quite happy to just walk away from that trading link with the

:48:31. > :48:37.United Kingdom. It is ridictlous. That is our real strong union with

:48:38. > :48:42.the rest of the UK. I think David highlight this right point `bout the

:48:43. > :48:50.economy, how we will continte as a government to ensure that wd support

:48:51. > :48:53.entrepreneurs, we support that open economic approach and our driving

:48:54. > :48:59.enterprise, and it is that sense of what we can be, but also wh`t that

:49:00. > :49:03.means in the lives of so people In Northern Ireland, employment

:49:04. > :49:07.increased by 50 55,000 sincd he came into power and water differdnce that

:49:08. > :49:12.makes in the lives of peopld, and we are determined to continue that as

:49:13. > :49:18.we work to create a country, a union, that works for everyone. That

:49:19. > :49:22.is what we need to get across, that the Conservatives are for absolutely

:49:23. > :49:27.everyone, the little man on the street, the businessmen, thd leader

:49:28. > :49:32.of an organisation, we are there for everyone. And with a party that is

:49:33. > :49:33.absolutely committed to keeping our United Kingdom together.

:49:34. > :49:47.APPLAUSE Ladies and gentlemen, this hs the

:49:48. > :49:50.team that has got the vision for the union. This is a government that

:49:51. > :49:54.will deliver that vision for the union. James, David, Alun C`irns,

:49:55. > :52:39.thank you very much indeed. Ladies and gentlemen, pleasd welcome

:52:40. > :52:45.Andrew Sharp. APPLAUSE

:52:46. > :52:50.Good morning, conference. I am one of the vice presiddnts of

:52:51. > :52:52.the National Convention. It is a great privilege to be introducing

:52:53. > :52:58.this session on the most important duty of government. Our country s

:52:59. > :53:02.safety and security. We havd long been considered the party of law and

:53:03. > :53:05.order, and the party of defdnce Ever the last six years in

:53:06. > :53:11.government we have proven that reputation to be correct. Kdeping

:53:12. > :53:16.our Nato commitment that 2% of GDP, renewing our nuclear deterrdnt,

:53:17. > :53:21.reforming our judicial systdm, overhauling prisons, and cutting

:53:22. > :53:28.crime by a quarter to its lowest level since records began.

:53:29. > :53:33.APPLAUSE As we reflect on that record, we

:53:34. > :53:38.must remember that it is people brave, hard-working, dedicated men

:53:39. > :53:41.and women who make it all h`ppen. Like, for example, the police

:53:42. > :53:44.officers who keep us safe everyday. I would like to take the opportunity

:53:45. > :53:51.to thank West Midlands Police for the excellent job they are doing

:53:52. > :53:58.here at the conference. APPLAUSE

:53:59. > :54:01.Like our courtroom staff, prison officers, probation officers, and

:54:02. > :54:04.those who work with young offenders and victims, sometimes dealhng with

:54:05. > :54:09.the most tragic and harrowing of cases. Of course, we must not forget

:54:10. > :54:13.the men and women of our Arled Forces, almost 200,000 of them.

:54:14. > :54:18.Right now, there are servicd personnel deployed right across the

:54:19. > :54:23.world. In the air, protecting our skies, on land, training troops and

:54:24. > :54:25.keeping the peace and at se`, protecting our territories `nd

:54:26. > :54:31.saving migrants attempting to make perilous journeys. They do our duty

:54:32. > :54:37.by us, and we will do our dtty by them. Our party has been undquivocal

:54:38. > :54:41.about that. Shortly before his from the Justice Secretary, Liz Truss,

:54:42. > :54:44.and the Home Secretary, Ambdr Rudd. Two people in two new jobs, jobs

:54:45. > :54:49.that are crucial when there are so many threats facing us here at home,

:54:50. > :54:53.from extremism to cyber crile, and when reoffending rates are still too

:54:54. > :54:57.high. Before that, we will hear from somebody who has been in his job a

:54:58. > :55:00.little longer and garnered ` reputation as a firm supporter of

:55:01. > :55:05.those who preserve our freedoms and protect us from aggression `nd

:55:06. > :55:08.injustice. It is the Defencd Secretary, Michael Fallon. Before we

:55:09. > :55:09.hear from him, I would like to hand over to someone who I find very

:55:10. > :55:33.impressive and I think you will too. Good morning. My name is Ash Ahmed

:55:34. > :55:37.and I stand here today as a former member of the British Army, and the

:55:38. > :55:43.Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Rochdale last year. My journey

:55:44. > :55:48.from a listed Muslim family in Manchester to this stage is an

:55:49. > :55:54.unusual one. I came from working in my family about shop to becoming one

:55:55. > :55:56.of the first women to go through the rigorous SAS selection training

:55:57. > :56:13.APPLAUSE As you can imagine, there are plenty

:56:14. > :56:20.of raised eyebrows when I w`lked into the army barracks. Thotgh

:56:21. > :56:25.ultimately the time for womdn to serve on the front line had not yet

:56:26. > :56:29.come when I was marching through the Brecon Beacons, the experience was

:56:30. > :56:34.gruelling. But, taking that opportunity made me who I al today.

:56:35. > :56:40.I am a conservative because I want this to be a country where dveryone

:56:41. > :56:42.has those opportunities, to get on and succeed, regardless of their

:56:43. > :56:58.background. My journey shows how this c`n be a

:56:59. > :57:03.country that works for everxone where people are not judged on what

:57:04. > :57:09.they look like or where thex come from. That is why I am so proud

:57:10. > :57:14.that, under this government, women can now serve on the front line

:57:15. > :57:28.because if you are good enotgh to do the job, nothing else should matter.

:57:29. > :57:33.This is the party of opporttnity, and the party of defence. This

:57:34. > :57:38.government is increasing thd defence budget so that our troops h`ve

:57:39. > :57:43.equipment that they need to keep this country safe. I am delhghted to

:57:44. > :57:50.introduce the man who is le`ding this vital work, helping us to stand

:57:51. > :57:52.tall as a proud, outward looking nation that has the best Arled

:57:53. > :58:10.Forces in the world. Ladies and gentlemen, pleasd join me

:58:11. > :58:10.in welcoming our Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon.

:58:11. > :58:32.APPLAUSE Thank you for that kind

:58:33. > :58:36.introduction. Your story is an inspirational reminder of how our

:58:37. > :58:41.Armed Forces extend opportunity and tear down artificial barriers and it

:58:42. > :58:52.is an honour to have you here today alongside my ministerial te`m. All

:58:53. > :58:57.of them who do so much to m`ke sure our Armed Forces have what they need

:58:58. > :59:04.to keep this country safe. This week, our party is putting forward a

:59:05. > :59:08.vision of our country that works for everyone. Where you can go `s far as

:59:09. > :59:14.your talents can take you. Ultimately, the opportunity to get

:59:15. > :59:22.on depends on the security provided by our Armed Forces. Today, British

:59:23. > :59:28.forces are fighting terrorism, countering aggression, training

:59:29. > :59:33.troops and democracies as f`r apart as Ukraine, Nigeria and Afghanistan.

:59:34. > :59:40.Here at home, they are patrolling our skies and our seas. Thex are

:59:41. > :59:44.serving around the world, round-the-clock, to keep our country

:59:45. > :00:02.safe and every single one of them deserves our thanks.

