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>> order. less chance to the prime minister. the primens to minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings today. lucas. parliamentked to this morning passing increasing numbers of people who are sleeping on victoria street pavement, i reflected that this government are the first since the 1920's to a presided over the real terms on average wages for their people. is this record of failure really the best this prime minister can offer the united kingdom? >> what we have actually seen under this government is a record fall in the number of unemployed people over the last year. also, he might want to make reference to the fact that this

morning, the office for national statistics has produced the figures do show the number of work lists household going down households going 1,000 in our country. the number of children growing up in a home where nobody works is down by 387,000. what that means is all of those children growing up are seeing one of their parents going out to work, wedding food on the table, providing for that family, proving a role model for their children. that is a record to be proud of. >> sir william cash. >> thank you. sturgeon this morning has called for a separate majority for scotland in the event of an eu referendum, which is a reserved matter in respect of the scotland act 19 98. will the prime minister refused her request or demand, and

willie also condemn the liberal democrats for what appears to be a beach oh over our referendum bill? >> my honorable friend, we are one united kingdom. there will be one in/out referendum, and that will be decided on a majority of those who vote. that is how the rules should work. i am very disappointed we will -- be able to take board forward the referendum bill in this parliament. it was not possible to get agreement on a monday resolution. there is only one way to get it, and that is for a return of conservative government. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, a vital tool that has helped to bring murderers, rapists, and pedophiles to justice is the european arrest warrant. why is the prime minister delaying a vote on it? >> i am not delaying having a

vote on it. there will be a vote on it. we will need to have a small matter of negotiations to take place within europe, which up until now, the spanish have been blocking. i think the spanish will shortly remove their block, and we will be able to have a vote. >> ed miller band. -- ed miliband. >> it is the by election in rochester. fear of paralyzed by another back edge rebellion. labour opposition day. we will help him get it through. >> mr. speaker, there is only one problem with his second question, which is we are going to have a vote. we are going to have it before the rochester by election. his questions have just collapsed.

>> mr. speaker, all i can say -- all i can say is i look forward to working -- walking through the lobby together to vote for the european arrest warrant, two parties working together in the national interest, or maybe, mr. backbenchers, his 1.5 parties working together in the national interest. diding from the home office the ring two home office incompetence, can the prime minister explained dash cam the prime minister explain why the number of asylum applicants awaiting a decision has risen by over 70% in the last year? the european arrest warrant, this is an important issue. what we have achieved is the biggest transfer of power from brussels that to britain as we adopted over 100 measures, but it is important that we take action to keep britain safe, particularly from terrorists,

and the european arrest weren't offers the best way of doing that, but i will offer to those who are concerned about it, the european arrest weren't is very different from the arrest weren't introduced under the last -- arrest warrant introduced under the last labour government. to reject it, and they have done that in many cases, and there is going to be a long period of detention. these are all important considerations, but i am sure he is looking forward to walking through the lobbies with someone, mr. speaker, because he has had a rather lonely week with the loss of his leader in scotland and the general shambles in yorkshire. the next question i think was about asylum and immigration. let me just say this. a inherited from labour complete and utter problem.

future programs that would not work and an immigration system that was a complete mess, and before he answers his next question, he might want to apologize for the mess they made. there is only one person who should be apologizing, and that is him. a total failure. and he is not putting it right. he is making it worse. have wasted one billion pounds on failed i.t. projects, and they have lost track of 50,000 people, and what were his comments, mr. speaker, before the election? he said he would reduce net migration to tens of thousands a year. what is that migration now? >> net migration is down one quarter from its peak under labo ur and net migration outside the european union is down to its

lowest level since 1998. net migration quadrupled, millions of extra people came into our country, and in 2004, they gave unrestricted access to our markets to new european countries, and he forgot to mention immigration in his conference speech altogether, and, of course, there is that mandelson.eter i ask him again, get up and apologize for your record. >> he could not help the figure. he made the promise of tens of , 200 43,000. now he publishes the contract with the british people at the election on immigration, and he said this. if we do not deliver outside of vote us out in five

years time. why doesn't he just own up? he has broken his promise. >> we have cut immigration from outside the you by a third. boguse closed down 700 colleges. we have introduced new rules on benefits, all of this clearing up a shocking shambles and mess abourby the last l government. in 2004, the decision to allow every single new member state to come to britain was a catastrophically bad decision. time, andsted at the i ask him again, will he apologize for that decision? has gone worse, not better. and mr. speaker, on immigration, this government combines with incompetence. callousness with

