not only creating more energy more millions of people, it's creating lots of job, encouraging to do things like that. >> well, thank you, honorable lady for paying tribute for the important role of cdc with the genuine values with the public sector we demonstrated the ability to provide hydropower that benefits thousands of people and i would like to chang the chairman for the tribute to that project in particular. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will she reconsider her decision

to cut every single penny of spending on coexisting projects which bring israelis and palestinians together and peace process and two-state solution. >> how they will drive the right values and bring two communities together in a very constructive way in addition to our focus in spending on public such as housing and education programs within the region. >> order. questions to the prime minister? chris. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. >> this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i will have such further meetings to you. >> happy new year, mr. speaker and i would like to extend to

everyone in this house. it's been six months since european referendum. for the prime minister the scottish government is the only administration on these islands and what to do next. >> is the prime minister ready yet? when will she be publishing her own plan? >> wishing everybody in the house a very happy new year. can i say to him that as as ii said in the liaison committee i will be in a few weeks setting out more details on the proposal on the issue. i would like to remind the honorable gentleman when he talks about the scottish government's plan, it's his party, nationalist party that wants to leave the united kick come and therefore leave the european union.

>> thank you, mr. speaker. >> generate 16%, does the honorable friend agree with me that nuclear industry is a crucial in economy and she continue to support the construction of new generation to guaranty jobs in the region? >> i certainly agree with my honorable friend that nuclear does have a role in securing future in energy needs specially as we are looking to move in allow-carbon society and the industrial strategy that the government will be setting out will have strong emphasis on the role of region in supporting economic growth and ensuring that the economy works for everyone and like my honorable friend i welcome to develop nuclear power station and the department for business

continues to work closely and other developers as they bring proposals forward. >> jeremy corbin. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's nice to get such a warm welcome and i can wish all the members a happy new year as well as members and staff in the house. i hope the whole house will join me in paying tribute 22-year-old who died in noncombat instant in iraq last monday and i'm sure the whole house will join in heart felt condolencies, it's right that we send condolences to her family. last week 485 people in england spent more than 12 hours on trollies in hospital corridors,

the red cross described it as humanitarian crisis. she sent health secretary. does she agree that the best way is to fiddle the figures so people are not waiting so long on trollies in nhs hospitals? >> first of all, may i join my right honorable gentleman sharing condolences, died in a noncombat in iraq, from everything that i had read he was a very fine young man. he was delighted in being in the armed forces and we are proud that such a fine young man was in our armed forces. i also join the right honorable gentleman in expressing condolences to the families and friends of little katy who die today tragically. now, he talks about the precious on the nhs and we acknowledge that there are pressures on the

national health service, there's always extra pressures in the nhs during the winter but we have at the moment, aging population and the growing complex needs of the population. he also refers to the british red cross, humanitarian crisis, i have to say to him, that i think we've all seen humanitarian crisis around the world and to use that description of a national health service which -- which last year saw two and a half million more people treating in accident and emergency from six years ago was irresponsible and overblown. >> mr. speaker, 1.8 million people have to wait longer than four hours last year in department. the prime minister might not like what the red cross said but on the same day the british medical association said conditions in hospitals across

the country are reaching a dangerous level. the college of nurses said nhs conditions are the worst ever, real college of physicians that told the prime minister is nhs is underfunded, underdoctorred and overstretched. if she won't listen to the red cross, who she will listen to? >> i acknowledge that there are pressures on the national health service. the government has put extra funding into the national health service. the fact that we are seeing more people being treated in nhs, that's because of the government putting extra funding and the hard of medical professionals in our national health service. but i also say to me it's not just a question of targets in relation for health service and we continue to have a commitment as how the health sector is made clear to the four-hour target, it's a question of making sure

that people are provided with the appropriate care for them and the best possible care for them in their circumstances. >> jeremy corbin. >> mr. speaker, she seems to be in some degree of denial about this and won't listen to professional organizations who spent their whole lifetime doing their best for the nhs. can i ask her if she will listen to sean that works for the nhs, she has a 22-month-old nephew, he went into the hospital. there was no bed, he was treated on two blastic chairs pushed together with a blanket and she said the nurse said it's always like this. we should strive to do better than this. does the prime minister think it's the acceptable way of treating a 22-month-old child needing help?

