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back from a holiday recess, members returned to the british house of commons to question the prime minister on domestic and international issues. david cameron called the paris terror attack "barbaric" and said that the uk's stands with the french people. proposed changes to the uk's national health service dominated most of question time, with questions on patient waiting time and hiring more staff. is is just under 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house will wish, want to join in condemning the barbaric attack this morning audit office of a magazine in paris in which it is reported that 10 or more people may have been killed. while details are still unclear i know this house and this country stand united with the french people in our opposition to all forms of terrorism and we

stand squarely for free speech and democracy. >> here, here. >> and these people will never be able to take this off those values. 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 later today. >> the problems at the hospital last week first and that we ended up waiting more than four hours to see a doctor and then she was probably discharged. will the prime minister find out why so many 111 calls and in a&e comes like ours were so many unplanned -- [shouting] and why they can provide emergency doctors at night so all of which calculated to make normal conditions worse? >> i think my friend makes an important point. in the last quarter the mhs estates some unprecedented challenges. there have been over five a half million people going to accident and emergency units.

that's an increase of a quarter of a million on the previous year. clark chester has a 3.3 million -- gloucestershire has had 3.6 million pounds under, suddenly pounds of winter pressure when we produce and they should use that money to make sure they provide the best possible service they can. on the mhs 111 service i think it is important is the what is happening with this service. the number of people using it has almost doubled over the last year. of those who use it, 27% say that had it not been there they would have gone to accident and emergency but in the event of using 111 only 7% are going. i think it is a good servant bt i'm sure it can be ftherur improved. but recognizing the pressure sure everyone in this house will want to say thank you to our hard-working doctors and nurses and other hospital staff for all the work they do this winter. [shouting] >> ed miliband. [shouting]

>> mr. speaker, i joined the prime minister in pressing for an outraged by the unfolding events in paris. we stand in solidarity with people of france against this evil terrorist attack by people intent on attacking our democratic way of life and freedom of speech. we are united in our determination to defeat them. doctors, nurses and other nhs staff are doing a great job but of the 90,000 people in the last quarter waited on trolleys for more than four hours, at least 10 hospitals have declared major incident crises and one had to resort to twitter to appeal for medical staff. does he agree with me that our nhs is facing a crisis? >> on nhs is facing huge pressure this winter particularly on its ang units but i think the point, it is important it is this, the nhs is facing this winter with more

doctors, more nurses and more money than it ever had in its history. i think what is important is that we recoize the pressures that are there and we put in place plans for the short-term to medium term and the long term, recognizing with a massive increase in the number of people going to a&e, any health system in the world would struggle to cope with some of the essure. >> mr. speaker, in june 2011 this was the prime minister's solemn promise. i refuse to go back to the day when people had to wait for hours on end to be seen in a&e. so let me be absolutely clear, we won't. will he now apologized for patients across the country for having broken that promise? >> any patient who doesn't get good service, but let's be clear about the numbers in terms of people accessing a&e. today, compared with four years ago, over 2.5000 more people are

seen within four years and within four hours than four years ago. that is what's happening. we knew there was pressure on our nhs and that is why over the last year we have seen 1800 more doctors in our hospitals, 4700 more nurses in our hospitals and 2500 more beds in our hospitals. now, there's more that we need to do but let us recognize that the health service in every part of our united kingdom faces these challenge we must go on giving them the money, the resources and the people so they go providing a great service. >> as far as i can see he's not apologizing. he's blaming the patients. and the pressure, the pressures on a&e are not just happening on his watch but are a direct result of his vision he is taken. we need decided to close almost a quarter of walking centers

wasn't it blindingly obvious that if people could go to walk in center it would have a big impact on a&e? >> we have 1000 more doctors in a&e and we are spending or 10 billion pounds more on the nhs wind, four years ago, his health sector said it would be irresponsible to spend more money. what is interesting, mr. speaker, here we are question three on the nhs and he's got no solutions to put forward. and that only says to me, that only says to me while we are interested in approving the nhs, he said he wants to use it as a political football. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, this is about politics. it's his politics, and they have failed. [shouting] no answer on walking centers but let's try it on another decision he's made that's been the cause of the crisis. when he decided to reduce the

