:00:14. > :00:27.The perils of travelling with the Prime Minister and using her
:00:28. > :00:34.lecturing when she is a foot taller than you! Can I welcome you to the
:00:35. > :00:38.launch of our Scottish manifesto. Let me start by thanking the Prime
:00:39. > :00:42.Minister but coming to Edinburgh. A Prime Minister who has shown she has
:00:43. > :00:47.what it takes to do the job, and he doesn't shirk the big challenges
:00:48. > :00:51.that our country faces and someone we can trust over the next five
:00:52. > :00:57.years, not to bend in the wind, but to stand strong and always put the
:00:58. > :01:00.national interest first. As leadership -- its leadership, ladies
:01:01. > :01:06.and gentlemen, and you know it when you see a comment we can all see it
:01:07. > :01:12.in Theresa May. -- you know it when you see it and we can all see it in
:01:13. > :01:18.Theresa May. This manifesto today makes one thing very clear, the
:01:19. > :01:22.Scottish Conservatives are back. We are back in the centre ground of
:01:23. > :01:27.Scottish politics, back with ideas to take our country forward, to turn
:01:28. > :01:31.our faltering education system around, to champion the fair work
:01:32. > :01:35.agenda and to invest in the next generation of family homes. And at
:01:36. > :01:41.this election we are offering to do something else, and that is to send
:01:42. > :01:45.the SNP a clear and unequivocal message. Noted there and wanted plan
:01:46. > :01:58.for another referendum on independence -- no to their and
:01:59. > :02:01.wanted. Enough. APPLAUSE Enough of the endless division and
:02:02. > :02:05.uncertainty they have imposed in our country, it is time for them to get
:02:06. > :02:10.back to the day job and time for the country to come back together. It is
:02:11. > :02:15.time to work with family, friends and neighbours across the UK, to
:02:16. > :02:18.boost our security and our prosperity, and we know that Nicola
:02:19. > :02:23.Sturgeon doesn't want to hear that. So at this election we say this,
:02:24. > :02:28.let's bring the SNP down to size, to make her listen, and to make sure
:02:29. > :02:35.that finally we get the security and stability that we all deserve. We
:02:36. > :02:37.want this. Not just because in the Scottish Conservative Party we are
:02:38. > :02:47.unashamedly proud of our union and our country, that will always be the
:02:48. > :02:50.case, but we want it because in a vital time in our country we need
:02:51. > :02:56.government to focus on the issues that really matter. Not on division
:02:57. > :03:00.and grievance which is not wanted, but on taking Scotland and Britain
:03:01. > :03:02.through the challenges that we face, and yesterday the Prime Minister
:03:03. > :03:06.spelt out exactly what those challenges are, delivering a strong
:03:07. > :03:10.economy so everyone in this country can prosper, working to achieve a
:03:11. > :03:16.smooth and orderly departure from the European Union. Reducing social
:03:17. > :03:20.divisions so you can get on no matter who you are and where you are
:03:21. > :03:27.from. Responding to the challenges of an ageing society, and harnessing
:03:28. > :03:30.the power of technology for good. Using the power of government to
:03:31. > :03:35.support families and communities to make our lives that little bit
:03:36. > :03:41.easier. Talking up the good that government can do. Some say that is
:03:42. > :03:45.not conservative message, but I say that tackling the issues of the day
:03:46. > :03:49.had on using government to correct injustice and speaking for all of
:03:50. > :03:53.society, they are conservative values and they always have been.