>> what matters is we don't want those things to happen, what matters is how you deal with them. that's why it's so important that the nhs does look into issues whether they are unacceptable instances taking place. he talks about the hard working healthcare professionals like sean in the national health service and we should be grateful for those working in the nhs, over the christmas period in the tuesday after christmas, we saw the busiest day ever in the national health service and over the few weeks around christmas, we saw the day when more people, more people were treated in accident emergency within four hours than had ever happened before. this is a reality of our

national health service. >> corbin. >> mr. speaker we all stank nhs staff and we all praise nhs staff, but her government is propose to go sustainability and transformation to cut one-third of the beds in all of our hospitals in the very near future and on monday she spoke about hedge -- mental health and help people with those conditions and i welcome that except that last night the bbc reveals over five years, 89% increase in young people with mental health issues having to go to a&e departments. doesn't she agree with that the 1.25 billion committed commit today child adolescent should have been refenced rather than used as resource to be rate today plug other holes in other budgets within the nhs. >> if we look at what's

happening in relation to mental health treatment, 1400 more people every day accessing mental health services. when i spoke about this issue on monday, i said that there's, of course, more for us to do, this is not a problem that's going to be resolved overnight. i have set out ways in which we are going to see improvements in the services in relation to mental health. t about the appropriate care for any individual and as i mentioned earlier, it's not just about accident and emergency, when i was on monday i spoke to service users with mental health problems who said they didn't wanting to to accident and emergency. the alternative services has made that a&e locally has seen numbers stabilizing rather than going up. it's about the appropriate care for the individuals. we want the exact good practice spread across the whole country. >> jeremy corbin. >> mr. speaker nobody wants people with mental health

conditions to go to a&e. they don't want them to go there. under this government, 6,000 fewer nurses working in mental health, 400 fewer doctors working in mental health. it's obvious they are going to go some where in a desperate situation. much of that is caused by cuts to social care. it is pushing more people into our hospitals and trapping there for longer. so will the prime minister do what friend called for and bring forward the extra 700 million allocated now into social care so we don't have this problem of people staying too long in hospital when they should be cared for by a social care system? >> like honorable gentleman asked me questions before

christmas. [shouting] >> he may find it difficult to believe that somebody will say the same thing a few weeks ago, but -- we have put extra money in social care and ensured best practice and spread across the country because he talks about delayed discharges and local authorities working with the health service locally where virtually no delayed discharges. 50%, half of the delayed discharges are only 24 local authority areas. what does that tell us, it's not just about funding but it's about best practices. as the right honorable gentleman talks about funding, we can only fund social care and only fund nhs if we have a strong economy.

>> mr. speaker, i'm sorry to bring prime minister back to the subject of social care before christmas, the reason i did so and i will continue to do so is she hasn't addressed the problem. the government is cut 4.6 billion from social care budget, the fund says there's a social care funding gap of 2 billion pounds almost this year, earlier this week the prime minister said she we wanted to create a shared society. well, we certainly got that. more people sharing hospital corridors. more people sharing waiting areas at a&e departments. more people sharing in anxiety-created by this government. our nhs is in crisis but the prime minister is in denial. cancel the corporate tax cuts,

send the money where it's needed on people in desperate need in social care or in our hospitals. >> the right honorable gentleman talks about crisis, i suggest he listens to the honorable members, former labor health minister who said the following, with labor it's always about crisis. the nhs is on its knee. we have to be a bit more grown-up about it. he talks to me about corporation tax and restoring the cuts in corporation tax. the labor party has already spent the money eight times. the last thing nhs needs is a check from labor that bounces. the only way we can ensure we have funding for the national health service is a strong economy, yesterday the right honorable gentleman proves that he's not only incompetent but he would destroy our economy and that would devastate our national health service.