availability of social care services for the 300000 fewer older people are getting the help they need to wasn't blindingly obvious people couldn't get the care they needed at home, have a big impact on a&e? >> again the absolute no solution and presumably -- [shouting] if he had solutions he would've implemented them in wales. [shouting] now, he raises the importance of social care and i agree and that is one from the first of april we are putting 5 billion pounds more into social care via the medicare fund. up until now the labour party has told us not to introduce a better care for assume enough support this important investment. >> it is one very simple solution, get rid of this useless prime minister prime minister. [shouting] no answer on care for the elderly.

no answer. when he decided next thing he did come when he decided to ignore the pleas of doctors, nurses and patients and plow ahead with his damaging top down three organization, wasn't it blindingly obvious that if you divert 3 billion out of patient care it would have a big impact on a&e? >> our changes have cut bureaucracy and saved 4.9 billion pounds. that is why there are 9000 more doctors, 3000 more nurses, 6 million more people getting inpatient appointments. but you can see it -- >> there's too much noise on both sides. the prime minister's answer is must be heard. prime minister. >> you can see this as plain as you like. the leader of the opposition apparently said to the political editor of the bbc, i want to weaponize the nhs. that's what he said.

i think that is disgraceful. the nhs is not a weapon. it's a way we care for our families. it's the way we care for the elderly. it's the way we look after the frail. so perhaps when he gets to his feet he will deny that he said he wanted to weaponize the nhs a disgusting thing to say. [shouting] >> ed miliband. >> i'll tell him a, i'll tell him what -- [shouting] i'll tell him -- i'll tell them what's disgusting. i'll tell him what's disgusting. i'll tell -- >> order. i said of them ago the prime minister's answers must be heard. the leader of the oppositions questions must be heard as well. very simple. ed miliband. [shouting] >> i'll tell them what's disgusting. the prime minister said people could put the trust in him on nhs in his -- and he has betrayed their trust. he's in denial. this is a crisis on his watch as

a result of his decisions. that's what people know if they want to get rid of the crisis in the nhs they have to get rid of this prime minister. [shouting] >> if ever you wanted proof that they want to use this issue as a political football, you have just seen it. and it labour has an answer to the nhs, then they can explain why they cut the budget in wales by 8%. that is where labour is in charge. all parts of united kingdom face a health challenge but the real risk to the nhs is the risk of unfunded spending commitments bringing chaos to our economy which would wreck our nhs. that is the risk and that is why the choice of the election will be stick with the people long-term plan, not with the labour party that will wreck our economy and wreck our nhs. [shouting]

>> thank you, mr. speaker. does the prime minister agree with my constituent who contacted me over the weekend asking to join us and also saying that the only people fit to run our economy are the prime minister and the chancellor? the surprise was that the gentleman was the ex-chairman of the old labour party. [shouting] >> i'm sure that's the first of the 4 million conversations he will be having for the coming elections. but there is an important point. there is no strong nhs without a strong economy, and with our economy you can see the deficit cut in half, 1.75 million more people in work, the fastest growth of any major economy in the west. that is the record and that is what will enable us to fund our nhs and schools and to provide the public services our country needs.

>> thank you, mr. speaker. patients being told they are camping, patients being treated in tents outside accident and emergency. when he promised a fight against accident and emergency services, did he intend to mislead the electorate? >> look, as i said all our health service is right across the united kingdom face a challenge. actually the english nhs that i'm responsible for is performing better than the welsh nhs, the scottish nhs or the nhs in northern ireland. but the facts are these, compared with four years ago there are 25 and a more people every day seeing a doctor -- 2.5 more people everyday seeing a doctor within four hours. why? we put the money in. when we put the money in, the shadow health secretary said it was irresponsible presumably that's what labour cut the nhs in wales.