:03:54. > :03:59.Yesterday the Prime Minister set out how she intends to put those values
:04:00. > :04:04.into practice and in this manifesto we set out how they will work for
:04:05. > :04:09.Scotland, as well. With Scotland at the heart of the new industrial
:04:10. > :04:11.strategy giving our gas and oil sector be supporting these, with
:04:12. > :04:17.Scotland at the heart of the new plan for after Brexit, having our
:04:18. > :04:19.fishermen the security they deserve. With workers offered greater
:04:20. > :04:24.protection whether they are in Birmingham or Belfast or Banchory,
:04:25. > :04:30.and with Scotland back at the heart of the union. Not half in, half out,
:04:31. > :04:36.because it is time to make sure that this union works better. So today we
:04:37. > :04:41.set out our plans to make demolition work better, and to build a stronger
:04:42. > :04:45.Scotland. -- devolution work better. So that young people in their 20s
:04:46. > :04:50.and 30s can realise the chance of owning a home of their own. With
:04:51. > :04:53.more childcare for families for the most disadvantaged backgrounds
:04:54. > :04:59.because we know it is in those early years that too many children get
:05:00. > :05:04.left behind. And most of all, with immediate action to tackle the mess
:05:05. > :05:06.the SNP is making of our education system, standards in literacy and
:05:07. > :05:11.numerous see falling, not enough teachers, not enough inspectors to
:05:12. > :05:15.keep the standards up, trainees and admitting that they are not given
:05:16. > :05:21.the maths skills they need to teach primary school children how to
:05:22. > :05:24.count. And in charge, an SNP administration which can waffle for
:05:25. > :05:28.Scotland about the plans it has but has been so busy trying to rerun the
:05:29. > :05:36.referendum it hasn't got round to action. Well I say enough. It is as
:05:37. > :05:39.clear now more than ever that for all the good intentions that were
:05:40. > :05:44.behind the new curriculum in Scotland, basic standards are
:05:45. > :05:48.slipping. Our manifesto makes clear that we will call for a reset of
:05:49. > :05:51.curriculum for excellence putting the focus back where it belongs on
:05:52. > :05:56.learning core knowledge and facts and if we are serious, if we are
:05:57. > :05:59.serious about education being a leveller, that kids from poorer
:06:00. > :06:05.backgrounds can learn their way to a better life, then these are the
:06:06. > :06:11.skills that they need. The SNP has failed generation and it's time they
:06:12. > :06:15.held to account. And in doing all of this and improving schools and
:06:16. > :06:20.economy and protecting the union, I say, the Scottish Conservative Party
:06:21. > :06:26.is the one which can represent the mainstream in our land. A mainstream
:06:27. > :06:32.which once felt loyalty to Labour. But who can now see that party at a
:06:33. > :06:36.complete loss. So today I want to speak directly to Labour Party
:06:37. > :06:40.voters across Scotland. You have stuck with your party to the
:06:41. > :06:43.referendum when thousands left, you have been through leadership
:06:44. > :06:48.election after leadership election, and Jeremy Corbyn was not your
:06:49. > :06:52.choice. You have watched as your Scottish leader Kezia Dugdale has
:06:53. > :06:55.left voters in Aberdeen betrayed. Because she would rather prop up the
:06:56. > :07:00.SNP than work together with the Conservatives. In Lanarkshire
:07:01. > :07:05.long-term servants of Labour have said they have no choice but to
:07:06. > :07:08.simply walk away. This week the Scottish Labour Party already weak
:07:09. > :07:15.and has entered a state of civil war. The truth is your party has
:07:16. > :07:19.left you, not the other way round. And it may well find its way back,
:07:20. > :07:26.but you know and I know it won't be at this election. So let me do a job
:07:27. > :07:28.for you. In great parts of the country it is only the Scottish
:07:29. > :07:33.Conservatives who are strong enough to take on the SNP, and in many
:07:34. > :07:38.places we can only win if you join us. A Scottish Conservatives are
:07:39. > :07:43.rooted to the centre ground and in the last year we have proven that we
:07:44. > :07:46.can take on the SNP. We did it last May at the Holyrood elections and
:07:47. > :07:50.two weeks ago in the local elections, and we are committed to
:07:51. > :07:53.workers' rights, to boosting low pay, to getting a good deal for our
:07:54. > :07:58.fishermen and improving the education of all of our young people
:07:59. > :08:03.who have been let down by the SNP. So together with your help we can
:08:04. > :08:09.lead the fight back against the SNP and stop Nicola Sturgeon trying to
:08:10. > :08:12.pull our country apart. We will hold her to the promised that the last
:08:13. > :08:16.referendum was a once in a generation, and as Theresa May and
:08:17. > :08:20.myself made clear a few months ago, we won't roll over when they demand
:08:21. > :08:25.a rerun, we will stand up for the quite majority in Scotland who like
:08:26. > :08:30.us have had enough of the SNP's games and who are simply looking for
:08:31. > :08:36.someone to take them on. Let me give Nicola Sturgeon some friendly
:08:37. > :08:40.advice,... LAUGHTER The Prime Minister says she is a
:08:41. > :08:49.bloody difficult woman. Well, you ain't seen nothing yet. APPLAUSE
:08:50. > :08:55.I will fight and fight and fight again to protect the decision that
:08:56. > :08:59.we made as a country to stay together, to stick together and to
:09:00. > :09:03.face the world as one united kingdom. Ladies and gentlemen, the
:09:04. > :09:08.challenges we face are great and in these times you need someone
:09:09. > :09:11.steadfast enough to take them on. Without further a do, I'd like to
:09:12. > :09:14.pass you to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May.
