and see me about her because he knows he will get a very we >> questions to the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning, i had meetings with ministers, colleagues and others. i shouldst have further such meetings later today. >> mr. speaker, over two and all half thousand households are featinged by the bedroom. i will not vote. >> thousands of disabled peoplea who have no choice to come

further. >> here, here. >> let us be absolutely clear. this is not a tax. >> let me explain.pl let me explain. >> a tax is when you earn somen money. the government takes some of that money away from you.he g that is a tax. >> let me be clear to you. pensions are exempt. people with severely disabled children are exempt.ple people who need care are exempt- those kind of people are all exempt but there is a basic issue of fairness.xe how can it be fair that peoplene on housing benefits in privatei rented accommodations do not ger a fair room subsidy, where ast people in socializing do.ere that is not fair. we are putting that right. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> thank you.

>> figures published yesterday, it has been 37% increase in theu number of deaths linked to this disease. are we going to stop this awful position.io we need to prevent this disease and do research in particular. what is the government doing to help support those with dementia and those who care for them. >> i think you raise something that is of concern to everyonemi in this house and everyone in this country.n no one knows when a relative could get eevicted. the point she made is right. this is a disease. we should be thinking about pit as disease in the way we try toe crack cancer or heart disease or strokes. that is why this government ist increasing the amount of money going to. the medical research o we can try to prevent dementiah in more cases but there are many other thing we need to do inngs terms of improving the care, in care homes, and in hospitals. also make sure we have more

dementia-friendly communities, so we learn how to deal with people who have dementia and help them lead productive lives as possible. >> mr. speaker, i would like to ask the prime minister about an individual case that is beingn raised with me. john works in east london and is worried about what is happening to his living standards.his his salaries -- his salary is 1 million pounds and he is worried that under proposed regulation, the bonus may bep capped at just 2 million pounds. can you tell us what he is goin to do for john? >> what i would say to john --o what i would say to john, andg] everyone like john, is under this government, bonuses are on quarter of what they were when he was there. >> i will take lots of lectures from lots of people, buy don'tll have to listen to the casino when it went bust.

>> mr. speaker speaker, mr. speaker, -- i know the prime minister doesn't want to do with the facts. he can send his chancellor to europe yesterday an and/or to ag ag now, now, he says presumably because it will be bad for london, but, mr. speaker, on tht bonus tax, it was a conservative member of the european parliament in. what did she say? we managed to produce a deal that will start the righto balance for the majority of bank pers to make responsiblecisi decision. why the prime minister and the chancellor, the only people whos think it is a priority to fight the bigger bonuses.- >> he is completely wrong.t f we have some of the toughest rules on bonus and the toughest rules on transparency of anyou

major financial center anywhere in the world. and when they were in charge, where were the rules? there were none. we are not going to listen tohe them. look, there is an important issue here.po there are some important interests. we are responsible for 40% of the e.u.'s financial services. though industries are here in ource country.es are we ought to make sure they go contributed. we want to make sure that international banks go on being headquartered here in the u.k. we that i matters. we might want to pose and playj politics, but we care aboutbut these things. we also, we also, we also want to make sure that we can put inn place the very tough wing fence around our retail banks, so the complete shambles he presided over can never happen again. this is the man, who in opposition said, there will be a

day of reckoning for thebe bankers. and now he sent his chancellor to go against the bonus tax in brussels. what did he say? s there should be more regulation of the banks.er >> no. >> oh. well, let's see. what did he say?s david cameron, conservatived economic strategy, march 2008. i have it here. as the free market ear, as a free market by conviction. will nothe surprise me to hear u say, the problems of the last decade have been too much regulation.ho >> mr. speaker, look, let met, say, let me say, i think, i think john the banker will take heart by the prime minister is straining every muscle to help him. now let me ask him, let me ask him billion the case of the hundreds of thousands ofo disabled people who have thedi

earning average of 700-pounds ad year in the bedroom tax.be is he going to fight for him like is fighting for john the banker? let us just remembered whatust happened in 2008 when he was in government. the biggest banking bust in our history. the biggest deficit in our history. all the mess that we are having to deal with now was deliverede by him and his hinchemen in 2008, and what about -- i tell you what? before we go on to the subsidy. let him get to the speech and apologize for the mess left in the country. apologize. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker -- >> order. i know there are people that don't like it when the recession runs on. personally, it does not matter to me at all. a

the longer it takes, the longer we'll be here. it is very simple. i do know the prime minister ha new tactic which is to ask meas questions in our exchange.s all i can say it is good the toa be in opposition, mr. speaker. >> they are looking forward tom facing them when they are inhe opposition. >> now, now, let me ask him -- he did not answer the question about the bedroom tax.an no isw talked earlier about the hardship fund.a let's go to the facts on theabou hardship fund. there is 25 million pounds, our cases, to help disabled people hit by the bedroom tax and thei hardship fund.dr 25 million people, specifically the disabled people, but how much did the own figures show he is taking from disabled people?' 306 million pounds. we admit that the vast majority of disaged people, who are hit6. by the bedroom tax, will get noh help from the hardship fund.

