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400th anniversary of william shakespeare's death. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. thank you, mr. speaker. meetingseaker, i had and in addition to my duties in this house, i should have further meetings later today. >> karen lumley. hear!re here -- hear, >> while he is a member of this country, terrorist attacks should not be happening while he is a member of this country. prime minister cameron: condemning terrorist attacks are part of office whether you are a shadow minister or member of the crown. that the member of the house said?

to killorces anyone innocent people in paris, blow up the london underground, and he was absolutely right to say that and frankly, i think it speaks volumes that he cannot sit in the shadow cabinet with the leader of the opposition. >> jeremy corbyn. leader corbyn: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to thank the , armedhters, the police services, and local government workers for all of the work they did in keeping safe thousands of people from the floods that have affected this country. 2000 14, following the devastating floods of that time just two years ago, the prime interest or said, and i quote, "there are always lessons to be learned and i will make sure they are learned." were they? >> let me join the leader of the opposition to thank the

emergency services and also, the search and rescue teams who went from around the country to areas that were bloodied, can i think the military for all of the work that they did? of what he said, we saw all the community coming together doing extraordinary work. let's deal with this issue of lessons learned. as i dealt with my constituency, and had dealt with floods as prime minister, i think a lot of lessons have been learned. this time, the military came in. this schema was funded at 100%, not 85%. more money was given to the issues more quickly, so a lot of lessons have been learned. is there more to learn? i'm sure there are, there always are. and i assure you that we will look over everything that needs to be done. as we do that, we will make money available because we have a strong economy. >> mr. corbyn. leader corbyn: thank you mr. speaker.

in 2011, 100 90 million pounds flooded a defense project in the leads and it was canceled and 1000 homes and businesses in leaves were flooded in recent s and the -- in leed that money was no object when it came to funding. leeds mp,mes to we'll he the full amount to go ahead and protect leeds from future flooding? prime minister cameron: let me just go ahead and go onto one point before i answer in detail, and i will cover this in full, this was the wettest december for over 100 years, and actually and in yorkshire, it was the wettest december ever on record, and that is why it rivers in yorkshire, including

was at then leeds highest that has ever been in history. nothing has been canceled since 2010, the flood defenses was 1.5 million pounds in the last labour government, 1.7 million pounds in the government that i lead, and will be over 2 million pounds in this government and it its up and up and up and goes up because we run an economy because we are able to invest in the things that our country needs. and one more point, let us not forget this, we inherited the this economy.r that was a plan for a 50% cut in capital spending and this was not a protected department. we protected that flood spending and we decreased it, something that labour would not have done. mr. speaker, of course the

rainfall was excessive, of course the river levels were high, but, the prime minister still hasn't answered the floodon on the leeds rejections game. i give him the opportunity to do it in a moment. forcounty council applied flooding help, it was turned down, the areas flooded again in the last few weeks. does the prime minister believed that turning down at those schemes was also a mistake? prime minister cameron: we are spending more on a flood defense schemes and all kinds of schemes then we will spend more on. tens is going to spend of millions of pounds on the railway, when is he going to find the money to --[interrupting each other] prime minister cameron: the idea willthis individual be faster in responding to floods and the government is

preposterous. speaker, since i walked into the chamber this morning, the shadow minister has resigned, the shadow defense minister had resigned, and he couldn't run anything. mr. speaker, it is very strange. when i asked: questions on flood defense, the prime minister still seems unable to answer them. can he now tell us if he is going to be refunding those schemes? yorkshiresor of the floods and coastal committee warned against cuts for flood defenses in yorkshire. would that also be a mistake? can the primates are also tell us if he will reverse the cuts to make sure that those cities and areas aren't protected in the next round of floods which will no doubt come? prime minister cameron: we will

increase and continue to increase the spending on flood defenses. we are spending more and for the first time, it is a six year spending perspective which is 2.3 billion pounds extra on flood defenses, money that would not be available if we trashed the economy in the way that he proposes. of course, after every instance of flooding, you go back and you look at what you spend, what you built, what you are planning to spend, what you are planning to build, and you will see what can be done. clear that wetely had the money necessary to take the action that was necessary, but we can only do that with a strong economy, an economy that is growing. more people are paying taxes. we've got the straight to solve this problem of floods and we are going to do it in a proper way. >> jeremy corbyn. leader corbyn: mr. speaker, mr. -- thee

