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>> turn one. i spoke yesterday to my constituent -- given the dreadful level of service she described to me she was quite shocked to find the passport agency returned a surplus of 73 million pounds. what does it say about the values of his government that the chancellor is making a profit out of our constituents misery? >> first of all what i would say to his constituent and, indeed, any other constituent of any mp in this house because it is an important issue, it is a difficult issue, we must get it right, is this. anyone in need to travel within the next week and who's waited more than three weeks through no fault of their own will be -- no extra cost so they get a passport in time. i don't want anyone to miss their holiday because of these difficulties. in terms of what has happened we have seen a 15% increase over the last week and a number of

passports being processed but we need to go faster, hire more people and the home secretary will be updating the house this afternoon. >> sir peter tapsell. >> is the prime minister aware of the grading sentiment that as the publication of the choke off the report is being so long delayed, the ancient but still existing power of backbenchers to convince the procedures of impeachment should now be activated to bring mr. tony blair to task for allegedly misleading the house of the necessity of the invasion of iraq in 2003? >> what i would say to my right honorable friend and father of the house, it is important that we see the results of the iraq

inquiry. it is that access to all of the papers come to all of the officials come to all of the ministers and, frankly, what i would say is if the iraq inquiry had started when this party and, indeed, when the liberal democrats suggested it, and actually we would have seen the iraq inquiry published by now. by the members opposite including incidentally the leader of the opposition, voted against starting the iraq inquiry on no fewer than four occasions. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, all of us would have been appalled by the images of the brutal aggression of isis, temporizing its citizens, undermining its fragile democracy. iraqis today facing fundamental threats to its integrity security and stability. can be prime minister provide house with his latest assessment of the situation in iraq? always a welcome appearance yesterday of primers to maliki

with kurdish and sunni representatives calling for national unity, can he say what more he believes can be done to encourage more inclusive and representative gohmert which is essential to the future of iraq? >> first of all the leader of the opposition is right that one of the crucial things that needs to happen is for the iraqi government to take a more inclusive approach towards shia, sunni and kurd as important constituent parts of a right but i can tell the house the latest reports indicate fighting is continuing on a front from -- the oil refinery is currently under attack by isil. they are fighting isil. there is this large-scale recruitment not only of shia militias but also of the young recruits to the iraqi armed forces and it is vital that proceeds and that isil is pushed back by the iraqis. but the key thing to recognize here is when you get this combination of poor governance can of ungoverned bases and

support for extremism, that provides an opportunity for the terrorists and went to address this on each of those three fronts. supporting the iraqi government for the work they need to do. >> mr. speaker, i agree, this crisis though it's not just affecting iraq but has consequences for the whole world including the uk. can he tell what extra measures we're taking and cuddly including to the border agency and home office to assure the british nationals in the region cannot return here and engage in violence extremism or terrorism? can he say what the government is doing to prevent people in this country becoming radicalized and traveling to the region in order to fight? >> i believe this is the current focus as i said yesterday, our approach to this issue must be based on hardheaded assessment of our national interest to most important is how to keep our citizens safe here at home and the leader asked specifically by the actions we're taking. we will be legislating in this session of parliament to make the planning of attacks overseas

illegal here in the uk. we will be making sure our security, intelligence and policing resources are focused particularly on this part of the world and the danger of british people traveling there but becoming radicalized and returned to duty. we've stopped a number of people traveling. we've taken what passports including using the new powers that we legislative or in the last parliament and we will continue to do everything we can to keep our country safe. >> the prime minister refers to measures will also look at. i want to talk about iran and its role in this crisis. we support the announcement made yesterday by the foreign secretary to reopen the british embassy in tehran. and the dialogue started by the fort sumter with his counterpart. the challenge we face in iraq is although iran opposes isis, the iranian regime in the past has shown that it does not support a fish for inclusive and democratic state in iraq. so can he get the house's current assessment and he did

the governments of the willingness and attend of the current iranian regime to play constructive rather than divisive role in helping to resolve the iraqi crisis? >> versatile i'm grateful for the cross party approach on this and i would make two points. i think it is important to reengage with dialogue with chiron and that's what we're planning to reopen the embassy. i think it should be done on the step-by-step basis but as i said it should be done with a very clear eye and a very hardheaded because we know of the appalling things that happened to her embassy back in 2011. the people who say they're some sort of inconsistency, with having dialogue with iran while at the same time recognizing how much they've done to destabilize the region, i would say we need to take a consistent approach with all the players in this region which is to say that we support the voices of moderation, the voices that support democracy, inclusive government, pluralistic politics under the rule of law. we need the iranian government to play the role as well as everybody else.

