i like you personally very much but i'm telling you, this bull crab you throw out here really gets old after a while. and to do it at the end of this, is just not right. it takes a lot to get me worked up like this. portion of yesterday senate finance committee meeting on the republican tax reform bill. the committee did go on to pass the measure 14-12. senate republican leaders are expecting to bring the bill to the full senate for consideration after the thanks giving recess. we have compiled all of our coverage of the debate including hearings and meetings on the house and current senate versions of the bill on our website c-span.org. in the search bar, type the words "republican tax reform." c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's

cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. now british prime minister theresa may takes questions from members of the house of commons during the weekly prime minister's question session. topics include funding for health care, police, fire safety , as well as ongoing negotiations for the uk's planned exit from the european union. jeremy corbyn also engaged with prime minister may in a lengthy back-and-forth over funding for public schools and the universal credit program helping low income families pay their housing costs. this is about 50 minutes. questions to the prime minister. mr. prime minister. >> i am sure members across the whole will join me in congratulating her minister the

queen and prince philip on their upcoming platinum wedding anniversary. [applause] have devoted their lives to the service of our country, and i know the whole house will wish to offer them our very best wishes on this special occasion. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues in addition to my duties in this house i will have further such meetings today. her predecessor's excellent work in making sure this economy in ouras been confident country grows despite the troubles and tribulations that have been set before us. deficit has now -- our has come down and our debts are oversubscribed. will she take this opportunity to invest in our economy even more than she is already and perhaps take a chance to build more homes?

my friend makes an important point about investing in infrastructure. he refers to housing particularly. we are doing exactly that. that is why we have seen over a quarter of a trillion pounds in infrastructure spending since 2010, putting in another 22 billion from central government for economic infrastructure, we are seeing billions of pounds on rail projects, the biggest roadbuilding program ever for a country,n that this government building a country that for the future. >> jeremy corbyn. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i was the prime minister in wishing a happy platinum anniversary. the thoughts of the whole house will be with the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit iran and iraq on monday, leaving hundreds dead and thousands without shelter. i hope the government is

offering all necessary emergency help and support that can be used to save lives. i also hope, mr. speaker, i'm sure the house will join me in sending our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late sergeant, labor assembly member in wales who tragically died last week. speaker, crime is up, violent crime is up, and police numbers are down by 20,000 and will the prime minister her church as a, who i know this week is sitting absolutely next to her, so it will be easy to make the demand on him, to provide the funding our police need to make community safe? >> prime minister. >> first of all, three points. on the earthquake that took place in iraq and iran, we are monitoring this devastating earthquake. our thoughts are with all those affected by it.

we are looking at the situation, we stand ready to provide assistance for urgent humanitarian need if requested. the government will do what is necessary. we will stand ready to help people. i also join with him in offering condolences to the family and friends of carl sargent. i'm sir jack goes to everybody across this whole house. he raise the issue of crime and policing. crimes initially measured by the independent crime survey are done by over a third since 2010. we have been protecting police budgets and we protected police budgets. and we are putting more money into counterterrorism policing. the polices is what do, and how they deliver. as i say, the crime survey shows crime is down by nearly a third since 2010. i have beener, following some of the tweets from her friends along the front edge over there. said, them, and i quote,

very disappointed and mystified at the closure of the police station. [laughter] [indiscernible] for the want of any doubt, mr. speaker, that came from the foreign secretary, who is also -- do, mr.leased that you speaker. the foreign secretary is so excited, he will not even hear the answer. speaker,al reason, mr. it is closing because of a 2.3 billion cut from police budgets in the last parliament, and it gets worse. they are going to be cut by 2020.r 700 million by mr. speaker, under this

11,000ent, there are fewer firefighters in england since 2010. last year, deaths in fires increased by 20%. in the wake of the terrible fire, the prime minister was clear, this could not be allowed to happen again and money would be no object to fire safety. will she therefore, now back or campaign to provide one billion pounds to local councils to retrofit sprinklers in all high-rise blocks? >> prime minister. >> on the first question that the general month raised, the first issue, he may not have noticed but the police and crime commissioner in london is the mayor. [indiscernible]