:00:03. > :00:07.APPLAUSE. Into Reza may we have a leader who puts security first. Her

:00:08. > :00:13.very first act as Prime Minhster was to win a majority in parlialent to

:00:14. > :00:21.build the new nuclear submarines that will deter the most extreme

:00:22. > :00:24.threats through to the 20 60s. - Theresa May. That sends a mdssage

:00:25. > :00:29.about Britain's commitment to defend our way of life than that of our

:00:30. > :00:36.allies. Let me tell you that tomorrow I will go from herd to

:00:37. > :00:55.Barrow, to cut steel on the first new successor Trident submarine

:00:56. > :00:58.APPLAUSE. ?1 billion investlent programme that will benefit

:00:59. > :01:04.businesses from Barrow to Bdrkshire from the north of Scotland to

:01:05. > :01:11.Tyneside. What a contrast whth the Labour Party be? By getting on with

:01:12. > :01:16.the success of the programmd, they can't agree with the successor to

:01:17. > :01:21.Jeremy Corbyn. Instead they have re-elected leader who wants to scrap

:01:22. > :01:26.our nuclear weapons, who wants to leave Nato, who wants to talk to

:01:27. > :01:33.terrorists. Let me tell you that waving a white flag will not keep us

:01:34. > :01:48.safe. APPLAUSE. Labour would risk our

:01:49. > :01:57.defence for their... That is why they can never be trusted whth

:01:58. > :02:00.Britain's security. Today wd face terrorism, a resurgent Russha, cyber

:02:01. > :02:06.attacks, North Korea illegally testing nuclear weapons but unlike

:02:07. > :02:13.Labour, we have the will to respond to those threats. We are investing

:02:14. > :02:19.in more ships, more planes, a 5 ,000 strong division. Better equhpment

:02:20. > :02:23.and stronger cyber defence. All paid for by a defence budget that will

:02:24. > :02:34.grow every year of this Parliament. Our party.

:02:35. > :02:43.APPLAUSE. Our party putting defence first. Leaving the European Union

:02:44. > :02:48.does not mean that we are stepping back from our commitments. Our

:02:49. > :02:52.commitments to the security of our, -- continent. We will continue to

:02:53. > :02:59.have the biggest defence budget in Europe. Meeting that 2% Nato

:03:00. > :03:03.spending targets. We will ldad in Nato, the cornerstone of our defence

:03:04. > :03:11.by putting troops on to its eastern border next year. But we will go on

:03:12. > :03:23.blocking an EU army that was simply undermine Nato.

:03:24. > :03:29.APPLAUSE. Around the world we will step up, not step away from our

:03:30. > :03:35.global responsibilities. Our Armed Forces are already playing the

:03:36. > :03:39.second biggest part in the international coalition agahnst

:03:40. > :03:45.Daesh. Last month I had the privilege of meeting our troops in

:03:46. > :03:48.Iraq who are training Iraqi and Kurdish forces. We are doubling the

:03:49. > :03:56.number of British troops we have there. The Royal Air Force hs out

:03:57. > :03:59.there striking Daesh day and night. Royal Navy frigates and destroyers

:04:00. > :04:06.help guard coalition aircraft carriers. Defeating Daesh whll help

:04:07. > :04:13.keep Britain's streets safe and two years into this campaign, I ask you

:04:14. > :04:20.to pay tribute to all that our military are doing to defeat this

:04:21. > :04:34.terrible menace. APPLAUSE. We are also incre`sing our

:04:35. > :04:38.troop numbers in Afghanistan. We are doubling our contribution to the

:04:39. > :04:43.United Nations, peacekeeping missions in Africa. With new

:04:44. > :04:46.aircraft carriers, new maritime patrol aircraft, new attack

:04:47. > :04:54.helicopters and armoured vehicles and the fifth biggest defence budget

:04:55. > :04:58.in the world, we remain ready to defend freedom and the rule of law,

:04:59. > :05:04.to advance democracy and protects human rights. It is the man and

:05:05. > :05:11.women of our Armed Forces who put themselves in danger to provide the

:05:12. > :05:23.security that is essential for a country that works for everxbody.

:05:24. > :05:36.The Armed Forces themselves can be a remarkable engine of social

:05:37. > :05:41.mobility. Look at cadet, now left tenant. On Tottenham estate, the

:05:42. > :05:46.school system failed him but the army turned him into the best

:05:47. > :05:59.officer graduating from Sandhurst this year. Look at how the @rmed

:06:00. > :06:02.Forces provided the most apprenticeships in our country of

:06:03. > :06:09.any organisation helping people to develop the skills that bendfit our

:06:10. > :06:12.military but also setting them up for better careers in civilhan life

:06:13. > :06:18.after they leave. I am setthng a target to deliver 50,000 military

:06:19. > :06:25.apprenticeships over this Parliament. Look also at thd young

:06:26. > :06:32.cadets who learn in school the skills and confidence they need to

:06:33. > :06:39.thrive. Today I am announcing the first 25 of 150 new cadet units we

:06:40. > :06:56.are creating in state schools. APPLAUSE. And they include one I

:06:57. > :07:01.want to tell you about. At Rockwood Academy in this city that I shall be

:07:02. > :07:07.visiting this afternoon. Wh`t would Academy used to be a Trojan horse

:07:08. > :07:15.school. It has been turned round completely and instead of promoting

:07:16. > :07:21.religious segregation, todax as a new academy, it is instilling

:07:22. > :07:22.British values with a school cadet parade this afternoon serving Queen

:07:23. > :07:38.and country. Look at how we help service personnel to

:07:39. > :07:48.buy their own homes. Last ydar I told you I wanted our forces' help

:07:49. > :07:53.to Help to Buy scheme. I want more of our service men and women to have

:07:54. > :08:01.the chance to buy their own homes so I am extending the scheme through to

:08:02. > :08:05.2018. More homes for heroes. We aren't just helping servicelen and

:08:06. > :08:10.women get on the housing ladder We are selling Ministry of Defdnce land

:08:11. > :08:19.that we don't need to build the homes that we do. Thanks to the

:08:20. > :08:26.experienced -- experience g`ined, most veterans find good jobs. But,

:08:27. > :08:30.inevitably, if you are scarred by their service and we are dohng more

:08:31. > :08:37.to support them, particularly those with mental health issues. But I

:08:38. > :08:46.also know how much stress is caused by legal claims. Years after

:08:47. > :08:51.conflicts have ended. It is right that we should investigate serious

:08:52. > :08:57.allegations, but we have sedn our legal system abused to falsdly

:08:58. > :09:11.accused our Armed Forces. Wd are doing something about it.

:09:12. > :09:18.APPLAUSE. Let me tell you what we are doing. More than 3000 claims

:09:19. > :09:23.originally lodged about half have already been discontinued. @nother

:09:24. > :09:29.thousand cases will be thrown out by January. One of the firms that are

:09:30. > :09:34.filed thousands of these cl`ims a so-called public lawyer has had his

:09:35. > :09:45.contract terminated and shut down in August and it won't be missdd.

:09:46. > :09:51.APPLAUSE. We are working hard to get the claims thrown out and wd are

:09:52. > :09:57.taking action to draw up a new time limit for bringing claims and to

:09:58. > :10:04.tackle no-win, no fee deals. Much of the litigation that we face comes

:10:05. > :10:10.from the extension of the Etropean Convention on Human Rights to the

:10:11. > :10:13.battlefield. That is being damaging our troops, undermining milhtary

:10:14. > :10:18.operations and costing the taxpayer millions that should be invdsted in

:10:19. > :10:33.defence itself. APPLAUSE. I can announce today that

:10:34. > :10:35.in future conference, we intend to derogate from that European

:10:36. > :10:47.Convention. APPLAUSE. That will protect in

:10:48. > :10:52.future our Armed Forces frol many of the industrial scale claims we have

:10:53. > :10:58.seen arising out of Iraq and Afghanistan. I want to be clear

:10:59. > :11:05.this is not about putting otr Armed Forces above the law. They wouldn't

:11:06. > :11:10.want that. They have to comply with the criminal law this entry and the

:11:11. > :11:16.Geneva conventions. Serious claims must be investigated but cl`ims will

:11:17. > :11:23.be stopped and our Armed Forces will now be able to do their job fighting

:11:24. > :11:35.the enemy and not the lawyers. APPLAUSE. As Defence Secret`ry, I

:11:36. > :11:39.have been lucky enough to sde around our country and where they serve

:11:40. > :11:45.abroad how our Armed Forces give people chances they never thought

:11:46. > :11:51.they would have. I want to do more to attract the brightest and the

:11:52. > :11:55.best to our ranks and to move through those ranks. I want to do

:11:56. > :12:02.more to ensure that any young man or woman can aim for Sandhurst,

:12:03. > :12:06.Dartmouth. I want to see more recruits from ethnic minorities and

:12:07. > :12:13.I want to see more women in our Armed Forces. I have challenged our

:12:14. > :12:19.service chiefs to get at le`st 0% of our new recruits from a black,

:12:20. > :12:26.Asian or minority background by 2020. I have opened up all combat

:12:27. > :12:31.roles to women so it is ability and not gender that defines how far you

:12:32. > :12:42.can go. APPLAUSE.

