Skip to main content

tv   British Prime Ministers Questions  CSPAN  May 11, 2016 10:54pm-11:37pm EDT

10:54 pm
10:55 pm
now an update on the road to the white house with julie pace of the associated press. >> a list of potential running mates down to five or six for donald trump and a fall campaign strategy that will focus more on his own personal appeal and less on a get out of vote data operation, just some of the thanksgiving that -- things tha julie pace learned in her
10:56 pm
interview with donald trump. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me, steve. >> tell us how this interview came about and what your takeaway was. >> well, we really wanted to sit down with donald trump at this point in the campaign because he's now the presumptive republican nominee and he's really diving into planning for the general election, it's something that has come upon him a little bit faster than even the confident trump would have thought. there's a lot of conversations happening behind the scenes between trump and his advisers, his advisers and the republican national convention and one of our main takeaways from this is that trump really feels like a lot of the things that he did during the primaries will carry over into the general election, that he doesn't need to make major changes in terms of the way that he campaigns, in terms of the way that his campaign operates. obviously he'll build out his staff a bit because you have so many more states you're playing in at a time in a general election but the idea that
10:57 pm
there's going to be a major overall or totally different strategy in a general seems unlikely according to him at this point. >> yet it's interesting, one of the things the gop wanted to focus on was doing a better job with the analytics, making sure they had the data, they could target their voters. that was a mistake for mitt romney's campaign in 2012 and it appears based on your conversation with donald trump that, won't be a folk news 2016. >> this was a fascinating nugget in interview. he said he will only spend limited amount of money on data operations he thinks obama got vote because he was obama not because of what he calls the obama data processing machines. yes, he'll have access to data operations that the rnc will be runni running, the difference is you don't have the kind of buy-in
10:58 pm
from the candidate, the person running in front of the show. he may get data put in front of him but if he hasn't bought in to what the data means and is not committed to following the data in terms of changing his message or where he's spending his time, then it really isn't effective. so this is a major shift for not only what has worked for presidential campaigns for obama and for george w. bush but what his own party has decided to prioritize. >> how much do you think donald trump will raise, how much will he spend and why will he not accept federal matching dollars? >> he had left open the possibility of accepting public financing, which is something that went out of favor in obama's campaign when he showed how much money he could raise.
10:59 pm
trump told us he decided against that, which means he'll have to raise money, which means go out to donors and get big checks or fund his own campaign. he said he will put in an unspecified amount of his own money. if he taxes about campaigns at that run heavily on rallies or heavy data operations with big staffs, he may not need as much money as past campaigns but that's a risk in and of itself, to run a slimmer campaign and to forego some of these things that have proved successful for previous candidates. >> already the speculation under way on who his running mate will be. any sense of who those individuals are and the timing of the announcement? >> we were a bit surprised to find out his list is very small at this point, five to six people, he says. they're all people, he told us, with political experience. he says we don't need another
11:00 pm
business person on the republican ticket since he'll be at the top of the ticket. we did ask him specifically if he had ruled chris christie out, f if that was the takeaway that chris christie would be running his team. he said no, not at all. but again, deep political resumés seems to be the takeaway. he told us he's going to hold off on announcing his running mate until the convention. he said he wants to do that piece in a bit of a traditional way. >> it's clear this convention will have some theatrical buzz about it. >> absolutely. i think you should expect to see trump putting a bit of his showman's touch on the convention, talked about bringing in entertainers, maybe a great singer or great musical group to break up the speeches. he said you're going to hear enough of the political speeches so you have to draw in an audience with other ways. i think can you expect that you're going to see trump's
11:01 pm
touches, his reality show and pageant background showing up on the rnc stages in july. >> as you sat down with him, julie pace, in trump to yous we tuesday, what was his demeanor? >> he was in a really good mood. i think he was feeling confident in his chances. he was pointing out recent polls that had come out in the past few days, showing his head-to-head matchup with hillary clinton if she's the nominee in the general election. he was talking about looking forward to going to washington later this week to meet with paul ryan and various other republican committee members and also a bit of surprise that this has all happened as quickly as it has, that there are no other rivals in the race. a bit of surprise but also confidence and excitement about heading to the general. >> and for you, what was your own takeaway? >> well, i think that i was most struck by this idea, as i said,