:09:15. > :09:40.APPLAUSE Thank you. Thank you. Here, in
:09:41. > :09:45.Edinburgh, one of the great cities of our Union and one of the greatest
:09:46. > :09:51.cities in the world, we launch our manifesto for a stronger Scotland, a
:09:52. > :09:58.stronger Britain and a prosperous future. The Scottish Conservative
:09:59. > :10:02.and Unionist Party manifesto for this crucial general election. A
:10:03. > :10:07.general election which is defined by one question and one question only -
:10:08. > :10:13.who can lead us through Brexit and get a deal that works for the whole
:10:14. > :10:19.United Kingdom? Who can lead our country and strengthen our Union in
:10:20. > :10:24.the years ahead This manifesto is my plan for a stronger union and a
:10:25. > :10:31.better Britain. My plan to build a country that works for everyone and
:10:32. > :10:37.not just a privileged few. We are embarking on a period of national
:10:38. > :10:42.change and I believe the United Kingdom can emerge from it stronger,
:10:43. > :10:47.more prosperous and a more united country than ever before, and this
:10:48. > :10:52.party, the Conservative and Unionist Party, will be the Government that
:10:53. > :11:00.steps up and makes that more united nation a reality. Yesterday, as Ruth
:11:01. > :11:04.said, in Halifax I set out my plan to seize the opportunities ahead and
:11:05. > :11:10.to build a country that our children and grandchildren are proud to call
:11:11. > :11:13.home. It's a detailed Programme for Government, rooted in the hopes and
:11:14. > :11:21.aspirations of ordinary working people. A clear plan to meet the big
:11:22. > :11:24.challenges we face together. A credible deliverable Programme for
:11:25. > :11:31.Government around which the whole country can unite. Unlike the
:11:32. > :11:34.offerings of other parties, we are being upfront and honest with the
:11:35. > :11:39.British people about the scale of the task we face because leadership
:11:40. > :11:45.means being straight with people about the challenges ahead and the
:11:46. > :11:50.hard work required to overcome them. That is what this manifesto does. It
:11:51. > :11:56.sets out the five great challenges that we must face. One, the need for
:11:57. > :12:02.a strong economy. Two, responding to Brexit and a change inning world.
:12:03. > :12:10.Three, tackling enduring social divisions. Four, responding to an
:12:11. > :12:16.ageing society. Five, facing up to fast changing technology. It sets
:12:17. > :12:24.out what we will do to address each one. These are challenges which we
:12:25. > :12:29.all face, right across the United Kingdom, and the lesson of Britain's
:12:30. > :12:33.history is that we all do best when we tackle challenges together,
:12:34. > :12:36.united. That's how we have overcome obstacles in the past and that is
:12:37. > :12:44.how we will make success of the future. In setting out our plan,
:12:45. > :12:48.we're offering a vision for our you king doll, not just for the next
:12:49. > :12:52.five years, but for the years and decades beyond. A country where
:12:53. > :12:59.everyone has the economic security they need and the chance to lead a
:13:00. > :13:06.secure and full life. A prosperous country where each generation can do
:13:07. > :13:11.better than the last. But all that starts with getting the right Brexit
:13:12. > :13:17.deal, one which works for the whole United Kingdom. When I sit down with
:13:18. > :13:21.the Prime Ministers, presidents and Chancellors of Europe, I will do so
:13:22. > :13:25.as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
:13:26. > :13:30.Northern Ireland. When I fight for the best deal, it will be a deal
:13:31. > :13:36.which works for the whole United Kingdom. When I talk about a better
:13:37. > :13:43.future for our country, I mean the whole United Kingdom. The choice for
:13:44. > :13:47.who will be at the negotiating who will be at the negotiating
:13:48. > :13:51.tablifyinging to get a deal which is right for Britain and which will
:13:52. > :13:59.strengthen our union in the years ahead? Will it be me or will it be
:14:00. > :14:04.Jeremy Corbyn, propped up by the Scottish Nationalists? A vote for me
:14:05. > :14:08.and my team is a vote for strong and stable leadership and every vote for
:14:09. > :14:13.me and my team will strengthen my hand in the negotiations to come.
