>> as the honorable job and those it is the responsibility of the labour welsh government for doing this but certainly in my conversation, in my conversations with irish business i will ensure this is brought to their attention. >> questions for the prime minister. and to slaughter. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in the south i shall of further such meetings later today. >> according to revenue and customs, some families earning just 30,000 a year will lose over 1000 pounds a year in tax credits. before the election the current pensions secretary said our low income parents would lose tax credits. did he mislead the public? >> whether we have done is increased tax credits for the

lowest paid people in our country. we've actually lifted over a million low-paid people out of income tax altogether by raising the personal allowance. i think if he is worried about taxation issues he should have a word with his candidate for the mayor of london and ask if you will pay his taxes. >> mark reckless. >> many irish people were moved by what the prime minister said about bloody sunday. with is becoming increasingly clear that eurozone support for ireland is conditional on them saying yes in the referendum, with a premise to confirm that this country was support ireland, whatever it decides? >> we are certainly very good friends of the republic of ireland and the people of the republic of ireland, it is their choice to sign the treaty and it is their choice to have a referendum on the treaty.

it should be respected. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, before turning to other matters does the prime minister agree with me that the allegation by deputy assistant commissioner of the leveson inquiry widespread corrupt behavior at the heart of the press and the police are devastated? and such behavior can have no place in a national institution of our country? does you further agree with me that this underlies the importance that the police inquiry must get to the bottom of these allegations without fear and without favor, and the levinson inquiry can help? >> completely agree with the right honorable gentleman about this issue. there is all party support both for the levinson inquiry which needs to get on with its work that it is kentucky i think in a very reasonable and thorough way, but also proper support for the police inquiry. i think it is important to make this point. of course, there's always debate about what is right for

newspapers to do to get stories in the public interest, but it is hard to think of any circumstances in which it is right for police officers to take money. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, can i thank him for the answer. on the levinson inorganic ask them to speak that none of his senior ministers did anything to undermine its work? and what it set the secretary was ill judged to say that the inquiry was having a chilling effect on freedom of expression? will the prime minister not disassociate himself from these comments and urged his colleagues whatever closeness a particular newspaper proprietors not to undermine the levinson inquiry? >> i answered this question leslie, and the education secretary, as the rest of the cabinet, fully support the leveson inquiry. and what the levinson and great to see with a very important work that it does. that is the position of the education secretary and the

position of the entire government. >> ed miliband. >> i do thank them for that i had reminded him of education secretary said the big picture it is a chilly atmosphere to freedom of expression which emanates from the debate around leveson. out the education secretary is sitting down the bench would've heard the prime minister's words. let me move on from one area where they can be cross party agreement. on sunday the many read in mandarin nhs for six years said about the prime minister's bill. and i quote, it's a mess, it's unnecessary, it misses the point, it's confused and confusing, and it's setting the nhs back. why does the prime minister believe every week that goes by there are yet more damning indictments on the nhs bill? >> let me make one further point about the levinson inquiry because i think it is important. i think what my right honorable friend the education sector was saying, i think what's important

for all of us in this house to say is while the english are going on i do think it's important for politicians who come on, let's be frank, benefit sometimes when the press are a little bit less hard-hitting than had been in recent years. it's important for us to say we support a free vibrant and robust press. i do think that's the important point and that is what he was saying. now, turning to the health reforms, turning to health reforms, the right honorable gentleman did say something last week that i agreed with. he said this, he said the nhs will have to change because of the rise of the age of the population can't be as of the as a verizon number of long-term conditions, because of the rising expectations and cause. sounds a bit familiar, mr. speaker. he is right. the problem for the labour party is they are against both the money that needs to go into the nhs which they say is they are

responsible, although they supported competition and choice in the past they don't support it anymore. >> mr. speaker, i have forgotten the question i asked. it was about nigel who ran the health service for six years. he was the chief executive of the national health service and he says his bill is a mess and confusing. you won't want to listen to let me ask you about somebody else who appeared on the conservative party's platform in the spring conference in 2010. he hosted the health secretary -- he's not here, is he? he hosted the health secretary's first speech and he advised the labour government, that's true, and he is a gp and head of the commission group. he wrote to the primers on monday and said this, we care deeply about the patients we see every day. we believe the improvement we all want to see in nhs can be achieved without the bureaucracy generated by this bill. this is a man who's in charge of

