wednesday at noon? >> every minister >> i think every prime minister gets he's a well gets nervous, but he's a well briefed prime minister, and i think speaking to think he enjoys speaking to the country important country about those important issues. is social issues. that matter is social media important? i mean, is it important to click? the right question the audience question is who's the audience for is it gb news for it? is it is it gb news viewers? mps or is it the viewers? is it mps or is it the wider social media crowd? well it's probably why it's quite difficult isn't it. >> because are appealing and >> because you are appealing and applying different applying to lots of different audiences. there's the there's the sitting up in the the journalist sitting up in the lobby that will be writing up their columns and their their jokes after pmqs. but yeah, jokes after pmqs. um, but yeah, absolutely. social media is clearly the biggest way to reach a wider audience now. >> and the speaker has got to his feet . his feet. >> so he's giving a telling off there. >> i think about language using questions. gloria. so this is a moment when, of course, the world's eyes are on the chamber and speaker knows that and the speaker maybe knows that and the speaker maybe knows that and keen to get a message and is keen to get a message across wider public, he across to the wider public, he does off. does tell people off. >> a little joke with bev, >> i had a little joke with bev, didn't because questions didn't i? because her questions are little bit long. are always a little bit long. we love they don't love her, but but they don't like go on for more than

like you to go on for more than about 30s when you're asking paul about 30s when you're asking paul, think the speaker's paul, do you think the speaker's getting more and more interventionist in pmqs? >> a lot last week >> he kept doing a lot last week we thought, think stands up we thought, i think he stands up a because he's a man a bit more because he's a man that order. that's that wants good order. that's all i'll say on that one, huh? >> monday i the >> pmqs live on monday i met the family o'malley kumar , family of grace o'malley kumar, barnaby weber ian coates who barnaby weber and ian coates who were in nottingham. were killed in nottingham. >> assure them that we would >> i assure them that we would do whatever to get the do whatever it takes to get the answers that they want. >> mr speaker, following >> and mr speaker, following constructive past constructive dialogue over past months, the months, i welcome the significant steps the dup have taken to make restoration of the executive possible. >> also thank the other >> i also thank the other political parties in northern ireland for the patience that they have shown. >> years without an >> after two years without an executive , is the executive, there is now the prospect of power sharing back up running , prospect of power sharing back up running, strengthening up and running, strengthening our giving people the our union, giving people the local accountable government that and offering a that they need and offering a brighter future for northern ireland. >> my honourable friend, the northern ireland secretary will be shortly . be making a statement shortly. >> mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition in addition to my duties in this house. shall further such house. i shall have further such

meetings today . meetings later today. >> john dunne charleton. >> john dunne charleton. >> thank you, mr speaker. last week i with constituent week i met with a constituent who the post who was employed not by the post office, but by a supermarket who operated a franchise post office. she was wrongly accused office. she was wrongly accused of dishonesty as a result of the faulty horizon system, and she was put through a disciplinary process by her employers , the process by her employers, the supermarket. this has had a very profound impact on her life. she is not alone. there are others in her position and yet there is no provision for compensating people who worked in franchised post offices like her. will the prime minister give me a commitment to include these victims in the horizon scandal? compensate >> yeah. minister >> yeah. minister >> well, first of all, can i say i'm very sorry to hear about the honourable lady's constituents case. >> as i've said, this was an awful miscarriage of justice, and everyone affected deserves not just justice, but also compensation and answers . not just justice, but also compensation and answers. i'll make sure that we look into the precise details of her

constituents case, and surely there will be others like that. and make sure that the minister gets back to her with all due haste and respect. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> sustainable fuel >> sustainable aviation fuel plays a significant part in the sector's decarbonisation action. >> will my right honourable friend, the prime minister commit to further policies for a saf mandate to generate greater demand for a revenue support mechanism , such as other sectors mechanism, such as other sectors , solar and wind and power generation, as well ? generation, as well? >> and so that work starts by the end of next year. on the five promised sustainable aviation plants here in the uk, prime minister i can give my honourable friend the assurance that we are committed to ensuring the saf mandate will be in place by 2025 and by mandating the use of sustainable aviation fuel. >> not only will we be able to deliver carbon savings , but also

deliver carbon savings, but also create a brand new uk market and as one of the steps in introducing the revenue certainty mechanism that he talks about by 2026, dft will be consulting in the spring. this year on options for how that should work in practice . should work in practice. >> this will now come to the leader of the opposition, keir starmer. >> yes , thank you, mr speaker. >> yes, thank you, mr speaker. >> yes, thank you, mr speaker. >> can i join the prime minister in welcoming the dup statement about the return of the northern ireland executive? this is an important moment and we now need all sides to work together to get stormont back up and running for the people of northern ireland. mr speaker, too i met the families of grace barnaby andian the families of grace barnaby and ian on monday and it is impossible to express in words the horror that they've been through and continue to go through, and we must all redouble our efforts to do everything that we to can help them with their campaign . and of them with their campaign. and of course, mr speaker , this week course, mr speaker, this week two young lives, 16 year old max

and 15 year old mason were taken in bristol and i know the whole house will join me in sending condolences to their families and their friends , mr speaker, and their friends, mr speaker, one of the most difficult experiences for any member of this house is speaking to those at the sharp end of this government's cost of living crisis. so nobody could fail to be moved by the plight of the member for mid norfolk. his mortgage has gone up £1,200 a month. he has been forced to quit his dream job to pay for it. a tory mp counting the cost of tory chaos after 14 years. have we finally discovered what they meant when they said we're all in this together ? the prime all in this together? the prime minister >> well, mr >> well, mr >> mr speaker , thanks to the >> mr speaker, thanks to the mortgage charter that the chancellor introduced last year, millions of mortgage holders across the country are benefiting from support with

their mortgages because the important rather than take the approach that the honourable gentleman just did is actually focus on the practical support in place to help people who do need help and someone on a typical is able now typical mortgage is able to now save of thanks save hundreds of pounds. thanks to reforms . and actually to those reforms. and actually what we have, what we have recently seen is mortgage applications. now, at a multi—month high as a result of confidence returning. but if you really cared about helping people with the cost of living, mr he would actually do mr speaker, he would actually do more celebrate and more to celebrate and acknowledge the fact that thanks to our plan, millions of working people will now start to pay hundreds of pounds less in tax from this month. payslips, mr speaken from this month. payslips, mr speaker, but we all know that is not a priority for him. he said he wanted to back people with a cost of living, but now he has described tax cuts. i read as salting earth. his shadow salting the earth. his shadow chancellor, it seems, is equally confused. in davos, she said she did back tax cuts, but back here in westminster she called them a scorched earth policy . she she

scorched earth policy. she she obviously can't decide which wikipedia page to copy. this week . mr . week. mr. >> mr speaker, for every £2 he says he's giving people back . says he's giving people back. he's taking £10 out of their back pocket in higher tax, and he thinks they should be dancing in the street and thanking him. there are 200,000 people. prime minister just like the member ministerjust like the member for mid—norfolk coming off fixed rate mortgages and paying more each and every month because they crashed . the economy does they crashed. the economy does they crashed. the economy does the prime minister actually know how much their monthly repayments are going up by prime minister? >> as i said, mr speaker, someone on a typical mortgage of about £140,000 with 17 years left is currently paying around £800 as a result of the ability to extend their mortgage terms or switch to a six month only, interest only mortgage, they will be able to save hundreds of pounds and that is someone on the average mortgage, mr speaken the average mortgage, mr