>> sir david amos. [shouting] >> i thank the house for that perception for never having been a duke or a girl. -- duekke or an earl. an opportunity will be lost. will my right honorable friend agreed with what the former conservative prime minister sir john major has written in the booklet, national wealth, these poverty, pacer social care create jobs, and that is exactly what this conservative led government has been doing. [shouting] spent my honorable friend is the absolute right is that the first duty of the government is to produce a stable, strong and growing economy that can fund the defense we, the public services that we need. and on this side of the house we

understand that. on that side of the house they learn absolute nothing over the last four years, and they would borrow and spend and tax and put us back exactly in the position of crisis and chaos that we found the country in 2010. >> john robertson. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the one thing that was clear the reverend of in scotland was the amount of young people that were getting involved, not just in making a vote but actually championing in being part of it. is it not saying the we've got the rest of the country on board here and get to both 16 and 17-year-olds of? >> i thought the reverend camping in scotland gets which a lot of people onto politics and political issues but the question is being asked was so important that we said we should respect the views of the scottish parliament, the welsh parliament and we will devolve those powers over voting age. in this house i'm happy for us to have a vote. personally i think the right age is 18 but i'm very happy to

listen to debate, to listen to the arguments and to put them forward. >> thank you, mr. speaker. for over 50 years, they have been campaigning for justice particularly from the german manufacturing unit. now that over 150 mps have signed an open letter to the german chancellor, with the prime minister at this too is busy agenda today so that we might get a decent and fair settlement for all concerned? >> i have on behalf of the constituents that he raised this issue not only through the european parliament but also with german authorities and i will certainly reflect on what the honorable gentleman says. >> mr. speaker, the price of oil has now fallen to $50 a barrel. while this is good news for motorists, it's bad news for scotland's oil industry and workers but it comes just weeks after it was said we were on the verge of a second oil boom. and after -- and after the

independent paper said $113 a barrel. this is a sears issue. jobs depend on. will the prime minister agree to meet with a member from a cross party delegation with industry leaders and workers to see what support can be provided a? >> well i agree with him on all three grounds. we first of all north sea is a vital interest for the united kingdom, one of the biggest investors in our country and we should do everything we can to help it which is why second in the autumn statement we took some steps to improve the taxation regime, but third i think it does make the case for the united kingdom as we said during the referendum campaign that north sea is better off with a broad shoulder of the united kingdom being able to stand behind it because you never know where the off-price of the over $100 or as it is today around $50 but it makes the case for the strength of the united kingdom and the misguided nation and before they could base their entire budget on such

high oil price. >> mr. speaker, latest os figures show the youth unemployment in crawley is at the lowest level since records began. [shouting] but, of course, there is a lot more that we need to do. can my right honorable friend say what for the policy the government are pursuing to ensure that business across the country generates even more employment as part of our long-term economic plan? >> delighted to agree to put on over and we look the figures in crawley, the youth climate count a fall by 42% in the last year alone, and the long-term youth claimant count, long-term, young unemployed people down by 71%. he asked what more we can do. we're cutting the jobs tax a small businesses and charities by 2000 pounds, abolishing national insurance contribution for those who employ the under 21 the under 20 ones, extending the dublin a small business rate relief and, of course, would cut

corporation tax including for small firms. startup loans are being offered right around the country including to those in crawley are taken as a but i think this government has acclaimed -- than we've ever had in our country. >> this thank you, mr. speaker. throughout the christmas. , we have worked tirelessly -- throughout the christmas period, we have worked tirelessly. but increase waiting time at surgery has meant more and more people forced to use a&e. why doesn't the prime minister upset the labor cost plan to acquire -- [inaudible] and would make a real difference to the lives of my countrymen? >> for the last 24 hours what i can read is labour's plan is to tax people in london and spend more money in scotland is what -- i look forward to having him explain that his constituents.