the group. mr. speaker, isn't it time he recognized that he has lost the confidence even of the gp's he says wants to be at the heart of his reform? >> there are 8200 gp practices covering 95% of the country implementing the health reform. he asked me, he asked me, he asked me if i will listen to those people who ran the nhs over the last decade. that may give him a selection of people who ran the nhs the last decade and what they think of competition. this is what he said. the right competition for the right reasons can drive us to achieve more. this is what john said. he was a health minister on the last government. they don't want to listen to labour ministers. when he used to win elections, but anyway this is what he said. competition can make the nhs more equitable. that is the view of labour secretary of state. what about an adviser to the

last labour government, julian legrand, who specifically look at competition and this is what he said. the measured effects of competition have not been trivial. evidence shows the introduction of competition in nhs could be credited with saving hundreds of lives. [shouting] the truth is he doesn't want to listen to pass labour ministers because they are taking a total opportunist daschle opportunistic to this bill. >> the reason 95% gp's -- is because he has imposed upon them, and the doctor addresses this in the last line of this letter because he said your government has interpreted our commitment to help haitians have support for the bill. it is not. [shouting] and 98% of the royal gp's

opposed the bill. i have to say, mr. speaker, it's hard to keep track of opposition to this bill because in the last seven days alone the royal college of physicians have called the first emergency general meeting in their history about the bill. he has lost the support of the british geriatrics society and the royal college of pediatrics and child health. so every week that goes by, more and more health care organizations come out against this bill. i've got a simple question for the prime minister. can he not give the house a list of significant health organizations who are still wholehearted supporters of the bill? >> he specifically said that -- [laughter] >> order. the primers has been asked the question. let's hear the answer. >> he said 98% of gp's opposed the report. that was the figure, 98%. let me give him the actual figures.

there are 44,000 members of the royal college of gp's. a total out of a total of 44,000, just 7% responded opposing the bill. 7%. what about the royal college of physiotherapists? 80,000, 50,000 royal college of physiotherapists, 2%. 2%. i know that's enough for the union to elect a leader the labour party. [shouting] but that's about as far as it will go. [shouting] >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, -- [shouting] now obviously well-trained today, mr. speaker, but let me tell them, let me tell them, their support for the health bill is digging their own burial for the next election. [shouting] now, i did ask him a specific

question. i know by now he does a lot to answer the questions, but i just asked him a simple voice which is to support his bill, and answer came there none from the prime minister. let me refresh his memory who opposes -- the deputy primers or is smirking or i don't know whether he opposes it or support it. [shouting] oh, he supports it, mr. speaker. there's firm leadership for you, right. now, mr. speaker, let me refresh his memory as to those who want the bill with the drone. the royal college of gp's, the royal college of nursing, the royal college of midwives, the royal college of radiologists, the faculty of public health, the chancellor society of physiotherapists on the community practitioners and health visitors association, and the patients association here

mr. speaker, doesn't it ever occur to him, mr. speaker, mr. speaker, does it ever occur to him that just maybe they are right and he's wrong? >> he didn't mention the national association of primary care supporting the bill, in nhs alliance supporting the bill, the association of chief executives supporting the bill, the foundation network supporting the bill of labour minister. who was he? the surgeon you hired. but here we are four weeks in a row of nhs questions, but not a single question of substance. not one. all of our process, all of our politics, never about the substance. now mr. speaker, we all know it's leap year so maybe just

this once i get to ask the question. we all know what he is against, but is it time on earth what he is told as he is for? >> thank you, mr. speaker in my area, transfer between the villages which are less than one mile apart. does the prime minister agreed that such giant turbine should not be built so close to residential areas without local people having a say? >> look, we do want is a balanced energy policy and there is a place for renewable technologies in a balanced energy policy. there are two changes we're making i think will be welcome. one is where cutting the subsidy to onshore wind because i think it's been over subsidized and wasteful of public money, and the second thing we're doing is when the act of folly comes into place that will give local communities a greater say over issues like winter turbines.

of course, we tried to do that earlier by abolishing their regional strategy that glass, put in place but we lost that in the courts so we need a localism acted coming force in full. >> the prime minister -- [inaudible] does he recognize there are 200 in his own constituency with 400 children and 600 children in my constituency who will lose the tax credit, possibly 3800 pounds or more, 25% of the income? can he say how will he answer those children? >> the point the right honorable gentleman makes is we have had to make difficult decisions because of the enormous debt and deficit that we inherited. in taking those decisions we protected the poorest family by increasing the child tax credit. that is what we have done.