speaker, but again, again, mr speaken speaker, but again, again, mr speaker, again , he says he cares speaker, again, he says he cares about the cost of living the thing that would have the biggest impact on everyone's cost of living is a fact that his ideas to spend £28 billion, which we had just confirmed this morning by a shadow treasury minister, i heard confirm that they remain committed to them, but he has no plan to pay for this £28 billion. mr speaker , no this £28 billion. mr speaker, no plan at all. and that's typical labour economics , because they labour economics, because they want to keep the spending. but drop the payment plan and i actually saw at the weekend their former leader, his mentor, was clear that they will make their sums add up with tax rises on people's assets. their homes, their pensions and their businesses. it's the same old labour party, mr speaker. no plan. and back to square one with higher taxes as mr speaker, they've crashed the economy. >> mortgages are through the roof. they've doubled the debt . roof. they've doubled the debt. and who thinks he thinks he can

stand there and lecture other people about fiscal responsibility ? but he didn't responsibility? but he didn't answer the question. hundreds of thousands of people are coming off fixed rate mortgages and facing huge mortgage increases , facing huge mortgage increases, and the prime minister won't even do them. the courtesy of answering the question no , he didn't. >> so i'll ask him again. >> so i'll ask him again. >> i was very clear at the beginning, and i mean that my constituents to hear it. >> if yours don't, please leave . >> if yours don't, please leave. >> if yours don't, please leave. >> keir starmer does the prime minister have any idea how much mortgages are going up by this month for those coming off fixed rate mortgages ? rate mortgages? >> as prime minister >> as prime minister >> again, i'll just point him back to my previous answer. mr speaken back to my previous answer. mr speaker, as i went him through everyone's situation will be different. as someone on a typical mortgage of around £140,000. well, who's currently paying £140,000. well, who's currently paying £800 will be able to keep their mortgage payment essentially the same by using the facilitations that the

chancellor has put in place. but again, that's what we've done to help people. mr speaker. but again, it's incumbent on him to explain to the british public how how his, his, his policy of decarbonising the grid by 2030 is going to be funded and he won't give the answers, but helpfully , the shadow energy helpfully, the shadow energy secretary popped up at the weekend in an interview in the sunday times, he said they don't need a plan to pay for it. mr speaken need a plan to pay for it. mr speaker, because in his words, it will produce real savings and it will produce real savings and it makes clear economic sense. now, the leader here now, the shadow leader here doesn't want to talk about it at all, but let me tell i see all, but let me tell him. i see all, but let me tell him. i see all these years later, it's the same story. right honourable same story. the right honourable member for doncaster north has carved a promise in stone, and everyone else just looks away and embarrassed , yes, and embarrassed, meant yes, ma'am , mr speaker. ma'am, mr speaker. >> he just doesn't get it. they crashed the economy, mortgages skyrocketing, doubling the debt. they say . they say they're going they say. they say they're going to. they're going to max out the government's credit card at the next budget. and he won't order.

>> i think the chief whip's getting very carried away. >> he doesn't want to lead everybody for a cup of tea, does he? on. he? come on. >> they have forfeited the right to be lecturing others about the economy. yes somebody coming off a fixed rate mortgage is going to be paying an average of £240 more each and every month . a more each and every month. a constant reminder that working people are paying the price for the damage that they've done to the damage that they've done to the economy. this week i met one of the employees at iceland in warrington, phil . yeah . warrington, phil. yeah. i'm sure phil would be mr gibson. >> sorry, sorry . >> sorry, sorry. >> sorry, sorry. >> mr starmer. order, order! >> mr starmer. order, order! >> the same voice keeps appearing again . appearing again. >> it won't appear anymore. so i'm just letting you know now . i'm just letting you know now. keir starmer laughing at an

employee . employee. >> iceland who's struggling with his mortgage. shame he told me that his mortgage is going up by a staggering £1,000 a month. prime minister he doesn't want other averages. other people, other averages. other people, other stories. that's what's happening to him. if the member for mid norfolk on £120,000 can't afford this tory government, how on earth can people like phil. >> campbell actually . mr >> campbell actually. mr speaken >> campbell actually. mr speaker, thanks to the management of the economy , phil management of the economy, phil and millions , i think phil and and millions, i think phil and millions of people like him are now ensuring that inflation is less than half of the rate that it was when we were talking a year ago , putting more money in year ago, putting more money in their pocket and thanks to this government, phil and millions of other workers, not just at iceland across the country, iceland but across the country, are benefiting. this month in their pay packets for a tax cut worth for worth hundreds of pounds for someone on an average salary.

but i hope, he explained to phil . he explained to phil the cost of his policies. did he explain to phil? did he explain to phil how phil is going to have to pay for his £28 billion green spending spree , how it's going spending spree, how it's going to cost phil in higher taxes, more coming out of his pay packet. and did he explain to phil that he'd be off phil that he'd be better off sticking plan sticking with our plan rather than going back to square one with him ? with him? >> i would invite the prime minister to get in touch with phil and explain to him how paying phil and explain to him how paying £1,000 more on his mortgage is making him better off, because that's not how he feels. he's just so out of touch. it's unbelievable finding hundreds of pounds extra a month that may not seem like a big deal to the prime minister but let him most people let me tell him most people don't have that sort of money knocking around. and if that wasn't bad enough, mr speaker, this week he told every council in the country to put their council tax up by the maximum of 5. that is 26 tax rises. now,

prime minister, and he says everything is fine. people are better off. but when people see their mortgages going up, their council tax going up, food pnces council tax going up, food prices still going up, who does he expect them to believe his boasts or their bank account? mr >> well, mr mr speaker , again, >> well, mr mr speaker, again, i was puzzled because he again, he resorts, as always, to the politics of envy here. but after recently after recently and repeated a recently and repeatedly attacking not just me but the government for lifting the bonus cap, i was genuinely surprised to see that the shadow chancellor just today has announced that she now supports the government's policy on the bankers bonus cap. >> i don't, i don't know, i don't know if he mentioned that to phil when he was having a chat with him, but i'm sure he can. he can fill us up, but i can. he can fill us up, but i can tell him that trust, a trust and economic credibility come from a plan. and economic credibility come frorbut a plan. and economic credibility come frorbut it's a plan. and economic credibility come frorbut it's becoming n. and economic credibility come frorbut it's becoming clear you >> but it's becoming clear you cannot that he says

cannot trust a word that he says . and again, when the shadow chancellor says or claims that they won't borrow much, they won't raise phil's taxes. we now know we now know that those promises simply again , they just promises simply again, they iust aren't worth the promises simply again, they just aren't worth the wikipedia page they were copied from . they were copied from. >> mr speaker, i actually didn't expect him to be laughing at phil. i did not expect him to be laughing at phil, not at full order. >> luke i made the statement very clear. >> i don't want prime minister. it's very serious that we make sure that people hear both you and the leader of the opposition. it matters to the people who watch the proceedings of this chamber and it's not goodin of this chamber and it's not good in the behaviour that seems to be carried out. >> prime minister i promised. >> prime minister i promised. >> it just doesn't get how hard it is for millions of people across the country like phil . across the country like phil. thatis across the country like phil. that is the primary problem . that is the primary problem. struggling with their mortgages, their bills , the spiralling cost their bills, the spiralling cost of living and the prime minister's response is never to