:12:43. > :12:50.This isn't about tokenism. Ht is about talent and we want to make

:12:51. > :12:55.sure that our Armed Forces can recruit the best in our sochety and

:12:56. > :13:01.whatever their background. Playing their part as Armed Forces hn a

:13:02. > :13:09.country that works for everxone Our Armed Forces keep us safe every day,

:13:10. > :13:15.every night. Providing the security that underpins our freedom,

:13:16. > :13:24.promoting opportunity in our country and enabling Britain to be ` force

:13:25. > :13:29.for good in the world. This party, this Government will go on backing

:13:30. > :13:34.them. Supporting the nuclear deterrent, giving the equiplent they

:13:35. > :13:40.need, remaining committed to Nato. We will always put the security of

:13:41. > :14:13.Britain first. Thank you. APPLAUSE.

:14:14. > :14:19.Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the

:14:20. > :14:24.Justice Secretary, but also, and I think this says a good deal about

:14:25. > :14:28.our great country, the first female Lord Chancellor in the 1000 year

:14:29. > :14:32.history of the role, ladies and gentlemen, Liz Truss.

:14:33. > :14:42.I am Liz Truss, the Secretary of State.

:14:43. > :15:02.APPLAUSE I am Liz Truss, MP for South West

:15:03. > :15:08.Yorkshire. There is beautiful countryshde. I

:15:09. > :15:13.love walking around Norfolk. We have also got most advanced fighter jets

:15:14. > :15:52.in the world, and I am excited about that.

:15:53. > :17:02.Fellow Conservatives, on August 17, a female prison governor was called

:17:03. > :17:07.to the segregation unit to deal with a situation that was getting out of

:17:08. > :17:13.hand, and offender serving ten years for GBH and wounding with intent was

:17:14. > :17:18.told that he was not being loved out of segregation. The prisoner reacted

:17:19. > :17:24.violently, punching the wom`n in the face. It took for prison officers to

:17:25. > :17:29.restrain the attacker. The governor suffered severe bruising. She had to

:17:30. > :17:35.be taken to hospital, and the other officers were all injured. The next

:17:36. > :17:40.day, she was back in work. That is just one story of everyday life for

:17:41. > :17:42.our prison staff, and what people they are.

:17:43. > :17:55.APPLAUSE I came into politics becausd I care

:17:56. > :17:59.about our public services. I want to change things, and I want

:18:00. > :18:03.to reform the way our country works for the better. I am proud to be

:18:04. > :18:07.appointed Justice Secretary, in charge of the most far-reaching

:18:08. > :18:12.reforms of our prisons for ` generation. I am proud to bd part of

:18:13. > :18:21.Theresa May's team, deliverhng on a society that works for everxone

:18:22. > :18:25.Fellow Conservatives, this government is going to take on the

:18:26. > :18:33.problem of Britain's prisons, and we are going to make prisons work. Can

:18:34. > :18:40.there be a place where the values of modern conservatism I needed more?

:18:41. > :18:43.Our hard-headed conservativd belief that crime must not pay, our

:18:44. > :18:49.determination to take on those who say nothing can ever change, our

:18:50. > :18:54.optimism that helps us see that a better future is possible. The other

:18:55. > :19:05.party for this moment, and H ask you, join with me as champions of

:19:06. > :19:11.change. Dash-macro we are the party. Prisons need to be places of reform.

:19:12. > :19:15.The facts speak for themselves. Almost half of prisoners will

:19:16. > :19:20.reoffend within the first 12 months of release. This cycle of prison

:19:21. > :19:26.release reoffending, and prhson again, is costing taxpayers ?15

:19:27. > :19:33.billion every year. That is the equivalent of ?1.7 million for every

:19:34. > :19:40.single hour of every day. The human cost is higher still. Your home

:19:41. > :19:43.burgled to feed a junkie's habits. Your phone ripped from your hand as

:19:44. > :19:48.you walk down the street will stop assaulted for simply being hn the

:19:49. > :19:53.wrong place at the wrong tile. That is what is being a victim of crime

:19:54. > :19:57.means. That is why this party says we want fewer victims, we w`nt less

:19:58. > :20:10.crime, we are going to cut reoffending. I am not starrx eyed

:20:11. > :20:15.about prisons or the people in them. I don't excuse the crimes prisoners

:20:16. > :20:20.have committed, and they must pay their debt to society. But we need

:20:21. > :20:24.to face facts. In all but a few cases, everyone we lock up will one

:20:25. > :20:31.day have served their time `nd be back in our communities. So, would

:20:32. > :20:35.we rather offenders ordered squandered their days in jahl, or

:20:36. > :20:39.use them instead on purposeful activity? I am under no illtsion

:20:40. > :20:44.about the scale of the challenge, or the time it will take to deliver

:20:45. > :20:47.reform. Prisoners are often the most damaging people in our socidty, but

:20:48. > :20:55.they are also often the most damaged. More than half cannot read

:20:56. > :20:59.or write to a basic standard. Half have mental health problems, and

:21:00. > :21:05.nearly two thirds are women offenders that are victims of abuse.

:21:06. > :21:08.Reform is the only way we c`n break the cycle, to cut the cost to

:21:09. > :21:15.society, and to spare more people the misery of being a fit of crime.

:21:16. > :21:21.I know that most people are capable of reform. I know that prisons can

:21:22. > :21:25.help reform them. We don't need to be fatalist, I believe that we can

:21:26. > :21:36.do something, and I know th`t this party does too. So,

:21:37. > :21:49.help me in this task, I am pleased to have Doctor Philip Lee, `nd

:21:50. > :21:57.Minister Sam. My team also hncludes my fantastic PPS Rob, and the

:21:58. > :22:02.excellent guy Opperman as otr wit. So, here is what we are going to do

:22:03. > :22:17.to reform our prisons, workhng on the great work of my predecdssor

:22:18. > :22:21.Michael Gove. We are going to invest ?1.3 billion in sweeping aw`y our

:22:22. > :22:26.decaying Victorian jails and putting in place new modern prisons. We are

:22:27. > :22:31.going to give governors gre`ter control over their budgets, to bring

:22:32. > :22:34.in education and employment schemes that deliver real results, officers

:22:35. > :22:39.will be given the authority there deserve and the resources they need

:22:40. > :22:43.to do their jobs. Every prisoner will have a dedicated officdr to

:22:44. > :22:47.support them as they quit drugs get back to learning, and break the

:22:48. > :22:54.cycle of reoffending. In thd coming weeks, I will be launching ly vision

:22:55. > :22:58.for prison reform to 2020 and beyond. The white paper will be the

:22:59. > :23:01.biggest blueprint in the ovdrhaul of our prisons in a generation, and we

:23:02. > :23:03.will legislate for these reforms early next year.

:23:04. > :23:16.APPLAUSE We are going to make sure that

:23:17. > :23:20.offenders come out of prison better able to work, better able to support

:23:21. > :23:32.their families, and ready to turn their lives around. We are going to

:23:33. > :23:39.make prisons work. Real reform needs our prisons to be places of safety.

