Skip to main content

tv   Key Capitol Hill Hearings  CSPAN  November 25, 2015 11:15pm-12:01am EST

11:15 pm
mean the problem. and they think maybe there places where people have taken over were springfield no one believes is the place we can support people taking over how many hundreds of empty homes of people who need homes? that is the perfect place to do it ourselves and not to wait for the mayor of springfield and that would be an excellent action to be involved. the other thing the comments about building a movement. i don't know if we ever get everybody right away. think of vietnam and how long it took before it became a mass movement so
11:16 pm
that is just one example but i don't like to use the word education because it as a pejorative connotation and that when people know what is happening to our commonwealth and to the place that we love them if they are not awakened to it than to then you need to do something because i cannot imagine anyone anyone out here that has learned what that pipeline will do that is not up in arms and wanting to do something to stop it. >> i also thought to warm my
11:17 pm
heart if there were a student loan tuition and uprising that has happened in other countries and as the father of the daughter who is paying off her college loan 15 years later and hers is not as much as so many others, but did deal to mitt success. doesn't succeed in a multi pronged strategy but i agree
11:18 pm
the direct part is that we take some action in their cells. how we struggle with that question we as individuals those of her closest to us if we don't know people other than us who are different from us if we don't have connections of some kind of sympathy or affection or community operating in isolation to be
11:19 pm
in the personal contact to build community. >> those student loans. if somebody would pay those job that would be great. with direct action black lives matter has empowered people of color to tap into mainstream media. but with that it is a movement, not a moment i didn't talk about transgendered within those issues need to be addressed and we need to consciously have these conversations it isn't just direct action but something we continuously
11:20 pm
need to work on. >> of the question of people power because it is a foreclosure issue we have a model that we use we have this word that is the people power with the direct uprising from the community coming together then we have the shield which we believe every good offense needs a defense so retry to develop laws to push for more to protect homeowners and then have direct action to follow through to build up those protections for the people.
11:21 pm
11:22 pm
>> refile the case the government has a certain amount of time to respond then i got a call to say we're thinking what to do we need time to decide. to be honest guy did not believe her progress thought she was stalling for time.
11:23 pm
i don't get to be a plaintiff that much and he had serious health issues and i was worried and i wanted to make sure when the case was over that only was she still alive but healthy enough to enjoy yet so that was weighing on me and i said forget it. no extensions. s coincide once and for all. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> for questions to the prime minister.
11:24 pm
>> they q. mr. speaker before i start of a bite to say something.rom as prime minister the people go for team he worked for. today we are leaving the seat where he use today sit empty as a mark of respect to him. we think of his wife zoey and his family. it is a bit like a family, we feel like we lost someone between a father and a brother to all of us and whatever
11:25 pm
happens we will never forget him. [shouting] >> mr. speaker i had meetings with others and in addition to duties i shall have meetings. >> the prime minister's sentiments of chris martin and they will be conveyed to the family at this time. the children's mental health, lack of secure is a root cause of many problems by the children. prime minister is a champion of family life, will pass the family test by providing security to family relationships and opportunities to vulnerable children. >> well, i thank my honorable friend for her remarks.