>> mr. speaker, the board of content is course with across the region. is agree with me it is not just iran but other significant countries across the region that have a huge responsibility not to take steps to further fuel the sectarian conflict? that includes support for extremist groups including isis. will be prime minister make clear in his conversation with all countries in the region that will simply fill the conflict of? >> i think it is right that whatever we are looking to do, whether it is the support the voices of moderation and democracy in syria, whether it is trying to help the iraqi government closed down this ungoverned space in iraq, or indeed the conversations we have with other regional players, it's very important we are consistent with that engagement and we oppose extremism, terrorism and violence. let me reassure the house that when it comes to the support that we have given the rebels in

syria, that we do that to the official syrian opposition who are committed to those things and not to extremism, violence and terrorism. at our engagement with the saudi arabians, with an iraqis and others is all on the basis that none of us should be supporting those violent terrorist or extremist. >> the consequences of what's happening in iraq. we're british allies in the region such as jordan that are dealing with a huge refugee crisis and events in iraq threaten to make it worse. britain is doing a good job of providing welcome them into support in the refugee camps but there are more refugees outside the camp and inside the camp. what are the practical measures doesn't prime minister believe we can take to support countries like jordan and like lebanon affected by this crisis? >> first of all let me update the house because we remain when it comes history, we remain the

second largest bilateral aid donor anywhere in the world which a think it's something britain can be proud. were providing shelter, food, clothing and support for the millions of people who have been bit homeless by that conflict. when it comes to supporting the neighboring countries with different some direct health to jordan because the increase of the population in jordan and, indeed, in lebanon is equivalent effectively as a think about it in our own terms, almost 50 million people coming here to the uk but in terms of the iraq humanitarian situation where there is an emerging humanitarian problem because of people being displaced because of the isil murderous regime that we've already announced 3 million pounds of humanitarian aid to people displaced in that region and i can announce today will be increasing that to 5 million pounds so yet again britain will be playing its role for those who know both of them have been despised by public and face a very difficult situation. >> i welcome that and hope you

continue to show what more can be done to us outside the camps and support infrastructure in countries like jordan but let me say this finally, mr. speaker but everything we're seeing across this region begs a fundamental question about whether it can develop a politics where people live alongside each other as citizens rather than dividing along sectarian, ethnic or religious lines. does he finally agree with me while we can and should provide assistance to make that happen, in the end it is about the political will of those in the region that will determine whether this happens or not? >> i agree with the right honorable gentleman. i think it will be a mistake to believe that the only answer to these problems is the heart attack of direct intervention. -- hard. but i also disagree with those people who think this is nothing to do with us and if they want to have some sort of extreme islamist regime in the middle of a rack that will affect us, it will. the people in the regime as well

as trying to take territory are also planning to attack us here at home in the united kingdom. so the right answer is to be long-term, hardheaded, patient and intelligent with the interventions that we make. the most important intervention of all these to make sure that these governments are fully representative of the people who live in the countries, that they close down the ungoverned space and remove the support to the extremist but if we do that, not just in syria but we have to help in iraq, in somalia, in nigeria, and molly, because the drums will come back and hit us at home if we don't. >> mr. speaker, this week construction begins on university technical college, followed by miller education, and industries will receive first class education but also preparation for real jobs in the real world. with the prime minister encourage young people to explore the opportunities of

this wonderful new school will offer? >> what i can say to my honorable friend is a no, we're doing all we can to help get the university technical college ready to open its doors in september so students can start to benefit. what i would say having visited to these technical college is now, i think they represent filling in one of the missing links in our education system that was left after the second world war where ironically we helped the germans established a technical schools but didn't put them in place here in the united kingdom. i am very proud to be leading a government that is putting that right. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. three large -- [inaudible] it's no surprise people can get an appointment. labour is promising a maximum 48 hour wait to see a gp.

what is he promising? >> what i would say to the honorable lady is first of all in order to provide more gps we need to provide money. this government has increased spending on the nhs when we were told by the party opposite it was irresponsible. irresponsible. which is the in our nhs today is 7000 more doctors, more nurses, more midwives but 19,000 fewer bureaucrats. and i think that is vital in providing the help of services that we need. [inaudible] will be welcome happier news we're in the midst of volunteering week of action renovating historic landmarks close in 2009? [inaudible] will he welcome all the jobs communities fair's?

