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>> let's thank roberto for coming today. we want to thank the audience. as well as those listening in. now this meeting of the commonwealth of california is adjourned. [applause] >> thank you. >> and now live to london for british msha's question time. each week the house of commons is in session we bring you prime minister david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings here on c-span2. here . we invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. prior to question the members are finishing up other business. and now live to the floor of the british house of commons. commons. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker.

mr. speaker, was remembered today next week i'm sure the whole house will join me in remembering all those who sacrificed their lives defending our country and the freedoms that we hold dear. this time of year once again reminds us of the incredible jobs that our armed forces due to ensure our safety and security. with combat troops coming home from afghanistan we will all want to pay particular tribute to the 453 soldiers who lost their lives, and all those who were injured during this long camping. their sacrifice will never be forgotten. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> have a first associate myself with the comments prime minister made as we approach remembrance weekend? we remember the contributions so we have made from all parts of the uk and our armed forces. two weeks ago the prime minister said that --

[inaudible] the overnight use of the failed to purchase northern -- does he believe it is in the public and national interest for the enforcement strategic -- to be sold? >> first of all let me agree with the honorable gentleman that its discipline was as happened and we will continue to work with the company concern and try to find employment opportunities for all those who work there. in terms of the stupid, it was her 90 people, it is an integral part. we took support in the budget to support heavy industry and we're working with them and with the scottish government. they say they're taking this on as a going concern. they started their due diligence. i think the right thing to do is work with them to try to make sure that the plans are to maintain bad company. what we need over all is a situation in this country when we continue to see the steel

industry grow as it has been growing under this government. >> on behalf of my constituents, and i offer my sympathy to the families of those killed and to those injured in the tragic factory fire in stafford last week and also praise the wonderful response of emergency services. uk exports to countries outside the european union have got up a remarkable 22% in the last three years, including transformers, generators and financial services i.t. systems from my own constituency. could the prime minister look at -- uk exports finance and whether this could be increased, particularly for medium enterprises the? >> first of all let me join my honorable friend and offered condolences to the families of those killed in what happened in stafford and we must get to the bottom of exactly how that fire started. in terms of supporting exporting companies this is an important

part of our long-term economic plan which is to make sure we get more small and medium-sized companies exporting. what we've done as he will know is that we've increased the budget of uk exports finance, maybe they will export contracts worth over 1 billion pounds and we will continue to work with us companies including through the great campaign which is opening up new markets for british products to make sure moreover, companies choose to export. >> ed miliband. >> [shouting] >> try to let me join the prime minister recognizing the words of remembrance sunday. this year has particular significance, the year our withdrawal from a distant and, of course, 100 years since the start of the first world war. this is a moment to remember all those who lost their lives in war and anyone who serve our country. that is why we will all be wearing our poppies with particular pride this year. thank you, mrhe's got to get 27o

agree with them. how many has he got so far? >> what we have is, we want to sort out in your, we want to sort out safeguards for the single market. we want to get out of ever closer union. we won't reform of immigration. but here's the difference. we have a plan. he has no plan. [shouting] >> and we have a plan which will be put to the british people in an in-out referendum. perhaps he can tell us when he gets to his feet why is he frightened of the british public? [shouting] >> mr. speaker, my position on the referendum is exactly the same as his was before he lost control of his party. [shouting] now i think we can take it from the answer to that question that is edge is none, he has no allies. he says his admiration for angela merkel is enormous. after the last couple of days we

can see the feeling is mutual, mr. speaker. if it's going so swimmingly, why do you think chancellor merkel has already rejected his proposal? >> on that is completely wrong as well. she herself this is our problems in terms of free movement that needs to be dealt with but he talks about support for european referendum. perhaps you would like to address this. the former chancellor of the exchequer who has decided to leave the house of commons, yes, about the only person on the labour bench who at any economic credibility has said that the european referendum is inevitable. he says on the quote it's a boiled that has to be lanced. if it's inevitable, why is the right audible children so frightened of the british public? >> mr. speaker, we know -- it's his divided party, mr. speaker. you should listen to what his own mps are saying. the honorable member, the one who hasn't effected yet, he says