take responsibility. show contrition or even any level of bafic contrition or even any level of basic understanding . he is so basic understanding. he is so detached he thinks he can paint a world in which their problems simply don't exist. but the problem is, he can't even fool his own mps. let alone anyone else. the member for mid norfolk says he's exhausted . he's says he's exhausted. he's looking forward to new opportunities outside of parliament. why doesn't the prime minister do him a favour ? prime minister do him a favour? call an election? so here in the whole country can move . on well, whole country can move. on well, mr >> oh, mr speaker , mr speaker. >> oh, mr speaker, mr speaker. thank you, mr speaker, but whether it's phil, whether it's everyone else across the country, the plan that we're putting in place is working to help people, and we're making progress. just this week, taking action to stop children from vaping. just this week , ensuring vaping. just this week, ensuring that people can visit their pharmacies to get the health care they need, freeing up millions of gp appointments and just this week, millions of

working people starting to see hundreds of pounds of tax cuts delivered in their pay packet. mr speaker , that is a plan that mr speaker, that is a plan that is working all he's offering is £28 billion of tax rises and thatis £28 billion of tax rises and that is the choice. mr speaker, it's a brighter future with us or back to square one with them . or back to square one with them. very good. >> thank thank thank you, mr speaken >> thank thank thank you, mr speaker. the prime minister likes to attend live sport , and likes to attend live sport, and so i wonder whether he would join me in welcoming the decision of the planning inspector in upholding rugby council's rejection of an application for development at brandon stadium in my constituency , to keep the doors constituency, to keep the doors open for it to remain a sporting venue so that future generations will enjoy the thrills and spills of motorcycle speed , spills of motorcycle speed, speedway and stock cars . speedway and stock cars. >> yeah, prime minister well, i join a my hon. >> friend in paying tribute and being proud of britain's rich history in the automotive and motorsport sectors and the stadium that he talks about is a

historic motorsport venue and whilst it's been a shame to see it fall into disrepair, i hope that the decision he refers to enables a possibility of both speedway and stock car racing to return . and i know that my hon. return. and i know that my hon. friend will rightly continue to champion this cause . champion this cause. >> snp leader steven flynn . yeah >> snp leader steven flynn. yeah >> snp leader steven flynn. yeah >> mr speaker, when the tories scrapped the cap on bankers bonuses in the autumn during a cost of living crisis , the cost of living crisis, the labour party rightly opposed it. yet here we are, just three months later and the labour party support scrapping the cap on bankers bonuses. shameful but is the prime minister comforted . is the prime minister comforted. by is the prime minister comforted. by the fact that he is now no longer alone in this house? on being completely out of touch with public opinion ? with public opinion? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> well, mr speaker, as i said at the time, we supported the decision of the independent

regulator because this was the right thing for financial stability. for that, mr speaker, is because on this side of the house, we have a set of convictions and we have a plan and stick it. he's and we stick to it. but he's absolutely right to point out the flip flopping and u—turning and party and no convictions of the party opposite . opposite. >> of course, mr speaker , >> of course, mr speaker, scrapping the cap on bankers bonuses was only made possible due to brexit. so what the westminster parties are now telling the public is that it's okay for bankers to have unlimited brexit bonuses . okay for bankers to have unlimited brexit bonuses. but for the public sitting at home struggling to feed their families, they have to suck up and deal with the additional food price costs as a result of brexit. red tape. that is the cost and that is the reality of broken brexit. britain isn't it the case that the great achievement of this tory government is getting the labour party to agree to that bleak future? yeah, prime minister mr speaken future? yeah, prime minister mr speaker, we're actually delivering benefits for people across scotland, not just least

in new free trade deals that are opening up markets for scottish exporters. >> freeports that are attracting jobs and investment. >> freeports that are attracting jobs and investment . the brexit jobs and investment. the brexit pubs guarantee cutting the cost of a pint in in scottish pubs. but when he talks about the cost of living, mr speaker, the thing that he could do most to help is make sure that scotland isn't the highest taxed part of the united kingdom . not. and it's united kingdom. not. and it's not just for high earners. mr speaker , everybody earning speaker, everybody earning 28,500 pounds or more is paying more tax in scotland than they would in england. thanks to the snp, the under davidson . snp, the under davidson. >> mr speaker, one punch thrown, two days on life support, then three children left without a father , a four year sentence father, a four year sentence handed down, released after two but one grieving mother has to live a life sentence of agony . live a life sentence of agony. >> sentencing for one punch killers is not working in this country. does the prime minister agree that now is the time to finally introduce a specific

offence and a tougher minimum sentence for one punch? manslaughter >> the prime minister i pay tribute to the work . tribute to the work. >> my hon. friend has done in bringing attention to so—called one punch manslaughter and highlighting, as she knows well the anguish those cases cause for the families of the victims and i know the ministry of justice has looked very carefully at the amendment that my honourable friend has proposed. know that she'll proposed. and i know that she'll be the minister for be meeting the minister for safeguards shortly both safeguards shortly to both discuss her specific amendment and how might best address and how we might best address the issue . the wider issue. >> sir ed davey speaker. order. >> sir ed davey speaker. order. >> oh . ed davey, my constituent >> oh. ed davey, my constituent millie, a wheelchair user , had a millie, a wheelchair user, had a serious accident at a sporting event. >> miss . she event. >> miss. she was event. >> miss . she was left waiting on >> miss. she was left waiting on the floor in pain for over two hours before an ambulance arrived . arrived.

>> during her months in hospital, since she's been dropped badly multiple times, left stuck in her bed for days at length, she's even been to told soil herself when there's no one to take her to the toilet. >> before all this , millie was >> before all this, millie was living independently and working for the prospect of her returning to work is being destroyed by the crisis in the nhs and care system . i am sure nhs and care system. i am sure the prime minister will agree that no one should ever have to go through what millie has. so will he look again at our proposals to make sure every patient gets the high quality care they need ? care they need? >> prime minister well, mr speaker , i'm very sorry to hear speaker, i'm very sorry to hear about milly's case. >> and if there are specific aspects of it that need to be examined, i'm sure the health secretary follow with examined, i'm sure the health sec|honourable)llow with examined, i'm sure the health sec|honourable gentleman.h examined, i'm sure the health sec|honourable gentleman. and the honourable gentleman. and more generally, we to make more generally, we want to make sure gets care they sure everyone gets the care they deserve, we're not deserve, which is why we're not just sums in just investing record sums in the but ensuring that there the nhs, but ensuring that there are doctors, are record numbers of doctors, nurses and new innovative forms of like surgical hubs

of treatment like surgical hubs and wards. all of which and virtual wards. all of which are showing that ambulance times that he mentioned are lower today this time today than they were this time last year . last year. >> julian saxby, thank you, mr speaken >> julian saxby, thank you, mr speaker. the number one reason for children's hospital admissions in north devon is for dental treatment . we have no nhs dental treatment. we have no nhs capacity and no orthodontist in barnstable . barnstable. >> our dentists cannot recruit even with large golden hellos. the emergency dental plan does seem to have been stuck at the treasury my right hon. treasury forever. my right hon. friend uses spare set of keys and pop round and rescue it for us. please. my constituents and i would be ever so grateful. >> prime minister, my hon. >> prime minister, my hon. >> friend is rightly championed the provision of dentistry in her local area. we are investing £3 billion a year and the reformed contracts in dentistry from the nhs have improved access while ensuring fairer remuneration for dentists and we are also providing more financial support for those who needit financial support for those who need it the most. so around half of course of treatment last of the course of treatment last year were delivered to those who are non—paying. both adults and