[inaudible] >> mr. speaker, cyber bullying and pornography are part of british teenage life today so is rapid increase in mental health problems among teenagers, how is the prime minister helping to tackle the pressures that teenagers face in britain today? >> well, my right honorable friend raises a very important point. one thing i spoke about on monday actually trying to ensure that we can provide better training for teachers in school to identify early stages of mental health crisis, mental health problems for young people so those problems can be addressed. something like half of our mental health problems start before the age of 14. this is a real issue that we need to address. we are going to look at how we combine training and looking at

a number of other ways which we will be reviewing the mental health services provided for young people to ensure that we can identify what is working and needs to make sure that's good practices for the country. >> angus robertson. >> may i begin with the tribute to father george thompson who died shortly before christmas. he led a remarkable life as a teacher, as priest and s&p member, we extend sympathies to his family. mr. speaker, we all care about peace process an democratic institutions in northern ireland, so may i wish the prime minister well, political parties all the best in trying to resolve the serious political difficulties there. will the prime minister tell us what the consequences be if no agreement can be found? >> may i join the right honorable gentleman in offering condolences of the family and friends of thompson.

on the issue that she's raised about the political situation in northern northern ireland, made a statement in this house earlier this week on this issue. h spoke to the minister and performer -- former deputy minister and urging all parties to work together to find a way forward, i myself spoken about this issue so we are putting every effort into this. the legislation is it is within seven days. we don't have nomination for first minister, then the math would go to an election. >> angus robertson. >> she wants to take the views of the elected representatives

and deinvolved institutions on brexit seriously. so it stands to reason then that if there's no northern irish assembly and no northern irish executive for much of the time before article 50, she'll be unable to properly consult to fully discuss and to find agreement on the conflict issues during this time period. in these circumstances, would the prime minister postpone invoking article 50? would she postpone article 50 or will she just go on regardless? >> it's about ensuring -- he says he want to ensure that we do hear the views from all parts of the united kingdom. that's why we have established the jmc, european committee specifically to take the views,

which is also obviously meeting more frequently than previously. first of all, try to ensure within the period of seven days we can find a resolution to the political situation in northern ireland so we can continue to see assembly government continuing but i'm also clear that in the discussions we do have it will be possible, it's still the case that ministers are in place and that obviously there are executives in place which take views of the northern ireland. >> closed question. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. apologizes. the fundamentals of the uk's economy is strong including in west midland, employment risen over 20,000, we protected schools and see more doctors and

more nurses in hospital's trusts, of course, we are going further in west midlands by given new powers with deal and the election of elected mayor. i think andy with the business and will be a good man for the west midlands. >> michael. >> i thank the prime minister, my right honorable friend for that answer. unemployment in my constituency, my beautiful constituency is around 0.7% and that's fantastic and i want it even lower. 24% of my constituents work in the area of the west midlands combined. can i press my right honorable friend just a little bit further about what she thinks is needed in the west midlands combined authority to improve employment still more? >> well, i think my right honorable friend -- of course, i

have had -- i have had the advantage of having visited his beautiful constituency, but in relations to midland, we have strong ambitions to make midlands an engine for growth in the uk, that's why we have plans for the midland engine that demonstrate that when we say we are going to build an economy that works we actually mean it. the statement, my right honorable friend, the 5 million pounds, rail hub, 250 million midland engine investment fund and we will shortly be publishing a strategy for the midland's engine. i repeat the point that i made, for the west midlands having the deal, having the mayor and the right person elected as mayor, the right thing andy is absolutely crucial. >> resignation letter said that people may have to deliver messages to the government that they may find disagreeable. this is a message that the prime

minister may find disagreeable. her lack is putting jobs in the economy at risk. her government is a bigger threat to the union as smp. her government is not worthy of a trust -- [inaudible] >> will the prime minister take this opportunity to apologize for threatening the union and give promise to every single person in the country after the brexit? >> the honorable gentleman will be very well aware that i want to see the best possible trade deals that the united with the eu, the best possible with trading and operating within the single european market. when we enter the negotiations, obviously that's one of the issues that i have said that i want to see and delivery on it and the downplay that he does about the approach that we are taking, i have to say it's his government that's ambitious for