prime minister has not --labour --[interrupting each other] i met a young couple whose home had been flooded over christmas. it wasn't very funny for them. [interrupting each other] this year, this young couple lost many of their possessions, photos, children's toys, schoolwork, and they had the foul stench of flood water in their homes and in many experience of this all over the country. this is a legitimate question. why was it that the insufficient and capacity of this flood barrier, and again, was not diverted in 2013, and it was not dealt with and it is not upgraded, thus people were flooded in york and their possessions and homes severely damaged? answersople want

from all of us and in particular, the prime minister. [interrupting each other] prime minister cameron: i take sympathy from everyone, and we will do what it takes to get communities back on their feet, and that is why we put record sums in more quickly to help communities in cumbria, in lancashire, and in yorkshire, and we will continue to do that. this was about to be tended for extra investment with the pumps, and now that investment will go ahead and we will money in there. what i say that we will do is that we will put in more money, we will put it in more quickly, the military got involved, and that coupled a got flooded will also have something that will have a, and we will have something that has never been achieved, and that is an insurance scheme for every's angle home to have flood protection. that has never been done before. has there been lessons learned? yes there has.

but we don't need election remorse from the honorable -- from the honourable gentleman. theer corbyn: mr. speaker, flood defense scheme has been many moren cuts and homes -- many more homes have been flooded and so many more have been ignored. why can't the prime minister support our call in this approach the flooding? this looks at everything including the management of making people's homes of more and moreilient protection schemes would be in place and be properly funded. does the prime minister agree with this that the fire and rescue services have done such a protecting people in all parts of his country and that they should have been given a duty to deal with floods and to help with any crisis that might occur in the future? prime minister cameron: i think,

mr. speaker, is that perhaps he could come and have a word with me. on the issue on the statute changes, everybody knows that these people have to do this when floods take place. that is why we have such magnificent responses. that is from flood services, from police services, from emergency services, and yes, we are going to continue to increase on funding this. we're going to back this. 2016r corbyn: mr. speaker, marks the 400 anniversary of william shakespeare's birthday. does this mean that our country should unite to commemorate his work? should we renovate the site of can ime, birthplace, and

invite my friends, the whole house, the whole world, to celebrate shakespeare? my apologies for nearly interrupting his soliloquy. i think it is a very good moment that the 400th anniversary of the death of shakespeare should celebrate everything that he has given to our language and her culture and i think it is going to be a fantastic moment for people to come and visit britain and see all of the other places that have such a great association with shakespeare. shakespeare has provided languages for every moment. there was a moment when it looked like this reshuffle could night."his "12th to be as going reshuffle but then it was "as you like it." this was something like a comedy of errors, perhaps "much ado

about nothing?" but for those of you poor word, and "love labors lost." [interrupting each other] >>hear, hear! >> thank you, thank you. you very much. thank you very much for the warm welcome. [laughter] >> mr. speaker, the health service has devolved, and doctors in scotland are not planning on striking at next week. what does the prime minister of the fact that junior doctors don't have a good relationship with his government? prime minister cameron: he raises an important question. we have taken a different approach to the government in scotland, and we have increased spending on the nhs by more and i think it is the right approach.

withll in turn it deal this issue of having a genuine seven-day nhs. it,yone knows, doctors know patients know it, the nhs knows it that there is a problem with the nhs in the weekends and one way to resolve this is to have new contracts with junior doctors to make sure not that they work longer hours, in fact, under our plan, they will work much less hours. not to reduce dr.'s pay, they pay, they- doctors' will see a pay rise, so we think this will be a good deal for nhs, and i think scotland will be looking at this, too. >> the scottish government has been investing in record numbers in the nhs and we have worked very hard to have the best possible relations with the doctors and the nurses and all of the nhs staff. with the english health

of how tospeak resolve the situation in england and stave off strike actions which no one wants to see, least of all, junior doctors? >> there should always be good relations and good discussions with the health secretary in the united kingdom government and the health ministers within all of the administration. obviously the one thing that we think is important is there should be an increase in funding in the nhs, which we have done, 19 billion pounds more in parliament, and that has consequences for wales and scotland and northern ireland, and of course i find it very depressing that the welsh have to spendnder labour less than they are willing to spend and scotland has decided the same thing. >> hear, hear! my constituency in baltimore and continues to strengthen this is both relocating and

strengthening. we are seeing a heritage trading frames, investing one million pounds in new factories and in utilities and with a new contract, and with more staff, would the prime minister agree with me that the northern powerhouses is also about our great northern towns? >> hear, hear! prime minister cameron: my honorable friend is absolutely right. sometimes it can sound as if the plans for the northern powerhouses all about the cities of the north of england. he argues by linking up the cities, you also help the towns in the northwest and across our country and you also help the rural areas because of the rebalancing of the economy. [interrupting each other]