>> i am delighted to welcome that and recommend that they take advantage of the one he got not just in this budget but also in a previous budget. i know that people have suffered unacceptably from this air pollution problem, and very happy to discuss that with her. in terms of dignity pubs, i think we're seeing a growth in terms of community pubs and i think that's all to the good. it's welcome, of course we introduce the kennedy right to bid that has enabled a number of communities to take hold of these facilities and operate them for the use of the public. >> tran one. in its recent report on the queen elizabeth hospital, the cqc praised the staff for being kind, caring and respectful but highlight a series combat and constraints in a in the department. does the premise to remember that a year ago before being stopped by judicial review of his government were proposing to close the a&e department in the neighboring hospital which has

added muscle to the pressures on the already overstretched queen elizabeth? what lessons are being learned from that serious error of judgment? >> i think the most important thing with our health service is to praise good service when we see it but to recognize where you see poor service, it has to be turned around and we are very clear about the turnaround work that is being done in many of our hospitals that were left for year after year under labour. by the house might be interested to know, the hous house might be interested to know that the average amount of time you wait in a india with 77 minutes when labour were in power. it is that 30 minutes under this government. >> candi prime minister advice my constituents what action the government has taken to ensure that error to regeneration receive the necessary public service infrastructure to support the increase in population? >> spent my ottawa for an example in point.

got things like the new homes bonus that it helped to make sure the local authorities can put in place. we have revise and strengthen you when it comes to assure infrastructure is provided to support new development and my friend will know as result of the recent reward there will be new rolling stock on the line and by the end of 2018 that will be over 3000 more seats on trains running through which i hope is welcome to his constituents. >> what does the prime minister believe the underlying cause is for the 2 billion pounds deficit forecast for the english national health service trust for next year? what are his remedies the? >> the estimates being made today are being made on the basis that we have set challenges for the nhs in terms of making efficiencies. what i can report to the house after four years in government is abatement of those efficiency challenges every single year under this government and that

money has been plowed back into better patient care in our nhs. the great question for the nhs in british politics today i would argue is why is it in wales where labour are under control, where 8% cuts have been made in the nhs budget -- they might be on opposite. they are not yawning in wales because they are stuck on waiting lists desperate for treatment. [shouting] >> thank you, train one. will my right honorable friend join me in congratulating the england women's football team? >> here, here. >> and women are delivering for england with more women in employment, more women setting up businesses. will be prime minister confirm that in our long-term economic plan we -- we will ensure that women can continue to score the goals for the uk economy and

that no one is left behind? >> here, here. >> i'm happy to join my honorable friend. a keen fan of not just the england football team but also the england cricket team. actually had the great pleasure of having representatives of the england women's football and cricket team in downing street recently. i made a point to them. they seem to put us through considerably less hard a, stress and worry when they are qualifying for these major competitions and, indeed, in the cricket teams case when they're winning the ashes. i think there is some good uses celebrate which is the middle employment is at a record high in our country. there are nearly 700,000 more women in work than at the election. we're seeing more women entrepreneurs starting up businesses, making sure it's fair for women in terms of pension. i believe this government has a good record but there's always more to be done. >> mr. speaker, exactly 20 years ago to the day, some and went to

the pub in my constituency and killed six men. the families have never received truth and justice. only two weeks ago the police in short that the investigation was stalled. does the prime minister agree with me that all police services must cooperate fully with her oversight authority, both to the letter and to the spread, to ensure that families that i represent received truth and justice? >> i agree with the honorable lady that everyone should cooperate with the police ombudsman and ugly the police ombudsman system in northern ireland is now a model that other countries are looking to follow from something i discussed quite recently in terms of what happened in the republic of ireland. we have got a system that works. read historical inquiry teams which are also working but i very much hope that the wor worg

continued between the parties in northern ireland to discuss the principles and the haas ideas for flakes, parades and the past and hope that everyone can come together and talk these issues out. >> thank you, mr. speaker. youth unemployment is down, unemployment for everyone is down, business growth is out. what i would say to the prime minister, is inadequate disclosures our long-term economic plan is working? will be prime minister join with me in welcoming the new creation of a university tactical college to ensure our future generations have the right skills? >> i'm delighted to say to the on will jump in and it is welcome that youth unemployment which has been too high for too long in a country is down 25% this year in his constituency a long-term youth unemployment down 41%. he makes the point as well about

these university technical colleges. i want to see one of these in every major town in our country so we give young people the opportunity of a good technical education if that is what the jews under the schools, well-funded, well resourced and also partners as in his case, partnered up with good organizations can bring them to bat. >> how is this campaign going to stop mr. younger? [laughter] >> it's a simple issue of principle. it's a simple issue of principle much more connected to the principle than the name. the principle is this. i think ill be shared on every side of the house, that the members of the european council who are the elected a prime esters and the elected presidents under the treaty, we should choose who runs the european commission. [shouting] and i don't mind how many people on the european council disagree with me. i will fight this right to the very end. [shouting] and what i would say, what i

