appleton college from 1962 to 64 and then cal state l.a. from 64 to 67. then i returned to new york. from 1967 until my retirement in 2005 i was a professor at queens college. >> the name of the book is john quincy adams an american visionary. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2014] . next, questions

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>> given his commitment to equality will the prime minister explain why 75% of his cabinet are still men? >> i think the honorable lady is being a little bit churlish when the government before my one had four women cabinet ministers and three additional women attending cabinets. we now have five full members of the cabinet and an additional three attending. so more people attending. in terms of the conservative party was of course i am leading a coalition government when it comes to conservatives sitting around the cabinet tables, i am proud to say a third of them are now women. >> having rightly reaffirmed his confidence in the transport

secretary could i urge my friend to urge to give him early improvement to the railway lines? >> i am well aware of this problem and some of the campaigns such as the 90 campaign and i know my right honorable friend now backed by a larger team of ministers in the transport department will ive that urgent attention. >> mr. speaker we've always said that we will support the government when they do the right thing. so can i join thousands of parents across the country in congratulating him on getting id of the education secretary. why did he demoat him?

i hope the whole house can come together in this way. which is the right honorable ember for north west hampleshir has served in this house of commons for over 40 years and he will be retiring at the next election so when it came to replacing an extraordinary politician as someone who has given so much to this country as the chief whip i wanted to find the very best candidate and i am proud to have done so. >> he's obviously got a very short memory mr. speaker because this is what he used to say about the education secretary. i want to trust the education secretary to get on with that job for many years rather than saying i'm now going to shove you over somewhere else. so why did he do it? is it a shortage of primary school places? the unqualified teachers, or

the failure of his free schools? let me tell you what the former education achieved. a record number of academies, new free schools, standards rising across the country, and reforms that will endure. but isn't it extraordinary, isn't it extraordinary that the day of a record increase in the numbers of work in our country, he will do anything not to talk about economic recovery deficit falling economy growing numbers rising. and i'm not surprised he doesn't want to talk about people in work. his own job looks a bit shaky. >> mr. speaker i'm bound to say if it's all been such a great success i still don't know why he sacked the education secretary. and let's talk about the figures today. we have welcomed the fall in unemployment but his real problem is that this recovery is not benefiting most working

people. who are working harder, longer for less. there are 7 million people who are in working families who are paid so little they are in poverty. does he think the economy is working for them? >> first of all let me bring the house up to date on the unemployment figures that have been released this morning. we see employment up by 254,000 this quarter. we see women's employment up. we see youth employment up, and we see the unemployment count falling by 121,000. and we have reached an important milestone in our country which is more people in work in our country than ever before in our history. we can now say that since this government came to office there are 1.8 million more people in work. that is a record that we can be proud of and something that the labor leader has raised week

after week long term youth unemployment that is now lower than when this government came to office. now, of course it is disappointing pay isn't rising faster but let me remind him what the director of the institute for studies said. we've had a great big recession. we've had the biggest recession we'd in 100 yoors and it will be astonishing if household incomes haven't fallen. that is what happened and we know who is responsible for the great economic recession combaws extraordinarily they're still in their jobs. >> mr. speaker he is in his fifth year of prime minister and all he can do is try to blame someone else. and he just doesn't get it. this week we saw shocking figures about another group suffering from the cost of living crisis. millions of young people whose earnings are falling faster

than everyone else one in four living with their parents because they can't afford to buy a house or even rent one. does he think they're feeling the benefits of the recovery? >> of course we want living standards to recover faster and there are two things you need to do to make that happen. first of all get more people into work and we're getting people into work. and secondly, cap spending so you can cut taxes which is exactly what we're doing. now, yesterday labor announced that an important announcement that it is now their policy to put up taxes on middle class people. perhaps he can now get to his feet and tell us which taxes on which people. >> we ask the questions and he fails to answer them. and the reality is he has the worst record on living standards on any prime minister in history. but there is one group whose feeling -- it's saying a month

ago from that dispatch he is happy with that team and then sacking part of hids tame. now there is one group whose feeling the benefit of the recovery. can he confirm that while pay is down last year the top 1% took home an extra 15 billion pounds? >> i've got to say, i'm happy with my team and looking at the shadow i'm pretty happy with his team, too. let me explain one of the things that wasn't noticed that happened yesterday. the deputy leader of the labor party on the radio said this and i want to quote it very precisely. i think people on middle incomes should contribute more through their taxes. that is what she said. that is they do they should. there we are. that is their policy. queeze middle will be squeezed more. now he needs to tell us which