the opportunities available that this country wants the leave the european union. >> thank you. mr. speaker. areas of high deprivation will receive poor-people funding rates. does the prime minister agree that discrepancies must be address to get best possible start in life? >> i think everybody recognizes that the way that schools have been funded in the past has been unfair and many pupils have been missing out. making sure that funding is attached to children's needs. of course, we recognize issues of rural areas in this and that's why within the funding formula, additional funding for such schools has been included, but, of course, the department of education has this consultation at the moment and i would urge my honorable friend

to make the representation as part of that. >> tracy corbin. >> thank you, mr. speaker. hospital is set for downgrade this year. over christmas i had constituents that were waiting 20 hours for a bed in a facility that might not even exist next year. would the prime minister, now, please face reality and act now and stop a&e service from disappearing. >> what the honorable lady is referring to is the plan put forward at local level to consider -- [shouting] [inaudible] >> i must say the honorable member that she would probably be subject to antisocial behavior order.

>> decisions about services in the local area are rightly taken by the local national house service because we believe that local patients and leaders who know what's best for their areas is about trying to tailor the services to provide best possible needs for local people modernizing the care and facilities and making services appropriate to the local area. now this trust has extense i have improvement plan to ensure that both hospitals can care to patients attending in -- [inaudible] >> richard fuller. >> mr. speaker, i will host the first session of the community business school, free of march, open to all with 250 local people sharing a passion for entrepreneurship. so will my right honorable friend ensure that a forthcoming industrial strategy has passion

and interest of britain's small business leaders and entrepreneurs? >> i can absolutely give my honorable friend that commitment. what is important is that the industrial will be looking for the economy of the future. what is the sort of economy that we want in this country and crucial to that will be the growth that's generated by entrepreneurs, businesses, by the very passion that he has spoken about. we want to see an environment in which the -- those who can grow can emerge and can develop and provide future jobs for people and to contribute to the strength of our economy. that's what the industrial strategy is about and i absolutely agree with my honorable friend. >> norman lab? >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister will understand that there are genuine and really serious concerns amongst across nhs in care system about the pressure that they are under and for that

reason that her party, labor party and my own have called together to call for the government to conduct nhs convention to engage with the public so we can come up with a long-term settlement for the nhs and care. would the prime minister be prepared to meet with them just to discuss so that she can hear our case? >> i recognize the interest and the intention that the honorable gentleman has given to the issues and, of course, he's a former health minister himself and i would be happy to meet with hymn and others as he suggests. >> there can be nothing as distressing for a parent than the death of their child particularly where that child has been murdered. that is what happened to the two ladies, one of them a constituent of mine, successfully campaigning for voluntary national standards of

support by the cps and by the police for the families of murdered victims following standards launched here next tuesday, would the prime minister join with me in paying tribute to the determination and energy with which they campaign for their cause and will she continue to ensure as she always has done that the voices of the victims of crime and their families are always listened to? >> well, my honorable friend raises a very important point and i'm happy to join him in paying tribute to these two campaigners, indeed, the whole house want to pay tribute to the work that they are doing. as he said, i remain committed to ensuring that the voices of victims are heard, that's what i did when i was home secretary, if you look at the issues introducing now measure to tackle modern slavery, strengthening new ipcc, legislating in relation to peace complaints and discipline systems to strengthen public confidence and a number of other action that is i took and i'm pleased to say that my right

honorable friend, the current home secretary is taking the same passion to ensure the voices of the victims of crime are being heard. >> across the united king doll many banks are accelerating their closure of local branches with adverse affects and vulnerable on older people, the royal bank of scotland is closing branch across scotland including chester in my constituency. will the prime minister meet with me to discuss how we can realize the situation where banking across the uk services customers and the real economy? >> the issue accessibility of bank services is one that's for individual banks themselves to

take and consider, and of course, many ways in which people are accessing banks other than going physically going into a bank branch but i will look at the issues that she has raised. >> even more to tackle economic and social deprivation that have come to afflict such as really my constituency, would my right honorable friend therefore support locally develop plan to invest in rail infrastructure to help unlock the true potential of the north what i -- whales economic region connected to the rest of the country by date. ..

