happened. >> the prime minister has not ruled out airstrikes. what needs to happen that has not happened so far? >> point i would make is so far, the approach we have taken, america's has -- america has been leading on airstrikes and we have been focused on those areas. on the sea, -- diplomacy, where we can most add value. we should continually ask ourselves the question, what is in the natural interest, how can we help those on the ground, how can we help not just with our partners in america, but how can we help make sure the israel -- the iraqi government and neighboring companies -- countries are in the lead? >> thank you.

objectionsncipal were the use of exclusion zones and relocation powers. those were two think the prime minister says -- we make sure they get the power they require. >> the honorable chairman ignored these two points. it is relocation i think he is referring to. >> mr. henry smith. >> i commend the prime minister on his statement. can he give a little bit more information on when airlines will be required to introduce more stringent checks on suspects to block them?

plus i can understand why he asked this question. at the moment, what we have is good security. countries fly in. if they do not share information come if they do not do it in a legally stope can the plane from taking off in the united kingdom. i think it is time for us to have these as well. >> russia is invading ukraine by stealth. sanctions in the midterm and a longer term, but in the meantime, is quite happy -- putin is quite happy in the process. the state will not exist as we know it today.

>> what is required is a military de-escalation rather than a military escalation. what we saw was huge advances by the ukrainian military, almost insing out the rebels eastern ukraine. you have seen this military response. thatly goes to demonstrate more military assets being provided in either case will simply lead to escalation, rather than what is required, a proper political discussion about have -- about how to have a permanent cease-fire that allows ukrainians to make their own choices. >> church leaders and builders in my constituency have arrayed -- raise with me -- the christian church in many parts of the middle east. could the prime minister reassure them the government is doing all it can do to help these questions?

honorable friend makes an important point. we should be making sure we are protecting christians but also making sure we are protecting other minorities. and the people where we were prepared to undertake a really substantial airlift operation, as a case in point. this is at the heart of our foreign policy, protecting minorities and religious freedom and the rights of christians and others to practice their faith. >> critical, but so is cohesion. to ensure ourave country does not feel it is being marginalized, under attack? >> the honorable gentleman puts it well. we need to be intolerant of intolerance and very clear that supporting extremism is not acceptable, as well as supporting violence here and we need to take people with us. the most effective groups and

organizations are in those communities themselves who want , butnfront the problems more commonly, online and other forums. we need them to help us do this job. >> the number of innocent british nationals have already faced problems, including bank accounts. how will the prime minister is that nationals returning to the u.k. are not labeled suspected terrorists? >> my friend makes an important point but i have to say the first piece of advice we should give to any british national to help on a humanitarian basis, that there is an enormous amount of good humanitarian work being done that they can help support and fund without leaving the united kingdom. first, we need to make sure

what we do is targeted. >> thank you. abduction used against women in , a conflict to end sexual violence against women. resolution. a u.s. what we need is a place at the table. discussions take place about peace and the conflict. will the prime minister commit a placesure women have at the conference table, that women are represented and that women are part of the british delegation to the conference in newport? leading the delegation will he has doner --

more than anyone else to put the whole agenda on the table, not but on raising the profile, making sure there are actual measures prosecuting those responsible, keeping proper records of what is now were crime. other right with the points she makes. >> mr. jonathan. >> thank you. steps russia needs to take over the next week to voice further sanctions. can he discern if they will be tough, substantial, and that they will notice? >> the steps that need to be taken is to stop supporting the separatist in eastern ukraine with material and also to release hostages and to get out of the border posts that are part of the ukraine sovereign

territory. those steps would signal a change of heart from russia and result in an easing of the pressure rather than a growing of the pressure very we just have to show resolve in permanently show -- turning up the dial. >> thank you. the prime minister has acknowledged in response to my honorable friend that young muslims at risk are more likely to listen to people in their own tomunity than they are representatives of the government. why has he cut 15 million pounds from the communities budget? will he take the opportunity today to say he will put the money back into that kind of community-based action to persuade young people?

muslim andrk through other organizations and we should. we can make changes. when we reviewed it, we believe some of the organizations being wered organizations that not confronting the problems of extremism and that needed to change. >> i heard firsthand about some of the challenges ukraine faces. banding there are together to provide helmets for soldiers going east. i ask you look again whether we can supply equipment to the government of ukraine and urgently to look at what we can do to help them share military intelligence which they tell me they so badly need. >> let me reassure my friend who makes a very good point, and i'm tod he was able to travel listen to the views of people locally. body armor and things like that will actually help the ukrainian

army. that is right, but i do not think we should be some -- supplying arms. >> would it not be more speak to her about replacing those jobs that were to be able to work with security services to ensure that so we cancontrol gather real intelligence as to what is going on. to reassure you, i had a very good meeting on friday when we were discussing these issues. on the issue of passport checks, there has been a reduction in the level of scrutiny.

in all organizations, we have to to seek efficiency to get the job done. >> michael. >> thank you. someday in the future, my honorable friend was minded to engage in military action against what we know to be the medieval barbarism of iso-. -- devices? >> what i will try to do is keep the house permanently updated. what i said in answer to a question is that i think that is the right approach but i just wanted to reassure the house, something urgent had to be done to protect the particularly national interest. sometimes, it is necessary to act and then come to parliament.