people are going to pay which taxes. because on this side of the house we've cut taxes. we've increased the marriage couples allowance. labor would put a tax on your job, mortgage, home, and pension. to tell us where are the middle class taxes coming? >> mr. speaker, this is totally desperate stuff because he has nothing to say about the cost of living crisis. that is the reality. and it has nothing to do with the country and everything to do with his party. after four years of this government we've got a recovery people can't feel a cost of living crisis people can't deny and a prime minister people can't believe. what is clear -- talk about five years under this government we've got record numbers in work, the economy growing, record numbers of businesses, record numbers of women in work, health service is improving and everyone can

see the contrast. in this party the leader reshuffles the cabinet. in his party the shadow cabinet desperately want to reshuffle he leader. >> surely the right on gentleman is rightly to be lauded in such enthusiastic fashion. spleerk, as the prime minister is enjoying a week in chess making a lot of new best friends when he gets to the brussles summit will he give a particularly warm greeting to the man who might yet be his best certainly his newest president younger who called for more european reform and applicants who want to join the

european union, these are complex difficult and drawnout periods of up to perhaps five years and we don't meet before the scottish referendum planning a recall shouldn't the scoths voters bears those in mind? >> well, this is a remarkable moment where the right honorable gentleman have together said something which i whole heartedly agree with. it is noticeable what he said that there wouldn't be new members joining the european union in the next five years and i think that is very important in the context of the scottish referendum debate but i will take him up on one point he says we won't meet gn before the referendum. i think they will be meeting in september. >> can the prime minister explain why he is now giving more knighthoods than he has given cabinet jobs to women? >> it's always interesting to take a lecture to from a party

ho gave a knighthood from fred goodwin. i have appointed more women on the basis that they deserve those jobs and i want a team that reflects modern britain and can be everything that modern britain needs it to be. i make no apology for saying i think in public life we should recognize public service people who have worked hard contributed to our nation contributed to our government. i think that is a good thing to do. >> mr. speaker people with utism have specific social and communications needs which can cause distress and misunderstanding particularly when they're admitted to hospital for routine or emergency treatment. would the prime minister join me in congrat lating barren ness angela browning in the national auts stick society who tomorrow are going to launch the new hospital pass port for people with autism? i think that will make a great difference to a lot of people's

lives in this country. >> i thank the honorable lady for raising this important issue. barronness browning has worked very hard on this issue over many years in both houses as has my right honorable friend with the autism bill making a huge difference to the way that we help young people with these conditions and i join her in making sure that these services are properly put together. >> mr. speaker, given recent data shows that the gender pay gap is increasing again, can the prime minister confirm the excellent news that any woman not receiving equal pay for equal work will have their salary topped off with tory funds? >> what i would say to the ronnable gentleman is first of all it is welcome news that under this government the pay gap and those below the age of 40 has all but disappeared so we are making progress. in terms of the leader of the house of lords i am happy to confirm that she will do the

same job as her prede sessor will sit in the same place and receive the same amount of money. felix is establishing the link of d.n.a. and f of anorexia, they're coming to parliament seeking to obtain samples will my friend commend the work of all those who have been brave enough to speak out with their struggles of eating disorders? >> i thank my ron rabble friend for -- honorable friend for raising this shufment i am sure everyone has friends or family affected by this condition and wants to see the help we provide improve. so i commend the bravery of all those who sproke out about their experience with eating disorders it is not an easy thing to do we need to learn more so we can provide the

right kind of support. in that contesksd what the government is doing for mental health conditions is important as well. >> mr. speaker we now know for certain that taxpayers last year were robbed of around 1 billion pounds because of the botched bargain basement fire sale of royal mail. will he now do as the select can he has asked and publish the list of those preferential investors? and when will somebody be held to account for this right royal mail fiasco? >> i just completely disagree with the honorable gentleman. for year after year royal mail lost money. the taxpayer had to back it up. in this government we have achieved what no previous government has achieved which is the successful privatization of the royal mail. the taxpayer has received money from that sale and we now receive the tax on the profits of royal mail rather than the

