forensic evidence in crime labs. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern during question time, the british prime minister takes questions on the budget specifically child welfare benefits and youth unemployment. later, the george galloway u.s. been reelected to the house ask the prime minister if he will reconsider moving up the 2014 withdrawal of british troops in afghanistan. this is just over 35 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. naomi. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house will wish to pay tribute to those servicemen who have fallen since

we last met for prime minister's question time, captain rupert bowers from second battalion the mercian regiment, sergeant luke taylor from the royal marines, lance corporal michael foley from the adjutant general's corps, and corporal jack stanley, from the queen's royal hussars, who died on sunday, april 8. i will have more meetings later today. >> naomi long. >> i would like to also offer my condolences. in the northern ireland area, party political donations are not subject the same publication rules. will the prime minister commit to bringing the northern ireland publication rules into line with the rest of the u.k., and further, with the demonstrate his commitment by following our lead and publishing volunteer and lists of donors to the conservative party in northern ireland?

>> very happy. we publish those donor lists, and quite rightly so. as the honorable lady knows, there was legislation passed for reasons that i think are quite well known for the house. the northern ireland political parties, we want them to have the same approach as the rest of the u.k. if they choose to do this on a voluntary basis, that is very welcome, and a very much

appreciate what her party has done a leading by example. >> can i welcome today's announcements on the strengthening controls on the fallen? does my right honorable friend agree with me that they should be able to speak english and that the legitimate desire for the movement within the eu is not an excuse for compromise in patients' safety? >> the honorable gentleman is entirely right. as today's announcement makes clear, doctors should not be operating in the n.h.s. in our country unless they can speak english. under our proposals, senior doctors will have to assess whether a doctor has the necessary language skills to communicate effectively with patients. if they cannot do that, they cannot practice. >> edward miliband. >> but me join in paying tribute to captain rupert bowers, luke taylor, and lance corporal michael foley, and corporal jack stanley. i join him in saying that they

showed the most courage and bravery. will the prime minister confirm that the cut in the tax rate which we will be voting on will be worth at least 40,000 pounds a year to be millionaires? >> the tax rate is going to be paid five times over by the richest people in our country. i know, mr. speaker, he does not ask about unemployment. every month when unemployment has risen, he has left out that dispatch box to leap on the bad

news. today, we have seen unemployment fall, employment up by 53,000, and no welcome from the honorable gentleman. does that not show all of his priorities? will he welcome the increased of people employed in our country? >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, on unemployment, only this prime minister could think it was a cause for celebration that over 1 million young people are still out of work in this country. it is no wonder people think he is out of touch, mr. speaker. and the house will notice that he could not deny that the 14,000 british millionaires are getting a 40,000 pound cut. and as for the figures produced for the budget, even the treasury committee thinks those are bogus figures. the millionaires are winners in this budget, but what about everyone else?

when he confirmed that by freezing the personal tax allowance year on year on year, 4.4 million pensioners will lose as much as 320 pounds per year? >> what this budget is about is actually cutting taxes for 24 million working people, taking 3 million people and out of tax, freezing one type of tax, cutting the corporation tax so we are competitive with the rest of the world, and for pensioners, we get increased the basic state pension this month by 5 pounds 38 this week, far more than but i have to ask him this week far more than labour. to get rid of the 45 top rate tax and leave us with a 40 top rate tax. he has not had much to do over the last month. he has had almost nothing to do, but even what he has to do he is completely incompetent at. >> and ed miliband.

[shouting] >> ed miliband. >> the prime minister is talking rubbish as always, mr. speaker. on the issue of pension, on the issue of pension, he points to the increase in the basic state pension. i do say to him, only this prime minister could try to calm britain pensioners by changing the credit for high inflation. and everybody will have noticed, everyone will have noticed he didn't deny that britain's pensioners are seeing a tax increase year on year. and not just pensioners just tried to con convert its families with children. will he confirm according to the institute of fiscal studies as a result of all his tax changes from this april, families with children will be over 500 pounds a year worse off? >> i notice he is moved off the top rate of tax but he doesn't want to talk about it. in fact, i've got to ask them.