incompetence. they do not show basic humanity, and they are so incompetent that they cannot deliver their basic promises. why cannot they just admit it? he has failed. >> on immigration, we inherent did the biggest mess this country has ever seen. benefits restricted. proper rules for new members when they join the european union. all of that clearing up the mess made by labour. and what have we heard today? apology for word of the party that sends out search parties to look for migrants. he has got no leadership. george.ndrew >> thank you, mr. speaker. wants theme minister u.s. rent them to proceed, then all he needs to do is demonstrate a level of engagement on the granting of

the money resolutions. is the prime minister proud of the fact that his party is anding the executive power denying the clear will of this house by denying the money resolution to protect the vulnerable? the problemid that ish my rifle friend's point that it would cost the taxpayer. that is why would not be right to give it a money resolution, but if the honorable gentleman leaved in democracy, he would recognize that the eu referendum bill passed this house with a massive majority. it went into the house of lords. we should reintroduce it as a government bill. that is what ought to happen. speaker, the tax cap has been calculated at a massive

119.3 billion pounds. only -- they have utterly failed to close the gap. is the government simply their fatcat billionaire pals from paying their taxes? what is actually happening as we have taken 3 million of the lowest paid people out of the tax altogether, and the fact hmrc.eans less work for >> the big picture is that the euro zone is threatening global financial instability. haveries in the euro zone

a higher risk of deflation. why should britain be paying for the failures of the eurozone, and definitely agree that the denial of european leaders of the reality of the eurozone is taking it into the horror of the emperors new clothes? >> there is a risk that the eurozone could go into its third recession in just exceed years when you see how low growth rates are at the moment, and obviously, we are not immune from that, and so one of the problems we have whether it is about the eu budget or about the issue of migration is that we're the victims of the success of our economy and its growth in comparison with the eurozone. just on the issue of the 1.7 billion pound bill, i think it what therecording dutch prime minister said yesterday. he said he must be able to defend it in front of the dutch people and parliament.

as long as i cannot see the , andrs, i cannot defend it that i will not pay before december 1. i think he is right. >> families under stress, under great stress, but is he aware that up and down in our country, there are those with challenges that cannot obtain any help for mental health services and that two thirds of our country of those i have conducted, it shows that the excess is not there, not in three months, not in six months, not in a year and what can we do to stop this dreadful situation? the honorablewith gentleman about the importance of mental health services. >> we have taken some important steps forward, recently announcing additional money and additional targets for mental health services, and there are how many people that are in need of the services that may actually help

them and prevent them from having further pressures on the nhs if those services are given. >> john glenn. >> the prime minister will be aware of the work being done to .ight ebola however, public health england has refused to evaluate fully an option to create a u.k. center for global response, and moving many of these key scientists away elsewhere. will the prime minister meet with me to discuss this matter and assure that the future of public health, the life sciences industry, and the taxpayer are well served by the decision ultimately made for public health england? >> well, first of all, let me through my honorable friend thank everyone who works for the vital work they do on these sorts of diseases and the work on testing for ebola, because we need brave and courageous people to carry out this work.

in terms of the work, the health secretary sitting next to me said he is very happy to meet with them to discuss in detail this issue. we do want to see life sciences succeed, and britain has an important role to play. >> ian austin. clear thatsolutely people in dudley do not think it is fair that people should be able to come to the u.k. to be unemployed. they do not think people should be able to claim benefits as soon as they arrive, or as he proposes, after a few short months. people should have to work and contribute to the system first, and they certainly do not think it is fair that people should be able to claim child benefits for children living abroad. when will they sort these things out? >> i do not want to be uncharitable to the gentleman because he put his question in a reasonable way, but i long remember the days when he sat think hend i do not seemed to whisper any of those things into his ear.

i absolutely think we need to deal with this issue about sending benefits him, and we will. we have already links in the amount of time that people have to be here before they claim benefits, and we want to go further on that, but we have to be frank about this. the british people are our boss. they wanted this issue sorted, and it is not just simply people coming to claim or to abuse the system. it is the pressure on our health system, on our education system, on our schools and communities. they want it addressed, and they know that with this party, we will address it. >> tessa munt. >> thank you. i think the prime minister for meeting with lawrence and me to discuss the lack of innovative radiotherapy, but is the prime overspendinge of by 30 million pounds, and it is taking the money from the radiotherapy project?