11:26 pm
she's absolutely rights that family are the best welfare state that we have. they bring up our children, they teach us the right values and care for us when we are sick and well. we want to help families and the chance we have time to boost living wage and reduce tax for working people, and as i said before, all policies should pass the test for helping british families. >> thank you, mr. speaker, on behalf of the opposition i would like to express my condole -- condolences. i'm glad he was able to visit him at the time. also on behalf of many member that is worked with chris martin appreciate very much the professional work he did in the highest and best traditions of the civil service in this country and if our condolences
11:27 pm
can be passed on, that would be very helpful. with the paris climate talks just days away will the prime minister join me in commending the council? >> well, i certainly commend all councils in want to go protogreen energy and we've made the fees in tariffs to help with solar power and also wind power. we will be taking part of the paris climate talks because it's absolutely vital to get the deal . we saw something in installation of renewable electricity. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the commitment of those labor
11:28 pm
counsels is a bit of a contrast to the prime minister's performance but used to tell us that his was the greenest government ever, does he remember those days? does he agree with the energy sector that england is to mistarget of getting 50% of renewables by 2020. >> fist of all, i believe that the last federal government does rightly claim that record, the world's first green investment. contributing to deal that means we go to the climate change in paris and the ability to say to other countries that they should step up to the plait. also in the last parliament we spent records sum helping developing countries to go green and in the next five years we are going to be spending $9 billion on helping other
11:29 pm
countries, which should be crucial in building the paris deal next week. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the problem with the prime minister answer is that the gap between 2020 targets is the biggest in the european union. and some of his decisions he's made recently such as cutting support for solar panels and home in industrial projects, scrapping the green deal, putting new tax on renewable, increasing diesel generators, any wonder that the chief scientists in the environment program has criticized britain . . . .kw energy? >> it makes the point of solar panels. when the cost of manufacturing solar panels, it's right to
11:30 pm
reduce subsidy. something i seem the labour party making. i think you can see the right balance between affordable energy and making sure we meet our green target. that's what we are committed to. in addition to that, building the first nuclear station for decades in our country, something that the labour party talked a lot about in government but weren't putting into action when government. [shouting] >> in the past few weeks a thousand jobs ha beenostn >> mr. speaker in the past few weeks, a thousand jobs at the most insular companies in britain in the last 12 months and i got a question from apprentice of the community energy project. cutting fees and terrace means you are stopping solar projects. they need our help for the the
11:31 pm
environment to the environment it is just as the premise of this wide you want to throw all of this away? >> we are doubling investment in renewable energy in this parliament and i think i'm right in saying the last parliament over 1 million homes were fitted with solar panels. right there we go on supporting an industry that we should do it recognizing that the cost of manufacturing has plummeted so therefore the subsidy should be what's necessary to deliver solar power not what's necessary to pump up the bills of hard-working families. >> that's not much help to those that are losing their jobs in the solar industry at the present time however i would ask the departments or something else. today's international day for violence against women. an average -- are killed by a former partner and counts for a
11:32 pm
quarter of all violent crime spree can the prime minister please explain why one third of those who were for two women's refugees in england are now being turned away? >> we have to put more money into refugees and the chancellor will have something to say about funding women's charities and his awesome statement today. but the fact is when it comes to rape crisis centers that we have protected all domestic violence centers that have defined this government has a good record on helping women and making sure that the crime of domestic violence is properly investigated by the police and prosecuted in our court. >> thank you mr. speaker. the marshal who was chief executive of domestic violence put this very well when she said if you are woman who has experienced some form of violence i believe you have the right to the very best service and the community owes you an
11:33 pm
opportunity to recover. 2012 this government on the prime minister's government signed the convention on combating violence against women and domestic violence. this would make support services -- dorian would stop the closure of -- would the premise to please tell us when he would rectify the assembled convention? >> he will hear the manaway are going to be putting more money into women's charities including charities that fight domestic violence, that fight rape and then make sure we cut out these appalling crimes in our country. in addition to that we have also done more than any previous government to help in terms of preventing forced marriage and preventing the horrors of mgm and it happened in north africa. they have in our country too. i don't think anyone has a stronger record on that strategy.
11:34 pm
>> thank you mr. speaker. i'm desperate to -- they're desperate to own their own homes. they recognized a mortgage payment will be significantly lower than a rental payments. sometimes by up to 60% lower. this my right honorable friend share that view with my constituents seeing affordable housing -- many people in this country. >> i say clearly there are lots of individual interventions we can make to basically put buying homes in the reach of many more people by reducing the deposits they need. we can help people to save which we do with our help so we are contributing every time people make his savings. the biggest contribution we can make is by building more houses