vague promises will not work. they know his renegotiation is going nowhere. now two years ago, trying to the prime minister giving in to get to "the daily telegraph" and this is what it said and i quote, mr. cameron will not count on leaving the eu and says he would never campaign for an out vote in eu referendum. is that still his position to? >> i think britain is better off in reform european union. but the point is this. i have a plan for renegotiating our referendum and holding a referendum. he has got absolutely no plan whatsoever. he talks about, mr. speaker, he talks about the views of backbenchers. i've got the new view of one of his front benchers. this is the shadow deputy leader oof the house, and they are goig to put on the front bench who said this, and i'm sure the house will be interested. the labour party right now is in

the dreadful position. [shouting] he's been -- the honorable member, he's been silent for too long. he goes on turkey goes on, we've got to be honest about ourselves. we have very low esteem with the electorate. the electorate looks at us and is going to what our policies are. he says, he concludes, we are -- that's not the view of the common. it's not the view of the backbenchers but it's a biggie of the front benchers but it's official. it's a dead parrot. [shouting] >> let's talk about his party. defection from rebellions, that's before -- [shouting] and everyone will have heard, everyone will avert -- >> the leader of the opposite must be heard, however long it will take. that will happen. people making those should calm themselves. ed miliband.

>> andy bean edge of this fundamental question that matters to business and families. he used to say he would never be for leaving european union. that was his position two years ago. all i'm asking him, i want to say in your opinion. he can't even answer the question. that was his position been. i will just ask him to repeat the same words as he is then that he would never campaign to leave the european union. yes or no? >> what is -- i want britain to stay and reformed european union. but we need the reform. we have a plan. he has no plan. we set it's time to get out. what did they say? nothing. we say you've got to safeguard the single market. what did they say? nothing. we say the got reform immigration but what do they say? nothing. absolutely feeble. that's why, that's why, mr. speaker, he faces a crisis in his leadership because he's got

nothing to say about the deficit, nothing to say about the economy, nothing to say about welfare and nothing to say about europe. and the whole country can see they have a nothing leader in the opposition. [shouting] >> i do have to say there's no point giving us the speech. elastomer tried that he lost 26 votes to to me. that's his leadership. everyone will avert his weasel words. he won't be straight with the backbenchers and he won't be straight with the british people. he had a referendum and his position was crystal clear. he was for no. at a referendum on scotland and his position was crystal clear, no. he wants a referendum on the eu. know it's, no putts. dc-4 in or is he for out a? >> he's asking me about a referendum that he will support. the labour party is so chicken when it comes to trusting the british people. to completely unbelievable

position. we say renegotiate come hold a referendum. the british people make their choice. he won't even support a referendum. now, he also says we should listen to backbenchers. maybe you should try listening to the honorable member for dudley north who on immigration said this. on immigration said this conflict be honest about it. if you make a mistake you should say sorry. so let me ask them again. why won't you have a referendum, and we'll apologize for the mess on immigration? >> mr. speaker, british business will be holding their heads in the hands about prime minister who cannot say he wants to stay in the european union. is renegotiates is going nowhere. he is caught between his backbenchers want to lead our national interest the demands we stay. that's what on europe he dare say yesterday just say no. he is a don't know prime minister. [shouting] >> i'm afraid, mr. speaker, this is what happens if you write

your question before you listen to the answer. i couldn't be more clear. i want britain tuesday and reformed european union. and unlike the party opposite we have a plan to get that reform and hold the referendum. but mr. speaker, this comes at the end of the week when the last labour chancellor has said the tories all right over a referendum. it comes at the end of the week when the shadow deputy leader of the house has said labour isn't a dreadful position. and it comes at the end of the week when even john prescott has said they've got a problem that the cake unique in english. that is the case. [laughter] that's it. when you get a lecture from john prescott on english-language you are really in trouble. everyone can see. a leader in crisis, a party with nowhere to go. [shouting] >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker.

me i ask the prime minister a sensible question. [laughter] does he welcome the fact that the first time ever all those authorities and businesses in somerset have reached agreement on the improvements necessary to upgrade our transport infrastructure? will my honorable friend agree to meet with a small delegation from the financial so we can discuss this proposal and for him to help us put in place a long-term connectivity plan? >> i'm very happy to have that meeting with my right on working and i think he's right about the need to upgrade a transport to the southwest. that's why we been carrying out the rail study but even before that we spent over 31 million pounds on important rail improvements and a number of road improvements. our roads program includes major and important work for the southwest but happy to hold that meeting.

