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house of commons questioned prime minister theresa may on the parliament's role in the brexit negotiations. later, she answered questions on immigration, the health care budget, and the u.k.' s role in syria. this is just over 40 minutes. undead area that can support and protect scottish jobs in scottish industry. >> order to questions to the prime minister. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. eight meetings in addition to my duties in this as i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i work with the coalition government who are now seeking another contract covered a constituency amongst many i went and said the system of
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appointment or consultations before surgery missing profits to be sent to the taxpayer and patient safety. what is the prime minister prepared to do about it? >> the provision of local services is local people. the honorable the tax but outsourcing of services. the party i put greater privatization and his labour party. >> 12 months ago i went to this stage. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have to say a very positive position at the moment. i'm pleased to say since
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210,200,000 where people are upward. i saw the strength of the economy when i was in burning last week. retaining the demolition to an election of a man and i have to say that this business experience would be a very good where for the west midlands. >> on the subject of the nhs, 18 months ago my wonderful doctor suggested i have a general phone and check out. it is just as well but i did because the blood tests revealed that there could have been and was a problem with my despite the fact that i was symptom-free. i was immediately referred to the queen elizabeth hospital in irving had which was simply wonderful. after a period of surveillance that have back in june. but hey, i now find.
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i want to thank the whole team at the kiwi including my surgeon and maximum specialist richard glad to who gave me advice. but in the next 10 years there will be a real shortage of specialists and urology nurses are many are due for a time. may i ask the prime minister, what can the government do to avert a sure digest these much-needed nurses? >> can i say to my honorable friend house is back in his position. [shouting] is normal exuberant south. he made it a very serious issue and can it join him in commending model that doctors and nurses and other health service staff who treated him for his prostate cancer, but those doctors and nurses who a day in and day out insuring we
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are now having cancer survival rates at a record high. government is putting my money into awareness of cancer problems and we will look at those -- the training of nurses from the 50,000 nurses in training and we will continue to make sure available to do the work necessary. >> jeremy corbin. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. a teacher in the prime minister and wishing well and obviously the treatment he got it the same treatment everybody else got because we like a treatment for everybody in our society. it's not controversial. and just wishing him well. is that okay? [shouting] sorry to start on such a controversial note, mr. speaker. i do apologize. the prime minister says she wants britain to be a country where it doesn't matter where you were born.
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the house secretary's flagship announcement was to name and shame come news that employ foreign workers. could the prime minister explain where someone is poor and clearly does matter to members of your cabinet? >> first of all, can i say congratulations on winning. [shouting] and can i welcome him back to his place in this house since his normal self. can i say to him it was never the policy of the home secretary announced. there is no naming and shaming comment no foreign workers come in the published data appeared we are going to consult on whether we should bring
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ourselves in line with countries like the united states of america which ensure they are getting the right skills training for workers and their economy. >> mr. speaker, i'm most grateful to the over 300,000 people to noted me to become the leader of my party. [shouting] which is -- mr. speaker, rather more than voted her to become leader of her party. she seems to be -- she seems to be slightly unaware of what is going on. first, mr. speaker, the home secretary company should be named and shamed. they clarified the data would only be kept by government and it was a consultation in the
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home secretary clarified the matter by saying it's one of the tools we are going to use. the government has no answers. just giving some skate goes. yesterday we learned that pregnant women will be forced to hand over their passports. no wall street sound without photographing i.d. heavily pregnant women sent home on rose to get a passport. are these really the actions of a country where it doesn't matter where you were born? >> well, i made absolutely clear out the policy of the home set out. i say to the gentleman he raises issues around the health service. i think it is right that we should say we ensure would provide health services to people that they are free at the point of delivery, the day are eligible have those services. there are people in this country who come to country to use health service and should be
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paying for it at the health service identified those people and make sure they get money from them. i would've thought that would be a noncontroversial view as emergency care will be provided absolutely without those questions. what's important is being sure where people should be paying because they don't have the right access to free care and the health service. they do. >> some colleagues promises 350 million pounds a week at the nhs. she doesn't seem to have the answers to the big question facing written. on monday with the secretary for brexit when questioned about the approach to single marketaccess replied we need hard data about the size of the problem in terms of money and jobs. it would have been much easier to simply ask his colleague, the chancellor of the exchequer because he would have told them
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the treasury forecast is a 66 billion loss to the economy. 7.5% gdp. can the prime minister now confirmed that access in the single market is a red line for the government or is it not? >> the right honorable gentleman has asked this question before. he said the simple question. i'll give him him a simple answer. we are going to deliver on the boat that the british people. but we are going to do is be ambitious in our negotiations to negotiate the best deal with the british people and that will include the maximum possible access to the european market for a trait that can operate within the european market. i'm also clear the vote of the british people said we could control the movement of people from the e.u. and unlike the jenin initiative that there but the british people want.