11:35 pm
which we are going to be doing during this parliament and crucially by maintaining a small secured a stable economy with low-interest rates of people can afford to take out a mortgage. >> matt began by associating the scottish right with my condolences. the dangers of unintended consequences escalation in syria are clear for everybody. all observers agree that an air campaign alone will not make the ultimate defeat of da'ish on the ground and ground forces will be needed. how many troops and for which country does the prime minister have a plan for ceria? >> first of all i think the right arm of gentleman for his remarks about chris who helped all parties in the house when they had inquiries. let me deal directly with the syria issue because i think this
11:36 pm
is so crucial. i'm not for one minute arguing action from the air alone can't solve the very serious problem we have with isil. clearly we need a political settlement in syria and the government in syria that can act comprehensively with us against isil. the question for the house which we need to address tomorrow and in the days to come it should be wait for that, can we afford to wait for that political settlement before we act? my view is now we can't wait for that political settlement. we must work as hard as we can forbid we should be working with allies keeping our own people in our own country safe. they are specifically about ground troops. their fact is there are troops in syria to free syrian army and the kurdish forces that would work with us to help eliminate isil. but of course the full range of ground troops will only be available when there is a political settlement in syria but the question is simple can we afford to wait for that
11:37 pm
political settlement before taking action to keep us safe here at home and my answer to that is now we cannot afford to wait. >> mr. speaker the united kingdom spent 13 times more bombing libya than investing in its reconstruction after the overthrow of the gadhafi regime. reconstructing syria will be essential to secure stability and allow refugees to return. how much does the prime minister estimate this will cost and how much is he allocated from the u.k.? >> we have our largest development budgets anywhere in the world and the support we have given to the syrian refugees which stands at 1.2 billion pounds demonstrating clearly part of our plan which i will set out tomorrow in a statement in this house will be to help fund the reconstruction and rebuilding the syria alongside the political deal that we believe is necessary. i would far rather frankly spend the money reconstructing syria than in supporting people kept away from their homes, kept away from their country who won't
11:38 pm
return. >> thank you mr. speaker. my right honorable friend is aware of the great concern surrounding the conviction of this former commission officer who shot an insurgent in afghanistan in 2011. if there is indeed new evidence that many feel there has been a disparage of justice with my right honorable friend agree with me that is right that this matter should be looked into again the? >> why would say directly to my honorable friend is this is exactly what the criminal case review commission access to look at where there is or may have been a miscarriage of justice. as you know we gave the internal report to the naval services to legal adviser said there is proper to disclosure in this case and his legal team said they are looking at the option applying to the criminal cases review commission. let me say while we are on this
11:39 pm
point we have a worldwide reputation as one of the world league fighting forces. they have made an incredible contribution to our country and we should pay tribute to them. >> thank you mr. speaker. government handling of sexual abuse. [inaudible] they accept him permanently degraded -- without ever reading them. . [inaudible] >> can the prime minister please tell the house what is the independent investigation has taken place to establish the cause of the data loss and to establish -- [shouting] >> well, first of all, i'm sure the whole house will welcome the fact that the inqry is u i'm sure the whole house will welcome the fact that our
11:40 pm
inquiry is up and running in the best way to get justice to the victims is to make sure we have a full independent inquiry that we have spoken about. as for the specific issues that she raises that is a matter for the inquiry but further detail i will certainly write to her. the inquiry is now up and running. >> thank you mr. speaker. 3000 jobs in newark were lost under labour. this month we celebrate the creation of the 10,000 new jobs. mr. prime minister do agree that once again you lead the way to a strong economy higher wages and lower welfare? >> delighted to hear and it's worth remembering that these 10,000 figures there are 10,000 people each with a job at the
11:41 pm
livelihood with a job to support their families. i well remember visiting my honorable friend's constituency. i do recognize know how it bans the of over 800 jobs. i'm sure others will follow. >> has the prime minister ever heard -- allen cartwright. >> these were teenagers who were stabbed to death last year. berger just two days ago. given the growing culture of drugs, gangs, and my roe and many girls like it does the prime minister really think that it's in the interests of my constituents and for their safety and security to cuts metropolitan police? >> every life lost in the way that she talks about is of
11:42 pm
course a tragedy and many of these lives have been lost because of drugs and because it games -- gangs and migraine. night time crime has been lowered but there are too many people carrying a knife in not recognizing that is not only against the law but is it danger to themselves as well as to others. we'll continue with our approach a nighttime at the work we are doing and their work to try to deal with the problems of drugs. when it comes to policing will we have seen in london is we have increased everett police and metropolitan police have done a good job of putting police on our streets. >> thank you mr. speaker. after many years of neglect under labour we are seeing investments in our roads, our roadways. it has become a center for the