losses and the mismanagement of the labor years. >> mr. speaker, later this year, the best connected to the super fast broad band which is hugely helpful for our tourism industry which provides thousands of jobs. eceived a wonderful boost. would my friend agree rolling out super fast broad band is a great boost for jobs not just for hospitality will help those leave a legacy? >> i thank my honorable friend for the warm welcome that he gave me for the tour de france the completion of that final stage marred only by mark cavepbzish's very trafpblgic accident but it was an extraordinary event and showed the whole of york shire in its best light. he's quite right. we're putting 790 million

pounds into super fast broad band access. we've got half a million u.k. premises already. thousands others being upgraded. everyone has a duty to help advertise what's happening with broad band and to encourage takeup rates. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it is fundamental is it not that the holder of the office of attorney general should be fearlessly independent, defend the rule of law, and be ready to speak legal truth to power? given the distinction and respect with which the holder of that office pursued that role, what possessed the prime minister to dismiss him yesterday? >> well first of all can i tell you that i absolutely agree with the right honorable gentleman that it is violetly important that the attorney general gives independent

advice. but i also believe in government when someone has served extremely well for four years there are oftentimes when it is right to bring on new talent and to make the most of all the talent you have in your party. that is the approach i take as prime minister and i explained that clearly to my team. >> mr. speaker, the number of young people coming off the unemployment register across north york shire is at a record high. would the prime minister agree that today's small business bill conservative inspired is yet another boost to the women and men who are creating the jobs to make this happen? >> thank my honorable friend for his question. today's bill will help make the united kingdom the most attractive and easy place to start and grow a business. he is absolutely right about these figures and his own constituency the claims have fallen by 37% in the last year, by 51% since the election.

and the long-term youth claim count this is the most important thing, is to make sure that young people are getting those opportunities. the long term count is down 60% in the last year. >> mr. speaker, the last two european commissioners from the u.k. have held major port toll yos central. the outgoing commissioner has been the spokesperson for foreign affairs and her predecessor held trade portfolio. could i ask the prime minister, what post does he hope to secure for his nominees lord hill as the consolation prize for his failure to stop the appointment of mr. i don't thinker? and how does he intend to build support for his objectives? >> first of all i think it's a good moment for everyone across the house to pay tribute to kathy ashton and the very good work she has done as the high representive effective for the

last four years and what is a grueling and exhausting job. i think there is an opportunity and we'll be discussing these issues tonight on whether there will be a resolution or not i don't know. but i think there is an opportunity to make sure that britain has an important portfolio one where we can maximize our influence in the areas that we care about most and those are areas to do with our economy and that we will look and work very hard to do that. i think lord hail with his experience in the previous conservative government and in this government holding as it is the equivalent post that barronness ashton held before she became a commissioner will do a very good job for our country. >> mr. speaker, as you know my constituency is very involved in the oil and gas rate. the prime minister will understand that there is some concern with the reshuffle responsible for that industry has changed yet again. so will he take this

opportunity to reconfirm the commitment to implement the review as announced by the secretary of state in a written statement today? >> i think my honorable friend makes an important point. it is absolutely vital making sure we have the tax regime in place and implementing the wood review is something we're committed to. i thank my friend for suggest welling do a an excellent job. >> on the fourth of august people from across the country will come together to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the first world war. it is an important opportunity to commemorate a conflict that changed britain forever. so can i ask the prime minister if he will join with us in supporting the 1418 now lights out campaign and if he will encourage people across the u.k. to turn out their lights between 10:00 and 11 p.m. so we can pay a fitting tribute to those who sacrificed and served our country 100 years ago. >> i think the honorable

gentleman is absolutely right to raise this excellent campaign, a campaign inspired by the famous remark on the eve of the war that the lamps are going out all over europe. and i think it is a way to get particularly young people engaged in what happened a century ago and to understand the consequences for europe and for our world and for our society. there are a lot of events that are going to take place this year to commemorate appropriately the first world war i think one of the most significant as well will be tomorrow when the war museum has a major investment and is reopening for the public. i'm sure that many people, i know my own children enjoy going there, many people will make the most of it. >> mr. speaker, will the northwest history of contributing significantly to our national economy would my friend agree how rapid the safe development of fracking is to continue to be a significant contributor to our future wealth and wafer?