11:02 pm
that this is a man who is confident that he can do a general election differently than the past winners, that what worked for him in primaries, big rallies, getting a lot of free media attention is going to work exactly the same for him in the general. and we don't have a recent example to prove him right or wrong frankly but i think this will be a big test of his campaign and his strategy, whether he can do things different and pull this off. >> and is his team unified? a lot of talk about the rift between corey lewandowski and paul manafort. have they patched things up? >> it's a little unclear. you do hear different things from different people. there's a sense anyone coming into the trump campaign to overhaul the operation and totally change what trump is going to be doing is not going to come out on the winning end of that effort. one of the things that corey
11:03 pm
lewandowski has said repeatedly is you have to let trump by trump and one of my takeaways from the interview is trump is going to be trump. when you're bringing in new people into a very small campaign like the one trump has run, you're going to have some hurt feelings and have people angling for power. he's the one who runs the operation. it's not a staffer. it's the candidate himself. this is a chance for him to show his management experience. >> julie pace, who is on the white house and politics beat for the associated press, her interview is available online. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. following a meeting with republican presidential candidate donald trump, speaker of the house paul ryan will talk to members of the press at his weekly press conference in the capitol. we'll take you there live at 11:30 a.m. eastern tomorrow on
11:04 pm
c-span. >> british prime minister david cameron congratulated sadi sadiq khaun on his election as mayor of london. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with my colleagues and i have further search meetings later today. >> even fantastically corrupt nigeria is asking britain to clean up its act and introduce ownership in the overseas territory i territories.
11:05 pm
will the prime minister achieve this tomorrow at the anti-corruption summit? >> first of all, i better check the microphone is on before speaking. i thank the honorable general for his question. the answer to his question is yes. we have asked three things of the overseas territories, we asked for automatic exchange of tax information, and we ask for central beneficial ownership. they've delivered on the first two on they will be following and delivering on the third. that's what he asked for, that's exactly what he's getting. >> mr. speaker, we have unprecedented housing growth. does the prime minister agree that we must build sufficient starter homes so that the dream of homeownership becomes something that everybody really can aspire to?
11:06 pm
>> i want to thank my constituency neighbor and honorable friend for asking that question. the fact is we are building more houses across england, building more affordable homes and the legislation going through this place will make sure we deliver our manifesto pledge of 200,000 starter homes, affordable for people to buy. i hope even at this late stage the labor party and house of lords will stop blocking this bill. >> would the prime minister minister join me in wishing sir
11:07 pm
david a very happy 90th birthday and for all the ways he awakened people to the fragility of our ecosystem and educated a whole generation. mr. speaker, on this side of the house, we are fully aware -- i haven't asked a question yet. it's okay. we are fully aware that the european union has strengthened workers rights in many ways. in march while the prime was trying to undermine workers rights with his trade union bill, the european commission put forward proposals to close loopholes in the posting of workers directive, which would stop employers exporting foreign workers and undercutting national rates of pay. will the prime minister confirm that his governor will protect workers and will back these reforms to stop this
11:08 pm
undercutting and grotesque exploitation of many workers across in continent? >> first of all, i certainly join the honorable gentleman wishing a happy birthday to david. many of us feel we grew up with him as our teacher about the natural environment. he's a remarkable man. the arctic ship is going to be named after david. there was strong support for boaty mcboat face but i think the life raft on the boat is going to be -- the submarine on the boat will be boaty mcboat face. we are looking at this closely, working with our partners. we do see merit in what's being proposed. i can tell him the yellow card procedure has been invoked by national parliament over this, demonstrate being the importance of these sorts of safeguards,
11:09 pm