11:43 pm
u.k. industry. indeed the location of the uk's police force. could the prime minister provide an update for the decision and does he agree with me that it would be the perfect place for the? >> we have such drawn voices speaking up and making sure the resources and the help that it needs paid him a strong supporter of the airport not just as a user but in providing opportunity for businesses. we want to become the european hub for spaceflight which would help protect further investment to the u.k. and create jobs. there are a number of other airports in the running so i wish them all well and i can tell them we are aiming to launch the selection process next year. >> i did agree with the prime minister last year when he said
11:44 pm
the change the laws to include mothers. i've heard nothing sense and i wondered that the prime minister agreed with me that with the fast approaching birth of my daughter i would like to be -- equally in her life and will the prime minister take this important symbolic step to ensure that mothers are not written out of history? >> this is america where the honorable lady and i agree and my understanding is the proposals for legislation have gone to the relevant committee and government and she has made an articulate case for why that bill should be included in the next session. >> thank you mr. speaker. will the prime minister join with me and in commending the french government for facing down terror continuing with the climate summit in paris next week and will acknowledge the important role of legislature such as the world summit on the
11:45 pm
fourth and fifth of december and is he agree with me that his personal presence in paris sent a message out to the world about our continuing commitment to a lasting climate deal? >> i'm grateful for what my honorable friend said and the start of this vital conference and with the european union will be doing tube put out this deal. it's a generous offer made by any country anywhere in the world. the good news about the press conference is we are going to see china and america as signatures to a deal and that means much more of the world's emissions will be covered by this deal. we must make sure it's a good deal with proper review classes and way of tightening any deal to make sure we keep the two degrees. no one should be in any doubt britain is playing a leading role.
11:46 pm
>> mr. speaker there will never be a future where we don't need steel but the government is spending millions of pounds to cut the tape for the loss of u.k. steelmaking. can i ask the prime minister people sent a clear signal to date to those potential investors in our u.k. steel industry that he will do whatever it takes to back sustainable steel into the future? we want to see more in the u.k. and across the world. >> i completely agree with the honorable lady. that's why we are taking action on procurement and when you look at what we have done to our roommate and what we can do for rail track and other organizations we are also going to be exempting heavy energy users like british steel from the higher electricity charges. it does go i would say to the right honorable lady to the questions asked by -- if we push
11:47 pm
a bill for everybody else to cost even more to exempt the high energy users and that's why you need a balance program. everything we can do to help reduce deal including a very clear infrastructure plan that you'll be hearing a bit more about in a minute is all for the good. >> thank you very much mr. speaker. in 2010 unemployment was 5% working population. it is dropped 1.6%. does my wife -- right honorable friend agree with me that the people that are unemployed -- we need to offer more opportunities and training. does my right honorable friend agree with that and what more can a government offer? >> our vision is that all young people should have a real choice of either being able to take on an apprenticeship and we are
11:48 pm
planning for 3 million in this parliament or be able to go to one of our universities. we don't want anybody left on on line. everyone should have that choice. he is right that unemployment has fallen around the country. we will hear from the cancer in a minute about what happened last five years but the fact is that britain over this five years has grown more than any other g7 country in terms of our economic performance and we can look back and see the decisions made in 2010, 2011 and 2012 laid the platform says the thing -- for sustained economic growth and jobs. >> mr. speaker education is facing a crisis and we remain at the autumn of the table. the children cannot be failed any longer so will the prime minister support my call for a challenge based on the highly successful challenge and will he stop the dangers changes to the
11:49 pm
school's formula that will drive the children further into inequality and neglect? >> we make commitments about funding our schools and funding school places and we will be keeping all of those commitments. the revenue that we provide to schools goes per-pupil but also spending much more on school places in this parliament and in the parliament that proceeded me becoming prime minister. we are also helping with building new academy chains and free schools and their available available for his constituency as brothers. >> does my right honorable friend of prime minister believed the turmoil and northern iraq and syria gives opportunity to resolve long-standing international disputes not only with russia and does he agree with me that the attack on the russian -- was
11:50 pm
disproportionately -- [inaudible] >> with that would say to my noble friend as i think there are opportunities for sensible discussions with russia about the agenda in syria which is about a political transition for a government that represents all the people of syria. i had that conversation with president putin last week. you mentioned the issue about the downed russian jet. the facts on on this are not yet clear but i think we should respect turkey's right to protect its airbase just as we defend our own but it's important to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> thank you very much mr. speaker. the prime minister very often tells us the first duty of any government is to protect the public.