>> in 2014, in response to the flooding of the tames valley, the money -- thames valley, the money was said to be no object. but there were cuts to the environmental agencies, cuts to it onethe agencies, is rule for his constituents and another rule four hours in the north? prime minister cameron: you are completely wrong about the funding figures as i have explained in detail, 1.5 billion pounds to up to 2 billion pounds. not funding just 85 percent, but 100%, so what i said sounds good. >> thank you, mr. speaker. channel spoke about this opportunity to discuss

support for this channel. >> prime minister. prime minister cameron: well, i am very happy to do that. it is a very important part of our broadcasting structure and in wales, well-liked and i want to make sure that the wording and the spirit of it continues to make sure that it is a very strong channel. >> mr. speaker. when home ownership up to a new level every year since you became prime minister, why was there an amendment to the housing program which would have protected the public in getting a discount for new starts on homes for future buyers? isn't that a better value for the money for first-time buyers and for the taxpayer, yes or no? >> hear, hear! prime minister cameron: this is a conservative party proposal put into our manifesto and opposed throughout by the labour party.

this is only happening because we won a majority and put a housing bill through the house of commons. we are taking every step we can to change the housing lender system. funding ande are now 40% of the homes that people want to buy rather than 20%, we are going to see over 200,000 starter homes built during this parliament. interest rates are low, it is now easier for people to get a mortgage, and with our help during a new safe scheme, people have an opportunity to help put money aside. we are absolutely on the side of the home owners, but absolutely, we want to get people on the home owning ladder, he helped them get jobs, we help them get tax breaks, we help them to buy them, we help them to sell them >> -- sell them. speaker, on boxing day, my constituents suffered the worst flooding in years. friend right honourable

join me in protecting our community and will his convince ofriends the environmental agencies to switch off the pumps at all of the crossings? prime minister cameron: first of all, let me pay tribute to all ho workconstituents w around the clock. her in thanking the emergency services again for all of what they did. alwaysloods, there are questions about which pumps were used, which floodgates were oh and, which decisions were made by the experts on the ground, and it is important, having seen many communities flooding in my own constituency, it is important to take the opportunity to go through those decisions and learn what can be done and figure out what is the right decision to make. i absolutely pledged that that

should be done. there has been worked across lancaster and cumbria and we will make sure that the flood alleviation money for households, for businesses, the schemes that we have set up after 2013, that the money is paid out as quickly as it can be. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. in light of the paris climate agreement, in which all countries agree to aggressively reduce their emissions and keep global warming below two degrees, does the prime minister agree that we must now begin the process of strengthening the eu's targets and reduction targets to 50% below 1990 levels, at the very least, a position of which he has argued for? >> prime minister. prime minister cameron: let me join her in recognizing that paris was a big step forward, because previous agreements, like kyoto, didn't include action by china or action by a america, and now you have all of

the big companies who are part of this deal. we do agree that the eu should go further, we do agree that there should be an aggressive package for the eu, and that was the best we could do in the circumstances, and i think we agree about bringing a general agreement. i don't want you to have any doubt that britain isn't playing a very big role. i know there is great interest in this and adding solar panels. i was asked the other day about what percentage of solar panels had been installed in great britain since 2000 10, expecting the answer might be 50% or 60%, but the answer is 98%. >> hear, hear! >> mr. speaker, yesterday it was announced that the fox hills community would be building thousands of new homes in the city. what the prime minister agree with me that this would enable struggling families to get off of the property ladder? prime minister cameron: i am

delighted to hear about the developments in your constituency. built 700s, we have 50 houses since 2010, but there is a lot more that needs to be done. sometimes, it is pacific bits of transport infrastructure or disagreeing with the district councils that need to be sorted out. but we shouldn't forget that the developers will only go ahead with house building if they believe in the but nine cannot make environment with a strong and growing economy, stable interest rate, and everything that we need, that is the key to success in housing. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime and as her promise to cut the number of special advisors and the chancellor wants to limit public sector to 1%.es' pay how does he's where this with now having 26 special advisors, which is more than 2012? thereminister cameron:

are fewer special advisors under this government than there was under the last government. [interrupting each other] >> mr. jackson! >> will my right honourable friend agree with me that it is a matter of regret that the defense secretary has saved face to take the donation from the immoral saving -- immoral, theiving, ambulance chasing lawyers of today who specialize spurious claims? is it time that we remove these individuals from this pernicious human rights act and create a british bill of rights? prime minister cameron: yes, we british rights, and we are making progress on that, but i think this

organization does have some questions to answer, because they were deeply involved in an claims completely fell apart, and there was evidence that could have shown that there were claims that were false. i do think that it is instructive that we have lost a shadow secretary state of defense who believes in strong defense, who believes in fighting terror, and instead we've got someone, apparently, who takes one's of the day. i think that leaves us with serious questions to have answered. frankie, mr. speaker, it goes to a bigger truth, and that is that this reshuffle will be opened and we are going to be left with a collection of politicians, have no doubt about this, who have signed up to positions in the government, who have signed up to racking up taxes and spending, and this is a collective act that they would have taken part in. thehould not be asking if

leader of opposition is head of lead central, it is what they are doing as members of this particular government? >>hear, hear! may be a word, but there is also a connection to "midsummer night dream," for example, and i wonder whether he will lend his support to the shakespeare of the north which would complete the triangle of the globe theater, stratford upon avon, and other work of shakes her. prime minister cameron: i think this sounds like an excellent proposal. we shouldn't constrain it shakespeare to stratford, this should be made an international celebration, so i will consider the proposal that you made. >> meggie pruett. >> we have announced the plans

for my care holes thisituency, as well as -- is by an authority of a proven track record of wasting taxpayers money. >> prime minister. prime minister cameron: i am very happy to look at the problems that my right honourable friend raises. this is a labor controlled council taking issue with these problems. what i would do is look at the now able toey are take a surcharge on the fact so they could fund additional care and an eight would recognize that their job, instead of playing a local politics, would be to serve the people. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last year, the imf described the defining challenge of our time,

and by last night, 5100 chief executives paid more for five days work -- were paid more for five days work, getting a pay raise ofwhile the average workea pay rise of less than 2%. will be support ratio of the pay of the top pay to average pay? [shouting] >> i'm a great supporter of transparency as we proved in the government. let's be clear since i have become prime minister income inequality has fallen. those are the facts. one of the biggest things we are doing to help with income inequality, for the first time ever bring in a national living wage. this is the year that we are going to see people paying no tax until they've earned 11,000 pounds. this is the year we are going to see a national living wage of 7 pounds 20, those are big advances to helping the low paid

in our country. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to pay tribute to the countless numbers of people and organizations who helped out during the recent floods. yesterday i spoke with the chairman of the new insurance flood and i know that people have been hammered by the floods, will welcome the fact that their premiums and won't meet but he told me it's not going to cover any houses built in 2009 and not cover businesses either, will the prime minister look to make sure it's comprehensive? ..

>> why does the prime minister continued to procrastinate? >> i thank him and every minister who welcomed the very good visit to manchester airport. the point i would make is the middle order committee of this house and, indeed, the author of the original report, howard davis, have both said the problems of air quality to raise

new questions that the government has to enter. i'm in favor of answering those questions and then making a decision. >> order. two years ago i think tomorrow, the house lost a superb parliamentarian and much loved colleague in all parts of the house, the honorable gentleman's predecessor paul goggins. we remember him with affection and respect and we also remember and think fondly of his widow and their children, matthew, teresa and dominic, who are all wonderful, human beings and we wish them well in the future. >> here, here. >> thank you, mr. speaker as the prime minister knows my constituency was decimated by the recent floods. it was reported in the telegraph in august that the district would not receive any of the extra funding the prime minister announced for yorkshire. will they take this opportunity to confirm that that isn't the case, that whatever money is necessary to protect my constituency from future

flooding will be spent? if you struggling to find the money perhaps he could use money from the overseas aid budget because i'm sure he believes fixing the blood should not be discriminated against in terms of victims of flooding and other parts of the world. >> let me say to my honorable friend we will do what it takes to make sure the families and communities and businesses can get back on their feet. that's why we've invested record sums more quickly into the area that are affected. we learned the lessons of previous floods were some kind of the schemes have been too bureaucratic, too much time taken. whether it is building new bridges, whether it's repairing roads, whether it's building for flood defenses, whether it's examined with the water went this time and what more can be done we will make sure that work is carried out in bradford as well everywhere else. >> came to prime minister be aware of the valley of the work of the national wildlife crime unit not just enforcing all but