even more that we achieved in my renegotiation. but the best we can do is celebrate the national living wage introduced by our tory government. >> mr. speaker, the national minimum wage was a labor introduction, the living wage is a corruption of the very idea of it. it is not in reality a proper living wage. but, mr. speaker, my question -- my question was about the posting of workers directive, which would prevent the grotesque exploitation by unscrupulous employers of workers being moved from one nation to another in order to undercut the wages of a second nation. will the british government support this very, very important reform to stop this exploitation? >> as i said, we're working with the dutch presidency, there's
11:10 pm
merit in a lot of proposals but we want to make sure we get the details light. he's just described the national living wage as a corruption. the national living wage, 7.20 an hour, a 20 pound a week pay rise to some of the poorest people in our country. i think he ought to get up and say he supports the national living wage and thank the governor for introducing it. >> mr. speaker, i support a wage rise obviously. the point i'm making is that it is not a living wage. it is not a living wage, as is generally understood. mr. speaker, saying yes seems to be one of the hardest words for the prime minister. for a third time could he just say whether he does or does not support the workers directive? he might be aware patrick
11:11 pm
minuteford, a former economic adviser to margaret thatcher said the european union has a negative effect on the city of london and he would want the shackles of european regulation removed. does the prime minister believe that membership hurts the city of london or does he believe that european union regulation of the finance sector in britain and british administered tax havens would help the sorted bad practice exposed by the panama papers or underlined by my friend in his earlier question today? >> well, this is an area where we basically agree with each other about the european union so i'll try and identify a question in that lot and answer as positively as i can. first of all, on patrick minuteford, i completely disagree with the economy patrick minford. he wants to see manufacturing industry in our country
11:12 pm
obliterated. it would be a disastrous step if we follow the advice he gives. in terms of the city of london, we need the right regulation for the city of london to continue its massive rate of job creation and wealth creation in our country, but we also need to remain members of the single market. it's absolutely vital for this important sector of our economy. i hope on that as on the issue of the national living wage, we can find some agreement of each other. >> mr. speaker, the question i also put to prime minister, which perhaps he wasn't listening to it was what he was going to do -- what i asked was what he's going to do about the u.k. administered tax havens which receive large sums of money from dodgy sources, which should and must be closed down, as should any tax evasion in the city of london.
11:13 pm
we need a british government that's prepared to chase down this level of corruption. >> this government has done more than any previous government to deal with this issue of making sure that our overseas territories and crown dependencies are not tax havens but behave in a responsible way. as i said earlier, they're now taking part in the automatic exchange of tax information, that didn't happen before. they've signed up to common reporting standard for multi-national companies, that didn't happen before, and they're getting central registries so we can find out who owns the companies in each territory. now, i think all of these things are real progress. of course we would like them to go further and have public registries of beneficial ownership like we are introducing in this country, not because of anything a labor government did but because of a decision by a conservative prime minister. but where i would urge him to be fair on these territories and crown dependencies is many of
11:14 pm
them have gone much further, even than many developed countries. indeed you get more information now out of some of our crown dependencies and overseas territories than you would get out of the united states in terms of delaware. so let's be fair where we have a responsibility, we're making them improve their record and he should recognize that. >> a month ago the prime minister informed the house he welcomed the european union proposals on country by country tax transparency reporting. we all agreed. yet on the 26th of april, conservative meps voted against these proposals. did they not receive a memo from him or what? people expect that people pay their tax in this country. tomorrow the european parliament will be voting again on country by country reporting. can he assure the house that conservative members of the european parliament will support
11:15 pm
these measures, as he told us they would a month ago? >> well, the most important thing that we support these measures. indeed these measures have only come forward because it's been a conservative government here in the united kingdom proposing them. the only area of disagreement i would suspect between himself and myself have i don't think we should set a minimum tax rate for these countries. that's always been a position of labor governments and previous conservative governments that while we want to make sure all these territories behave properly, we don't actually make them set a minimum tax rate. that is the difference between us. if he wants to swap voting records of labor meps and tory meps, let's have a hole session on it because i've got plenty of material here. >> mr. speaker, that was a very long answer when when he could