11:51 pm
what can he do to ensure the public is protective? >> i think this government has a good record of protecting the public not the least because with protect with placing them at the funding situation with the place that enable them to help cutting crime by 31%. >> jake berry. >> thank you mr. speaker. a driver destroyed the lives of amy baxter and amy jones. her back is so severely injured that she is paralyzed from the waist down. he was and he was induced sentenced to a three-year driving down a fine and a three with -- with my right honorable friend issue guidance datasets and should never be removed to
11:52 pm
allow criminals to go on holiday? >> i think my honorable friend makes a powerful point and i will look at this carefully. let me express my sympathy to the victim and her family in what is undoubtedly an incredibly distressing case. i wasn't sitting in the courthouse and i didn't hear all of the points that were made to the point he makes the seem to be very powerful. a punishment as a punishment and a tag is a tag and i think he makes a strong case. >> mr. speaker increasingly representing minorities finding themselves under more pressure than ever. campaign --
11:53 pm
[inaudible] [shouting] >> what i would say to the honorable gentleman, we will s out what i would say to the honorable gentleman who sat out the arguments there is a clear and present danger to the united kingdom on isil based in iraq based in syria planning attacks against our country today. we don't live in a perfect world and we can't deliver perfect strategy but we can deliver a clear long-term strategy that will work. he talks about the lessons we have learned from the last century. one of the lessons i would say we should learn from the last century is when your country is under threat and when you face aggression against a country that cannot endlessly sit around and dream about a perfect world. >> thank you mr. speaker. but my right honorable friend join me in congratulating all that -- the matron chambers and
11:54 pm
activist richard howlett. the commitments of the midwife by the commitment -- we have promised and delivered greater investment in our chopper services and labor. >> can i say to my honorable friend she is absolutely to highlight the friends and family test. it's a simple way of measuring whether our hospitals are getting great care and i think it's been a real advance to have that for this well you with want your friends and family treated in hospital we need to provide the resources and that's exactly what we are doing with spending figures. crucially on childbirth at some
11:55 pm
often i stand here in quote the daily mirror but it is worth looking at what they are raising about the importance of the seven-day nhs and making sure we have high standards across our nhs every day of the week as well as the extra money the government is putting into the nhs, the seven-day nhs will mean a much stronger nhs. >> thank you mr. speaker. the fund that supports important local projects in my constituency including the gate a small children's playground and women's age projects which indeed an essential role in the committed to supporting the honorable people this government has left behind will the prime minister join with me in congratulating these local projects on their work and reassure the house that this government will protect the level of funding earmarked for charities and community projects? >> i can certainly tell my
11:56 pm
friend that it doesn't excellent job but i can't resist making the point that of course one of the things that the united kingdom brings is a bigger national part that can support scottish charities. following what has happened to the oil price if there was a scottish november autumn statement there would be a statement about cuts, it cuts, cuts, taxes, taxes, taxes and not from the national lottery.
11:57 pm
11:58 pm
a panel of law professors and good policy discuss how the government regulates food and the american diet. topics included nutrition labeling school lunches, food safety and gmos. from the national constitution center in philadelphia, this is an hour. >> it's my great pleasure to introduce a conversation that is set up to celebrate the opening of the great new exhibit that we just open called what's cooking uncle sam the government effect on american diet.
11:59 pm
do come and see. they're great artifacts, the letter that sinclair lewis wrote to president theodore roosevelt which gave rise to the first food and drug act in 1906 and it has recipes from president eisenhower and queen elizabeth annotates sa history for graduation. to discuss where two of america's leading experts on government and food and health. this is a superb team we have assembled on this topic. first is the great zeke a manual device probe was heard global initiatives at the university of pennsylvania and in his spare time a phenomenal chef. in d.c. recently started to pop up brunch spot called practices on the table was chef zeke that got great reviews from the "washington post" to members of the supreme court and as a result of that he is now the james beard nominating committee so this man in addition to
12:00 am
having done more than anyone else for health care reform in the united states, he's a great chef and a great friend and we are so lucky to have him. he will be joined by jacob gerson from harvard moscow producer director and founder of the food laws lab at harvard law school and he has work on a book called from court to table. this conversation will be moderated by michael gerhardt. michael is her new visiting scholar here at the national constitution center. he is a superb presidential historian. you may have seen them last year discusses great book on the forgotten president. he is one of the most thoughtful constitutional commentators in the country and i'm so thrilled to have him at my side to oversee all of this

169 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on