children. but yes, more needs to be and that's why our be done and that's why our dentistry recovery plan will be published dentistry recovery plan will be putandrew bridgen thank you, mr >> andrew bridgen thank you, mr speaken >> andrew bridgen thank you, mr speaker. than two decades ago, >> more than two decades ago, the then prime minister, tony blair, misled this house by promoting and endorsing the post office horizon it system as perfect, protecting the large corporation that created it and causing untold harm and damage and misery to innocent people. >> can the current prime minister think of anything he has promoted in partnership with huge businesses as safe and effective, which is ultimately harm the british people? and will he use this opportunity to correct that safe and effective statement, or will he choose the same line as tony blair? sit back, do nothing, and let the misery just continue pile up ? misery just continue to pile up? >> prime minister mr speaker, as we've been clear, the horizon scandal is a terrible miscarriage of justice and we're doing everything that we can to make it right to what he was more broadly insinuating. >> let me be unequivocal from

this dispatch box that covid vaccines are safe . mr speaker , vaccines are safe. mr speaker, joe gideon, thank you, mr speaker . speaken >> the shocking revelations of the horizon scandal highlighted the horizon scandal highlighted the post office financial incompetence and my right honourable friend will know that the public's confidence in the institution is at an all time low . does the prime minister low. does the prime minister agree with me that as high street banks are closing, branches across the country , we branches across the country, we should look to developing new community banking solutions rather than giving the post office sole responsibility for providing access to cash and other banking services in poorly served neighbourhoods . served neighbourhoods. >> prime minister, i thank my hon. >> friend for a question, but i also just say that we shouldn't mistake conflating this scandal with the actions of many hardworking local postmasters and subpostmasters , because and subpostmasters, because customers can access this cash and banking services through a wide range of channels ,

wide range of channels, including a contract with the post office, counter service , post office, counter service, which does provide a valuable channel, and that i agree with her, though the importance of access to cash, which is why the government has legislated to protect that as part of the recent services and recent financial services and markets that the markets act and ensures that the vast majority people should vast majority of people should be than three miles away be no more than three miles away from point. from such a cash point. >> john butler, thank you, mr speaken >> mr speaker , one of the nolan >> mr speaker, one of the nolan principles integra t, states that holders of public office should not act to gain material benefits for themselves, their family their friends. family or their friends. >> prime minister on the 6th of january, you tweeted a link to the conservative party website , the conservative party website, which seemed to scrape people's data and place unwanted cookies on their machines. the good law project is now pursuing. >> can the prime can the prime minister >> can the prime minister assure the house that no laws have been broken by his . party broken by his. party >> and yes, mr speaker, of course our party follows all

laws . laws. >> robert jenrick thank you, mr speaken >> mr speaker, a first responsibility for government is to fix the housing crisis that young people didn't cause. >> three years ago. >> three years ago. >> we dragged house building in this country up to the highest levels since 1987. after the last labour government left it at its lowest level since the 1920s. but house building is weakening. >> we need to do more . >> we need to do more. >> we need to do more. >> will my right hon. friend consider using the budget to do as he and i did together during the pandemic and cut stamp duty to boost housing starts to reignite the economy and to support thousands of businesses across our country. >> prime minister, my right honourable friend is right to point out that since 2010, we have delivered 2.5 million additional homes on track to deliver a million just in this parliament and help over 850,000 families into home ownership through schemes such as help to buy and right to buy. >> obviously, tax decisions are

a matter for the chancellor, but i would point out that our existing stamp duty relief for first time buyers ensures the vast majority of first time buyers country pay buyers in our country pay absolutely no stamp duty . absolutely no stamp duty. >> marsha de cordova. yes thank you, mr speaker. >> the appg on eye health and visual impairment has today published polling that found that nearly half of employers exclude blind and partially sighted people from their workplaces and 1 in 4 said that they would not be willing to make workplace adjustments. the disability employment gap remains stubbornly at 30, and the pay gap means that blind and partially sighted people effectively work for free for 47 days of the year. so will the prime minister meet with me and sight loss organisations to discuss how create a more discuss how we can create a more inclusive workforce ? inclusive workforce? >> acas prime minister, i share the honourable lady's ambition to have an inclusive workforce and the record in supporting those with disabilities into work over the past several years has been incredibly strong. i know this is something that the work and pensions secretary is

actively looking at, and making sure our accessibility plan sure that our accessibility plan is and inclusive and is up to date and inclusive and i'll that she gets a i'll ensure that she gets a meeting the relevant meeting with the relevant minister. sir michael ellis. >> mr speaker, having visited recently, that israel recently, i know that israel remains shock following the remains in shock following the rape, of rape, murder and butchery of hamas . all of us want to see a hamas. all of us want to see a peaceful and demilitarise palestinian state. however hamas remain in control in large parts of gaza. they support is growing in the west bank that nearly two thirds of palestinians in polling reject co—existence with israel , and polling reject co—existence with israel, and the palestinian authority has continued to promote hatred of jews , as does promote hatred of jews, as does my right hon. friend agree that any recognition of a palestinian state must address these issues and can only come about as part of a negotiated settlement between israel and the palestinians. prime minister mr speaken palestinians. prime minister mr speaker, the government's position is clear. >> my hon. friend is right that there are steps and conditions that need to be put in place on this journey. first and foremost, the removal of hamas from gaza , a palestinian led

from gaza, a palestinian led government in gaza . in the west government in gaza. in the west bank, a concrete plan to reform and support the palestinian authority, a reconstruction plan for gaza and a two state solution which we have long supported . and so let me be supported. and so let me be clear. we stand with israel and the terrorist threat that they face must be eliminated . and face must be eliminated. and israel's lasting security must be guaranteed. >> neil lambie, mr speaker, on the 15th of november last year, i appeal to the prime minister to choose de—escalation and peace over violence, death and destruction. >> he called me naive . so far, >> he called me naive. so far, over 26,000 souls have perished in gaza and a powerful and moving open letter in monday's new york times, the jewish voice for peace rabbinical council site deuteronomy i have put before you life and death, blessing and curse, choose life . blessing and curse, choose life. accusing president biden of choosing death if the prime minister won't listen to me or the icj , will he listen to the the icj, will he listen to the rabbinical council? or will he call them naive to hear prime

minister? >> mr speaker , i've been clear >> mr speaker, i've been clear on multiple times that we are concerned, deeply concerned and about the impact of the fighting in gaza on the civilian population . too many people have population. too many people have lost their lives and there is a desperate need for increased humanitarian support in gaza . i humanitarian support in gaza. i won't go over all the debates we've had about the conditions that are necessary for an immediate pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire, but i can assure the house that we are doing everything that we can to get aid into the region as get more aid into the region as quickly possible . quickly as possible. >> tolhurst . >> kelly tolhurst. >> kelly tolhurst. >> hoo hoo hoo hoo! >> hoo hoo hoo hoo! >> mr speaker, chatham docks supports over 800 local high value jobs which are at risk as the owners are continuing in their pursuit to displace successful businesses such as . successful businesses such as. arcelormittal kent wire, the labour council are failing to honour the commitment they made before the local elections to protect the docks and the jobs. even their leader , the right even their leader, the right honourable member for holborn