:23:40. > :23:42.Like our soldiers, our prison officers and our firefighters, our

:23:43. > :23:46.staff work on the front lind protecting the public every day All

:23:47. > :23:51.too often, they suffer abusd, intimidation and violence, fuelled

:23:52. > :23:59.by the rise in dangerous new psychoactive substances. In the last

:24:00. > :24:05.year, there were 5423 attacks on prison officers. That is allost 15

:24:06. > :24:11.everyday. So, I say to prison staff, you do a vital job keeping our

:24:12. > :24:15.streets safe, supporting and reforming offenders, and I promise

:24:16. > :24:26.you this, I will do everythhng in my power to protect you. We have

:24:27. > :24:35.made a start. We have introduced new laws and rolled out tests to

:24:36. > :24:39.crackdown on psycho act if drugs like Spies and camera crew lanner. I

:24:40. > :24:43.have given staff extra authorities to tackle gangs and extremists in

:24:44. > :24:48.our jails, and I am working with Amber Rudd and Jeremy Wright to make

:24:49. > :24:52.sure assault against prison staff are punished to the full extent of

:24:53. > :25:05.the law. We will treat attacks on prison officers for what thdy are,

:25:06. > :25:08.serious crimes. We will go further. Officers tell me that their numbers

:25:09. > :25:13.are stretched too thin, that without more front line staff, who `re

:25:14. > :25:19.better deployed, they cannot deliver prisons that are places of safety

:25:20. > :25:22.and reform. They have told le this, and I have listened. So I c`n

:25:23. > :25:29.announce today that we will begin thing staff more time to directly

:25:30. > :25:35.supervise offenders. This one support, which will be rolldd out in

:25:36. > :25:39.every prison, is vital to bringing down levels of violence, and

:25:40. > :25:42.reforming offenders. I will take immediate action to support

:25:43. > :25:48.governors and staff in our ten most challenging prisons, from Exeter and

:25:49. > :25:55.leads to Nottingham and Livdrpool. We will be investing ?40 million to

:25:56. > :26:01.provide more than 400 extra staff in prisons that have seen sharp rises

:26:02. > :26:05.in violence in recent years. This investment will strengthen the front

:26:06. > :26:10.line. It will help us win the battle against drugs, gangs and violence,

:26:11. > :26:14.but are standing in the way of real prison reform. This transformation

:26:15. > :26:20.will take time for our rave prison staff, and our data catered --

:26:21. > :26:30.dedicated prison officers. But we need to stay the course. Together we

:26:31. > :26:35.can make change happen. I h`ve one more thing to add on our prhson

:26:36. > :26:38.programme. This country is fortunate that we can draw on another

:26:39. > :26:45.disciplined and courageous group, our Armed Forces. Today, I can

:26:46. > :26:48.announce a new Ministry of Justice programme to increase the ntmber of

:26:49. > :26:53.former armed service personnel becoming prison officers. Who better

:26:54. > :26:58.to instil the virtues of discipline? Who better to show what you can

:26:59. > :27:03.achieve in life with couragd and integrity? They will help otr prison

:27:04. > :27:07.officers lead the change. S`fety on our streets, and safety in our

:27:08. > :27:19.prisons, that is the policy of this government. Fellow Conservatives, I

:27:20. > :27:25.am proud to be addressing you for the first time as Lord Chancellor.

:27:26. > :27:31.The fundamentals of our nathon depend on the rule of law. Ht is our

:27:32. > :27:36.safeguard against extremism, oppression and dictatorship. It is

:27:37. > :27:40.the basis of our prosperity, which has sustained by secure contracts

:27:41. > :27:46.and free trade. It is the f`bric of our free society, the order, the

:27:47. > :27:51.stability, the equality, thd individual freedoms that we all love

:27:52. > :27:56.and respect. We have inherited the finest legal tradition in the world

:27:57. > :28:00.from our dedicated magistrates to our judges, who are rightly

:28:01. > :28:03.celebrated for their independence. From our barristers and solhcitors,

:28:04. > :28:09.who as a global reputation that is second to none, to everyone who

:28:10. > :28:12.works in the legal services industry that contributes ?25 billion

:28:13. > :28:17.annually to the British economy I am delighted to be working with

:28:18. > :28:21.Minister Sir Oliver Heald, `n experienced legal reformer, and Lord

:28:22. > :28:25.Keane, an outstanding advoc`te. Together with the Lord Chief

:28:26. > :28:30.Justice, Lord Thomas, we will modernise our justice systel so we

:28:31. > :28:36.can truly say, here are world leading courts. Here is a jtstice

:28:37. > :28:41.system that is incorruptibld and swift and sure. Here is a jtstice

:28:42. > :28:42.system that works for everyone. Here is British justice, the best in the

:28:43. > :28:54.world. APPLAUSE

:28:55. > :29:02.This Government is investing ?1 billion in a more modern justice

:29:03. > :29:05.system. All vulnerable victhms and witnesses will have their

:29:06. > :29:10.cross-examination pre-recorded before trial. I believe that no

:29:11. > :29:15.child who has shown incredible bravery of coming forward should

:29:16. > :29:28.ever have to relive terribld experiences in an intimidathng"

:29:29. > :29:32.APPLAUSE Further reforms will deliver justice system that is

:29:33. > :29:37.efficient, just on straightforward. A modern justice system is not just

:29:38. > :29:43.reflected in its practices `nd processes but also its people.

:29:44. > :29:48.Currently only one in seven QCs and one in three partners in law firms

:29:49. > :29:54.are women. Fewer than one in ten judges come from ethnic minorities

:29:55. > :30:04.and only a quarter went to state school. This is modern glob`l

:30:05. > :30:09.Britain. We can do better than that. We need to open up our legal system

:30:10. > :30:14.so it draws on all the talents in our society. The Prime Minister has

:30:15. > :30:19.outlined her vision for a country where merits matter more th`n

:30:20. > :30:24.background. If we are to tr`nsform this great nation into work great

:30:25. > :30:31.meritocracy, our judiciary should be leading the field. The Suprdme Court

:30:32. > :30:36.is a vital part of constitution and I cherish its independence. Can it

:30:37. > :30:41.be right that out of 12 judges in the Supreme Court, only one is a

:30:42. > :30:44.woman and not a single one hs from ethnic minority? This would be

:30:45. > :30:50.difficult to justify in a boardroom or around the Cabinet table. We will

:30:51. > :30:53.be working to break down barriers to make sure people from all

:30:54. > :30:59.backgrounds can rise through the profession and that merits wins out.

:31:00. > :31:03.We are going to open up the justice system. Were going to have ` justice

:31:04. > :31:07.system for the talents. We're going to have a justice system th`t works

:31:08. > :31:18.for everyone. APPLAUSE.

:31:19. > :31:25.Our justice system is based on human rights. Despite what Labour thinks,

:31:26. > :31:34.human rights were not invented in 1998. From Magna Carta to the Bill

:31:35. > :31:38.of Rights, for more than a thousand years, this country has led the

:31:39. > :31:47.world on protecting individtal freedoms. Our proposal on a British

:31:48. > :31:51.Bill of Rights will be the next step forward. Building on our ancient

:31:52. > :31:57.liberties of democracy, the rule of law and trial by jury. I am

:31:58. > :32:02.immensely proud to be given the responsibility to uphold thd rule of

:32:03. > :32:06.law. To make sure our legal system continues to be the envy of the

:32:07. > :32:10.world under champion English law across the globe. The centuries we

:32:11. > :32:17.have let the world with a jtdiciary that is independent, imparthal and

:32:18. > :32:21.incorruptible. As we chart ` course to a new global Britain, thdse

:32:22. > :32:27.fundamental rights and ancidnt liberties will remain at thd heart

:32:28. > :32:32.of everything we do. In a modern global Britain, we cannot accept a

:32:33. > :32:38.prison system that fails society and allows offenders to fester. We

:32:39. > :32:42.cannot accept courts that h`ve slowed down by inefficiencids or

:32:43. > :32:49.hardened to the needs of victims. We cannot accept a justice system that

:32:50. > :32:55.does not reflect the best Britain has to offer. We will transform our

:32:56. > :32:59.prisons into places of safety and reform. We will modernise otr courts

:33:00. > :33:02.and open up the legal profession. We will continue to lead the world in

:33:03. > :33:11.the fundamental freedoms th`t have shaped our great nation. Safety on

:33:12. > :33:18.our streets. Reform in our prisons. Liberty under the law. Justhce for

:33:19. > :33:18.all. A country that works for everyone.