:14:14. > :14:18.Every vote will help me get a better deal for the whole United Kingdom.
:14:19. > :14:22.Every vote from Scotland will strengthen my hand when I stand up
:14:23. > :14:44.for our United Kingdom here at home. APPLAUSE
:14:45. > :14:49.Something else is clear. Only the Conservative and Unionist Party has
:14:50. > :14:55.the strength and credibility to stand up to the Nationalists and
:14:56. > :15:01.defend our United Kingdom. APPLAUSE
:15:02. > :15:06.Jeremy Corbyn is too weak to stand up for our union, even if he wanted
:15:07. > :15:10.to. According to him, a second independence referendum would be
:15:11. > :15:15."absolutely fine." I've been clear that now is not the time for another
:15:16. > :15:21.independence referendum. This is a time to pull together, not apart. A
:15:22. > :15:25.vote for any other party is a vote to weaken our union, to weaken our
:15:26. > :15:31.negotiating hand in Europe and to put our future prosperity and
:15:32. > :15:35.security at risk. Our future prosperity depends on having the
:15:36. > :15:39.strongest possible hand as we enter those negotiations in order to get
:15:40. > :15:44.the best Brexit deal for families across the country. If we fail, the
:15:45. > :15:48.consequences for the United Kingdom and for the economic security of
:15:49. > :15:54.ordinary working people will be dire. If we succeed, the
:15:55. > :16:00.opportunities ahead of us are great. Get Brexit right and we can use this
:16:01. > :16:03.moment of change to build a stronger, fairer, more prosperous
:16:04. > :16:09.United Kingdom. A stronger union where we work together to build a
:16:10. > :16:15.better future. That stronger union is a personal priority for me. As
:16:16. > :16:22.long as I am Prime Minister, I will never stand by and let our union
:16:23. > :16:30.drift apart. APPLAUSE
:16:31. > :16:34.Too often in the past UK Governments have tended ed to devolve and
:16:35. > :16:38.forget. The Government I lead will put that
:16:39. > :16:43.right. We will make the institutions of our United Kingdom a force for
:16:44. > :16:48.good across the whole UK. The UK Government already employs more
:16:49. > :16:52.civil servants in Scotland Thane the Scottish Government does. Scotland
:16:53. > :16:57.makes a major contribution to the UK's defence estate. But I want us
:16:58. > :17:00.to do more to ensure that all parts of our union, including the great
:17:01. > :17:05.cities of Scotland, can play a bigger role in our shared national
:17:06. > :17:09.life. I'm ambitious for everyone in Britain and a Government for the
:17:10. > :17:15.whole UK will leave no-one behind in our efforts to spread opportunity
:17:16. > :17:18.and prosperity. So we will help the Scottish economy, putting Scottish
:17:19. > :17:22.industries at the centre of our modern industrial strategy. Scotland
:17:23. > :17:27.is an economic powerhouse within the United Kingdom and I want to do all
:17:28. > :17:32.I can to help it grow and flourish. As we develop our new trade
:17:33. > :17:35.policies, we will use the United Kingdom's muscle to promote
:17:36. > :17:40.Scotland's exports more effectively around the world. We will build on
:17:41. > :17:45.the success of the city deals which the UK Government has pioneered
:17:46. > :17:50.across Scotland to help spread prosperity further. As Conservatives
:17:51. > :17:56.and Unionist, we believe that every part of our country should share in
:17:57. > :18:02.prosperity and opportunity. But within our United Kingdom today
:18:03. > :18:05.great dispar tease exist so a Unionist Government will take action
:18:06. > :18:12.to close these gaps and bring our nations and people together. Our new
:18:13. > :18:16.UK shared prosperity fund will replace ineffective EU structural
:18:17. > :18:20.funds with a new targeted scheme whose sole purpose will be to reduce
:18:21. > :18:26.the inequalities which exist within and between the Four Nations of our
:18:27. > :18:30.United Kingdom. We will take back control of funds and use them to
:18:31. > :18:34.strengthen our union and reduce inequalities between our
:18:35. > :18:40.communities. Leaving the EU will also enable us to build a better