and st pancras, said he was proudly backing save chatham docks campaign . will my right docks campaign. will my right hon. friend meet with me to see how we can protect the docks and save those jobs for my constituents? and isn't this just another example of how labour and their leaders change their position depending on which way the wind blows ? they which way the wind blows? they >> well, mr speaker, my honourable friend, has been a constant champion of chatham docks, and i am disappointed to hear that the local labour council are failing to honour the commitments that they're that they've made. but also, she points out, i'm not surprised to see that the leader the see that the leader of the opposition one thing opposition has said one thing and consequently done and then consequently done another. support another. the dock support hundreds of jobs and i join with her in calling on the council to rethink their approach. >> that completes prime minister's questions . minister's questions. >> it's me that was pm rishi

sunak taking questions from mps at the house of commons. we're still joining us today here. by paul holmes, tory mp for eastleigh and parliamentary private secretary to lord cameron. the foreign secretary, and shadow and louise hague, the shadow transport secretary and you've been your questions in been sending your questions in to gb news at gb views .com for our panel. >> you can continue to do it. louise would be transport secretary if labour won. maybe you've got some questions on buses, trains , cars, whatever buses, trains, cars, whatever you fancy. because remember this programme is different. it's all about your questions. >> the first question we've got in is from carol in staffordshire. she got in touch saying she voted leave. and of course today is the fourth anniversary of the uk leaving course today is the fourth ann europeanf the uk leaving course today is the fourth ann european union.k leaving course today is the fourth ann european union. she'ding course today is the fourth ann european union. she'd vote the european union. she'd vote leave again today, she says she never thought that changes after brexit would be so quick. she thought it'd happen for ten years. she went in with her eyes wide paul and did wide open. paul and did understand what she's voting for. people for. she's fed up with people saying didn't saying that brexiteers didn't understand for, understand what they voted for, basically, i think your

basically, and i think your brexit, you voted for leave. so i voted for leave. i absolutely agree with carol. i think the problem during the referendum is that people, like carol that so many people, like carol and myself, were fed up with being that wrong or being told that they're wrong or they had motivations which weren't there. >> leave because >> i voted leave because i wanted own country. >> i wanted us to make own >> i wanted us to make our own laws, wanted us to make laws, and i wanted us to make the success of it. and carol's right that it will take a longer time. would there right that it will take a longer tim already would there right that it will take a longer tim already would some there right that it will take a longer tim already would some ofere right that it will take a longer tim already would some of the are already seeing some of the benefits including benefits of that, including increased health spending that we able to leave we got from being able to leave the european union. >> louise haigh, shadow transport a transport secretary this is a question kent question from michael, from kent , and he has a question for starmer and new today keir starmer and new today keir starmer can you give the british people a cast iron guarantee that you will not take us back into the european union? yes. i can give that cast iron guarantee. >> we have been very clear. we want no, no, reruns of the brexit referendum. >> we will not be seeking membership of the european union, make union, but we need to make brexit work. union, but we need to make brexit wthat's the labour party's >> and that's the labour party's plan. we've set out a number of agreements that we would like to make the in order to

make with the eu, in order to ease trade and reduce of ease trade and reduce some of the, um, red tape around the, um, the red tape around trade our economy trade that's hurting our economy at moment. but we have at the moment. but we have absolutely no plans. and can i just say that viewers are actually giving their genuine questions? sometimes presenters and producers make them up. so congratulate to gb news for genuinely make it. >> but you would love it. no. >> but you would love it. no. >> too good for it to be good for it. yeah, absolutely. >> so closer alignment but not but the sovereignty issue is secure. absolute secure. if we become absolute and look certain things and look there's certain things like know we've just seen like you know we've just seen a power sharing uh reinstated today with northern ireland. >> been today with northern ireland. >> for been today with northern ireland. >> for so been today with northern ireland. >> for so long been today with northern ireland. >> for so long becausezn down for so long is because there hasn't been this agreement with the european union over how that work. so need that should work. so we need to speed we need to see speed that up. we need to see these improvements. we need to see work ordinary see brexit work for ordinary people the who people and for the people who voted for. >> the topics in pmqs >> but one of the topics in pmqs there, keir starmer >> but one of the topics in pmqs there on keir starmer >> but one of the topics in pmqs there on was keir starmer >> but one of the topics in pmqs there on was costeir starmer >> but one of the topics in pmqs there on was cost of starmer >> but one of the topics in pmqs there on was cost of living er went on was cost of living mortgages. you, paul mortgages. and one to you, paul from john, he says the cost of living are both living and economy are both important short pressures, important short time pressures, but failure on immigration will ruin says. ruin this country, he says. perhaps forever. can't perhaps forever. and you can't control you've been

control immigration. you've been in 14 years. in charge for 14 years. immigration down. the immigration is coming down. the prime made prime minister has made immigration one immigration his number one priority. but what we've priority. no, but what we've seen, reduction number seen, a reduction in the number of migrants coming of illegal migrants coming across the channel. we've brought are brought in measures that are coming effect in march, coming into effect in march, which will see 300,000 fewer people coming in than they did last year. and that's a key dividing line between us and the labour labour dividing line between us and the labour voted labour dividing line between us and the labour voted against labour dividing line between us and the labour voted against every our party has voted against every measure prime minister measure that the prime minister has forward, they have has put forward, and they have no what do you say to that, >> what do you say to that, louise? well, look, i think these figures on immigration show shocking of show a shocking dereliction of duty over the duty of this government over the last and they a last 14 years, and they are a direct consequence of their policies. the figures today show 156% increase in the number of visas for social care workers. so the government has continued to rely on people coming into this country and working in certain occupations , but done certain occupations, but done nothing up the nothing to build up the workforce in country. and workforce in this country. and that's labour have set out that's what labour have set out plans to to bring down those plans to do to bring down those immigration figures, also immigration figures, but also to get british people into get local british people into those jobs. what would you be happy with? >> khalife mahmood said less than 100,000 a year net

migration into the would migration into the uk. would you back look, i don't think >> yeah. look, i don't think there's any point in putting targets and targets on david cameron. and george osborne did that repeatedly meet repeatedly and failed to meet them and rishi sunak them every time. and rishi sunak has, has not put a target on. and so we're not going to pluck numbers out of air. but numbers out of thin air. but we do a to tackle these do have a plan to tackle these issues. we're be issues. we're going to be heading to a break in a second. >> barry, barry, remember to >> but barry, barry, remember to tell where you're from. we tell us where you're from. we we're here. we want to we're a family here. we want to know getting in know where you're getting in touch from regarding immigration, saying to immigration, saying we need to reduce uk numbers to relieve pressure on services and infrastructure. people are quick to immigrants paying to talk about immigrants paying tax , but no one talks about how tax, but no one talks about how much they cost system much they cost our system compared to much they generate. >> i think barry is right, and that's why we brought in the measures that we're trying to bnng measures that we're trying to bring in. measures that we're trying to bnngin.so measures that we're trying to bring in. so that reduction in visas that will see 300,000, uh , visas that will see 300,000, uh, fewer people come in than last yeah fewer people come in than last year. but what we announced today, for example, british homes for british people , is homes for british people, is another example where we are prioritising people that work hard, play by rules . hard, play by the rules. >> that mean? >> what does that mean? >> what does that mean? >> you look, for >> well, if you look, for example, at some labour councils