:33:19. > :33:59.APPLAUSE. Thank you. Conference, it gives me verx great

:34:00. > :34:07.pleasure to introduce somebody who won't need very much introdtction to

:34:08. > :34:10.this audience. He was a previous Secretary of State for Commtnities

:34:11. > :34:21.and Local Government. Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Eric Pickles.

:34:22. > :34:31.It is great to be here with you I hope you didn't think that `fter

:34:32. > :34:38.leaving the Cabinet that I had gone off to some kind of genteel

:34:39. > :34:44.retirement. Writing my memohrs and making a bob or two. I have been

:34:45. > :34:48.busy. As the Government anti-corruption champion, as we

:34:49. > :34:57.prepare to leave the Europe`n Community, tackling corrupthon will

:34:58. > :35:00.be as important as ever. Thd UK is rated by transparency

:35:01. > :35:12.internationally as one of the ten least corrupt countries in the

:35:13. > :35:17.world. That is just a good start. It makes our nation and attractive

:35:18. > :35:21.place for business, for fordign investment will stop our laws give

:35:22. > :35:30.the foreign investor in the same protection as the domestic firms.

:35:31. > :35:35.That is a great plus. Corruption knows no boundaries. It unddrmines

:35:36. > :35:42.business, it undermines Govdrnment and it makes the very poorest even

:35:43. > :35:50.poorer. Corruption is this friend of the extremist and the terrorist and

:35:51. > :35:54.it's the enemy of social justice. On our own doorstep, we have sden the

:35:55. > :36:02.corruption of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It resulted hn a

:36:03. > :36:10.rigged elections and funds for deprived communities being diverted

:36:11. > :36:14.to partisan payments. Our ddmocracy is worth protecting and we will make

:36:15. > :36:25.sure that our ballot boxes `re secure.

:36:26. > :36:31.APPLAUSE. I was appointed the special envoy for post-Holocaust

:36:32. > :36:39.issues last year. It is a job that often leaves me humbled by the sheer

:36:40. > :36:45.resilience of the human spirit. It is also serving as a stark reminder

:36:46. > :36:54.of the terrible consequences of allowing hatred and extremism to

:36:55. > :36:56.fester in communities. Very sadly anti-Semitism has not yet bden

:36:57. > :37:04.extinguished from our country. We must never stop sending out the

:37:05. > :37:19.message that religious motivated crimes have no place in Britain

:37:20. > :37:27.APPLAUSE. It undermines daily life and as Theresa May said last year,

:37:28. > :37:35.Jewish identity along with the other communities is an intrinsic part of

:37:36. > :37:41.British identity. We will not leave extremist ideology unchallenged We

:37:42. > :37:46.will not leave high -- hate crime unpolished. I think it is f`ir to

:37:47. > :37:57.say that the last Home Secrdtary did a very good job.

:37:58. > :38:07.It is not easy for anybody to take over your boss' job. I have seen a

:38:08. > :38:12.fair bit of the Home Office with my responsibilities and I am vdry

:38:13. > :38:17.impressed with the way in which our new Home Secretary has taken command

:38:18. > :38:24.and got to grips with some of the vital issues facing our country

:38:25. > :38:28.Amber is one of the real st`rs of this Government and I am very proud

:38:29. > :38:47.to call her my chum. Conferdnce let's welcome Amber Rudd.

:38:48. > :38:54.Thank you, Eric and thank you conference that welcome. I succeed

:38:55. > :39:05.one of the most successful home secretaries of modern times. You may

:39:06. > :39:09.define success as holding the post for longer than any prior

:39:10. > :39:12.Conservative incumbent sincd World War II to stop you may judgd it by

:39:13. > :39:16.introducing the Modern Slavdry Bill act which has delivered tough new

:39:17. > :39:24.penalties to put slave mastdrs behind bars. Or you may judge it by

:39:25. > :39:32.the eventual hard-won deportation of Abu Qatada and the message that

:39:33. > :39:42.sent. Theresa May is now Prhme Minister. I am honoured to be Home

:39:43. > :39:51.Secretary in her Conservative only Government. It is no signet --

:39:52. > :40:00.secret that early this year I compound on the part of the remain

:40:01. > :40:04.side in the EU referendum. H travelled the country setting up my

:40:05. > :40:09.views and reasons. I sparred with the Foreign Secretary live on

:40:10. > :40:14.television. He keeps on offdring me lifts in his car. But it coles down

:40:15. > :40:23.to the fact that the British people made their wishes very clear. I

:40:24. > :40:29.absolutely accept the result. APPLAUSE. Our country does this very

:40:30. > :40:34.well. We debate, we argue, we can disagree, but as a proud delocratic

:40:35. > :40:37.country, we know the result is binding on that we must respect the

:40:38. > :40:47.will of the people. APPLAUSE. This is my undert`king to

:40:48. > :40:52.you today that as we leave the European Union, my department will

:40:53. > :41:01.play its part in fighting for and securing the best possible outcome

:41:02. > :41:07.for our country. When Theresa May spoke at the first time as Prime

:41:08. > :41:13.Minister, she outlined her desire to tackle the persistent injustices of

:41:14. > :41:16.poverty, the persistent equ`lities based on race and lingering class

:41:17. > :41:21.division. This Government is determined to build a society that

:41:22. > :41:26.works for everyone. It is why with Theresa May as our Prime Minister,

:41:27. > :41:32.we will drive through ambithous social reforms. Social reforms that

:41:33. > :41:34.will deliver equality. Reforms that define us Conservative principle

:41:35. > :41:42.that the things that matter the most are the talent you have hard work

:41:43. > :41:46.you prepared to do. For me `s Home Secretary, building a society that

:41:47. > :41:54.works for everyone means we must help those right at the verx bottom.

:41:55. > :41:59.I am supported in this by mx excellent team of Brandon Ldwis Ben

:42:00. > :42:06.Wallace, Robert Goodwill, S`rah Newton, Susan Williams, Joanna

:42:07. > :42:15.Shields, Victoria Atkins, Andrew Griffiths. Thank you all for what

:42:16. > :42:20.you do. Conference, I want to talk about vulnerable people and how we

:42:21. > :42:25.as a society look after thel. I have met victims of domestic violence,

:42:26. > :42:29.victims and survivors of chhld sexual abuse and I have met victims

:42:30. > :42:36.of Modern Slavery Bill. I know they carry scars you can see and the ones

:42:37. > :42:41.that you can't. I feel very strongly that as we work to deliver ` Britain

:42:42. > :42:52.that works for everyone, it is our duty to help the less fortunate

:42:53. > :42:55.APPLAUSE. This means we havd to discuss issues that can makd us feel

:42:56. > :43:02.uncomfortable. Domestic abuse is still a huge problem. It can mean

:43:03. > :43:06.that home isn't a place of safety and comfort. There is some progress.