it is important to understand the situations we face. i welcome the importance of attacking of the extremist -- these narratives, answer the questions. ias provides an opportunity to do something real, exciting, and spiritually nurturing. does the prime minister propose to do? >> i will check the context of those comments. i suspect he went on to say how wrong it is. isnow it is his view and it rather unreasonable and i suspect the whole thing. >> on the point of attacking extremism, i welcome the fact

that 1000 individuals have steps is- what further the government taking to engage , affectingmmunity some young muslim men in our society? i know they have now made their recommendations. will the government be appointing a specific individual ?o the monetization i recommend so to take action. >> the extremist task force being putith a number into place, because they concern reachingre we confront out in our prisons, where there have been for instance.

i think there is a program of engagement to divert young people away from this cancerous organization -- organization. one of the things is to demonstrate some of the things the british government does all over the world to stand up with human rights and help muslims in a variety of different ways and different countries. see the relationship is that the worst levels, genocide and the prime minister said, this is the worst we have ever fielded -- feared. he chose not. people on this side and that side can make comments. [indiscernible]

iraqis.m kill innocent >> last year, there was a needed to issue that be addressed, the role britain would or would not play in chemical weapons in syria. i do not think it was necessary to recall parliament. it might have shown we were reacting to individual, terrorist events, ghastly as they were. robert. >> thank you. i think my honorable friend for his statements to say israel was right to defend itself against the missile launch against hamas. the difference between hamas and isis is one of degrees. does he also agree iran remains

ourrious threat and are enemies and not our friends? ? honorable friend makes an important point. if you saw shocking pictures of hamas lining people up and shooting them in a firing squad, you can see the organization you are dealing with. i support a constant in stay and thatt to see them support goal. hamas is a terrorist organization which believes in targeting in innocent people and murdering them. it does not even recognize the right of the state of israel to exist. we have to start discussions with a recognition of the true nature of the organization we're dealing with. >>is right about that area people across britain -- things we have seen throughout serious.

can the prime minister say what impact it has had on the impact -- on the response. what has been an incredibly different time -- of all time. >> what i would say is, first of had fullsecretary has in trade. he has handled these discussions with huge columnists and ability. we have seen that over the summer. it is a matter of regret he decided to resign. change, if the other know he will bring a lot to the job. actually, overall, we had a strong team of ministers who are more than capable of tackling the issue. >> thank you. i apologize. earlier abouttion how much money we are spending

on defense. with the prime minister, what is, daring in mind going on the world, that two percent is not enough? >> the honorable gentleman informed me and other people, it was a fact of which i was unaware. marx and 100% candor. this is important we meet two percent number. is,what matters even more what is the capability you are buying? made difficult decisions, including a reduction in the size of the regular army so that we can invest in the modern equipment and capabilities we need. when you consider it is one of the top five military budgets withere in the world

staggeringly good equipment being used even as we speak, we get good value for the money. >> mcdonald. above thed , what practical steps does he intend to take? >> lee continue to work with our allies to condemn the action and make that clear. we continue with our actions to support the military. we need talks between palestinians and israelis. we cannot decide the issues for them. they need to talk with each other. >> mr. richard grell. >> the prime minister says these activities are deployed -- to port. but various events reported this

to this in our country. believe the time has come for a public commitment by community againsth leaders extremism and for our values to prevent citizens from acting against our country. this could be done locally. does my friend agree that a single national charter implemented across the country could have a real benefit of bringing the community together, which could be our best defense for the community? >> these initiatives have far greater power if they are generated by the communities themselves. it has been notable how many

community groups and others have condemned what we stand for and the other things we have seen, and if there was going to be such a charter, i would rather see it generated. >> the prime minister has made a brief reference to the sanctions against russia. can you give more details on which sanctions he has pushed for? furtheri push for was sanctions. the economic sanctions in areas of finance, energy, and defense. we have tested the european commission within a week to come up with a set of new proposals, specifically what i pushed for was to make sure we start filling in some of the gaps filling in in previous financial and energy sanctions. i mentioned loans where actions taken on the financial front have seen the stock market,

russia's growth rate has been zero or below. on that leveles would be good. humanitarian catastrophe, how would you describe what happened to the syrian christians facing debt -- facing genocide. can my prime minister justify why we are choosing all military action, including airstrikes to compel genocide? actione was military supported by us, and military action that would have been supported and facilitated by us, and the role we were prepared to

play was to take part in a humanitarian evacuation? british helicopters and british troops in the kurdish areas of iraq to maintain and look after helicopters. i do not accept we will not intervene. wewould, we will, we have ask ourselves the question, what is the best way to -- to proceed. >> the suffering of the palestinians in gaza over many years, continues to be a source concern.distress and can i ask the prime minister what very recent discussions he had with americans in this matter since it is lively lasting -- believed any

solutions will -- >> i discussed this issue with president obama when we spoke during august about the issue. to be fair to him, he has taken the need for aer cease-fire and was very clear with the israeli prime minister about the need for a cease-fire civilian the level of casualties. now, it should be about trying to get gaza up and running again. the palestinian authority taking and restrictions being lifted so that this can function properly. >> thank you. the people of jordan and lebanon have shown immense hospitality. they're under incredible

pressure from president assad and others in the region. what support of a giving to those countries? >> assistance with humanitarian aid programs for refugees inside the borders of lebanon and jordan. of the worksome firsthand. we should continue to see what else we should do, and political, diplomatic, and potentially military support, to >> fromse countries. the deteriorating situation in the ukraine, canada prime minister set out what he believes to be achievable, which he believes is taking place in belarus as we speak now, and also, some of the actions?