>> well, if you look, for exa issuing, some labour councils >> well, if you look, for exa issuing, issuing abour councils >> well, if you look, for exa issuing, issuing socialcouncils are issuing, issuing social housing to 40% of their social housing to 40% of their social housing to 40% of their social housing to people that weren't born here or came this country. >> so we're saying, look, of that, that so, so where would they be on this. >> well explain follow that that thought. >> so what we're saying is that people work hard , play by the people work hard, play by the rules, are here will people work hard, play by the rulethose are here will people work hard, play by the rulethose houses here will people work hard, play by the rulethose houses first. re will people work hard, play by the rulethose houses first. so vill people work hard, play by the rulethose houses first. so what get those houses first. so what we seeing that we have we are seeing is that we have a housing problem. we are seeing is that we have a h0llouise'oblem. we are seeing is that we have a h0llouise hague well, they're >> louise hague well, they're split it because at one split on it because at one moment peter cole said he agreed with deputy leader of the >> and the deputy leader of the labour she didn't. so labour party said she didn't. so ihave labour party said she didn't. so i have no idea. got i have no idea. we've got absolute on how this absolute no detail on how this is work. is going to work. >> and the fact is that it's people citizenship people that have citizenship here here here and are working here that, you the vast majority you know, the vast majority of people of this people that are born out of this outside this country and certainly that don't have any immigration not immigration status, are not entitled so entitled to social housing. so it's not clear to me who you are. um excluding from the current social housing rules, i don't know how this is going to work in practice as well. >> well, still ahead, be >> well, still ahead, we'll be heanng >> well, still ahead, we'll be hearing of your hearing for more of your questions our political questions to our political panel questions to our political panel. them in, say panel. keep sending them in, say where from. we'll be with where you're from. we'll be with paul for paul holmes, tory mp for

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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news . news. >> the time is 1241. >> the time is 1241. >> welcome back to pmqs live with me gloria de piero and christopher hope . christopher hope. >> we're still joined here in the studio in westminster by paul holmes, tory mp for eastleigh and parliamentary eastleigh and a parliamentary private ministerial private secretary. a ministerial aide essentially to lord cameron . the foreign secretary, and louise hague, shadow transport secretary >> so your questions are coming in thick and fast. we love it. we love to know your name and where you are from too. so i've got a question which is relevant to you, louise lesley. no, hang on, hang on, hang on. i've got to hear you on. >> oh, god. no, you've got louise, lesley from gosport. >> she's a pensioner. she's

lucky and careful enough during a provide a working life to provide herself pension herself with additional pension income , saving as much as she to income, saving as much as she to can bridge with extra welfare payments. return, the payments. in return, the government, taxing tax, government, by not taxing tax, raising tax thresholds or taking more and more of this pension being bigging themselves up, she says, by saying how wonderful they are by cutting national insurance, having today many, many packets. but they won't many pay packets. but they won't do them to millions of pensioners a similar pensioners in a similar situation won't benefit from situation who won't benefit from the tax reduction . the so—called tax reduction. >> mhm, mhm. well, that was exactly keir raised in pmqs exactly what keir raised in pmqs earlier when he talked about uh the government are cutting £2 off your uh tax bill. uh but taking £10 elsewhere. and that's because of exactly what lesley's described. it's known as fiscal drag. and your viewers may have seen that it talks about in the news. and basically because they've not put the income threshold up, it means more and more people are in the higher tax and a lot tax bracket and paying a lot more tax. and it's having a really profound impact on people's, and people's, um, incomes and people's, um, incomes and

people's you for people's bills. as you know, for pensioners, we've out what pensioners, we've set out what plans do to lower plans we want to do to lower their bills, which is a their energy bills, which is a huge driver for inflation at the moment and a massive cost for lots of people. so hopefully that help lesley. but that would help. um, lesley. but we'll more ahead we'll be setting out more ahead of election. of the election. >> a simple question to you, paul, >> a simple question to you, paul , and >> a simple question to you, paul, and this is specifically to you , jason. we don't know to you, jason. we don't know where you're from. jason but keep keep telling us where where you're from because we love getting your emails. it's all about questions in this about your questions in this show. uh, jason says this. the prime minister is simply out of touch. like the whole tory party are. my question to paul is, does he agree the conservative party is out of touch? i'm sure you're going to say no, but tell us why. do you recognise that some voters that be some voters believe that to be true. think politics in true. i think politics in general difficult at the general is difficult at the moment with the difficulties that people that are going on with people out in out there, including people in eastleigh and my constituency is the of touch? the tory party out of touch? >> not. the leader . >> absolutely not. the leader. of my party, rishi sunak, has a good success story. what would be seen as a british success

story? parents came here, sent him to school, worked really hard. for he's hard. he worked for what he's got and i want everyone in this country you country to have that. and you have to look actions that have to look at the actions that we're what we have we're taking, what we have done. so caller in viewer in so the caller in viewer in gosport, we've raised pensions for state pension by for people, the state pension by the greatest amount that we've ever investing in ever done. we're investing in the service. we're the health service. we're reducing immigration one reducing the immigration one that your viewers want to happen. we're acting on behalf of the people and of the british people and i would that we're doing would argue that we're doing that much better than that in a much better way than the do. and the labour party would do. and we'll see that choice at the the labour party would do. and we'llelection. choice at the next election. >> that's true, isn't it? well, i think your viewers will be quite surprised that the quite surprised to hear that the nhs invested in it nhs is being invested in it takes on average, a month get takes on average, a month to get a and when a gp appointment. and when labour in government, labour were last in government, we people we had a guarantee that people could their gp within 48 could access their gp within 48 hours. metric, hours. so on every metric, the last government invested last labour government invested in and improved the nhs for patients that's exactly what patients and that's exactly what we're setting out plans do at we're setting out plans to do at the announcement made the announcement we've made today, freed up 10 million today, we've freed up 10 million gp appointments allowing gp appointments by allowing pharmacists to be able to treat people in a pharmacy , to free up people in a pharmacy, to free up some appointments. >> that's essential community

and that's a great approach. >> thousand pharmacies >> but a thousand pharmacies have the 14 years that have closed in the 14 years that you've been in government, 2000 gp's have been lost millions gp's have been lost and millions more are languishing on more people are languishing on waiting lists. we're exactly back we were when back to where we were when labour 1997, with labour took office in 1997, with people waiting in hospital corridors to be seen and not able to access basic health services. so i think your viewers will judge which government has prioritised and invested in the nhs. >> more money than ever before has gone into the i mean, he's right , he's has gone into the i mean, he's right, he's right. >> look at the outcomes. we've just the outcomes. just had the outcomes. >> that's other >> that's that's the other thing, list. thing, the waiting list. >> at levels before thing, the waiting list. >> pandemic, levels before thing, the waiting list. >> pandemic, wes levels before thing, the waiting list. >> pandemic, wes streetingzore the pandemic, wes streeting called leaky bucket, didn't he? >> and said how thought an >> and said how i thought an intervention from him and saying how it. how we'll try and plug it. i think got most think labour's got the most space reform the space politically to reform the nhs. >> well, look, i think nobody thinks that public service thinks that any public service should and should be unreformed. and, and the government made the last labour government made lots the nhs lots of reforms to the nhs and that's delivered the better that's what delivered the better outcomes. saying outcomes. so paul saying yeah record amounts money outcomes. so paul saying yeah re waiting lists are down. louis hague in