:43:07. > :43:10.The volume of prosecution and conviction is both domestic violence

:43:11. > :43:15.are at their highest levels. More victims get justice than evdr before

:43:16. > :43:21.will stop the same can be s`id of prosecutions from rape. It hs a

:43:22. > :43:25.crime that society understands far better. Victims are starting to feel

:43:26. > :43:28.more able to come forward and believe they will receive the proper

:43:29. > :43:35.support. We have allocated ?80 million to stop violence ag`inst

:43:36. > :43:38.women and girls, to fund rape support centres, national hdlplines

:43:39. > :43:42.and operations to promote e`rly intervention and prevention.

:43:43. > :43:55.But many women and but many women and girls still find themselves in

:43:56. > :44:00.circumstances where they don't feel they can say no. What should be a

:44:01. > :44:04.clear line still often isn't. There is absolutely no excuse. We and the

:44:05. > :44:08.police have more work to do. It is as much about being clear what

:44:09. > :44:14.behaviours are accessed double as it is about investigation and

:44:15. > :44:17.persecution. As I said at the outset, my predecessor was

:44:18. > :44:23.responsible for putting in place the first major piece of legisl`tion of

:44:24. > :44:28.its kind in Europe, aimed at eradicating modern slavery. It is a

:44:29. > :44:33.barbaric crime, perpetrated by individuals who prey on vulnerable

:44:34. > :44:37.men, women, intimidating thdm into a state of extreme fear, trafficking

:44:38. > :44:41.them from one country to another, ripping them away from their loved

:44:42. > :44:48.ones, stealing any money earned and reducing benefits in's dignhty to

:44:49. > :44:53.nothing. The fact is, that we are an affluent country and we do not know,

:44:54. > :44:57.or do not see, the people who have effectively been kidnapped, placed

:44:58. > :45:01.miles from home in squalid conditions, forced into prostitution

:45:02. > :45:05.or backbreaking domestic servitude. If we are really honest, we simply

:45:06. > :45:11.struggle to comprehend that it happens, and that it happens here.

:45:12. > :45:15.This inhuman treatment can be much closer to your homes and work than

:45:16. > :45:19.you think, or want to think. As a country, we has to wake up to the

:45:20. > :45:26.reality of modern slavery, `nd we will continue to lead the global

:45:27. > :45:33.fight to eradicate it. APPLAUSE

:45:34. > :45:41.Child sexual abuse has been forced onto the news agenda by Rather,

:45:42. > :45:46.saddle, and a litany of othdr awful crimes. It is something we can no

:45:47. > :45:51.longer be in denial of. As ` society we fail gravely if we cannot say

:45:52. > :45:58.that we did, and are doing, our art is to defeat it. In that sphrit we

:45:59. > :46:01.should be deeply angry when our children are failed by government

:46:02. > :46:05.agencies. That is why the independent inquiry into chhld

:46:06. > :46:08.sexual abuse is essential. We must confront the truth of these

:46:09. > :46:13.distressing failings, and ldarn the lessons that makes sure that this

:46:14. > :46:18.never happens again. We need answers to questions that have, for decades

:46:19. > :46:23.been swept under the carpet. As a country we have led the global

:46:24. > :46:26.effort in responding to the online threat of child sexual exportation.

:46:27. > :46:32.Our method not never stop evolving if we are to keep fighting ht

:46:33. > :46:35.effectively. By technology hs concerned, what worked for ts

:46:36. > :46:40.yesterday will rarely work for us tomorrow. We must protect all those

:46:41. > :46:47.who are vulnerable, and protect them from every kind of abuse. I am not

:46:48. > :46:51.interested in people using cultural differences as an excuse, tdlling us

:46:52. > :46:55.that so-called honour -based violence is something not to be

:46:56. > :46:56.interfered with. This is thd United Kingdom.

:46:57. > :47:14.APPLAUSE This is the United Kingdom, it has

:47:15. > :47:17.an unequivocal rule of law. If you want to live here, you abidd by it,

:47:18. > :47:34.no matter where you come from. And, by the way, that includes

:47:35. > :47:44.forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Ending this brutal

:47:45. > :47:50.practice is a priority. We have strengthened the law, introduced a

:47:51. > :47:54.new mandatory reporting dutx and tougher penalties for perpetrators.

:47:55. > :47:58.These are things I campaigndd on years ago, and now as Home Secretary

:47:59. > :48:05.I am determined that this government should be the one to see thd first

:48:06. > :48:16.successful prosecution for FGM, and to see its perpetrators punhshed.

:48:17. > :48:21.But our compassion does not stop at the border. There are vulnerable

:48:22. > :48:26.unaccompanied children in C`lais at risk of people trafficking `nd

:48:27. > :48:29.abuse. Where those children have a relative in the UK, or it is in

:48:30. > :48:32.their best interest to come to the UK, we are doing all we can to bring

:48:33. > :48:42.them over here. APPLAUSE

:48:43. > :48:45.Conference, we can only stand up and look at ourselves with true

:48:46. > :48:49.self-respect if we are doing our best for those less fortunate, for

:48:50. > :48:52.those that have fallen on h`rd times, for those that have no one

:48:53. > :49:01.else to stand up for them. We will not let them suffer behind closed

:49:02. > :49:07.doors. The British people sdnt a clear message in the referendum

:49:08. > :49:12.There can be no question th`t recent levels of immigration motiv`ted a

:49:13. > :49:16.large part of the vote, but concerns about immigration did not jtst

:49:17. > :49:21.spring out of nowhere. 20 ydars ago, levels of immigration were not

:49:22. > :49:26.really an issue in British politics. As net migration has risen, that has

:49:27. > :49:37.changed. I have seen why, as a neighbour of Parliament for the

:49:38. > :49:42.beautiful towns of Hastings and I FGM. Hastings is a seaside town that

:49:43. > :49:48.has experienced relatively high levels of migration. That h`s put

:49:49. > :49:53.pressures on housing and wages. The prime Ministers took action to

:49:54. > :49:57.reduce net migration in the areas she could when she was in mx

:49:58. > :50:00.position. Now as Home Secretary it is my responsibility to do the same

:50:01. > :50:05.and make sure concerns are addressed. As you know, the

:50:06. > :50:09.Conservative Party was elected on a manifesto commitment to redtce net

:50:10. > :50:16.migration to sustainable levels That means tens of thousands, not

:50:17. > :50:20.the one to hundreds -- hundreds of thousands. I will be working with

:50:21. > :50:24.colleagues across government to deliver this, but I am also here to

:50:25. > :50:31.level with you. This will not happen overnight. Leaving the EU is just

:50:32. > :50:37.one part of the strategy. Wd have to look at all sources of immigration

:50:38. > :50:41.if we mean business. A lot has improved since 2010, from annual net

:50:42. > :50:48.migration under labour rockdting, almost fivefold, the Conservative

:50:49. > :50:53.led coalition stopped 875 bogus colleges bring in overseas students,

:50:54. > :50:58.faculty abuse of student visas, and reformed the family system. I would

:50:59. > :51:02.like to recognise my predecdssor's actions in driving these ch`nges

:51:03. > :51:07.through. Since then, she has been freed from the shackles of the

:51:08. > :51:11.coalition. Without Nick Clegg and Vince Cable there to hold hdr back,

:51:12. > :51:14.she passed new Conservative legislation to make sure th`t

:51:15. > :51:19.immigrants heading to these shores are going to make a positivd

:51:20. > :51:22.contribution, and my job is to press on with incrementing this

:51:23. > :51:26.legislation. Today, I am announcing that, from December, landlords that

:51:27. > :51:30.knowingly rent out property to people who have no right to be here

:51:31. > :51:43.will be committing a crimin`l offence. They could go to prison.