he's got to withdraw his amendment because it is successful he will give us a 40 t. tax rate. the other reason, the other reason he does want to talk about the top rate of tax, the other reason is because he can't convince labour's candidate for mayor of london to pay his taxes. [shouting] when it comes to pensioners, what we have done is increase the basic state pension. we have capital the pensioner benefits, and freeze in a loud this means there'll be no cash losses. compare that with the pathetic 75 p. increase. [shouting] we remember what their budget did. so will he stand up and out and condemned labour's for mayor of london you will not pay his taxes? [shouting] >> mr. speaker, in case -- is very excited today, mr. speaker. in case he has -- [shouting] in case he has forgotten, it's

prime ministers question. i ask the question and he is supposed to answer them. now, now, no answer, no answer on pensioners. no answer on families. what about charities? the prime minister's big idea was a big society. but since the budget, i don't know what his take advice from the part-time chancellor sitting next to him. [shouting] i wonder which job he is doing today, mr. speaker. since the budget, since the budget the government has managed to insult people who give to charity and he is consulted the charities themselves by flying their bogus. the prime minister claims he works on the budget line by line. did he know, did he know when they signed off the budget that it represented a hit of as much

as 500 million pounds of britain's charities? >> you're completely wrong. but let me tell, let me tell the right honorable gentleman for absolutely no defense, not inward. what this is all about is making sure that the richest people in our country do pay their taxes. now, last year, last year there were over 100 over 300 people earning over a million pounds who paid a rate of tax of 10%. i don't think that's good enough. we have a labour candidate for mayor of london who is paying less tax on his earnings than the person who claims his office. i think that is disgraceful. why won't he condemn at? >> trying to mr. speaker, -- >> order, order. the usual rabble of orchestration from the usual suspects on the government backbenchers, be quiet, mr. burns. it will be better for your health.

you are the minister for health, get better. ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, what a desperate prime minister and even justify his own budget. i'll tell you but he wants to talk about the mayor of london. we have a candidate for mayor of london who will make rent fair, will bring back the educational nature of allowance. all he got, a candidate for mayor of london who is out of touch and was arguing for the cut in the 50p tax rate. now turn to the reality on charities is that he's not making the rich worse off, he's making charities were soft. over the last month we have seen the charity tax in shambles, the churches tax shambles, the caravan tax shambles, and the taxi tax shame a. so, mr. speaker, mr. -- mr. speaker, we all want to do

the prime minister's views as to what he thinks for weeks on in the budget even people within downing street are calling it an only shambles budget? >> we have a mayor of london who pays his taxes. [shouting] so nothing from him about unemployment, nothing about the rich needing to pay their taxes, nothing about ken livingstone's responsibility be asked about the budget. this budget cuts taxes for 24 million people. this budget cuts corporation taxes. this budget may britain competitive. he talks about my last month. let's have a look at his last month. he lost the election, that was great. [shouting] i have to say he has given one person a job opportunity. george galloway. [laughter] >> he lost the bradford election. he showed complete weakness when it came to the united trade union and the fuel stride. he has a mayor of london they won't pay his taxes. that's his last though.

as ever, completely hopeless. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, he talks about the fuel price. i am not going to take any lecture on industrial relations. [shouting] i'm not going to take any in lecture on industrial relations from a government and a prime minister that causes panic at the pump. [shouting] and that is reality. when he gets to see let him apologize to the gross irresponsibility. let him apologize for the gross irresponsibility of the cabinet minister who calls the panic at the pump, and for him. the reality is, the reality is, he should calm down, mr. speaker. he should calm down. he should calm down. mr. speaker, this budget comprehensively fails the test of fairness and the spectacular fails the test of competence. we have a prime minister who is unfair, out of touch and

incompetent. nevermind we're all in together. when is he went to get a grip on his government's? >> he won't take election until strike because he is in the pockets of the people. that's right. [shouting] they vote for his policies, they vote for his members of parliament, they got him elected. absolutely irresponsible. that's what we have heard once again from the honorable gentleman. not good enough to run the opposition, not good enough to run the country. >> thank you, mr. speaker. does my right honorable friend tom has my right honorable friend noted the standard & poor's, the reading agency that downgraded both the u.s. and france has a stable outlook on the aaa rating on friday, and they said we could lower the rating and we came to the conclusion that the pace of can fiscal consolidation is slowing? in other words, it's a discredited policy.