>> a labor mayor. perhaps the leader of the labour party thinks he is not labor enough for him. let's be very clear. let's be very clear about funding for the metropolitan police. there is more money and offices for each londoner than anywhere else in the country. that is the reality of our funding for the metropolitan team. issue ofked about the fire. we absolutely take what happened , the appalling tragedy of what towered at grenfell seriously and that is why i set up the public inquiry, why the community secretary has set up

already work taking place on the fire regulations and the building regulations to ensure that we do have those right. it is why we continue to support kensington and chelsea council in ensuring we deliver for those who have been victims of this awful tragedy. he asked about sprinklers. of course, we want to make sure that homes are fit for those who live in them. there is a responsibility on building owners in relation to that. some owners do retrofit sprinklers but there are other safety measures that can take place. perhaps he ought to look at what labor council has said about this. it rejected calls to retrofit sprinklers saying what matters is introducing the right safety measures. as any toouncils weigh up the issue because fitting speakers can involve cutting through compartmentalization, which is another safety measure. there were issues retrofitting sprinklers, questions about how effective they were.

another counsel says they need to look at how effective speakers would be. >> jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker, the corner thought that fitting sprinklers would be a right thing to do. the fire officer thinks it is the right thing to do. those local authorities that have asked central government -- those local authorities that have asked central government for support to retrofit sprinklers have all been refused by her government. surely, we need to think about the safety of the people living in socially rented high-rise blocks. yesterday, i was passed a letter, mr. speaker, from a leading agency in lincolnshire, where universal credit is about to be rolled out. the agency, and i have the -- the agency is

issuing all of its tenants with a preemptive notice of eviction because universal credit has driven up arrears where it has been rolled out. says,tter, and i quote, gap property cannot sustain arrears at the potential levels universal credit could create you will the prime minister paul's universal credit so it can be fixed, or does she think it is right to put thousands of families through christmas in the trauma of knowing they are about to be evicted because they are in rent arrears because of universal credit? >> prime minister. right,i say to the honorable gentleman, there have been concerns raised in this house previously over the issue of people managing their budgets to pay rent. what we actually see, what we

, after fourover months, the number of people on universal credit in arrears have fallen by a third. it is important that we do look at the issues on this particular case. the right, honorable gentlemen may want to send a letter through. in an earlier time in his questions, he raised a specific constituent, case of an individual who had written to him about her experience on universal credit. as far as i'm aware, he has not sent a letter to me despite me asking. >> jeremy corbyn. speaker, i am very happy to give the prime minister a copy of this letter. i suspect it is not the only leading agency that is sending out that kind of letter. aware that food 30% usage has increased by

in areas where universal credit has been rolled out. 3 million families are losing an average of 2500 a year through universal credit. the child poverty action group estimates more than a million will be in poverty due to cuts imposed by universal credit. if those are not reasons enough to pause the rollout, i don't know what there are. week, lastker, last week, the chief executive -- >> order. mr. morris. calm yourself to behave with restraint. your seat is a prominent addition. quiet. it will be good for your well-being. jeremy corbyn. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last week, simon stevens wrote, the budget for the nhs next year

is well short of what is currently needed. any a winning time has not been met for two years. has not been met since 2015. again, can the prime minister spend the next week ensuring that the budget does give sufficient funding to our nhs to meet our people's needs? that the first issue right, honorable gentleman raised, can i remind him yet again, universal credit is ensuring we are seeing more people in work and able to keep what they earn? what was said about the national health service. look at what simon stevens said about the national health service. the quality of nhs care is demonstrably improving. most major care for conditions are better than three or five or 10 years ago. he said what has been achieved in england over the past three