we heard plenty of what he is not prepared. should there not be adequate road -- progress toward a cease-fire? >> in terms of what britain has prepared to do, the last few european councils, britain has been the leading voice for taking tough sanctions measures. it is something the polish prime minister and i have worked on very closely with our colleagues. intain has a lot to lose terms of financial services and is at the front end of those changes. in terms of the steps that need to be taken, the ukraine president set out a peace plan respecting the rights of russians and other minorities. what we need is the russians to that peace plan. friend tellonorable

the house how far he and the government are willing to go and protection of the christians in northern iraq? many believe the exact -- the existence of christianity in the middle east is under spray. >> we should be working to protect minorities, and we have the sort of steps we are prepared to contemplate. we should not rule out future measures. but recognizing there is not some unique military solution .hat can be put in place >> on a number of occasions, the prime minister has repeated this condemnation of the israeli palestinian land. words alone have failed to move the population and now is the time for concerted action against --

actions? there is bound to be some reputation and even hesitation and deviation. the point i am making is we have in the past been prepared to ofk off, over the issue research grants to israel. the first step is to make clear our condemnation and work with others to make sure it is reversed. >> thank you. one of the reasons so many young people, be they young men or women, they often have the baggage with cultural heritage. by pressures placed on them extended families are very powerful. within that vacuum, there is often a lack --

that propagates of the you can have a traditional view of islam, which is justice, and to do that is >>ntessentially british very ,y honorable friend put it well while maintaining your own religion and your own faith and the traditions that go with that. the muslims, hindus, jews, have all managed to do that in britain. we need to do more to help that to happen. the debate goes into how we teach in schools to how we integrate communities, how we promote the use of english, all of those things are important steps as part of that journey. ago, i presented a petition to the prime minister,

on how we a debate can support sustainable peace in gaza and israel. i wrote to those weeks later, asking what progress there was an to ask if we could debate the ongoing crisis in iraq. i am still not clear why the prime minister decided not to recall the parliament. surely, these problems deserve our attention. >> i always look at the arguments people make and think about it carefully and what i said during the time parliament was in recess, i did not rule it out, but i did not think it was necessary because it -- we are to back -- we are back and we can now debate these issues.

>> i welcome the rounding up of sanctions by the european union. does the prime minister agree with me without what is happening in the ukraine is making -- naked russian aggression? honor and take the thread down? >> i agree. it is relatively clear what is happening. is overwhelming. our response should be clear how unacceptable it is. we should be making use of the great strength we have, which is that russia needs america and europe more than america and europe needs russia. we need to make that .elationship pay and play not an easy step to take. i do not think it would be right to try to find a military response to this. but if we make our power felt,

russia will see the consequences. >> those of us under the actual activity of terrorism will protectany statement to citizens or citizenship on our land and our property. could the prime minister go further and indicated situation internally with their past or word officer decided to hold that passport? if that individual not be detained, those heading to the airport with their passports, there early -- there are going to be other passports this, will those passports be detained in a desk and interment like situation? >> the border post, you're then able to investigate the individual and give yourselves some time to do it here it i

will look at the other suggestion he makes. >> thank you. the prime minister presented two options. can i urge him not to go down the route? to make measures already in the .egislation >> i listen carefully to the honorable gentleman but i also listen carefully to the intelligence and those who work down -- around the clock to keep them safe. their point of view is not that we need a wide-ranging ease of legislation, but that we have identified specific problem's that need to be dealt with. my responsibility, the most important thing, is to do everything we can to keep them toe and listen to them and debate these concerns and put them into place.

>> the prime minister has stressed the need to counter the extremist narrative. recognizes there are those showing alienation, radicalization, and does he also recognize the danger of helping to fertilize with their trying to propagate? double standards and consistency, clear violations of international law. law, appear toic create a twilight zone around citizenshipncept of . >> i do not accept we are operating any sort of double standard at all. clear withs very respect to israel and gaza. also with the problems we face with honorable members to decide whether they want to support that are not. order.t of >> thank you. olde will leave the british

parliament now as they continue on with other business. a reminder you can see prime minister cameron's statements anytime time in our library at c-span.org. the prime minister question time resumes live this wednesday on our companion network, c-span2. now i look at what members of congress are tweeting this labor day. says labor day reminds us many of us are looking for jobs. bills for private-sector job growth and strengthening the economy. the new york democrat suites this labor day -- the last one from pennsylvania, the senator says -- this is the final week of congressional recess. both the house and the sat