>> the whole country will makeit no apology for the mess left, but let me tell him.but let me tell him, on the fair room subsidy, the figures are completely wrong. first of all, the last thing hel just said before he sat down, we're capping the money going to disabled people. that is not the case. in 2009-10, the money spent on disability living allowance was $12.4 billion.wanc by 2015, it will be $13.3 million. there is no cut in the money going to the disaged, this government is protecting that money in spite of the mess that he made.at mon now on the subsidy, pensions aro exempt. people with disagedded childrenr are exempt, anyone who needs help around the clock is also exempt.t. as he is reading, let me read out one i got on this issue froe a pensioner who said this, "wead are expected to find a

collection of 60 pounds a month for having extra bedroom, when of course they are not. they are pensions. they are except but they have been terrified." >> i think, i think all of that means, i think all of that meani that there was nothing in the briefing on the question i asked. let me, let me just make itfing clear. the government does notm understanded it. the own tax assessment, which you may read, a by the way, mr. speaker. are 420,000 disabled people hit by the bedroom tax.d an average of 700 bounds a year. right. that is 306 million pounds. the money in the hardship fund al le indicated for disabledm people is just 25 million pounds. we need make a basic arithmetic. the vast majority of disabled people get no help from theeo hardship fund and will be hit by the tax. fun >> you are completely wrong,y because anyone with severely

disabled children is exempt from the fair room subsidy.e >> order. order.>> >> you must not shout at the top of their voices to the prime minister. the question is being asked. it was heard. the answer must be heard.answ mr. prime minister. >> anyone with severely disabled children is exempt from the fair room subsidy. anyone who needs are care is except from this subsidy, but the point he has to address is this. we are spending $23 billion pounds on housing benefits. s that he up by 50% over the last decade.at that is 1,000 pounds every year for every basic tax fair. now we say it is time to reform housing benefits.t is only fair that you treatousi people in social housing the same way as in private rented housing. hes into proposals to dod anything about welfare but toto put up borrowing. >> now i think we established today the prime minister does not understand his own policies.

>> it is shameful to be doing this and not even trying to seed the impact of it on the people of this connery. he pulled out all the stops to defend the bankers and theiro bonus, but he has done nothing for the disaged people who have been hit by bedroom tax.le he stands up to the wrong people. you is no wonner the fat bankers and the country is totally outn of touch. >> what we have heard today is what we hear every single wednesday. they will not support one single change to welfare.ge t they won't support the reforms to housing benefits. they did not even support it when we took housing benefits away from people charging $100,000-pounds a year. they would not support changes to job benefit. they won't support any changes to dna.th they will not support changes to cancel tax benefits. they have opposed $83 billion times of welfare savings. that's the point.of they have to admit that their

policy is to put out, they have nothing, only debt, debt, debt,t and more debt. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, forgive me. >> thank you. >> thank you. on the 8th of march, on the 8th of march, we celebrate international women's day witha the prime minister join me ins calling upon the indian and pakistani governments to do more to uphold the right of women and to advance the gender agenda. >> now i think my friend iser absolutely right to raise this. think there are particular,rais shoes we should really focus on. that is female mutilation which is completely unacceptable practice that we need to dealc with right across the world, but including here in the united kingdom. we'll be making an announcement about that. we should also do more to

crackdown on the completely unacceptable practice of forced marriages.et there are still forced marriages take place right here withre people involved from the united kingdom. we need to do more to put a stop it to.peee >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. >> i have been asked by the people to open a food bank.a i am proud of the people who ar- pulling together as a community. i have to say i carry a sense oo absolute shame, that thiscom government is driving people, more and more, even working people, but i see people waving this away, and there is a question of morality. the government must look after them. >> i would welcome people who are making this contribution ind our country as the last thing the government did by giving the organization that earned the food banks an actual prize and an award for their work. i point out that the use of food banks went up ten times under