11:16 pm
have -- when he could have quite simply said -- mr. speaker, he could have quite simply said whether or not he supports these proposals and if his conservative meps are going to vote for them. mr. speaker, the prime minister will be very well aware of the concern across the whole country about the question of unaccompanied child refugees across europe. they are in a desperate plight, in a very dangerous situation. everyone's heart reaches out to them but we have to be more than that and we have to be practical in our help for them. i got a letter from a volunteer for child refugees. can the prime minister confirm that in respect to response to
11:17 pm
lord dub's amendment there will be no delay whatsoever in accepting 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into this country to give them the support they need and allow them to enjoy the childhood they and all our children deserve? >> hear, hear. >> what i can say to the right on gentleman is we will followed the dub's amendment. that is now the law of the land and the amendment says we have to consult very carefully with local authorities to make sure as we take these children in, we're able to house them, clothe them, feed them, make sure they're properly looked after. we need to look kpe capacity of our care system. if you look at some cancels, they're already struggling because of the lashlg large number of unaccompanied children who have come here. last year 3,000 unaccompanied children arrived and claimed asylum in the u.k. even before the scheme that's being introduced. the second figure is of course
11:18 pm
under dublin children with a connection to the u.k. can already claim asylum in france or then come to the u.k. we've accepted 30 such transfers since february. there won't be any delay. we'll get on with this as fast as we can but in order to follow the law we have to talk to our loaf authorities first. >> dr. president obama's recent visit, was the prime minister able to talk to him about the issue of chinese steel, including introducing tariffs of 288%? if so, what's his advice? keep backing british steel, increase the tariffs and tell the chinese to go to the back of the line? >> well, i did discuss this issue with president obama and both the u.s. and european union have taken zens against chinese
11:19 pm
dumping. the actual the anti-dumping tariffs have been very effective and in some categories reduced chinese exports by as much as 98%. so he shouldn't believe that the e.u. action doesn't work. it does work. if we were outside the e.u., we might be subject to those tariffs ourselves. >> and the prime's government was elected with 37% of the vote. so i'm sure he would acknowledge the success of nicholas with 46%, the highest of any political party in national elections anywhere currently in western europe. mr. speaker, on the anty corruption summit, has the prime minister read the appeals from nigerian campaigners who say our
11:20 pm
efforts are sadly undermined if countries such as your own are private schools or anywhere else that will accept their cash with no questions asked. the role of market has been exposed in court documents, report, documentaries and more. what is the prime minister going to do about this? >> well, first of all, i'm happy to congratulate her in her victories, as i'm sure he'd want to great ruth davis on her stunning -- >> [ cheers and applause ] >> we have something in common. of course the smp have gone from minority to majority while the considerates have gone from coalition to majority. so next wk he can get me how i'm
11:21 pm
so the question he asks about the construction summit is absolutely right. the whole point to have it in london is to say it's necessary for developed countries, as well as developing. now it's important that it be publicly available and not just for the police. seeing as how the prime minister -- can he explain why seven police forces have launched criminal investigations into conservatives mps for possible election fraud? mr. speaker, how is it that a
11:22 pm
conservative crime and policing commissioner can serve in such a role when being under police investigation? >> well, first of all, let's be clear about this anti-corruption summit. nobody is lecturing anybody. one of the reasons this issue doesn't get addressed is because countries and politicians are too worried about addressing it, knowing that no country is perfect, nor indeed is any poll tisch. >> i think we are entitled to raise this incredibly important issue. the whole point in this country, the electoral commission is independent and when it comes to operational decisions by a police force, they are independent, too. that's the hallmark of an uncorrupt country. >> mr. speaker, i know my friend will want to join with me in congratulating katie borne who
11:23 pm
was reelected as the police and. >> in that respect, we'll the prime minister commit to introducing a british bill of rights as soon as possible? >> i'm happy to make that commitment. i congratulate all the candidates who are success approximately. hold on, in a minute. what we've seen from the police and crime commissioner elections was a very large increase in turn out, sometimes as much as 25 percentage points green out. and i think -- i'm very much happy to congratulate carwin jones who i spoke to over the weekend, she will be for the.