>> the honorable gentleman makes an important point which is in this week of all weeks we're getting yet more reminders from other countries in europe of the importance of getting on top of your deficit, on top of your debt, and having a proper plan to deliver the. that's what needs to happen. its welcome with standard & poor's have done. we also need to keep our interest rates low to make sure we deliver the growth our economy needs and it's extraordinary that the leader of the house of commons was going on television today, calling for higher interest rates. i don't think he focus on the. better go and have a look at the transcript. >> in january, the northern island requested to meet the families of 10 innocent work been murdered in 1976. the prime minister has met other family and i know he desires this. and he assured he will meet with

these families? >> the massacre was an appalling event in northern ireland's history. i'm well aware of that. my sympathies are for the fans but i will arrange a meeting for the family with the northern island secretary but if it's possible for me to attend of course i will do that as well. >> the prime minister will be aware that there is no vat charge on caveat and yet the government is proposing vat on the cornish pasty. can he tell me why that is fair? >> i understand, but let me explain what i think is unfair is it is sold and efficient chip shop which are subject to vat, the same products can be sold in supermarkets, not subject to vat. i don't think that's fair and that's what it's right in read are on the boundaries. >> the prime minister's entertaining millionaire owners to cozy kitchen suppers at downing street flats, ordinary

people here in the food banks because they can't afford to feed their family. what do those people -- [inaudible] what do they have to do to get a quiet word in the prime minister's beer? is there any possibility he can invite them? >> what this government has done is increase the tax critical to the poorest families in the country. in able 20113255-pound increase. that was the largest ever increase and there's a further increase of 135 pounds. added to that we have taken 2 million of the poorest people out of income tax altogether. one of the things i would have families ours is an increase in interest rates which is now the official policy of the official opposition. >> mr. speaker, given the 1200 jobs may be at risk following the company's recent change of ownership, will the prime minister put all possible

pressure on malaysian government to ensure that the company only permits the sale of the business to buyers who wish to see it as a going concern in norfolk's? >> i did raise this issue with the malaysian prime minister and also with the new malaysian voters of the parent company of lotus. notice makes a key contribution to the uk, the sector is doing well. i want to see voters succeed that i want to sit have a secure future and we're in contact with the company monitoring the situation very closely and making sure they know about the regional growth fund money that is available. >> this budget makes 230 pounds additional pensioners pay tax. it will bring half a million extra parents into -- yet this week we have heard 10,000 members will be cut. isn't it the case that the chancellor is so incompetent he

won't even have the staff to be able to deliver his own budget? >> we have actually increased staffing level at revenue customs to make sure we crack down on the sort of tax avoidance and, frankly, shown by the honorable lady's candidate for the mayor of london. that is what it has come to so that is the measures we are taking. >> i'm sure i speak for many in expressing our support for audible notion of integration of new business. would my right honorable friend agree that service can be set up by labour politicians to discuss their own hypocrisy on tax is a disgraceful betrayal of real entrepreneurs up and down the coast of? >> i think my honorable friend makes a good point and they don't want to hear because the fact is the man they're putting forward to put a 10 to be mayor, he is paying potentially a lower tax rate than the people who work for them at the gla but it is completely disgraceful and even at this late stage i would call on the labour leaders and get the labour candidates to publish all of the information so we can see the tax he has

paid. >> does the prime minister agree that the specialists center in oxford currently facing closure does outstanding work unlocking the isolation of children with acute communication disabilities? given the pressure charities are under, will the prime minister step in and pull together some preaching finance so that this outstanding center can continue helping their children and young people who need it so much? >> the right honorable job and probably knows i do know the center. i visited the center in the past but i'm happy to look with him as a fellow mp about what can we do done for the work it does, particularly for disabled children. >> the prime minister right he wants to crack down on tax affords. what does he think about ken livingstone who said, and i quote, -- [shouting] i give it to an account.