:18:41. > :18:45.future for our fishermen. Leaving the European Union means leaving the
:18:46. > :18:50.Common Fisheries Policy. After Brexit, we will be responsible for
:18:51. > :18:55.the access and management of the waters where we have historically
:18:56. > :18:59.exercised sovereign control. During this campaign, the nationalists have
:19:00. > :19:02.confirmed that their policy is to take an independent Scotland
:19:03. > :19:10.straight back into full membership of the EU and straight back into the
:19:11. > :19:16.grip of the Common Fisheries Policy. APPLAUSE
:19:17. > :19:20.So my clear message to voters in Scotland's coastal communities is
:19:21. > :19:25.this. A vote for me is a vote for a better future for fishing. A vote
:19:26. > :19:32.for the SNP is a vote for the Common Fisheries Policy. The contrast
:19:33. > :19:35.between a Unionist Government at the service of ordinary, working
:19:36. > :19:41.families and a Nationalist Government with a tunnel vision
:19:42. > :19:48.obsession with its own ideology is clear. After a decade of SNP
:19:49. > :19:52.neglect, standards in Scottish education, once the envy of the
:19:53. > :19:57.civilised world, have become a national scandal. The SNP's tunnel
:19:58. > :20:00.vision obsession with independence above everything else has meant
:20:01. > :20:06.young people in Scotland are being let down. Education might be a
:20:07. > :20:11.devolved matter, but I still care very deeply about the life chances
:20:12. > :20:15.of Scottish children. As Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I
:20:16. > :20:19.care just as much about the future of children from Ayrshire and Angus
:20:20. > :20:24.as I do about the future of children from Kent and Carlisle. I want
:20:25. > :20:28.everyone in our country to have the chance to live secure and prosperous
:20:29. > :20:35.lives and reach their full potential. That is because of a
:20:36. > :20:41.simple truth, across the United Kingdom we may be Four Nations, but
:20:42. > :20:47.at heart we are one people. We all have a stake in each other's
:20:48. > :20:54.success. We all have a stake in this general election. We all have a
:20:55. > :20:59.stake in getting Brexit right. We need strong and stable leadership to
:21:00. > :21:03.see us through Brexit and beyond. Tackling the long-term challenges we
:21:04. > :21:08.face and ensuring everyone in our country has the chance to get on in
:21:09. > :21:15.life. We need that strong and stable leadership now more than ever. Now
:21:16. > :21:19.more than ever Britain needs a clear plan and the determination and the
:21:20. > :21:25.will to see it through. And now, more than ever, we need a Government
:21:26. > :21:27.committed, heart and soul, to strengthening and sustaining our
:21:28. > :21:33.precious union of nations and people. It is is why, in this
:21:34. > :21:40.election, more than in any before, it is time to put the old tribal
:21:41. > :21:46.politics behind us. To think not about who you have voted for in the
:21:47. > :21:52.past, but about who you want to lead our country in the future. Who will
:21:53. > :21:57.get the best deal for the whole UK from Brexit. It is time to come
:21:58. > :22:03.together in the national interest. United in our desire to make a
:22:04. > :22:08.success of Brexit. United in our desire to get the right deal for the
:22:09. > :22:13.whole UK. United in our determination to strengthen our
:22:14. > :22:19.union of nations. That is my offer to you, as your Prime Minister. That
:22:20. > :22:22.is the Government I will lead. A Government of the whole United
:22:23. > :22:27.Kingdom, for the whole United Kingdom. With the vision of a bet
:22:28. > :22:34.are future for all, the plan and the will to see it through. The right
:22:35. > :22:40.deal for Britain abroad and a better deal for ordinary, working people at
:22:41. > :22:45.home. Our Union secured for the future. A stronger, fairer more
:22:46. > :22:51.prosperous United Kingdom that works for everyone, not just a privileged
:22:52. > :22:57.few. So join me on this journey. Come with me as I lead Britain.