as the prime minister about getting that money back for radiotherapy? doinghink they are excellent work on, particularly, these innovative radiotherapy treatments that should become more widespread, and i think the case he makes is extremely powerful. in terms of the overspend, that is not some sort of this administration. that is because more cancer victims want more drugs, and under this government, they are getting those drugs, and that is not disadvantaging others and the health service, but we want to make sure these services go ahead. mr. elfyn llwyd. >> is it not high time now to give wales parity of funding with our friends in scotland and once and for all give their funding to wales? need to seehat we in wales is a real debate now

about what i would say is a double yes, yes to another referendum on tax raising powers and yes to those powers so that the welsh assembly takes greater responsibility for raising and spending more of its own money. i think that is the right pathway. glyn davies. >> my welsh constituents have always accessed treatment in england. they have to wait a minimum of 26 weeks for treatment. their close neighbors waiting over the border weight a maximum of only 18 weeks. does the prime minister think that is fair? >> there are some real issues of fairness here, and there are meant to more patients traveling from wales to england then there are from england to wales, and of course the waiting times are quite different. if you take the typical average weight for things like for hip replacements, you wait typically 70 days in england, but you weighed 170 days in wales, and i

think this is not right, and, frankly, the opposition cannot have it both ways. he went to blame the politicians in england for the nhs, but they take absolutely no responsibility for the poor state of the nhs in wales. mr. speaker, a young science teacher, jamshed javeed, from bolton, a husband and a father, has pled guilty to serious terrorist offenses. the home secretary promised interconference speech to make prevent a statutory duty on all public-sector organizations. when will they take action and available tources implement that promise? >> well, as the honorable lady knows, i have great sympathy with poor reviews -- her views and about the importance of fighting not just violent

extremism but all forms of extremism. she will be delighted to know that the home office is drawing up the strategy, and we had our first discussion of it in the extremism task force, and progress is good, and we want to put this on a statutory footing. there may be things in legislation that will be coming before the house, and i want to make progress on all of these issues. >> mr. david amess. >> does my right honorable field of agree that the of poppies is stunning and a deeply moving way of honoring those who lost their lives in the first world war? it is a reminder that in any conflict, there can be a terrible loss of human life. >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right. it is a stunning display, and it is absolutely poignant, and reminds people of how many people gave their lives, not just in that conflict, though that slaughter was around us, but in so many conflicts since

then where our armed services personnel have been defending our freedom and way of life, and that is particularly poignant this week when we think about the final troops returning from afghanistan. we think of the 453 servicemen and women who were lost, and we also think of the many hundreds that will be living with a life-changing injuries that we must make sure we look after for the rest of their lives. heidi alexander. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last week, figures showed that the apple you are-our waiting time targets has been missed for the 65th week in a row. does the prime minister honestly think this is acceptable? >> of course, we want to meet the targets every week of the year, and that is our aim, and that is why we put in 12.7 billion extra into the nhs, and there are 800 more doctors working in our emergency department stand there were when i became prime minister, but what are -- one of the pressures

we face are 1.3 million more patients every year going into accident and emergency, so to do with this, what we need to do -- there are shouts of why from the other side, and they might start with that contract. you might think about that. what we need to do is put the help withinto a&e, public health and our frail elderly, what was in the excellent plan, and it needs to be backed by the money and the successful economy that this government is delivering. sir bob russell. >> more people lived in essex that voted yes in the scottish referendum. so shouldand gets, the people of essex and east anglia? i canhink the best answer give him is if we are, and i

believe we should, keep all of our promises to the people of scotland in terms of additional powers to the scottish parliament including powers over tax raising, then we must make sure that members of the parliament for essex or, indeed, other counties in england have the ability to vote on these issues as they affect england in this house. labourern is that the party have given up on this issue. all are happy to have an party agreement when it comes to scottish and welsh powers, but for some reason, when it comes to england, they have got absolutely nothing to say. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can the prime minister explain why in scotland, northern ireland, and wales it is impossible to reach a settlement on the question of pensions and early retirement, and yet in england, where the new minister was having constructive conversations last week, someone

above for said no, no more, and now we face a four-day strike? will you take some common sense and stop this, because it could be sorted tomorrow. >> i hope that the honorable lady is right, that it could be sorted tomorrow, because i think everyone wants to see this sorted out. we have all met members of the union in our constituency and listened to their arguments, but this does, in the end, have to be settled by the employers and the trade union, and i know the minister will listen very carefully to what she says. speaker.you, mr. if the prime minister aware of the economic success? over the last months, we have seen more jobs created in the county than ever before. if that, since the last lapour government left office, we have more.