hague the transport brief in mind. um adrian not sure where aiden he says and aiden is from but he says and he's emailed in gb gb news gb views at gb news. >> com keep them coming, keep them coming. we'll see what your minutes agent says. minutes um, agent says. >> how would labour your party? you , your transport you probably, if your transport secretary journeys secretary make train journeys more and what were more affordable. and what were the be to the taxpayer. >> well, um, i think anybody who's tried to travel at the moment, particularly across where the north of where i'm from the north of england, recognise that where i'm from the north of engrailways recognise that where i'm from the north of eng railways prettyiise that where i'm from the north of engrailways pretty broken: our railways are pretty broken at . um, anybody who's at the moment. um, anybody who's tried avanti down that tried to use avanti down that west experiencing west coast, we've experiencing record delays and record cancellations . yeah. so we've cancellations. yeah. so we've got a plan to fix the railways as a whole, which includes which involves bringing operators into pubuc involves bringing operators into public ownership. but that will actually bring significant savings. our railways are really wasteful at the moment because they're so fractured . and i'll they're so fractured. and i'll be out plans actually in be setting out plans actually in just 2 or 3 weeks time that will demonstrate how we'll save money and money could and how that money could be reinvested railways to reinvested with the railways to bnng reinvested with the railways to bring operators into bring those operators into pubuc bring those operators into public . and all public ownership. and all of them . within the

them absolutely. within the first time of a labour government . and bring government. and to bring decisions the decisions around the infrastructure the public infrastructure which the public pay infrastructure which the public pay at the moment, it's the pay for at the moment, it's the most bit of the most expensive bit of the railways and the operators into one, uh, body so that we can actually make the money out of it and operators it and stop operators obstructing that profit. >> that's an paul. how >> that's an answer, paul. how much to cost? much is that going to cost? i mean, the labour party, no compensation. >> there's absolutely no compensation provided operators. >> british people how >> say to the british people how these going how, these things are going to how, how would it cost them anything? >> paul. no, it didn't work for nationalised railways, not nationalised railways, did not work before. are these railways working constituents? work before. are these railways working did constituents? work before. are these railways working did sayistituents? work before. are these railways working did say yourents? it's my. did you say your constituents there's constituents that there's investment the investment going into the railways ? railways? >> yeah they are i mean, one of the things that i say the things that i would say i find it very interesting that the after the labour party, a day after rail let's accept the rail strikes, let's accept the unions many of the unions pay for many of the labour to and also labour mps to be here and also pay labour mps to be here and also pay the labour party to go pay for the labour party to go into the next general election. they condemned rail they haven't condemned the rail strikes they haven't condemned the rail striiconstituents get , whose my constituents to get, whose government has been provoking the want these rail >> we don't want these rail strikes to happen, employers strikes to happen, but employers themselves have said that grant shapps tory transport secretary deliberately provoked and poison

this industrial dispute , and is this industrial dispute, and is exactly why it's been going on for so long. we don't want these strikes to happen. it's your government and your transport secretary with secretary has not even met with the and find a the unions to try and find a dealin the unions to try and find a deal in over a year. >> louis hague if there is a labour government, you can't guarantee that their strikes aren't going to continue how they want pay. they want more pay. >> no, course nobody can >> no, of course not. nobody can say never have strikes. say we'll never have strikes. but there have been this is the first national on the first national strike on the railways in more than years. first national strike on the railwa was! more than years. first national strike on the railwa was no ore than years. first national strike on the railwa was no national years. first national strike on the railwa was no national strikeirs. there was no national strike under the last labour government. rail government. there's no rail strike labour. in labour, strike in labour. in labour, there's no strike in labour run wales. gloria where the labour run government uh, works run government there, uh, works in the in social partnership with the unions. a deal that unions. they found a deal that doesn't the they doesn't break the bank. they agreed some workplace reforms and they've disruptive and they've avoided disruptive industrial has deliberate , government has deliberate, provoked and the provoked and poisoned the industrial dispute. so how prolonged it if you become transport secretary, how will you increase that you pay for the increase that those who has paid for those people who has paid for the strike for more than a year, it's cost £1 billion this it's cost £1 billion pay. this government has wasted more than £1 in taxpayers money by £1 billion in taxpayers money by provoking and prolonging this

industrial dispute . that's more industrial dispute. that's more than to see, than they ever expected to see, i would argue. viewers are saying another labour saying today is another labour shadow minister say shadow cabinet minister who say what do. what they want to do. >> they want to the money, >> they want to spend the money, they do this, they want they want to do this, they want to do that. >> what won't say spent >> what they won't say spent money wasted more than £1 money is wasted more than £1 billion in taxpayers a billion in taxpayers money on a strike. making not strike. i'm not making i'm not making commitments. making any funding commitments. your wasted over your government has wasted over £1 billion taxpayers money £1 billion in taxpayers money through dispute, through this industrial dispute, which your government deliberately be deliberately provoked to be transport secretary. deliberately provoked to be transpo you cretary. deliberately provoked to be transpoyou can'ty. deliberately provoked to be transpoyou can't say how you >> but you can't say how you would pay for an increase in those wages those drivers. those wages for those drivers. >> i've not said we will deliver those wages for those drivers. >> increase said we will deliver those wages for those drivers. >> increase inid we will deliver those wages for those drivers. >> increase in wages. 'ill deliver those wages for those drivers. >> increase in wages. i've eliver those wages for those drivers. >>increase in wages. i've gotar an increase in wages. i've got to dispute about more to say the dispute is about more than pay and about workplace reform. i'm absolutely not committing reform. i'm absolutely not comnbutlg reform. i'm absolutely not comn but your government has offer, but your government has deliberately provoked and poisoned it's poisoned this dispute, and it's exactly got the exactly why we've still got the first railway in first national railway strike in over first national railway strike in ovei've got to say, as >> i've got to say, as a commuter, a taxi to and commuter, getting a taxi to and from night, because i don't from last night, because i don't know rail companies know why these rail companies can't a minimum service on can't put a minimum service on given the to. given they've got the powers to. i you've the you did i mean, you've did the you did the, they all the the, the they made all the political and it political noise about it and it hasn't happened what hasn't happened yet. what i would and lee rowley said