:22:58. > :23:02.Strengthen my hand as I fight to strengthen our union. Stand with me
:23:03. > :23:07.as I deliver for the whole United Kingdom and with confidence be in
:23:08. > :23:13.ourselves and a unity of purpose in our country, let us all go forward
:23:14. > :23:46.together. APPLAUSE
:23:47. > :23:54.Please. Thank you very much. I'm going to take if you questions from
:23:55. > :23:59.the media. We have the BBC, Sarah? Sarah Smith from the BBC. You say in
:24:00. > :24:06.your manifesto you won't allow another referendum on skill --
:24:07. > :24:14.Scottish independence, until there is a clear case for it, how will you
:24:15. > :24:19.measure that? What I'm very clear about is that at this important time
:24:20. > :24:24.of national change we all need to be working together with one clear
:24:25. > :24:30.focus and that is making sure that we get the best deal from Brexit for
:24:31. > :24:33.the United Kingdom and for the whole of the UK, that is for the people of
:24:34. > :24:37.Scotland as well as people across the rest of the UK. And that we
:24:38. > :24:41.should be working together and uniting in order to do that and
:24:42. > :24:46.talking about a second independence referendum at this time is trying to
:24:47. > :24:49.pull us apart just at the very time when as a nation and as a United
:24:50. > :24:52.Kingdom we should be pulling together and working in the
:24:53. > :24:57.interests of everyone across the whole country. APPLAUSE
:24:58. > :25:11.Your social care plans are already being dubbed a dementia tax and some
:25:12. > :25:17.in your own party are very unhappy with the plans. Can you tell us what
:25:18. > :25:20.it is fair and elderly person with cancer can be treated for free but
:25:21. > :25:24.an elderly person who is unlucky enough to get dementia will have to
:25:25. > :25:31.pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in care costs? What I set out today
:25:32. > :25:36.and yesterday is about the five great challenges that we face as a
:25:37. > :25:40.country. One of those is our ageing society and within that making sure
:25:41. > :25:45.that we have a long-term plan for sustainable social care in the
:25:46. > :25:51.future. That is what we have set out in our manifesto. What we are doing
:25:52. > :25:53.is taking the system already exists of the deferred payments for
:25:54. > :25:58.residential care and saying that should apply for care at home. We
:25:59. > :26:03.are quadrupled in the assets that will be protected so people will
:26:04. > :26:08.have ?100,000 of assets protected rather than ?23,000 that is
:26:09. > :26:12.currently in the arrangement. But I think as we look at the long-term
:26:13. > :26:16.and facing this challenge, we need to make sure that what we are doing
:26:17. > :26:21.is providing dignity for older people in their old age but doing
:26:22. > :26:25.this in a way that is fair across the generations. That is what we are
:26:26. > :26:35.doing and that is what our long-term care plan will do. Sky here? Prime
:26:36. > :26:40.Minister, given events this morning in Sweden, what is your view and
:26:41. > :26:43.that of the government of Julian Assange and would you support the
:26:44. > :26:48.extradition request from the United States? We look at those requests
:26:49. > :26:53.when we receive them, on a case-by-case basis. In relation to
:26:54. > :26:59.Julian Assange, any decision that is taken about the UK action in
:27:00. > :27:06.relation to him, were he to leave the Ecuadorian embassy, that would
:27:07. > :27:21.be a matter for the police. Do we have the Scotsman? Yes? No? LAUGHTER
:27:22. > :27:32.Prime Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has said if she wins the election
:27:33. > :27:39.Scotland would being titled to place the -- the Scottish Government would
:27:40. > :27:44.be entitled to take part in the Brexit negotiations. When these
:27:45. > :27:49.negotiations take place it will be between the British government and
:27:50. > :27:53.the 27 men the States, and so I and David Davis and others will be there
:27:54. > :27:59.representing the whole of the United Kingdom -- 27 member states. I will
:28:00. > :28:03.be negotiating as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Northern
:28:04. > :28:06.Ireland. We will continue to talk to and work with the Scottish
:28:07. > :28:11.Government as we do with the other devolved administrations but sitting
:28:12. > :28:14.around that negotiating table, the place for people on the 8th of June
:28:15. > :28:22.is very clear, even me or Jeremy Corbyn. -- either me. APPLAUSE
:28:23. > :28:36.We have The Daily Mail here? I want to ask a bit more about the
:28:37. > :28:45.public consent, could you outline what that would be, polling, the
:28:46. > :28:49.election result? I'm right in saying that the one party that has spoken
:28:50. > :28:52.about what they think public consent should be is the Scottish
:28:53. > :28:57.nationalist party and they have not reached what they have suggested.