it is just 1.9%. is not the more evidence that the government's long-term economic plan is working? >> i am grateful to my honorable friend for bringing this to the attention of the house. it is down by 40% in the last year alone. we have 2 million more people employed in the private sector since the election. these figures with the number of household, where no one is working, including those with just an, this is not statistically important fact, it is a morally important fact, where children are going to be growing up in households where someone is working. partyknow the labour doesn't want to hear good news, but we are getting the british people back to work. i know thatister,

we are fully committed to the of theplementation military covenant. many came back with injuries, injuries that should have been given priority under the military covenant. rectifytake steps to the situation? >> we want to see the military covenant honored in every kingdom, including in northern ireland, and i am happy to work with that. we have made some breakthroughs. the veterans information service now contacts all of those who have been discharged from the armed forces one year after they left. this is something that was friend,by my honorable and because we are taking the libor funds and putting them into veterans charities, there

is real money to support our veterans. you, mr. speaker. does the prime minister agree with senior u.s. officials that said that qatar is still a terroriston for finance? and will you press the in ear -- the emir? >> i will be talking to the emir very shortly, and we will discuss all of these issues comfortably in terms of how we can work together to combat extremism. they have not produced a new act to make sure charities are not abusing charitable status and giving money to inappropriate organizations, and we want to make sure this is working properly, but i commend my for hise friend persistence on this issue. it really does matter. we want to make sure they are getting the support they should be. >> there are more than 5 million

workers stuck in low-paying jobs. women's wages are lower now than they were a year ago, and the rising.ap has been we have been clear on strengthening the national minimum wage. what is the prime minister going to do to make work pay? >> what we need is we need more jobs, watch -- which we are getting. we are seeing the minimum wage increase, which it just has, and then we need to raise the tax threshold, and we are doing all three of those things. what i see from the party stance is a plan to put it up to eight pounds by 2020, but if you make reasonable assumptions about rates of inflation, it will actually get past that level by our geniuses,e lab they thought what would be a really good plan to help people, and they decided to cut the minimum wage. no wonder they are melting down

in scotland and have a crisis in yorkshire. nobody believes the leader. , ais the same old labour complete and utter shamble. -- shower. mr. speaker, at 3:30 this afternoon, 120 members of the royal navy, the royal marines, and the royal fleet auxiliary will march through carriage gates down to the north door of westminster hall in commemoration of the afghanistan situation. will the prime minister find time to join me to thank them for all they have done? >> well, i will certainly encourage all honorable members to do this, and i will examine my own diary to see if there is any chance that i can come along also. i think we should take every opportunity to thank our armed

forces personnel to thank them, particularly for what they have done in afghanistan. many people have been once, twice, or on three different wars, and they deserve our congratulations and thanks for their service. the prime minister was asked why 16 health organizations doctors, nurses, andents say that health care services in england, the party is responsible for, are at breaking point, and there were allegations about whales, with an answer to an english question. say to theould honorable lady is, of course, there are pressures in the nhs, but i think it is worth listening to the new chief executive of national health england, someone who worked for our government when they were in power, and they have

been successful treating more patients than five years ago. some 20 billion more efficient, and those are things that we should recognize. now, of course there are pressures, but what we would need, and this is said very clearly by simon stevens, we need to get red -- get rid of it, things, but as he puts you only get more money if you have a successful economy. as he said, a tax funded health service requires a healthy u.k. economy. healthy u.k. economy, and we will have a strong nhs. >> mr. henry smith. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a recent taxpayers alliance study revealed that the amount of taxpayer money being spent on union office space is equivalent to 27 point 4 million pounds at london market value.

friend right honorable agree with me that it is time for further fiscal reform? >> well, i think it is necessary to cap the donations that unions make two parties, and that should be introduced, but i think he comes up with an ingenious idea. if unions want extra space, maybe they should do what the government is doing and make additional space available to entrepreneurs so we will have more startups and enterprise. that is a contribution trade unions can make. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i tell the prime minister known asonstituents vale football club's beloved mascot, had a stroke last week? how will he assure that there are stroke

specialist, speech and language teams giving the right community care support from day one both e-on-trent and in england? >> i think the honorable lady is right about treating strokes. diagnosing and treating stroke victims as it happens, and we have seen that with better arrangements for taking people to hospitals that have the expertise, but what i think is required is more effort to look at how you can make someone who has had a stroke have a better quality of life. the money is going into that. war effort is being done, and i am happy to look at her particular case. >> order. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] have been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. list in time is on sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. on