labour. but one thing labour refused to do, which we have done, which ii to allow job centers to point people to the food banks if thee need them. they were worried, they were worried about the adverse publicity. they put that worm ry before the needs of people up and down the. country. tha >> mr. speaker, does the prime minister agree we cannot borrow less by borrowing senator. >> yeah. >> we cannot deal with theng deficit left by the government by increasing our debt. it is financially and morally bankrupt.s >> here. i think you make an point pointi >> the policy of the official opposition is to borrow less by borrowing more. it is incredible. that is why the leader of thecr opposition comes there week is after week, he asks all sorts ow questions but he will never mention the borrowing policy. it isl an extraordinary point bp the leader of the opposition, as policy, he is embarrassed abouts

he cannot tell the house of commons. >> he showed willful ignorance while moreab than 1,000 people d died needlessly in the hs. how can we have any of antsy. will the prime minister not get him immediately? he has very, frankly, very candidly apologized andy acknowledged the mistakes that were made and i think it is aneg important point because i thinkn everyone has to think of their responsibilities with regard to the dreadful event that happenee at the hospital, including the fact that part of the problem was people following a very top-down, target-led again that, which led to patient care beingl put on the back burner. nicholson wants to get on withis his job of running an extraw national health service, andr

other people should be thinking of their positions, too.be >> look, prime minister, welcome the honorable member of easterly and agree with me that even governing parties can win if they stick by their leaderson through thick and thin, andck campaign hard, and campaign hard, for the economy in a fair society. >> buy would certainly welcomel the new member of parliament for the period of this parliament. >> i am sure that he would enjoy making a contribution to our debate tonight. i know carefully the rest will. >> abraham. >> this time last week, the prime minister told me, in fact, we would not be forcing commissioners to put advancedy tender, by the end of last week, doctors, nurse, and the association medical research, nearly 250,000 members of thees public said they did not believb

him. yesterday's withdrawal of the competition regulation and the government's professionals -- with respect to the lady, i think there is an attempt to create an entirely false argument here. or the aim, the aim that the rules for procurement and diversity in the nhs fully respect the position that wash put in place by the last government has been repeated in this government and what we are doing is putting that beyond ant doubt, but what i would say top her what is i said last week.at what are we to be frightened ups by making sure that in our brilliant nhs, you can get a full contribution from private sector companies, from volunteers and charitablefr bodies, too. that is actually the manifesto she stood on at the laststoo election just in case she forgot. i willju remind her.e we will support, i don't evenhot

hear the manifesto. i don't. we will support an active rollan to the independent sector working alongside in thede provision of care, particularly where they bring innovation, such as end-of-life care.re what happens is when the laborwh baut goes into opposition, they are in the trade union movementt >> here. >> thank you very much. >> we recommend the closure of acute and maternity services.ll discuss the serious impact thist would have on access to service including the two new regimenshc we welcomed in 2015.e >> here. i discussed this issue many times. i am happy to speak with him again.ak the trust does continue to face serious financial challenges and

is putting forth worth to improve service. they will be consulting with the health secretary as well as others before making the finalhe decision to go ahead.deci if he wants to discuss it withwt me or health, i am happy to hav that conversation. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this week, the cpr reported that one in ten people in new castles have borrowed money to pay for food.le i in april, 20,000 of our poorest households are going to be asked to find up to 125 pounds per month to pay for the tax benefit and the bedroom tax. so could the prime min officer concern whether at the same time he personally will be benefiting from the millionaire's tax. o >> let me address the issue.s let me address the issue much the spare room subsidy in newpae castle, specifically, because there are 9,000 people, onal social housing, waiting list.

think this is important. across the country, you got 250,000 people who are living in overcrowded accommodations, who would love to have access to aac house with more rooms and you got 386,000 people who are living in overcrowded housing.e that is a reality. now the party opposite does nots want to recognize reality and has nothing to offer in terms oy reform.er >> thank you, mr. speaker. last year, more than 100 women were killed by men in the unite0 kingdom. we know that domestic violence i happens across the doorways across the entire country. will the prime minister take the opportunity of internationalll women's day to pay tribute the outstanding work being done byrn wilshire police and finding newe ways tod reduce the crime and also to the support they are providing services for those who suffer in my constituency. i am happy to do that. think that fight domestic violence an important part of international woman's week as sheim says. i want to commend not just the police in wilshire but the locad

