that hospices need minister agree that hospices need not to— minister agree that hospices need not to be — minister agree that hospices need not to be relying _ minister agree that hospices need not to be relying on _ minister agree that hospices need not to be relying on a _ minister agree that hospices need not to be relying on a charable - not to be relying on a charable funding — that question, and the hospice situation in this country has faced significant challenges because of the 14 significant challenges because of the 1a years of devastation under the 1a years of devastation under the conservatives. the health secretary has already raised these issues and knows this is of importance and they will make sure she gets a meeting. the deputy prime minister will know that my constituency of lincolnshire is the breadbasket of britain, producing 12% of the feud consumed across the entire nation in terms of vegetable so on. she will know that is because of the great land in lincolnshire and yet it faces an invasion of giant pylons down the east coast and solar developments. will she meet a delegation of colleagues from lincolnshire and nearby, including my honourable

friend from the third, so that we can establish the energy security must never be at competition with food security. l must never be at competition with food security-— food security. i thank the honourable _ food security. i thank the honourable member - food security. i thank the honourable member for i food security. i thank the l honourable member for his food security. i thank the _ honourable member for his question honourable memberfor his question and he will know we lost a consultation on the national planning framework. we will ensure we have on renewable energy so we have energy security and we will get britain building again. that and that is the end of prime minister's questions this week, although it was questions with angela rayner telling in fort keir starmer, who is in samoa at the commonwealth heads of government meeting, and by convention if the parameter is not leading pm cues, the leader of the opposition also stepped aside and let their deputy stepped aside and let their deputy step up and in this case it was oliver dowden for the conservatives. this is not the first time they have

faced each other, but the last time they were in opposite positions. it was before the election, back in april. lots of sparring over national insurance, coming after those hints that the government said it might put up the rate of national insurance paid by employers. that is all ahead of the budget next week. just one week away and speculation is continuing. we also had a number of issues, one particular question on the trump team accusation of election interference by the labour party of the labour party issuing a statement in the last half an hour about their volunteers going to the united states and working on a voluntary basis for kamala harris and her campaign. last week at prime minister's questions it was rather light on

questions about the budget, but we certainly got it today, what does labour mean by working people? certainly, and that all hinges on the definition that oliver dowden was slowly trying to tease out of angela rayner because number ten have been reluctant to say any more about who they mean by it. that is their safeguard against being drawn into budget speculation. we know that labour has pledged not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance, but we are now told that that promise only applies to employees national insurance, and so oliver dowden was trying to paint a sort of picture, if you like, that lots of small businesses would be potentially clobbered by a move to raise national insurance for employers as well.- raise national insurance for employers as well. raise national insurance for emlo ers as well. ~ . , employers as well. what else were we heafina employers as well. what else were we hearing budget — employers as well. what else were we hearing budget related, _ employers as well. what else were we hearing budget related, and _ employers as well. what else were we hearing budget related, and we - employers as well. what else were we hearing budget related, and we are i hearing budget related, and we are just seven days away. there has always been this feeling that there has been so long since the election

between the budget, and the election backin between the budget, and the election back injuly, and spec elation has just got out of hand. back in july, and spec elation has just got out of hand.— back in july, and spec elation has just got out of hand. yes, it could all have been _ just got out of hand. yes, it could all have been quite _ just got out of hand. yes, it could all have been quite different. - just got out of hand. yes, it could all have been quite different. i. all have been quite different. i have spoken to some labour mps who are nervy about the vacuum they think has been created between the point at the end ofjuly, where rachel reeves announced these £22 million of spending cuts, tax rises and squeezes to the welfare budget that she said would be necessary to fill a black hole in the finances, and october the 30th, the day before halloween, three months hence where she was going to announce the detail of all of those things. the flurry of all of those things. the flurry of anticipation has really ramped up in recent days. mps are being called into meetings in the treasury with the prime minister �*s chief of suave, morgan mcsweeney, and also with the deputy chief of staff. the message we are hearing is that warm words of hope are not good enough