we also help the poor store in work by lifting when many people out of income taxes. the question has to come back to labour, you left us with this mess. what would you do about it? >> mr. speaker, this summer in my constituency and everywhere around the country people will be looking forward with huge excitement to the start of the olympic games -- [shouting] the great opportunity to celebrate how well the uk manages these great global event. but not everybody sees it as an opportunity. the general secretary of unite sees it instead as an opportunity for general strike or does the prime minister agree with me that nothing could be further from the spirit of the a levels, nothing can be more damaging to the reputation of our country? >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker but i think my honorable friend speaks to for the whole country when he says what the general secretary of united said it and let me quote directly. he said, calling on the general

public to engage in civil disobedience. but that is what he said. let us remember, unite is the biggest single donor to party opposite providing around a third of their money and had more will let anyone else in print right on with gentlemen in his place. it is not good enough for them just to point out a tweet. they need to condemn this ugliness and start turning back the money. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, no top gun we organization of nhs, no reduction in front line police officers and no got to tax credits for low-income families. why does the prime minister find it so hard to keep his promises to the british public? >> we promise to increase penny on the nhs. we are boosting spending on nhs. we promised a cancer drug fund and 10,000 people have extra drugs to that fund. we promise we would have doctors growing faster than the number of bureaucrats, and since the election the number of doctors is up by 4000, the number of

bureaucrats is down by 5000. that's what coalition policy is doing for our health service. >> stewart jacks in. >> the prime minister close the loophole for multinational companies allow -- [inaudible] >> i think on this when my honorable friend is being unfair. we do have a tough migrant cap for migrant workers. business said on important it was to have company transfers, but only a relatively high salary level. that is will we put in place and i think that demonstrate overtime will be able to control immigration but do so in way that doesn't damage business. >> thank you, mr. speaker. we now know the government was made aware of fraud allegations before the prime minister appointed that company's

chairman and his families are. as the prime is or is in danger of acquiring a reputation to al judge personal appointments, will he tell the house what indy pendant checks he believes should be carried out before those appointments are made and whether any such checks are good at and respect of emma harrison? >> let me be clear. i was not aware of any allegations of irregularities when emma harrison became an adviser to the government on troubled family. at the time she was appointed there were no formal investigations into that. it was just the companies own probe into a regular does. i do think this issue needs to be properly dealt with. i'm concerned that subsequent to emma harrison's appointment, information needed to be passed at the line were rapidly to ministers. i have asked the cabinet secretary to review the guidelines for this across government and into this particular case, but i have to say we talked about the horse having bolted he might perhaps want to put it to his question

that emma harrison was given a cbe by the last government, and, of course, all of the allegations that are being made are all entered contracts that his government handed out. a little more transfers or where that might be a good thing. >> will the prime minister join me paying tribute to the courage of institutional -- who was injured showing the world the horse of the syrian regime? >> i certainly join the honorable lady. it is very important, the role that the media to him being an incredibly difficult places like in syria to bring the truth and to bring the news to the world. that's what paul conroy was doing and that's what mary bethune when she tragically lost her life. ip triggered to him and also she says above all pretreated to the very brave people who help to

get him out of syria, many of them who paid and other high price. i can tell the house that paul conroy is now safe. he has been in embassy in the route, and lebanon. he has been properly looked after and i am sure soon he will come. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last october the chance to announce the policy called credit easing. and the prime minister tell us how many businesses have been helped? >> the chancellor said at the time of the statement the policy would be in place at the time for the budget and that's exactly what's going to happen. [laughter] >> order. order. >> thank you, mr. speaker high streets across the country including those in my constituency are facing tough trading conditions, including the prospect of a 5.6% increase. can the prime minister outlined

what the government are doing to support traders to enable them to grow their businesses and to create jobs? >> i think the honorable gentleman is right to raise this issue. there are real concerns about the hobbling out of some of our high streets and a number of empty properties. what we've done is double small business rate release scheme that is helping us made 330,000 small firms. we are removing legal red tape to claim that relief which something labour refused to do. but also working with -- with the whole plan for how we can try to help reinvigorate our high streets which is absolutely vital for towns and cities across the country. >> the prime minister may have seen headlines in the newspapers today that the happiest people live in northern ireland. [shouting] [laughter]