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>> someone once said that in the single market with risk lots of investors and business every race going backwards when it comes to international trade. that person is now the prime minister before the referendum. >> the japanese government, mr. speaker. the japanese government, mr. speaker wrote to her in september worried about a brexit. many japanese investors are in britain and has already halted its investment. 140,000 people in britain broke for japanese companies. they've made it clear those jobs depend on a single market access. what reassurance can he give to workers today desperately worried about their future, their comp me and their jobs? >> first of all, the biggest
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vote of confidence that we had in britain after the referendum was 25 billion pounds investment from a japanese company and taking of bribes paid to him in relation to what we are doing in our negotiations come he doesn't seem to get what the future is going to be about. the u.k. will be leaving the european union. we are not asking ourselves what it is membership or want to retain. we are saying what is the right relationship for the u.k. to have the maximum underside of our economy and country. >> mr. speaker, there's a danger this government appeared to be turning their back on a single market market which was indeed a commitment and a conservative party manifesto. the reality is since the brexit but the trade deficit is widening forecast being downgraded, value of the pound down 16% and the chamber of commerce confederation of british industry, british retail consortium and trade union
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congress have all made representation to the prime minister demanding clarity. is the prime minister willing to rest a brexit just to appease the people behind her? >> what the conservative party committed to this manifesto is to get the people referendum on whether to stay in the european union. they have given their decision. we believe the european union and in doing that negotiate the right gift for the u.k. which means the right to in terms of operating with dan and trading with the european market. that is what matters to companies in the u.k. and that is what we will be ambitious about. >> mr. speaker, the right honorable member for russia help within the debate. he simply said -- >> i want to hear about the right honorable member.
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what he said was in the zone unmanageable life, the reason they are going south is absolutely nobody has the faintest idea what extent that we are to put in place. we on these benches respect the decisions the rich people believe the european union. but this is a government that drug no plans for brexit with no strategy for negotiating brexit and offers no clarity, no transparency and no chance of scrutiny at the process developing a strategy. the jobs an intensive millions of people are at stake. business is wearing in the government has no answers. the prime minister says she won't give a running commentary, but isn't it time the government that's running away from the looming threat for jobs and businesses in this country and the standards of millions of people. >> i might be honorable gentleman, i'm not to mistake
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about the prospects of this country. i'm optimistic about the trade deals that in other countries are actually coming to us to say they want to do with the united kingdom. i'm optimistic about how we will ensure our economy grows outside of the european union. i have to say labor didn't want a referendum on this issue. the conservatives gave them a referendum. they did not results. we are listening to the british people and deliberate on the results. the shadow foreign secretary shouting from a sedentary position. the shadow foreign secretary wants a second vote. i have to say to her, i would've thought the labour mps would've learned this lesson. you can ask the same question again. you'll still get the answer you don't want. [shouting]
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>> thank you, mr. speaker. despite several rounds of european votes in senate, the college economy continues to lack around 30% below the u.k. average. does the prime minister agree with me that brexit provided the opportunity to develop their own economic program that will be less bureaucratic, more targeted and offer better value for money for the tax they are good though she confirmed her government will continue to invest in poor regions of our country once we leave? >> i think the honorable friend and i can't give him that assurance. we have a say in our party that i've been saying since i became prime minister that we want an economy that works for everyone in looting -- we've already negotiated in 2015 that will demonstrate i think that we recognize the challenges that we
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are open to further discussions on ways in which we can improve economy for the future. >> the european commission against intolerance has found that a number of areas of concern over political discourse and hate speech in the u.k. as well is that racial and malicious attacks. statistics have shown a short rising islamist blowback and xenophobic assault over the past year. does the prime minister agree that all mainstream government and all mainstream political party should do everything that they can to oppose xenophobia and racism? >> i've been very clear on a number of occasions there is absolutely no place in our society for racism. there is no place in our society for a hate crime. it is right that police are investigating allegations of hate crime where they occur.