as that socialism for you? >> they don't like bash the i've of the labour party wanted rich people to pay the taxes properly. that's what we have ensured through this budget after the extra resources for the revenue. so why, why the deafening silence from the party opposite? why not a condemnation of this appalling behavior? >> thank you, mr. speaker. does the prime minister shammai concern as the actions of the northern island of attorney general using an outdated and discredited law of disrespecting the court to invoke contempt proceedings against the former northern ireland secretary my right honorable friend, comments and his men more? shouldn't we respect for the independence of judiciary be followed by the rights of individuals to their comment on that judiciary? >> i do have a great deal of

sympathy with what the right honorable gentleman says. parliamentary privilege obviously quite rightly allows members to express their views in parliament. in terms of what is it outside of parliament, there are occasions as i'll know when judges make critical remarks about politicians and their our remarks politicians make critical remarks about judges. to me this is part of a democracy and they think we want to keep things even. >> i welcome his efforts to achieve a controlled suspension of sanctions. with the decision on his proposal to next week will he ensure that the measures to monitor human vice in burma are included in the discussions of? >> i think my honorable friend is entirely right. i think while it's clear the bring the regime is making some steps towards greater freedom and democracy we should be extremely cautious and extremely careful. we want to see the further

release of political prisoners but were what see the resolution of ethnic complex and want to see this democratization process continue. that is why we are pushing across europe for the suspension of sanctions, excluding the arms embargo that should stay, rather than lifting of sanctions. we have support from the position for most of the other leading european countries and i hope we can deliver it. that would be the right thing in terms of demonstrating the regime we want to back progress. it would also strongly support what she herself is his is the right approach. >> prime minister, my constituents are angry that the budget was given a tax cut for millionaires. will he tell the house as result of the reduction, how much collectively with his cabinet be better off the? >> let me just make this point about the top rate of tax. let me just make this point. the party opposite had 13 years

to introduce a 50p rate of tax. they did it one month since they knew they were going to lose this top rate of tax has not raised any money and the 45 p/e rate that we have is higher than what you had for for over 13 years. >> thank you, mr. speaker. earlier this week the journalists wrote an article in the independent about how money young salvation women fill traditionally that the votes have been hijacked to abuse of the postal vote system. would my right honorable friend please look at the issue of revisiting, not going to strengthen our democracy and trust in it but to ensure that all votes -- all voters have a vote, and young voters, their votes are not actually still? >> i think my honorable friend makes a very important point, and i'm happy to look at the issue of postal voting but i

think first of all we need to do is sort out the issue of individual voter registration. i think this is vitally important to make sure we don't have a system that allows lots of people to be logged on to houses register would actually nobody is living there at all. there is growing evidence of abuse and concern and it's right that we are acting on it. >> two years ago in his pension a pledge the prime minister said and ago, it is fundamental to me that people have worked hard all their lives are now drawing attention. they deserve to be treated with respect. does the prime minister think he is trying to tell his grandkids he's treating patients with respect? >> let me just explain what we're doing for pensioners. we're increasing the basic state pension by five pounds 13 a week. disabled. that is not an increase to the party opposite would have made. at the same time, we are saving the winter fuel payment, the cold weather payment, the free television license, the free bus pass and the other pensioner

benefit. that is what this government is doing. and the same time we are examined the case for single to pension of around 140 pounds each. i would've thought that something that members on all sides of the house would welcome because it would be a well-paid basic state pension that would encourage people to say before they become pensioners. >> mr. speaker, 30 years ago a british public went missing in germany and partly -- [inaudible] her parents still have no idea what had. will the prime minister agreed to meet with his family to hear the calls for independent inquiry into the bungling of this investigation and give them the closure that they desperately need and deserve? >> i will certainly look at the case the honorable lady says to see what more we can do. these cases of missing people are completely tragic and the family doesn't get closure. very happy to look at the case and get back to her.