given as the labour party of government the last five years in northern ireland we, of course, are not surprised by that. one thing that overshadows that happiness of course is the high-end escalating price of petrol and diesel which is the highest not only in the united kingdom by the highest in the european union. can the prime minister bring happiness to all parts of the united kingdom by agreeing to do away with the august fuel tax rise increase and reduce fuel alliances? >> i'm delighted to hear the people of northern ireland are the happiest in the united kingdom. i have to say to the audible junk that there represented in this house don't always give that impression. [laughter] maybe i have been missing something. because we recognize that families and businesses are continuing to feel the pressure from very high prices, we cannot fuel duty and grabbed the stabilize. that is the average pump prices are six been slower than the

women under the previous government's plans, but clearly we are being impacted here as well by higher oil prices. >> this week the government took action on unacceptable tax avoidance. does the prime minister agree with me that the principles are paying a fair share for tax to banks and former mayors of one? >> i think he makes an important point, whether it is barclays bank or 10 livingston people should pay the proper amount of tax and i hope hmrc will look carefully at all these sorts of cases. frankly, for londoners many of them live in labour control areas with high labour taxes will be pretty ankle about what they have seen. they will properly conclude that red ken has been caught red-handed. >> the iss has reported the government's tax and benefits changes with the families with children five times higher than those without children. is this what the prime is a

means by the most family-friendly government ever? is it fair or is it just another broken promise of? >> what this government has done is increased tax credits for the least well-paid, to lift people out of tax, to introduce free nursery care for two, three and four year olds and expanded all those family. all those things have made a difference. incidentally, she didn't mention of course she herself is sponsored by the unite union. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> order, order. order. let's hear him. >> mr. speaker, they are broke over with work experience. has my right honorable friend had any businesses and/or organizations come for to support this violate important and publicly popular initiative that will help young people get

the skills they need to get into work of? >> i think my honorable friend is entirely right. the whole country wants to see more young people given the opportunity that work experience provides. the good news is since this has been going on in the pages of our newspapers we've had expressions of interest from 200 small and medium-sized employers who want to get involved in this program. and i think it is time for businesses in britain, and for everyone in britain to want to see people have work experience stand up against those who are against the right to work campaign. >> happily, mr. speaker -- [laughter] eyed and able to welcome the prime minister's commitment to the reform of the european convention on human rights and the european court on human rights. will the prime minister --

[inaudible] whenever the declaration is published and will he ensure that once again the principle of subsidy is respected and the british courts have a proper say in what goes on in this country? >> i do want to see the principles get a fair hearing at strassburg. that was contained in the speech i made at the council of europe about the reform of the court so that it doesn't become a court of the fourth instance where someone has or been in front of a local court, court of appeal, supreme court in own country and then here. so we do have repose -- proposals for reform. 30 what is debated in his house without the backbench mini that has an enormous number of days in his house and press they will give overtime not enough i hear, they got more than enough in my view, and they can make a day for that debate. >> to robert smith. >> thank you, does the prime is to agree that one of the best

ways to deliver on our commitment to the fairness agenda is to go ahead as quickly as possible in implementing the coalition agreement to raise the tax threshold of 10,000 pounds of? >> whether coalition agreement committed to is pieces in that threshold. we have achieved that in budgets over the last two years. in spite of the difficult conditions we faced in the economy. i do think it's a good idea to lift people out of tax, it particularly helps low-paid people and particularly helps low-paid women. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the ministry of defense -- said and i quote, they will not consider employment, and social and economic in procurement. [inaudible] >> i do stand up for world-class british industry, and as i said when i travel the globe i'm very

happy to have british aerospace, royals royce, on an airplane with me promoting great british comedy. it's a pity wedges i get attacked by the labour party. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is the prime minister aware of the tragic death of my constituent? her husband believes his wife's death is just one example of systemic management fail listen in hospitals. will the prime minister a sure the doctor of all my constituents that recent work to improve the management will continue and that this trust will be turned around? >> i can certainly get my honorable friend that assurance come but first of all untrue the whole house will want to send their deepest condolences to the husband and family of the audibles dash the audible members and stitcher. i know we met local mps to keep it updated. clearly patients have the right to expect far better standards of care. kn