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i'm pleased to say as home secretary is able to improve the recordings of hate crime. they may also improving the requirement to specifically record hate crime in relation so that we see the apathy of the islamic phobia taking place as well as anti-semitism and other types of hate crime. there is no place for that in our society. we should have one place across this chambermaid that absolutely clear and give our police every thought of being with this. >> the prime minister when she was secretary shoot in advertising fans on the street to go home. we've heard our party as wishing to register in the u.k. the crackdown as the rhetoric by this government has led to the u.k. saying things have gone too
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far. cannot tell the prime minister across the length and breadth people are totally disgusted from the government. though she now confirmed to this house the attention of her government is so the go-ahead with the registration workers but we shouldn't worry because they'll be kept secret by her government? >> can i say that i answered two questions on that earlier and i suggest he should have listened to the answer i gave. [shouting] get in there, mr. kaczynski. >> we have empowered local doctors to take real leadership of an important reconfiguration proposals.
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the clinicians have been working on a bed of reconfiguration of services. when they make the decision later this month, it is important for government to provide the capital funding required for this vital change to enhance patient safety. >> the honorable gentleman is raising an important point because the configuration of services and his constituents he is obviously a significant issue. i am pleased to say we are seeing more people are being treated today. we will of course look at the proposals that come. the point about the way it's been done as local people have the voice heard in decisions to be taken to reflect the need in the local area. we went to see any services is a vital service. i would like to pay tribute to those who work across the country. >> mr. speaker, the public accounts committee and the controller have both warned that
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the nhs budget is not sustainable. one is her government going to make a to the reality of growing demand and avoid the rhetoric and sat a sustainable nhs budget ? >> the government took a very simple approach. we asked themselves to propose their five-year plan to the nhs. they have money required and they said 8 billion. we are giving them 10 billion-pound more than the nhs said. funding in the nhs is a record level. the only place where money for the nhs is being kept to send a labour administration in wales. >> young man awaits extradition to the united states with charges of computer hacking. very likely to kill himself. sounds familiar.
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he's not going mckenna who is saved by the prime minister, but now he faces in effect the death sentence. the prime minister introduces in her words provide great safeguard for individuals. surely she protects the vulnerable. >> my honorable friend obviously campaigned long and hard because the time it was a decision for the home secretary to decide that there was insurance rates case. we changed the legal position on not. they look at it extradition decision that is then passed to the secretary. they have the aspects of any case that comes forward. it is to introduce and make sure
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and the united kingdom as to whether they should be healthier than editing them. >> are you still workers have lost their jobs or his shots are threatened. given the news to be used with the new replacement submarine. is that what she means by being a party of the workers? >> i have to say to the right honorable gentleman that we recognize the concerns of british steelworkers and a half bad continuing to ensure we do what we can to promote and encourage and retain the united kingdom. and member of that is taken in the chamber earlier.