and the budget will really need to be a moment where mps can point to it and give actual demonstrable promises of how change is being delivered, instead ofjust the one word slogan that keir starmer rode into downing street. n word slogan that keir starmer rode into downing street.— into downing street. i wanted also to an ue into downing street. i wanted also to argue about _ into downing street. i wanted also to argue about a _ into downing street. i wanted also to argue about a couple _ into downing street. i wanted also to argue about a couple -- - into downing street. i wanted also to argue about a couple -- ask - into downing street. i wanted also | to argue about a couple -- ask you to argue about a couple —— ask you about a couple of developments that have come up in a couple of hours ago, one of these about lord alli, the donor at the centre of the prime minister �*s and other politicians so freebies scandal. minister 's and other politicians so freebies scandal.— freebies scandal. sadly, so he has been ticked _ freebies scandal. sadly, so he has been ticked off _ freebies scandal. sadly, so he has been ticked off by _ freebies scandal. sadly, so he has been ticked off by the _ freebies scandal. sadly, so he has i been ticked off by the commissioner for standards in the house of lords, and this all pertains to declarations which were made, including some which were not identified as what they were, so some declarations were made relating to money donated to the prime minister �*s private office, without specifying that that did include clothing, including clothing and glasses. and so this will reignite

the frustration amongst mps that this row continues to dominate, and that after having criticised the conservatives so much on the issue of standards from opposition, and not being seen to be completely whiter than white on this issue, we are expecting new rules to come out for mp5 i think within the next week, which will dictate which hospitality they can receive. and also requiring them to declare century to the cabinet office and on—time monthly basis any hospitality they receive which is a stark departure from the previous system, where mps to declare a lot of stuff but ministers could get away with not declaring as much. i away with not declaring as much. i know the punishment is a letter of apology that lord alli needs to write to the chair of the conduct committee for four minor breaches. yes, that's right. there are a range of punishments that can be taken against people for breaches of the code, the sort of lowest one of thoseif code, the sort of lowest one of those if somebody is found against

is usually making a public apology, either in the chamber or writing a letter in this case. so lord ali will i'm sure will be thankful that he has avoided anything more severe. but of course, the row if you like will continue to dominate, and it will continue to dominate, and it will be a question for keir starmer when he lands in samoa for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. again, i have travelled with him twice since he has become prime minister and this issue of standards just continues to dog him, even on these foreign trips. essen standardsjust continues to dog him, even on these foreign trips.- even on these foreign trips. even so many thousands _ even on these foreign trips. even so many thousands of _ even on these foreign trips. even so many thousands of miles _ even on these foreign trips. even so many thousands of miles away. - even on these foreign trips. even so many thousands of miles away. the | many thousands of miles away. the other issue perhaps making headlines here in the uk, not so much on the other side of the atlantic, the accusation by the trump campaign that labour party members have been campaigning infavour of that labour party members have been campaigning in favour of kamala harris. they are accused of being paid because of that wording in one particular social media post, "your accommodation, your housing will be

sorted". , �* , accommodation, your housing will be sorted“. , �* , , sorted". yes, it's interesting. i have spoken — sorted". yes, it's interesting. i have spoken to _ sorted". yes, it's interesting. i have spoken to some - sorted". yes, it's interesting. i have spoken to some of - sorted". yes, it's interesting. i have spoken to some of those | sorted". yes, it's interesting. i- have spoken to some of those who are planning to go and stay, and some of those who were planning to go but have since decided that on reflection, they think they might attract negative publicity and also fear that the kamala harris campaign might not want them there any more because of the huge attention that donald trump has drawn to this. it does hinge on social media post from labour �*s head of operations which said that "we will sort your accommodation", and it is likely unclear whether she was speaking on behalf of the labour party or of her own pact and who "we" was but the labour party refuse that they have played an essential role in organising this and that they have covered any costs. of course, this appears to have been support shown for kamala harris by two other aides who are named in donald trump �*s complaints, matthew doyle and morgan

mcsweeney, who both went out earlier this year. i'm told that they are still going to be labour activist going and they could include councillors, parliamentary staff, and also staff within the labour party itself. it seems as though there will still be some support from the uk to