but as a surfboard, there's a sears point to the honorable gentleman which is obviously the health service has changed, and we have not got, they have a gp led urgent care centers that are open 24 hours a day. so far they're saying over 400 patients a day in 99% of those patients are seen within four hours and yet expansion of the a&e unit of the hospital. i think this goes to the point we need to make sure the 1-1-1 service is helping to spread the information to people who need care about where they can best get it. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the government has repeatedly highlighted the importance of northern lincolnshire and the wider area to the offshore renewable sector. with my right honorable friend agree that the recent announcement of the establishment of the national college for wind energy and further expansion of local existing training facilities cement the opportunities for

local people to benefit from the industry, boost the local economy and highlight the importance of northern lincolnshire to the northern powerhouse of? >> my honorable friend is a real champion for north lincolnshire, and we're determined that this recovery is going to be different from previous recoveries and we will see growth in jobs and investment right across our country. that's why he and others with me have been working hard to bring investment, including of course the vital stephen split the that's why we see unemployment go up, unemployment come down. and because of the local growth deals agreed in july the into price partnership has got over 100 million pounds for local projects which should create up to 9000 jobs and allow more than 5000 homes to be built. we're determined to see recovery right across the country. >> mr. speaker, i'm proud of the nhs in the northeast, but not one hospital trust is meeting the governments own scaled-back

target for treatment in a&e, not one. but the prime minister prefers to focus on a top down reorganization as the nhs -- for the benefits of his buddies, putting profits before people. does he really imagine we will trust them with our nhs of? >> well, let me tell the honorable lady what is happening in the nhs in newcastle. since 2010 there are 191 more doctors, 698 more nurses. last week, over 3000 patients went to a&e, and although 190 were seen within four hours but i have to say to her, if getting rid of the bureaucracy in the nhs which we did in england was such a bad idea, why is it the nhs in england is performing better than other parts of the country that didn't take those steps?

>> the recent final report of the task force highlights how around 300 jobs have been brought here in the last 18 months. does my right honorable friend agree this helps highlight what the government is right to put extra growth deals funding to help further strengthen the lifetime sector in the northwest which is absolutely vital? >> my friend has been a real champion for life sciences and should ever life sciences investment in the northwest of england which isn't actually crucial part of the improvement and expansion of that part of the country's economy. that includes overly park at what we've seen is the local growth deal announced last july which will establish 40 million pounds joint life science fund which will support the sector right across the northwest. that will include the part. this is the first government have a proper life sciences strategy because this is a vital industry for our country's future. >> thank you, mr. speaker.

those of us who opposed the iraq war for very good reason and many, many other people outside this place are very concerned about the inordinate delay in publishing the finding of the chilcot report. can i ask the prime minister please, where did this bizarre notion come from that if it's not published before the end of february we can't see it until after the election? >> in many ways i share the right honorable gentleman's frustration in that, you know, i would love this report to come out already. and, indeed, he and i voted together against the last labour government over and over again saying, please, can you get on and set up the independent inquiry that is needed? if they got on set the independent inquiry he would've been published, debated and dealt with by now so i find it frustrating but it is not a matter for me. i am not able to order the publication of this report. it is in the opinion. it is up to sir john chilcot about when he publishes his

report. he will make the decision, not me. >> youth unemployment is down by over 70%. >> here, here. >> funding for the flood alleviation scheme will unlock a further 500 jobs. is anything the prime minister can do to make that happen? >> i will look carefully at this because as he says, not only as the claimant count followed with a long commute claimant count falling, falling by 50% in his constituency in the last year alone. now, i know how much his constituents want to see work on the flood defense project, and that's a very high priority for your, north yorkshire enterprise proposal. we will make an announcement in the coming weeks. >> recently my local nurses --