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>> dr., the nurses are treating a record number of patients with world-class treatments but despite being located in an area of rapid location due to the local clinical permission are among the most relatively underfunded in the whole country. what can they do to address the situation? >> of course we want to make sure that patients are experiencing the same high-quality care and that is why i understand the funding for my honorable friend this year is being corrected or accurately reflect the level of need that there is a global health needs and that the investment of 167 million pounds going into the local area. i think that shows the intention the government has two ensure
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we've seen services server and across the country. we can only do that with the economy to back up the nhs. >> dr. alasdair mc donald. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister will be aware the area's republic was faithful in northern ireland. does the prime minister understand the confusion many of us feel going forward on one hand the government defines the attention to tightly control the free movement of people in labor and the border between northern ireland and the republic. does the prime minister see the contradiction for many of those who directly affect the jobs? >> i had a nuclear pdt shack also says that on both sides of the border we don't want to see
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a return to the borders of the past. the common travel area has been in place since 1920s. well before we are both members of the european union. we are working together with the government of the republic and in the latest round of the growth sale and a great way to build a country that works. >> i commend my honorable friend and taken this opportunity to support penndel. he's absolutely right the money being put in have enabled this
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growth as a local project. the same 250 million to the northern powerhouse in the latest round of funding is good is coming and from the local lab. we are assessing the proposals that will be about that with the seriousness that honorable friend would expect. >> this is the first christmas she lost her husband or son. they've been together for 10 years in red fervor for two young children. they have less than a threshold of 18,600. only 200 pounds a week. the prime minister's own constituency with immediate area
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571 almost 30,000 pounds a year. in the family has less chance of a family life, as proper family life. >> if i can sample comment on the individual case. i know she sent to speaker and i'll make sure she gets a full reply in relation to the specific case. the broader issues she raises about the income threshold for those wishing to join a partner in the united kingdom. with the government did was beyond a committee to the migration of sensory committee to advise the level of the income threshold should be at and the advisory committee suggested a range of figures did we actually took the lowest figure in that range and that range and take in the 2600. they recommended that because it's the level of the british family generally ceases benefits and be able to support themselves and society and we
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believe it's important people come in here are able to support themselves. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the constituents are delighted to learn this week that a unique museum and art gallery based in the building retains the list blindness to receive almost 5 billion pounds should become a national culture attraction. will my right honorable friend jeremy congratulating the success -- she agreed insightful we are positive and go for devolution to afford much more transformative investment? >> and entering my honorable friend and honorable friend and command and all those who've been involved in the days and features many people will enjoy a result of work to be done. if supported to gallery in my own constituency is so i've seen
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the impact it can have. he's absolutely right to point about the devolution deals as people coming together with the local area can generate the thought of transformative investment is talking about himself focused looking at the deals they might wish to have. >> ben bradshaw. >> with brushes and and aside in aleppo at the same that kabul should join france in calling for those responsible to be referred to the criminal court and will she re-examine the no-fly zone to protect the syrian people before it is too late? >> we are very clear the courts decide for the war crimes being committed. they cosponsored acres of resolution to refer the war crimes against regard this as
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they court to russia and china. this is an issue that has been a travis and a number of years. the things we see of the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians are appalling. we want to see an end to that. there are many questions about the no-fly zone. who is it there to protect and people in the expert patient david dead move. how a. how a in. how would you enforce the safe area there? there are many questions that need to be looked at in the sewers of issues. but we all know is the only real solution for peace and stability is a political transition and at time russia accepted the future of syria is a political transition grant the past. >> in my constituency the most vulnerable people is
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impressively supported due to the motto of achievement for all. will the prime minister confirm in a country that works for everyone, paris can be assured they will be the right place whatever their ability. >> i think that honorable friend and for the example that she shown taking place in her constituency. the whole hand of the government's education policy is place is so parents can have the confidence that their child will have a school place that is right for them. that is why you want to see universities more involved in schools. we want to see the independent sector hoping the state sector where that is sensible in their expertise can help. we do want to lift the ban which currently says one type of good scores cannot be helping.