:28:58. > :29:00.This is about whether or not we should be thinking at this moment in
:29:01. > :29:05.time about a second independence referendum. The Scottish
:29:06. > :29:10.Nationalists have this tunnel vision of session with independence. To the
:29:11. > :29:14.extent that actually they have allowed the day job, they have taken
:29:15. > :29:19.their eye off the day job and they have allowed things like education
:29:20. > :29:25.in Scotland to deteriorate. What I'm saying is a very simple message to
:29:26. > :29:27.people, right now, we should be focusing very clearly on who is
:29:28. > :29:32.going to lead the United Kingdom for the next five years. Right now we
:29:33. > :29:35.should be focusing on how we should take a strong hand into the
:29:36. > :29:40.negotiating table and get the best possible deal for the whole of the
:29:41. > :29:43.UK. Talking about a second independence referendum right now
:29:44. > :29:46.doesn't strengthen our hand, it weakens our hand, and as I said
:29:47. > :29:54.before we should pull together, not apart. APPLAUSE
:29:55. > :30:10.Do we have The Sun? Yes? Behind you, I think. Can you tell how much will
:30:11. > :30:13.programme will cost to implement? It will be fiscally neutral and we have
:30:14. > :30:19.shown throughout the manifesto that we set out overall where we will be
:30:20. > :30:24.able to make sure that money is saved and money can be put into
:30:25. > :30:30.other areas. Crucially what we are showing in our manifesto is support
:30:31. > :30:36.for public services and support for a good strong economy because you
:30:37. > :30:41.can only do what we want to do in government if you have that strong
:30:42. > :30:45.economy. You need the strong economy to supply the funds that support
:30:46. > :30:49.public services and again if we just look at what has happened under the
:30:50. > :30:53.SNP stewardship of the economy in Scotland, where they have made it
:30:54. > :30:58.the higher tax part of the UK, that is not the way to encourage a strong
:30:59. > :31:01.economy and to encourage businesses to invest and bring jobs into
:31:02. > :31:06.Scotland, it is the Conservative Party that has the industrial
:31:07. > :31:11.strategy that will boost the economy here in Scotland and will make sure
:31:12. > :31:21.that there are secure jobs for the future for ordinary working families
:31:22. > :31:24.here in Scotland. The Times? Prime Minister, according to the polls
:31:25. > :31:29.your party in Scotland is on course to do quite well in this election,
:31:30. > :31:37.what is the level of seats that you would see as being a success in
:31:38. > :31:43.Scotland? LAUGHTER Look, I've been in politics for a
:31:44. > :31:50.few years now, and I've made it a golden door that I never predict
:31:51. > :31:53.elections. -- golden rule. What the Scottish Conservatives are doing and
:31:54. > :31:58.what our local candidates are doing, they are going out there and working
:31:59. > :32:04.hard to earn the support of Scottish voters for our party at the
:32:05. > :32:07.election. I come back to my central point, there is a clear choice for
:32:08. > :32:12.people on June the eight, who do they want to see leading the United
:32:13. > :32:17.Kingdom for the next five years? It is only going to be one of two
:32:18. > :32:21.people, me or Jeremy Corbyn, so the choice is strong and stable
:32:22. > :32:26.leadership, strengthening our hand in the Brexit negotiations, or a
:32:27. > :32:29.coalition of chaos, propped up by the SNP. I will take one more
:32:30. > :32:49.question. One more question. Can you tell me why you think in
:32:50. > :32:53.which people should pay for NHS prescriptions but Scottish people
:32:54. > :32:57.shouldn't. These are decisions which are taken separately by governments,
:32:58. > :33:00.that is the whole point of devolution, there are areas where
:33:01. > :33:06.the Scottish Government is able to take separate decisions. That will
:33:07. > :33:09.always continue to be the case. What is important for those people in
:33:10. > :33:13.England who are looking at the national health service, the extra
:33:14. > :33:18.money and funding that we are putting into the NHS, what we have
:33:19. > :33:24.set out in our manifesto is the real terms increase per head every year
:33:25. > :33:28.for the NHS and that would be around ?8 billion, we forecast by the end
:33:29. > :33:31.of parliament, and also the biggest ever investment in technology and
:33:32. > :33:35.buildings in the national health service over the next Parliament.
:33:36. > :33:39.That is our commitment to the NHS but we can only do that with a
:33:40. > :33:44.strong economy to underpin that as part of that is making sure they get
:33:45. > :33:48.the Brexit negotiations right. Thank you very much.