[inaudible] just hours before she died from cancer. those brilliant nurses sum up everything that's great about our national health services. in a recent poll, 40% said they felt the prime minister was doing a good job. can he tell us why? >> i think they work extremely hard to provide a good service. i particularly applaud the nurse who chased the health sector together core and told them us think about how to run the health service. but what i would say is if you judge us on our record, there are 9000 more doctors, 3300 more nurses in our nhs because we made the decision to protect the funding of the nhs which labour told us was irresponsible. >> would my right honorable friend join me in supporting the perpetua's tidal energy center? is a public-private partnership

which will from the isle of white give the world's first grid connected test facility. this will put the uk at the forefront of tidal energy technology, protect existing jobs, and create several hundred new ones. >> i think my honorable friend makes a very good point, because the uk is not the most attractive market in the world or investment in offshore wind marine renewables, and want to maintain that world leading position. we want to harness the economic benefit and environmental benefits that brings everyone to see local centers and expertise. from what i can see the perpetua's tidal energy center sounds exactly like the exciting energy resource we should be supporting. >> thank you, mr. speaker. nearly half of all london ambulances which are called out to critical cases do not arrive within their targets, eight

minutes response time. is this what the prime minister had in mind when he told us that the nhs would be safe in his hands? >> the nhs wouldn't have been safe if we followed labour's proposal of cutting the nhs. we rejected that advice and put more money into the nhs. specific with the london ambulance service, it has launched a recruitment campaign. it has had 400 new members of staff. we're providing 15 million extra money for the nhs ambulance service in london and that's what in 2013-14 it met its target attending over 460,000 patients with life-threatening illicit. that's what's happening because we made the decision to reform the nhs and cut the bureaucracy and put the money in. those decisions were opposed by the labour party. >> reverting to the subject of the chilcot report about which i question the prime minister in the past, did he note that our

distinguished colleague in the house of lords yesterday said there was an absolute disgrace that it has not been published a view i certainly hold. and since it is absolutely well-known that the report was completed many months ago, who is it if the prime minister is help us on this subject, who is blocking it? is it -- is it the secretary of the cabinet? is it sir john chilcot, or is it the white house? >> i would say my understanding is this, the report, the report is largely finished but he never report like this there is a process where you have to write to those people who are criticized in the report and you have to give them an opportunity to respond. this is not the process for all

of these reports, whatever government they are launched under. it's not as though some unknown base in the process although quite why i'm not sure but i don't think anything to do with the former first minister in scotland. but nontheless, this is not within my power to draw out the publication of this report to visit independent, it is sir john chilcot. this process has to be finished inand then the report will be published. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i will ask you once again, will he apologize to all those have suffered and continue to suffer in transport departments across the country due to his mismanagement of the national health service? >> i couldn't have been more clear. i regret every single person who goes to hospital he doesn't get the treatment they deserve. but our responsibility is to put in the money which we are doing, to provide extra staff which is happening, to have a proper plan for joining us health and social care which we're doing, and then to find the stephen's plan which is the right long-term answer

for health service. but mr. speaker, people around the country would have been able to see, there's one part of this house of commons working to improve our nhs for all its users. there's another part of the house of commons that wants to weaponize the nhs, the most disgusting phrase i think i've heard in politics and wants to treat like a political football. and i know they will reach the right conclusion. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. home care workers a fantastic job, and get over 200,000 of them are not even paid the national minimum wage. will the prime minister talk to the chance of not getting hmrc to properly pursue and prosecute those cowboy care agencies who are exploiting these people? >> my friend is right. there's far more that we can do to prosecute and chase down those organizations that don't pay their staff properly, and that is why we are bringing together to the home office the organizations to make this

happen with its the authority or in the national crime agency. all the powers of their to go after those that don't pay them minimum wage when they should. >> on monday i listened to residents of mental court and extra care facilities in my constituency tell me about there social care. for the good of all those who need care and all the nhs patients, will the prime minister go further to integrate health and social care? >> we are producing a fund of 5 billion pounds which will be money that the health and of local authorities can spend together. the labour party now has opposed to that fund instead it should be brought into place. but i'm afraid it's worse than that because the secretary of state, the shadow secretary of state for health has been wandered around the television studios today saying to anyone who is prepared to listen that increase funding for social care because there's only one slight problem with this, which is this