>> -- welfare? >> my friend makes an important point. in the northwest we have seen for instance his constituency come down 40% but if we want to sustain the increase in employment and sustain our economic growth then we should not hold ourselves back from new source obvious energy including unconventional gas. and it is striking that in the united states they have something like 100,000 unconventional gas wells dug where in the whole of europe it's something like 100. we have about three quarters as much gas across the eu as in america. i don't want us to miss out on this. it could help deliver more energy prices help keep our economy and industry competitive and vital for the future of our country. >> parliament might be about to close down for is summer but even that won't stop people having babies getting injured and needing routine and

emergency care. so in the light of the forth coming report at the hospital, can we have a word with his friend and make sure the treasury is going to fund in full the changes to health services that the university hospital has to provide and which has to provide no extra cost to the health of people? >> i certainly take into account what the honorable lady says. i'm following the situation very closely and regularly advised about it. changes do need to take place. this inspection taking place is absolutely vital. i think the important thing is with where we have problems is not to try to hide them but address them. today we're reporting a year on from the report when he took something like 11 hospitals into special measures and all 11 of those are making improvements five of them are able to come out of special measures altogether and we need

to be able to make sure we see improvements in all hospitals. >> i thank the prime minister for supporting the west country particularly investing in our railway and broad band does he agree that our recently investment needs to be matched by a fairer funding for la? in delivering the government long term economic clout? >> i think the honorable lady makes an important point. i think we must continue supporting transport infrastructure in the southwest. we've got the important report coming out. the work is being done right now in terms of making sure it is more resilient. the important announcement about the sleeper service down to the southwest. i'll look very carefully about what she says about fair funding because it is important that everyone can see that these situations are favor. >> mr. speaker, the office of

budget responsibility figures show that the government's new system of student fees will add 15 billion pounds more than expected to the government debt by the end of this parliament. hasn't the government got it all wrong when it comes to tuition fees? >> of course mr. speaker what we were told by the party opposite is that no one would take up these loans, no one from poorer backgrounds would go anywhere near university and the numbers going would collapse. what is actually happened is record numbers are going to universities, record numbers from low income backgrounds are going. obviously we need to make sure that the system is cost efficient but i'm satisfied it's working and the chancellor of course announced in his recent budget that far from having problems with the funding we are uncapping the numbers that can go to university. that is the society we're building in this country. >> unemployment has more than hurt my constituencies.

and york is poised to benefit from a multibillion pound investment through three science projects as it strives to become a world class center of excellence in agu.k. would my friend not agree that this clearly demonstrates our commitment to attack the long term plan? >> i'm delighted to share with my honorable friend that of course the claimant count in his constituency is down by 4r% over the last year. and down by 61%. i know labor don't want to hear about falling unemployment numbers. the numbers of people in work but the fact is every single one of these people getting a job is about someone having a livelyhood and the chance to provide for their family. that's what this is about. he is absolutely right to raise the importance. he's absolutely right to raise the importance of the agricultural industry and

linked industries in york shire i'm sure the new secretary will want to make an early visit. > special spinal cord injury beds are precious resource for people and patients in desperate need. why is it therefore that on the prime minister's watch specialist beds at the spinal injuries center are being used tor people who do not have spinal cord injuries? >> obviously these decisions are for individual trusts and clinical groups themselves but we made two important decisions as a government. first, to fund the nhs with extra money 12.7 billion pounds in this parliament and second to abolish the bureaucracy built up under labor with 17,000 bureaucrats. both those decisions were opposed by the labor party but we can see 7,000 more doctors,

4,000 more nurses, more patients treated and an nhs that is doing well. >> mr. speaker, in the recent case on the question of assisted dying lord noyberger the president of the supreme court said that parliament now had opportunity to consider reforming the law and the knowledge that if parliament doesn't act the courts may. this could raise serious constitutional issues. does he agree that whatever your views on the subject the other places to be commended for having a debate for what the public really wants is a debate in this house? >> first of all what i would say to my friend is i think it is good debate is being held and i'm sure it will be worthwhile reading the debate that takes place on friday in the other place. i am very happy for a debate to be held here and there are now opportunities for back benchers to hold debate in the chamber and i'm sure the new leader of the house of commons who we

want to welcome to his place will be listening carefully to that request for myself i am not convinced that further steps need to be taken. i worry about legalizing youth nashea that people might be pushed into thing that is they don't want for themselves but let's have the debate. >> mr. speaker returning to the issue of taxes and royalty when will the prime minister keep his promise and publish his past rirns? >> on the subject of taxes and middle income people, when are we going to get an answer from labor about what was it that deputy leader of the party meant when she said -- and let me repeat it again for the record. i think people on middle incomes should contribute more through their taxes? there is as we go into the summer there is one party in this house with a big tax problem and i'm looking at it.