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it's illegal to open a new good school. we want to move that ban to get the opportunities. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister appears to have made a choice and that choice with the protectionist and nationalists have taken over her party and surely a momentum has taken over the labour party. she has chosen a hard brexit that was never on anybody and she has chosen the process. as a result, special prices and food retailers in the supermarket shelves in the coming days. when will she put the interest of hard-working people that
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absolutely nobody voted for? >> the right honorable gentleman asked who we are fighting this. i'll tell you that the government fighting with. we are fighting with the british people who voted to leave the european union. it's high time the right honorable gentleman listened to the vote of the british people >> is the prime minister shared the majority cannot currently be delivered as there was an important general hospital and will she join with me in putting any influence in any pressure we can to encourage them to recruit the obstetricians we need a much valued unit. >> yes, i can't say i believe every effort is being made to
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fill vacant general hospital and understand those mothers who are having a midwife plans and we are still able to go to the general hospital but they do have to go to the jean-bart of hospital in oxford. services are important to people and i believe that trust is actively looking for what matters is a safe maternity service. >> angela eagle. >> i think many people across the house will be reassured that the government accepted the amendment to the opposition motion being debated later this afternoon, which guarantees they will properly screwed as the plan for the been the european union before article l of them felt.
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>> i have to say to the right honorable lady that the idea part of it somehow wasn't going to be about to discuss, debate, question -- [shouting] was frankly completely wrong. that may give some examples. the secretary of state has said he made two statements in this house. a new select committee has been set up, which crucially includes representatives from all parts of the united kingdom and only just over a week ago i announced a great repeal bill in the next session of parliament for a writ deal to the european union. element will have every opportunity to debate this issue. >> thank you, mr. speaker. every year in the u.k., 3.5000 babies are stillborn and i
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commend the government for setting the target of a 20% reduction by the end of the president than 50% reduction by 2030. for the prime minister agree with me that we must do all they can to provide the best quality to those parents who said they lose a baby? >> i say to my honorable friend that he's absolutely right. i'm pleased to say the health secretary will be attending the reception which will be held in parliament immediately after today and i would encourage other members to attend as well. honorable friend is absolutely right that the loss of the baby must be absolutely devastating and i'm aware there are people sitting in this chamber who have been through that tragedy in their life. what is absolutely essential is that the best possible care can be given to parents that had very, very vulnerable and tragic moment in their life and that is why we've been putting money to
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introduce broodmare rooms of 40 hospitals and investing more in the facilities as well for the import part. the care and counsel who's lost a baby and i think we all accept that. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on the second of july, the home office is giving details of 178 children who are still stuck in the refugee camp that had a legal right here in the u.k. with the families to keep them safe and protected. given the delays enact them, what responsibility is the prime minister think this government has too be 18 of those children who have now gone missing. >> the government has been working with the french government to those who are in the camps. they speed up the process of dealing with the clintons that unaccompanied children in the camp and we have seen the
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process faster, quicker and more children coming as a result of that alongside all the other work we are doing in relation to refugee and unaccompanied minors. crucially has filed, working to ensure that we do with the traffickers and the smugglers who are often in those camps in who we need to make sure to have access to children for the future. we speak about the process and more children come here as a result of that. >> thank you, mr. speaker. to virus breast-cancer day. i would address the prime minister to join the initiative's men and women well good on the dirt at the edge is currently collect data in this area. would you agree with me that better data collection can affirm that the u.s. resources across a piece of utter outcomes for all patients. >> are entirely except upon the
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honorable friend makes a better information gives you a greater opportunity to address these issues. can i also join with her and commending and wishing well all of those so she says men and women who have suffered from breast cancer and who have come through that. there are others in this house in a position that so many people across the country and it's important we do get the right care to ensure they can come through and see a bright future. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last night and this has a huge number of and he is presented petitions might have been down this country. will the prime minister committed to overturning the arrangements and provide justice in transitional arrangements? the honorable that you should know mother started transitional arrangements in place. we did make changes. we committed a billion pounds to lessen the impact of the changes for this effect did so nobody
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would see a change by more than 18 months. women will see increases of no more than 12 months compared to the previous timetable. they inform people and as we look forward, we are then located the new pension arrangements being put in place but the long-standing issue and winners will see better arrangements because of the changes the government has brought in. >> i gather the prime minister gave chancellor merkel a gift of the coast-to-coast book outlining the fabulous work when intermec is issuing ca. it's a prime minister where the coast-to-coast is not an official national trail in which he meet to discuss my campaign to get this national treasure is to serve national status. >> i think my honorable friend as he knows i enjoy the fantastic
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