would say to my colleagues on the european council, many of whom have expressed interest in views about both this principle and this person, if you what reform in europe, you've got to stand up for it. if you want to change in your, you've got to vote for it. that is the message that i will take and that is the right message for our country. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker last year cabinet office minister said relocation of stat -- continue to be high on the agenda and to deliver the savings needed. will be prime minister look to move some of those jobs direct in cleveland where of low-cost offices, affordable housing, school places, people ready to work and a great lifestyle? >> my friend makes an important

point about early education of jobs and, of course, we want to see that developed. i know it's disappointing about the changes to the insolvency service in stockton last year but one of the reasons that happened is because there has been such a shop -- sharp fall in bankruptcy and closures. over all as he knows employment is rising in the northeast, rising by 47,000 last year but we need to make sure we generate not just private sector jobs but where we can sensibly low-key public sector jobs agenda parts of the country. we continue with the program. >> thank you, mr. speaker. how many people in this country are fighting crisis and what risk they pose to the uk speak with the estimates that a been given so far is that around 400 people from the uk have taken part in fighting with isis, but those summers are much more based around what is happening in syria rather than what is

happening in iraq where we have considerably less information. what i can say to the honorable lady is together with him secretary and others i have chaired a season these in whitehall to make sure our intelligence, security and policing services our focus as sharply as the can onto this problem. the estimates are now that this is a greater threat to the uk than the return of foreign jihadis or fighters from the afghanistan or pakistan region, and we need to make sure we're doing everything we can as i said to keep our country safe. >> thank you, mr. speaker. whilst it is good news the british deficit has been cut by a third, there is still much more to do. one way of helping is to send back all the convicted criminals were foreign nationals who are costing british taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds each year to keep in our prisons. all too often a test to send back these criminals are suffered by human rights legislation.

what plans does the prime minister have to prime minister have to put an end to this ludicrous state of affairs the? >> what i would say to the honorable friend is i agreed we need to do more on this front. we have removed around 20,004 national offenders since this government came to office but the number is still too high. i have a law did individual ministers to individual territories, particularly those with the highest number of foreign offenders the countries like nigeria, jamaica, ma vietnam, china, to make sure we make progress on returning these prisoners. we need to use the prisoner transfer agreements within the european union because that could lead to a large return of prisoners not least to poland but we have to keep up the pressure on this, and i also believe if we get a conservative government after the next election we will have a substantive reform to the human rights act which is not working properly for britain. >> last month the national health service missed it cancer

treatment target for the very first time. what does the primus had to say to patients and their families who have had to put their lives on hold waiting for vital treatment to start? >> there isn't a family in this country that isn't affected by cancer and the difficulties of making sure you get the treatment that you need as fast as you can but we have a series of targets for cancer treatment and we are meeting almost all of them. we've seen an increase in terms of 15% in terms of the number of people that are being treated for cancer. and, of course, we've introduced something that never existed under the previous government, and that is the cancer drug fund. she would probably know people in her own constituency just as i know people in my constituency who are getting medicines that they need that they never got before. >> the prime minister will know the economic recovery has been led by the private sector with firms grading thousands of new

jobs and exporting across the globe but will the command and support their efforts to export more? >> as i said before where as six leaves, the rest of the country both in terms of economic recovery, private sector growth, entrepreneurialism, employ more people, that is exactly what the economy needs. that's what our economic plan is delivering but last week we saw that record increase in employment. this week we've seen inflation fall to a five year low. very successful meetings yesterday with the chinese premier signing 14 billion pounds worth of important deals that will bring jobs, growth and investment to this country but we've got to keep working on every aspect of our plan, including improving exports to the fastest growing countries. >> i john major made a very strong case for looking at our constitutional arrangement,

whatever outcome. will he accept the revolution in england outside london is very much -- [inaudible] >> as the honorable lady knows, i'm a fan of directly elected mayors but people of birmingham had the chance to make that decision and they voted not to have a mayor. i hope people will see successful mayors in london, in liverpool, in bristol and other parts of our country, and they will see there are real benefits from that. but where i agree with her, even if we don't move to a mayoral system, there is more we can do through cdos, through local enterprise partnerships, through some of the funding in whitehall further down towards the cities and regions all would be to the good. what i think is worthwhile and