11:24 pm
>> whole businesses got together and produced a privately finance scheme to do the work for city culture 2017. it's been with the department of transfor for two years. does the prime think that the department of transport's attitude shows inkpe difference or inch passengers will benefit from 500 brand new carriages and the removable and outdated popular tracer trains, 1.4 million pounds is going into hull station before it becomes the c we make these investments
11:25 pm
because we have a strong kpli and we're investing in our future. >> i recently visited high lent night, whose award winning scheme has created 40 full-time jobs. we recently awarded all employees with an additional 250 pound bonus. >> i remember silent night, we graduated 800 people. they now employ 11 thune people. that is a good example of a business expanding under this government. and of course our target is already in 2016 at least 46 women have been murdered in the
11:26 pm
u.k. this number would be much higher if not for specialist refuges. i'm standing here to beg the prime minister for housing benefit. this will certainly close. >> will he exempt refugees? will he choose to save lives? please. >> the honorable lady raises an important point. that's why we delayed the introduction of this so we can look at all possible consequences to make sure we got it right so we can help vietnam ubt. ineffect shun rates in the u.k. are offer the rise.
11:27 pm
nhs england has me. >> i think it's right. my understanding is england are considering the responsibility. i want them to each a decision on kwoukly, in this mourd if we are planning trial sites. we're investing 2 million pounds to support these over the next two years. i'll make sure he gets the meetings he needs to make progress with it. >> in my first year as an mp, every has been an anxious council tenant. in two they cannot afford to buy
11:28 pm
their counsel i can read to them from wh i go on friday. why this housing bill will not make their intolerable situation worse? >> yeah. there's a series of things that i believe will help them. first of all, making sure the right to buy is therefore added to that because i've got help to by which means that people need a smaller amount of equity to held the two. further at that. start at homes. we'll make a different because you're it means where you previously need a deposit of 30 pounds buys a house for just a
11:29 pm
few we backing the general ration that never happened under a labor government. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm proud this government has delivered unemployment records a record low 1.6%. i am doubly proud that this government delivered the cardi city deal. does the prime agree and share my eagerness now, to throw the emthe money is there and now frankly with a new welsh government in place, we need the action, particularly on the m4. we've given the fill being and
11:30 pm
frankly it's high time the glft got won it. >> roger mallin. >> there are five young cities claim it was money rather than the religious fare for day esh. the soviet army pays around $100 per late, die esh can play $300 per month on for. >> i agree with what he says about the importance of economic development and aid and that is why we have a very generous aids budget. right now it's very difficult to get aid support and development through. i think if we pure live see this has die esh recruiting people because we were paying the po t
11:31 pm
point. >> thank you, mr. speaker. we'll create around 300,000 new jobs. will the prime minister enjoy me in new i think it's fallen by a staggering since 2010 and we need to keep on this with to make sure she's getting the -- >> the leader of the opposition said you k. are fast becoming an israel state.
11:32 pm
>> why is the change ministered climbed to championing an effective mass -- >> i discompletely disagree with the honorable gentleman. i hope he'll follow and listen to the debates that take place on this vital ball. the fact is if you want to make sure we can keep our country safe, just as we have been able to see the communications data when two people talk to each other on the final for plots to be hatched, terrorism to to be planned, murders to be arranged because people are using an internet safe rather than a telephone. we have to keep our country s e
11:33 pm
safe. >> in 2015 we said access to the internet should not be a right but we're going to be setting out the next steps of howe we make sure access to this vital highway is there for all our citizens. >> chris law. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will the play minister give a personal commitment to deliver funding for a case that they deal in i would obviously make the point that city deals
11:34 pm
between the scottish government and u.k. government can only work if we're all party unwf happy united congress dom. >> thank you, mr. increasingly this is a tool used by people in public life by those who have taken an owe poning view. and will my freedom to speak freely without intip dags or hey. >> we must be able to speak freely and we must have a robust and lively democracy. but some of the thingstwitter, they are anonymous, they should be aframed.
11:35 pm
>> last week, london elected a new mayor. >> the housing bill -- launch april the primester promised to wear the same clothes which effectively implements last year's manifesto commitment. >> let's see how much that matter to. so why isn't it that the labor our party and the labor our party in the other place, are opposing what would mean more
11:36 pm
houses, no hope ownership. but at the end of the day we are we have those who constantly put themselves in harm's way to help our people. i saw just how grave these interpreters were. it's a stain on our country's honor, some have been murdered, others have had to free in what i say to my honorable friend is we debated and discussed around the national coalition team and announced in this house of commons a scheme to make sure that those who had helped our

49 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on