and that government action. they should not understand that is fatal to these women. >> action has been taken in the issue. the government took action to ensure a member of the suspect did in the period for which they were in fact it would be

reduced. they wanted to ensure that was possible. i also say to the honorable gentleman that if you look at the new structure put in place, women will be some of the greater beneficiaries of the new structure. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i welcome the prime minister raising the awareness of the importance of mental health this week. last year 65% of young people have to read over 12 weeks before starting treatment. can my right honorable friend outline -- [inaudible] >> my honorable friend does raise an important issue alluded to earlier in the session. we are investing them help like never before spending a record 11.4 billion pounds a year and of course conservative led government between mental and physical health.

as i said earlier, there is more for us to do in ensuring we see the appropriate care available for people and i find an example earlier with excellent work being done to prevent care and support for people in the community which was leaving pressure on emergency in ensuring people are getting the best possible care for them which is obviously what we want to see. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the emergency provision in my constituency is to review and further the community losing 24 hour access to accident and emergency permits local hospital. i understand she will say these decisions are to be made locally, but will shipley say that she can understand the anxiety of expect the moms who faced a 40-mile journey untypical rose which are often blocked if they have a typical

earth. >> can i say to the honorable gentleman that the problems facing our widely recognized and i understand the concerns of local people in terms of services available for them. we have put national support in place to address the long-standing challenges developing a lasting plan on what they rightly expect. he's right in saying they are being taken locally. no final decisions have been taken. i recognize the concern raised previously, particularly services. there will be considerable involvement and we do recognize the long-standing challenges for health service. >> dr. caroline johnston. >> thank you, mr. speaker.

i know for my career in medicine that the men and women to a brave job for the people of saving people's lives every day. east midlands ambulance service was on a two-day total of 11,662 9-1-1 calls over the weekend allowed of which thousands of which relinquished. but the prime minister join me in paying tribute to the dedication particularly until bought by the government can do to support our services and group response time in rural areas. >> well, can i take my honorable friend for the question and bringing her personal experience as a medical professional in relation to this issue. i'm happy to join her and paid

tribute to the men and women of the service and the dedication and commitment they show. she asked that the government has been doing. we recognize the service are very busy. that's why we see two dozen more paramedics that compared to 2010 and increase places by over 60% this year. also, the department of health, nhs an ambulance union have agreed changes to the compensation potentially giving them a pay increase of 14,000 pounds as they progress. we recognize the excellent work they do. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i commend the prime minister for her statement last night and this afternoon. she knows our her commitment to the institutions in northern ireland, but would she agree nothing can be or should be came from threatening the peace process for the institutions of

not so hard in northern ireland. >> the progress made in northern ireland heart wine. we must all recognize we don't want to put that progress in jeopardy. that's why it is so important to the government and for all parties to work as hard as we can to see a resolution to this issue so they can return and ensure say that progress has been a hard one to be continued. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i warmly welcome the right honorable friend said about children's mental health this week and draw her attention to another burning injustice. my constituent battling cancer for four years has recovered operation. in 20 weeks of work she's still employed and yet her working past credits have been stopped which means she is worrying about how she's making ends meet rather than on her recovery.

could i have my right honorable friend asked the treasury to look at this in the course of budget preparation. >> and i think my right honorable friend for her comments about the mental health announcement that i made. i'm sorry to hear the particular difficulty she had set out that her constituents and six. save and the threat this has cost her. working tax credits are designed to incentivize people to increase working hours. we will be obviously with the new credit system, having a system with benefit for payment that does encourage work. in the individual case may right honorable friend has raised from the financial secretary to the treasury would be happy to look at the individual case and the issues set out. >> order. [inaudible conversations]

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