authority that has done goodwi work bringing all the agencies together to make sure we have a joint approach of trying to crack this difficult problem which arery actually as she says has been hidden from you.hi i'm mr. ronny campbell. here. >> a recent report suggested that we are just in this country of being suppressed by 3%. >> now the, silly. >> not you, silly. >> why is it that bunker spend and get away with the profits under the border, where is this prime minister going to get an grip that the tax, fand is not going to get a grip, let him get a grip. >> when his friends are in charge, the bonuses were higher. the banks were going bust. h

there was not proper regulationt that was a mess.r those two were sitting in then h casino when it started spinning and the country nearly wentni bust. >> welcome the action, the office of fair trading have taken today to make sure that payday lenders behaveda responsibly and fairly. >> i think our friend raises ank very important case because the fact is a number have been behaving in an irresponsible way. they are putting 50 firms on notice over their behavior.ve they are requiring them to take actions facing finds or having their licenses revoked and they also consult on referring there entire sector to the competitiou commission. so action is being taken. i commend them for have! they have done.at t >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> technology had a count for 280 places for 16 to

18-year-olds. that is a 10% cut despiteit unemployment. with rising unplomment and the flat-lining economy, why is thel prime minister denying young people education?y can you explain yes is cuttinged tax for millionaires while youny people have no future? >> let me just tell her, in her region, em employment is up by 21,000 this quarter. it is up by 74,000 suns the election. we have taken 192,000 people int her region out of tax altogether and unemployment is down sincey the election.hank >> mr. speaker, i welcomed last week's speaker. my grigs has fall and third since the general election. >> does the prime minister agrei with me.es t it shows the government is m ending uncontrolled immigration while the party opposite has opposed every single set we havr

taken. >> i think you make a worthwhile point which is this. we have taken action across the board to deal with thect completely unacceptable situation that we inherited. united nationsh were the last government, net migration ran at over 200,000 a year. that means 2 million over a decade. that is two cities the size of birmingham coming and staying in our country under theirh completely busted and bankrupt system. now what we have done is cutb that net migration by third byne taking a series of steps, none of which they have supported. and tonight, we hear we are going tove get one of the fakete apology interests the leader of the opposition.you i suspected with it will be every bit of real as the fake apology to apologize for the less he left the economy in. >> the prime minister of the people, reassurance about public safety, bunder the latest proposals, every police station, will close down and there will be fewer police officers and

inned a kate number that existed immediate lynn are the riotings. is this another broken promise? >> well, first of all, the fig gores are wrong.r the number of neighborhood police officers in london is up from 895 to 3418. crime is down in the mess. he should be welcoming that rather than criticizing it. >> the prime minister hase absorbed that u.k. is a party of -- how are the talks going? >> i come men my honorablend o friend. he revealed a little bit

further. we'll see that, yeah, all righti okay, enough. enough already. enough already. what i can say, it was a good honest and fair fight in these people. what i would be clear about is the party that it is mentally challenge as the opposition in our country went precisely nowhere. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> my constituent prime minister are demanding that big businesses pay the full taxes, likewise, they are determined, prime minister, you have saidim that you wille pay all taxes dt in the proper way. next month, will that include any tax be the period, which you, prime minister, have cut? >> first of all, can i welcome the fact he supports this g.'sh initiative on tax transparency which we'll makeve progress on.i what i will say to him.

the reason for replacing with the 45 rate is the 50 rate was not raising proper money. indeed. it raised 7 billion pounds less. that is probably why for tens. years in office, the labor party never put it in place. that is why under theis i government, the 45 rate will be higher than the rate than ever is launched when they wereighe sitting in the casino. >> the widely-disputed economic benefits of hs2 may or may not be realized in 20 years time; however, the anxiety here, this project generates hit my consistents with the announcement of the extended groupings. i now have constints who cannot sell their houses and are uncertain about the future and the potential loss of the 500 million-pound investment and 7,000 jobs in 2016. you address the real concerns of

my constints about this project. >> well, i am happy to make surr that what my honorable friend asked for happens. i quite understand when you launch a project like hs2. l it does cause a lot of local it concern and unease. that is why we are putting in of place such a large national consultation. that is why we'll put in place generous compensation scheme. i would say to my honorablera friend. think if we are going to in win in the global race economically. the got to invest in new infrastructure whether that is t railways including high-speed, rail. the rest of the world is getting onboard on the high-speed revolution ain't is right we should, too. >> thank you, mr. speaker. giving an extra 150 million-pounds to local's authorities to streamline adoption service and taking thet exam sum out of the earlyte intervention grant seems to be a classic example of taking awaysc with one han