>> today's house select committee report on mental health services for children and young people describe how budgets have been frozen or cut, services are being closed and young people are being sent hundreds of miles away from their families or kept in police cells because there are no beds this is what the prime minister means speak with what else is this whole series of steps we have taken and difficult economic circumstances of which the first is parity is teen in nhs constitution. we are seeing a big expansion of talking therapies that were not a double under the last government. we've introduced for the first time a waiting time standard for young people with psychosis, and whittington stared at ever existed under the previous labour government and for the first time we have a minister with a dedicated responsibly her child and adolescent mental health services. now, of course, there's much more that needs to be done. the debate on a mental health services are very great but these are steps not previously taken by previous governments

and it's because we put the money in an because we made important reforms to get rid of bureaucracy. but all of these things only possible if you have a strong economy backing a strong nhs. >> mr. speaker, on saturday the fountains of trafalgar square were lit purple to raise awareness for cancer. can ask the prime minister to look very carefully a report produced last week with the support of cancer uk calling for more research into the dreadful disease before it becomes britain's fourth biggest killer in terms of cancer of? >> well, i pay tribute to my audible turn and the group for the work it does and and now close this issue is to his heart and how much he feels this personally. the difficult situation here is that the one your survivor and

for those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is run 20% and the five year survival rate is only 5%. so it is not good enough. what we're doing is spending more money on research, investing record 800 million pounds over five years in a series of research centers including the liverpool pancreatic research and. what we need is the research to go in and for these new treatments to be properly tested so we can improve the cancers survival rate here as well for other cancers. >> thank you, mr. speaker. four weeks ago a 150 your industry and my district lost nine of jobs committed public of 32000 jobs in the united kingdom. will the prime minister to agree to meet with me and industry leaders to see if we can find a strategy and a way of keeping some of those jobs in northern ireland? >> i'm happy to discuss this

with the honorable gentleman, perhaps on a forthcoming visit to northern ireland we might double to meet and discuss these issues. i think the issue the first is also the plain paper packaging issue by do want us to see us make progress but i think are important health benefits you but happy to discuss the issue with him. >> mr. speaker, my right honorable friend may be aware that my constituent granddaughter died of a dreadful disease meningitis b. 30 babies diagnosed a year, much more worrying, 300 babies are severely maimed. indeed, the babies in bristol at the moment is facing amputation. there is a license unsafe vaccine available. the issue is caused. will my right honorable friend please into being to see what can be done to resolve the? >> i'm very grateful with my honorable friend for bringing this up. i am keen to help if i can. if we were able to introduce a vaccine i think would be the first country in the world to bring any vaccine nationally but as he says the our issues and

that's what following advice from the joint committee on vaccination and demonization were having discussion with the producer of this vaccine to see if we can find a cost-effective way of doing this. but the case that he praises the many other heartbreaking cases show how desirable it is to make progress on this issue. >> people in devon face been denied operations if they are overweight or smokers as well as a loss of all fertility treatment, cataract operations restricted to just one icon and the closure of the walk and senate because of the unprecedented financial crisis facing my local nhs. does he still think is massive and costly reorganization has been a success? >> what we did it by reducing the bureaucracy in the nhs is save 5 billion pounds in this parliament, and that is why nationally there are over 8000 more doctors and two and a thousand more nurses. we've only been able to do that because there are 20,000 fewer

administrators in the nhs. those are the figures. you may shake his head. in terms of his local clinical commissioning group it is getting an 18 million-pound cash increase in the next year and it will also get an additional 19 million pounds through the better care fund. so locally there should be improvements in services rather than the picture he paints. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm concerned the criteria for exams of religious studies have yet to be published by the department of education to the whole book is in number 10. can be prime minister confirm this is not the case and that they will be public very soon? >> i will look carefully at the issue that he raises. it is important to get this issue of how religious education is carried out right. if there is a blockage in my office i will make sure that i -- i may, i will make sure i go