>> places of worship including many in -- [inaudible] why is the prime minister backing a 20% vat rates in the budget on alterations to buildings which will cost many of those churches and places of worship millions of pounds, the church of england some estimates 10 million, and creating them and the charities concern and shooting his own big society in the foot? >> again, let me try to explain to the honorable gentleman the basic unfairness that is in the current system. repairs the churches are already subject to vat. alterations two listed buildings are not subject to vat so that means that when as a repair to a church you do pay vat on if you put a great big swimming pool in a listed to her house you don't

pay vat. so it makes sense to redraw the bounties. but this is the crucial point. we will be putting money aside to make sure that churches that are undertaking repairs and alterations get the monies that they need. >> a few weeks speed is i want to hear mr. douglas carswell spent a few weeks ago i asked the primacy to what what extent he believes -- [inaudible] his short answer, according to the financial times in malaysia last week the prime minister said i can tell you yes, minister is the truth like. can the prime minister tell us what happened to change his mind? >> there are a few occasions where think the honorable gentleman does need a sense of you. [laughter]

[inaudible] can the prime minister name any of these? >> the figures i gave earlier showed lasher 300 people are earning over 19 pounds in our country got the rate of tax down to 10%. i think we do need to make sure, of course would protect charities them would encourage proper giving, but we do need to make sure that rich people are paying their fair share of taxes. i would've thought that would be a principle that we get some attraction from all sides of the house. >> does my right honorable friend agree universities should be free -- on the basis of merit? >> i think my honorable friend is entirely right. it's welcome that a greater proportion of 18-year-olds are

now applying to universities than almost any time under the last 13 years. no one pays up front for the tuition or other fees but i think that is welcome. and yes he's right, university entry is about academic marria marriage. >> the deputy prime minister breezily say we are succeeded to pull this economy back from the break with record level of youth unemployment, more than forecast in other pumped up, does that not -- [inaudible] >> i notice absolute no welcome of the fact that today unemployment is falling, employment has gone up, and youth unemployment has come to of course it is much too high. there's far more that needs to be done, but let me just bring house up-to-date with one particular scheme the work experience came on which the evidence is now growing. 50% of his young people going into that scheme are off benefits within six months and that means it is 20 times more cost-effective than the future

jobs fund. that is part of the youth contract that the deputy prime minister has been spearheading and it's been doing an extremely good job in doing so. >> today, a group of mps -- [shouting] >> members shouldn't be yelling at the audible lady. border. i want to hear what she has to say. [shouting] >> perhaps they should listen first, mr. speaker, before going. a group of mps from right across the political spectrum published a report into something that is incredibly important as to how we keep our children safe online. we think that internet service providers should do more and that the government should deliver a very strong lead on this issue. with the prime minister at least agree to read the summary of the report? >> i'm very grateful to the honorable lady who dropped off a full copy of the report to the

office. she raises a very important subject. as a parent and as a politician i'm keenly help protect people from this sort of material. i have got together some the technology and telephone company's and got into look at offering a choice of blocking all adult an age restricted content on their home internet. i think we start working with the companies to deliver these changes. we can protect more people. >> the government said it wants to simplify the tax system, so why is it introducing changes to child benefits that will bring support to the treasury select committee today has said will bring further harm and? >> i would say to the honorable lady who did very work, we have to make difficult decisions to do with the debt and deficit. and i think it's not defensible to ask people to earn 20,000 pounds, 30,000 pounds to pay their taxes so the people sitting in the south can get

child benefit. i don't think that's a. i know that members opposite of going to walk through the lobby tomorrow for something that they will financially benefit from. but i have to say i think it's profoundly wrong. [shouting] >> order, order. order. i want to accommodate backbenchers first. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the industry employs thousands of people across this country. the vast majority in manufacturing. will the prime minister listen to the plea and think again about this tax which will cripple and already suffering industry? >> i listen very carefully to the point that he makes a number of a friend the chancellor has been meeting with other yorkshire mps. but again, this is an issue about how we draw the vat boundaries fairly. i don't think it's fair that a mobile caravan pays vat but a

stationary care than does not. no one is talking about putting vat on park homes that are peoples permit host but this is about a fair drawing of the boundaries to make sure we have a fair approach in our country. >> mr. george galloway. [shouting] >> as i was saying, mr.anning or withdrawal am is more, ti