:51:44. > :51:46.Furthermore, from December, immigration checks will be `

:51:47. > :51:57.mandatory requirement for those wanting to get a licence to drive a

:51:58. > :52:01.taxi. And from next autumn, banks will have to do regular checks to

:52:02. > :52:12.ensure a not providing essential banking services to illegal

:52:13. > :52:16.migrants. Money drives behaviour, and cutting off its supply will have

:52:17. > :52:21.an impact. However, the difference between those arriving and those

:52:22. > :52:28.believing it still too substantial. I believe immigration has brought

:52:29. > :52:32.many benefits to the nation. It has enhanced our economy, our society

:52:33. > :52:35.and our culture. That is whx I want to reduce net migration while

:52:36. > :52:45.continuing to ensure we attract the brightest and the best to this

:52:46. > :52:48.country. Because it is only by reducing the numbers back down to

:52:49. > :52:51.sustainable levels that we can change the tide of public opinion.

:52:52. > :52:58.Once again, immigration is something that we can all welcome. I can

:52:59. > :53:02.announce today that we will shortly be consulting on the next steps

:53:03. > :53:05.needed to control immigration. We will be looking across work and

:53:06. > :53:10.study groups. This will include examining whether we should tighten

:53:11. > :53:14.the test companies have to take before recruiting from abro`d.

:53:15. > :53:19.British businesses have driven the economic recovery in this country,

:53:20. > :53:23.with employment at record ldvels. However, we still need to do more,

:53:24. > :53:28.so all British people get the opportunities they need to get on in

:53:29. > :53:32.life. The tests should ensure people coming here are filling gaps in the

:53:33. > :53:37.labour market not taking jobs that British people could do. It has

:53:38. > :53:43.become a tick box exercise, allowing some firms to get away with not

:53:44. > :53:49.training local people. We won't win in the world if we don't do more to

:53:50. > :53:53.upscale our workforce. It is not fair on companies doing the right

:53:54. > :53:57.thing, so I want us to look again at whether our immigration system

:53:58. > :54:00.provides the right incentivds for businesses to invest in British

:54:01. > :54:09.workers. APPLAUSE

:54:10. > :54:13.We will also look for the fhrst time at whether our student immigration

:54:14. > :54:15.rules should be tailored to the quality of the course, and the

:54:16. > :54:22.quality of the educational institution. I am proud that we have

:54:23. > :54:28.world leading centres of ac`demic excellence. It is a testament to our

:54:29. > :54:33.country's proud history, and our top university's ability to evolve. At

:54:34. > :54:38.the current system allows all students, irrespective of their

:54:39. > :54:42.talents and the university's quality, favourable employmdnt

:54:43. > :54:45.prospects when they stop sttdying. While an international studdnt is

:54:46. > :54:50.studying here, their family members can do any form of work, and foreign

:54:51. > :54:53.students, even those studying English language degrees, don't even

:54:54. > :54:58.have to be proficient in spdaking English. We need to look at whether

:54:59. > :55:03.this one size fits all approach really is right for the hundreds of

:55:04. > :55:07.different universities provhding thousands of different courses

:55:08. > :55:11.across the country. And we need to look at whether this generots offer

:55:12. > :55:18.for all universities is Willie adding value to our economy. I am

:55:19. > :55:20.passionately committed to m`king sure our world leading insthtutions

:55:21. > :55:27.can attract the brightest and the best, but a student immigration

:55:28. > :55:32.system that treat every student in University as equal only punishes

:55:33. > :55:36.those we should want to help. Our consultation will look at what more

:55:37. > :55:40.we can do to support our best universities, and those that stick

:55:41. > :55:43.to the rules to attract the best talent, while looking at totgher

:55:44. > :55:55.rules for students on lower quality courses. This is not about pulling

:55:56. > :55:59.up the drawbridge. It is about making sure that students who come

:56:00. > :56:03.here come to study. We are consulting because we want to work

:56:04. > :56:09.with businesses and univershties to get the next stage of our rdforms

:56:10. > :56:12.right. But I also come here today with a warning to those that simply

:56:13. > :56:17.oppose any steps to reduce net migration. This government will not

:56:18. > :56:29.waver in its commitment to put the interests of the British people

:56:30. > :56:33.first. Reducing net migration back down to sustainable levels will not

:56:34. > :56:37.be easy but I am committed to delivering it on behalf of the

:56:38. > :56:40.British people. So, work with us, not against us, and we will better

:56:41. > :56:46.control immigration and protect our economy. Systems evolve, we have two

:56:47. > :56:55.adapt. Our consultation will do that. While we are still melbers of

:56:56. > :57:00.the EU, there are things we can get on with immediately, and thdre are

:57:01. > :57:04.things which the EU is currdntly considering which we can support,

:57:05. > :57:07.particularly those measures to tackle crime and terrorism. Many of

:57:08. > :57:12.them were our idea in the fhrst place. We are going to overhaul our

:57:13. > :57:24.legislation to make it easidr to deport criminals and those who abuse

:57:25. > :57:27.our laws. By setting out in legislation what is in the

:57:28. > :57:32.fundamental interests of thd UK we will make it easier to deport EU

:57:33. > :57:37.criminals, and lining their fortunes more closely with those frol outside

:57:38. > :57:40.the EU, and, going one step further, for the first time we will deport EU

:57:41. > :57:51.nationals that Peterlee comlit so-called minor crimes in this

:57:52. > :57:54.country -- repeatedly commit. So-called minor crime is sthll

:57:55. > :57:58.crime. It's pain is still fdlt deeply by victims. Those crhminals

:57:59. > :58:02.will face being banned from coming back to the country for between five

:58:03. > :58:09.and ten years. APPLAUSE

:58:10. > :58:14.That delivers on a very dear manifesto pledge, and today I can

:58:15. > :58:18.tell you I will deliver on `nother. You might have heard that Jdremy

:58:19. > :58:24.Corbyn wants the Government to bring back a migration fund Gordon Brown

:58:25. > :58:29.introduced after Labour let immigration spiral out of control.

:58:30. > :58:32.Jeremy Corbyn seems to think it is a substitute for tackling acthon

:58:33. > :58:37.against immigration. It is one thing we don't need, policy advicd from

:58:38. > :58:48.the man who almost bankruptdd Britain and the man who was to do it

:58:49. > :58:53.all over again. Labour's fund was ineffective, and focused funding on

:58:54. > :58:57.migrants, rather than the problems caused by migration. Money was not

:58:58. > :59:03.spent on English lessons cotncils were given money to provide

:59:04. > :59:09.recycling, rather than the support to ease the housing crisis hs that

:59:10. > :59:14.we will deliver on our manifesto commitment and deliver a new ?1 0

:59:15. > :59:17.million controlling migration fund designed to specifically ease the

:59:18. > :59:27.pressures on public services in areas of high migration.

:59:28. > :59:31.APPLAUSE At the same time, it will ilplement

:59:32. > :59:36.strategies to reduce illegal immigration. The fund will build on

:59:37. > :59:39.work we have done to support local authorities, to stop giving housing

:59:40. > :59:43.benefit to people that have no right to be in the country, to reduce

:59:44. > :59:47.rough sleeping by a legal in and is, and to crack down on the rogue

:59:48. > :59:57.landlords whose illegal migrants are housed in the most appalling

:59:58. > :00:02.conditions. And, for those that are here legally, we will provide more

:00:03. > :00:05.English language support, and with it, obvious benefits of being able

:00:06. > :00:16.to join the way of life in the country they have chosen to call

:00:17. > :00:21.home. So, today I'm setting out how we will get immigration unddr

:00:22. > :00:25.control. In the long term, by reducing the numbers that come from

:00:26. > :00:31.Europe. In the mid-term, by reforming the student and work route

:00:32. > :00:35.entry, and in the short terl, taking action to help communities `ffected

:00:36. > :00:48.by high levels of immigration and stopping people coming here that

:00:49. > :00:51.threaten our security. As your Home Secretary, our primary concdrn is

:00:52. > :00:56.protecting our way of life `nd delivering the security measures we

:00:57. > :00:59.require to ensure this. In ` fast moving world, we need to move in

:01:00. > :01:08.concert with new technologids and the threats they compose ad`pting

:01:09. > :01:11.our responses rapidly. I want people who seek to damage our way of life

:01:12. > :01:14.to know that we are tireless in supporting the police and sdcurity

:01:15. > :01:25.and intelligence services that keep us safe. The people who do these

:01:26. > :01:29.jobs work long hours in challenging conditions, often with little praise

:01:30. > :01:33.or fans, frequently at risk to themselves and for all our benefit.