welcomed is the fact that her party has not decided to tear up in its policy review local enterprise partnerships but instead to extend them. i think it's good with cross party agreement on how to try this devolution to our great cities around the country. >> on behalf of my constituents, may i thank the prime minister for his swift and effective action in giving what is in effect a posthumous honor to my constituents, steven the suffolk. but with the economic plan now working well, how can we build on that and how can we build on the legacy that stephen sutton said for giving to charitable purposes of? >> stephen was an obsolete inspiring individual and his zest for life even as he was suffering from a very difficult and progressive cancer was completely extraordinary and very inspiring. he raised a huge amount of money

for teenage cancer services and raised it from right around the world as well as the uk but i think it's right that our honor system does properly reward people that give to charity, but give of their time from the very bottom to the very top and i think there is probably more we can do to make sure that our honor system really reflects what the british public wants which is to see giving generosity and compassion reward. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister may recollect a few months ago at primus's questions i asked him to meet with the victims -- there are over 50 coming to parliament today and i would ask if you would see them, look at the documents we have produced to show -- [inaudible] causing the form is in babies and nothing was done about it. i would ask if he would advance a public inquiry? >> i don't think i will be able i'm afraid today to see her constituents and people should bring to the house of commons. i'm very happy to have another

conversation with her about what can be done and to understand what more can be communicated to these people so perhaps we could fix it up. >> mr. speaker, it is welcoming the chinese premier mr. lee to this country and in recognizing that china is one of the greatest export -- and asked the prime minister choose his good overtime to unblock the barrier to the -- pigs feet for human consumption which bring thousands of pounds am sure the long-term economic growth? >> i will certainly take up my honorable friend on that issue. i recalled on a previous visit to china we unlocked the export of pig semen to china so we make progress. i can remember the press release said, refer to the pagan society. sorry about that one. so i will look very carefully at the feet and effects which can be allowed and if jobs can be

promoted by that of be very happy to help. >> mr. speaker, notwithstanding says problems elsewhere, does the primus to share my concern about the crisis in south sudan where 4 million people are facing famine? what steps are being taken to implement the piece process? >> discussing this issue yesterday with the archbishop of canterbury who very, very lived in suburban with local church leaders to the town which it in the subject some of the most serious fighting. in the way it is a very different part of the world from what we're discussing earlier but some of the same rules apply. we need a government that governs onl on behalf of all the people in that country, and not, does not try to divide the country along ethnic lines. we will do what we can again, and when we talk about intervention in this country intervention through diplomacy,

through aid, assistance, through advice and will continue to do that could work. >> sir william cash. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. is my right honorable friend aware that at the conference this week in athens of the national chairman of the european the select committee, with the delegates, delegates from all parties, but also chairman of the european parliamentary committees as well that the british delegation defeated an attempt to treat the word skepticism as equivalent to the xenophobia and racism? and furthermore, that on the question of the procedure, the unprecedented procedure relating to the proposed election of mr. jonker, that the conference also agree with the british delegation that this was an

unprecedented, unacceptable and unsuccessful procedure? >> well, no surprises that my honorable friend was successful in this very important negotiation on behalf of britain. and there is, there is support right around europe for the concept of the ministers making these choices but as i said it requires the elected prime ministers and presidents to vote in a way that they believe speed we have been slightly delayed by the our accommodations that want to make today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on the prime minister's watch, five gp surgeries face closer -- face foreclosure in my broker is this what he meant when he promised to protect the nhs? >> what i meant when he said would protect the nhs is just that. we're spending 12 points 7 billion pounds more on the nhs which labour said was irresponsible. we have 7000 more doctors in our nhs. we have 3000 more nurses in our

images but with over 1000 or midwives in our nhs but there is something with less of in our nhs to 19,000 fewer bureaucrats and that money has been piled into patient care including improving primary care right around the country. >> the people of newark have enjoyed getting equated with the prime minister this past month. i regret to inform the prime minister that the town of south wales in my constituency was again flooded last week. with the prime minister reaffirm his commitment to support my proposal that those parts of nottingham sur shire network ony affected by the floods of 2013 receive similar grants to those parts elsewhere in the country flooded at the beginning of this year? >> first of all can't i welcome my honorable friend to his place in the house of commons after what was a long, arduous but will fought a very positive

election campaign? my for next an important point which is that are parts of the country in nottinghamshire but also elsewhere that flooded during the course of 2013 that were eligible for some of the payments made subsequent to the flooding in the turn of the last year. so support for householders, farmers and other sorts of proposal. we are looking very hard at this as whether we can put back to the beginning of the 2013 financial year the eligibility criteria for that flood work. i will look at it very careful. carefully. i will talk with right honorable friend, the secretary of state, for the local g >> question time airs live on c-span 2 every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern and again on sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. watch any time at