would like and lee rowley said this the, on the media this is on the, on the media around would around yesterday. i would like the bosses to invoke the the rail bosses to invoke the minimum service levels, but the government but government put through. but they're and think that's they're not. and i think that's something that the dft are looking at. it was again opposed by party . by the labour party. >> by the rail operators. >> but we've put in those measures to ensure that there's a of service. i'm a minimum level of service. i'm going to change the subject a bit, lift it to the higher the higher plane, possibly on defence. now richard has asked a question with serving generals publicly, haven't publicly, saying we haven't got the uk the capability to defend the uk alone, the americans saying we're of losing our one we're at risk of losing our one tier. our tier one status. forgive me. and saying don't cut the what's the army anymore. what's your view, on cutting defence view, paul? on cutting defence spending. you're obviously pps to lord cameron. there's concerns about world war iii for goodness sake. people are talking about, you know, a civilian army . talking about, you know, a civilian army. um, talking about, you know, a civilian army . um, where do you civilian army. um, where do you sit i think we've never sit on that? i think we've never got to grips with wasteful got to grips with the wasteful spending puts out. spending that the mod puts out. and even in our 14 years, and in terms of defence procurement, i just think it's still a mess terms of defence procurement, i just we've t's still a mess terms of defence procurement, i just we've seenill a mess terms of defence procurement, i just we've seenill a certain that we've seen with certain projects. so the of money projects. so the amount of money that's into armed that's gone into the armed forces up. we've forces is going up. we've committed 2.5% gdp in line committed to 2.5% of gdp in line

with . it's not got there with nato. it's not got there fast enough, but i wholly accept that with the uncertain world that with the uncertain world that we have , we need to invest that we have, we need to invest more in our forces. that we have, we need to invest more in our forces . and i more in our armed forces. and i think we'll hear think that's what we'll hear in the coming months. think that's what we'll hear in the um, ing months. think that's what we'll hear in the um, i|g months. think that's what we'll hear in the um, i want nths. think that's what we'll hear in the um, i want ntiask you about >> um, i want to ask you about a different question. both of you, quickly, jackie. jackie, please tell us where you're from. it's a great question sometimes. don't like don't you feel like a kindergarten baby kindergarten teacher? baby sitting a bunch of children? she's referring to the thing the parliamentary event of every week. prime minister's question time. isn't it the worst aspect for politicians? louise haigh from labour. >> yeah, i think so. there's lots of calling and jarang lots of name calling and jarang booing. when i go to primary schools. i say, you know, those kids wouldn't be allowed to behave like that way in their classroom. it's classroom. so i don't think it's a for a very good advert for politicians everywhere. >> the speaker quite >> the speaker intervened quite a as a parent >> the speaker intervened quite a again, as a parent >> the speaker intervened quite a again, the as a parent >> the speaker intervened quite a again, the kindergartent and again, the kindergarten didn't he. was that appropriate? he as he did today, i think. look, as i the beginning of the i said at the beginning of the programme, he good order programme, he wants good order and be picked for and i want to be picked for a question next week. so i'm not going him. he told going to criticise him. he told me off last week though, and yeah, last week he named me and

we shouting at each other. we like shouting at each other. >> named and >> have you ever been named and shamed? not too much of shamed? no, i'm not too much of a teacher's pet. god, it'd be a teacher's pet. oh god, it'd be awful. been fantastic. a teacher's pet. oh god, it'd be awful. you been fantastic. a teacher's pet. oh god, it'd be awful. you at een fantastic. a teacher's pet. oh god, it'd be awful. you at home ntastic. a teacher's pet. oh god, it'd be awful. you at home havec. a teacher's pet. oh god, it'd be awful. you at home have been uh, and you at home have been fantastic. cracking fantastic. great. cracking questions as ever. get thinking for you're going for next week. what you're going to coming up, it's good to ask? uh, coming up, it's good afternoon, britain with tom and emily. >> tom. emily what do you have in your show ? in your show? >> that's right. a huge show , a >> that's right. a huge show, a huge day. >> it hasn't just been prime ministers questions, but there's far on, too. far more going on, too. >> not least the labour party pulling muslim voters worried about positioning over about their positioning over issues in the middle east. is that a particular area of concern in certain constituency ? concern in certain constituency? liz, we'll dig into that story. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> us and nicola sturgeon at the covid inquiry, she was heckled on the way in, but she's also apologised for deleting her whatsapp messages. >> she says she doesn't recall ever receiving an email saying that she should keep them . uh, that she should keep them. uh, so do you believe her? >> and indeed, it's four years to the day since we left the european union in the meantime,

we've had a war. >> we've had a pandemic. my goodness, maybe all of those worries of the remain campaign were true . what's next? plagues were true. what's next? plagues of locusts will be diving into the outcomes of that brexit deal , and indeed, how the country's fared compared to european countries in the last four years. >> what a thrilling show coming up. well, that's all from us here in westminster. >> but you have been watching and listening to pmqs live with gloria de piero and chris hope. get thinking about your questions for next week . what questions for next week. what would you be asking the prime minister what do you want to ask the leader of the opposition? we'll have our political we'll have our top political panel. we'll have our top political panel . in fact, know, i think panel. in fact, i know, i think i who it is. i think it's i know who it is. i think it's jon from labour and esther jon cryer from labour and esther mcvey, i believe. >> okay, go anywhere. >> okay, don't go anywhere. next up good afternoon up next is good afternoon britain tom and . emily. britain with tom and. emily. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on .

solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. hi there. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast dry for many of us today. >> el f in the south, a lot >> sunniest in the south, a lot of cloud elsewhere and it will continue feel cold, continue to feel cold, especially in the south where we've got this easterly wind at and cold air imported from the continent. >> further north, lighter winds with high pressure nearby , but a with high pressure nearby, but a lot of cloud coming into northern and eastern scotland. >> southern scotland as well northern and eastern england . northern and eastern england. and here there will be some showers , rain at lower levels, showers, rain at lower levels, some snow over the hills but mostly these showers are light. >> 1 or 2 showers for wales as well, but otherwise western scotland, southern and south—east seeing the south—east england seeing the best sunshine best of any sunshine and wherever it will feel wherever you are it will feel cold. six at best. cold. five six celsius at best. >> some places staying at 1 to 3 celsius with that biting in wind from the east affecting southern areas. >> and we'll continue to see that overnight . clear skies in that overnight. clear skies in the south leading to a

widespread frost once again, temperatures dipping to minus one or minus two celsius fairly widely. western scotland also seeing a touch of frost because of clear skies here. but elsewhere, where we've got the cloud, well, it's going to stay frost free across parts of east wales into northern and eastern england, eastern scotland as well fewer showers around on thursday. >> in fact , after1 or >> in fact, after 1 or 2 showers, first thing mostly becomes dry by the afternoon. >> increasing amounts of sunshine across much of scotland and less sunshine further south and less sunshine further south and southeast, with cloud increasing through the day . increasing through the day. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on .

gb news. good afternoon britain. it is very nearly 1:00 on wednesday. the 31st of january, for and years on, today marks the anniversary of britain leaving the european union. >> but after a global pandemic and a war in europe, a people feeling the claimed brexit benefits , we'll give analysis, benefits, we'll give analysis, opinion and reaction. >> we will indeed, and the bbc cover up newly released documents show martin bashir blamed his class and his race for the scandal around his interview with the late princess diana. why did the bbc try to cover these documents up?

>> sturgeon under pressure nicola sturgeon has apologised for deleting covid related whatsapp messages after telling the official covid inquiry she was not aware she should have kept them . she went on to claim kept them. she went on to claim she does not recall receiving an email stressing the importance of keeping her messages relating to covid. but do you believe . her? >> yes. >> yes. >> so difficulties for nicola sturgeon today . but it also sturgeon today. but it also looks like the labour party has quite a few difficulties of its own. >> the guardian today splashing i'm not sure if they splashed actually, but a big piece on the difficulties labour face with the muslim vote. a lot of muslims in key target seats aren't very happy with keir starmer's stance on gaza. >> it's interesting because he

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