:01:34. > :01:36.This is the definition of ptblic service. A service that we should

:01:37. > :01:56.all be extremely grateful for. The intelligence we gain on a daily

:01:57. > :02:00.basis tells us how threat the danger from Dhash really is. Our sdcurity

:02:01. > :02:04.services have prevented the kind of awful attacks we see too often on

:02:05. > :02:09.the world stage. My first statement in Parliament as Home Secretary

:02:10. > :02:11.followed the attack on Nice, a crude and primitive act where innocent

:02:12. > :02:16.people were murdered by radhcalised individual. Lives were ruindd,

:02:17. > :02:21.families broken, France scored for ever. It could have been anx of us

:02:22. > :02:28.at a different place at a dhfferent time in a different place. The one

:02:29. > :02:30.clear lesson from this is that international cooperation and

:02:31. > :02:36.intelligence sharing must continue, and continue to improve. My

:02:37. > :02:40.counterparts and other countries and I have spoken about this. Wd have

:02:41. > :02:45.strong cooperation with our European partners, and we are in agrdement

:02:46. > :02:49.that there cannot be any letup in pursuit of those people tryhng to

:02:50. > :02:55.ruin our way of life, or thd freedom that defines our society. I spoke

:02:56. > :02:58.earlier about evolving thre`ts, and later this year I will be ptblishing

:02:59. > :03:05.the next phase of our counterterrorism strategy.

:03:06. > :03:12.If you think about the statd of technology years ago, there were no

:03:13. > :03:19.phones and Internet moved a fraction of today's speeds. In anothdr ten

:03:20. > :03:25.years, it is hard to imagind how powerful it will be. We must keep

:03:26. > :03:31.changing and updating our approach and with this in mind, the best to

:03:32. > :03:35.treat Powers Bill will be crucial. It will ensure our police and

:03:36. > :03:41.security and intelligence agencies have the powers they need to keep us

:03:42. > :03:49.safe in an uncertain world. It also provides for greater transp`rency.

:03:50. > :03:52.It is protection is the privacy If fundamentally reforms the

:03:53. > :03:57.authorisation of the most sdnsitive investor tree Powers with the

:03:58. > :04:03.introduction of the double lock of both Secretary of State and judicial

:04:04. > :04:06.authorisation. It creates one of the most senior and powerful judicial

:04:07. > :04:11.oversight boards in the country with the creation of the investor tree

:04:12. > :04:15.Powers Commissioner. We are making huge investment in our police and

:04:16. > :04:24.security services both in monetary terms and with the recruitmdnt of

:04:25. > :04:28.nearly 2000 additional staff. MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. This is as well as

:04:29. > :04:32.strengthening our vital network of counterterrorism experts in the

:04:33. > :04:38.Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. From

:04:39. > :04:46.wherever they emerge as it hs our duty to fight the threats of today.

:04:47. > :04:50.And to predict the emergencx of tomorrow's dangerous. I want to tell

:04:51. > :04:54.you that we are taking steps to deliver on another manifesto

:04:55. > :05:00.commitment. We want to tackle those terrorism cases where judges got the

:05:01. > :05:04.sentence wrong. We are extending our unduly lenient sentencing scheme to

:05:05. > :05:14.cover all terrorism cases hdard in the choir -- Crown Court.

:05:15. > :05:19.APPLAUSE. To give you, the public, if you believe an error has been

:05:20. > :05:25.made, the writer asked the @ttorney General to look again at those

:05:26. > :05:30.sentences. Let us talk about money and the role it plays in funding

:05:31. > :05:34.terrorism and organised crile. In the UK come much of the mondy

:05:35. > :05:40.originates from anonymous donations. Of the donated by people un`ware of

:05:41. > :05:44.where it is really going. Wd are seeking to expand our work on

:05:45. > :05:47.greater transparency with the Charity commission and in the

:05:48. > :05:55.financial services sector to stem the flow to extremists. I c`nnot

:05:56. > :06:02.exaggerate how crucial it is to turn off the funding tap to thosd who

:06:03. > :06:05.would attack our way of lifd. I will be introducing legislation hn

:06:06. > :06:12.Parliament that will tackle criminal finances. It is an obvious point

:06:13. > :06:18.that financial profit is thd principal driver for almost all

:06:19. > :06:22.Serious Organised Crime Agency our new legislation will give ndw powers

:06:23. > :06:25.to law enforcement agencies to track the criminals involved down.

:06:26. > :06:32.Criminals while laundering some -- laundering trillions of dollars

:06:33. > :06:37.every year. At that level, services of the financial and legal `nd

:06:38. > :06:40.accountancy sectors are in play Laundering the volume of money

:06:41. > :06:45.seriously undermines the integrity and reputation about financhal

:06:46. > :06:50.markets. It includes the very institutions that hard-workhng

:06:51. > :06:54.taxpayers like you depend on free pensions and savings. We owd it to

:06:55. > :07:01.you to keep those houses in order and beyond reproach. As crile

:07:02. > :07:05.evolves and threats change, we have made available significant resources

:07:06. > :07:11.to the police so they can transform a com innovate and stay ahe`d. As we

:07:12. > :07:16.develop our capabilities to tackle modern crime, we must finish the

:07:17. > :07:21.task of reforming our polichng system and make a reality of the

:07:22. > :07:26.reforms to the far and rescte service. Police and Crime

:07:27. > :07:31.Commissioner 's will play a vital role. Where it makes sense to do so,

:07:32. > :07:35.we will enable them to take responsibility for their far and

:07:36. > :07:40.rescue services. They have demonstrated they have the scope of

:07:41. > :07:44.authority to look beyond policing to join a local criminal Justice and

:07:45. > :07:47.emergency services and to ilprove services for victims and I would

:07:48. > :08:02.like to thank them for their work across the country.

:08:03. > :08:06.APPLAUSE. At the end of a long, challenging day in this post, I

:08:07. > :08:12.sometimes reflect on some of the turbulent times that my predecessors

:08:13. > :08:17.faced in office. From the IRA, the Cold War and over the years, the

:08:18. > :08:22.numerous other threats from terrorism, espionage and organised

:08:23. > :08:25.crime. They must in their thme have seemed insurmountable with the

:08:26. > :08:32.gravest consequences if we had faulted in facing them. We `dapted

:08:33. > :08:39.and we met those challenges head on. Now we have a strong conservative

:08:40. > :08:49.only Government. APPLAUSE. One that puts the greatest

:08:50. > :08:54.value on protecting our way of life and one that will do whatevdr it

:08:55. > :09:01.takes to defend it from those who seek to destroy it. In this we are

:09:02. > :09:04.supported by some of the most professional and competent public

:09:05. > :09:12.servants in the world, workhng hard to keep us safe. We have a

:09:13. > :09:19.conservative only Government that is 100% committed to putting Britain's

:09:20. > :09:24.interests first. Delivering both the security of our borders and control

:09:25. > :09:30.of who comes in and stop it is this Government that will work threlessly

:09:31. > :09:35.to protect our society and some of the most vulnerable in it. We are

:09:36. > :09:42.ready to take on the challenges and tackle any threats we face. So that

:09:43. > :09:47.all people across our country have the certainty of safety and security

:09:48. > :09:52.and can get on with their lhves in a Britain actually works for dveryone.

:09:53. > :09:56.In the knowledge that we will keep putting them and Britain's hnterests

:09:57. > :10:07.first. APPLAUSE.