years? more convenient access to highestcare services, cancer survival rate ever. big expansion in cancer checkups. public satisfaction with hospital inpatient at its highest for more than two decades. that is the good news of our national health service. >> mr. corbyn. >> it is very strange, mr. speaker that the chief executive when the middle of the longest of the deepest financial squeeze in history, i have a pretty good idea they know what they are talking about. let me give the prime minister another statistic, the number of people waiting more than four hours a day has gone up by more than 557% since 2010. two weeks ago, the opposition to us, the tories, were very noisy, -- you are thed

government, you are in opposition to us. it is not complicated. it is not complicated. two weeks ago, mr. speaker, i raised the question of cuts in school budget. teachers and parents telling mp's what the reality of it was about to the prime minister was in denial. every tory mp was in denial. this week, 5000 head teachers from 25 counties wrote to the simplylor saying, we are asking for the money that is being taken out of the system to be returned. will the prime minister listen to head teachers and give a commitment, so the budget next week will return the money to school budgets, so that our

schools are properly funded? >> prime minister. actually, i think this is a major moment, you have got something right today. we are the government, and he is the opposition. on the nhs, there are 1800 more patients seen within the four-hour ane standard every single day compared to 2010. he talks about school funding. we are putting more money into our school budget. we are seeing record levels of funding going into our schools. this government is the first government in decades that has actually gripped the issue of a fairer, national funding. we are putting that into practice.

but you can only put record levels of money into your nhs and schools with a strong economy. what do we see as being the result of policies that this conservative government has put into place? inequality, down under conservatives, up under labour. unemployment, down under conservatives, up under labor. workers households, down under conservatives, up under labor. deficits, down under conservatives, up under labor. signing a run on the pound, we are building a briton fit for the future. mr. speaker. 5000ld have thought that head teachers would have a pretty good idea about the funding problems at their schools, and a pretty good idea of the effects of government theirn school budgets, on

staff, and on their students. in deed, the iss says school funding would have fallen by 5% in real terms by 2019 as a result of government policies. mr. speaker, public service is in crisis, from police to the fire service. few dodgeper rich their taxes. yes. handsvernment sits on its , as billions are lost to viable public services. the conservatives cut taxes for the view, and vital services for the many. it is not just one rule for the super rich. apologize for interrupting. >> both sides of this house will be heard. the idea that when somebody is asking a question there should be a concerted attempt to shout that person down is totally

undemocratic and completely on acceptable from which whatever quarter it comes. i would just ask colleagues to give some thought to how our behavior is regarded by the people who put us here. jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker, quite simply, is in the truth that this is a government that protects the super rich, while the rest of us pick up the bill through cuts, austerity, poverty, homelessness, low wages, and slashing of local services all over the country? that is the reality of a tory government. >> prime minister. >> we have taken 160 billion pounds extra in as a result of the actions we have taken on tax avoidance and evasion. the tax gap is now at its lowest level ever. if the tax get had stayed at the level it was under the labour

party, we would be losing the equivalent of the entire police budget for england. we, in the conservatives, are building a briton that is fit for the future. the best brexit deal, more high paid jobs, better schools, the homes our country needs. labor has backtracked on brexit there they have gone back on their promise on student debt. and they would lose control of public finances. right, honorable gentleman, he may have given momentum to his party but he brings stagnation to the country. [indiscernible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. in april, 2015, the residence saw their own they surgery close in an area that once had significant challenges, but

things to the great work of local counselors has been regenerated. my constituents productively accepted short-term pay for the long-term gain of a new surgery that would open the following summer. regrettably, the project still has not yet started. i wonder if the prime minister might meet with me and the patient action group to consider the slippage in this village. my honorable friend is right to raise this important issue for his constituents. i've been assured in this case they are competent -- confident it will bring benefits to the local population in the long-term. that have taken place, i understand he is going to be meeting with nhs england and nhs property services later this month. it is those two organizations that are in the best position to

ensure that this project progresses as quickly as possible and i hope there will be as it of news coming out of that meeting. but as my friend has raised the issue of access to local health services, mr. speaker, i would like to take this opportunity as well to say how important it is. this is an important issue for people around the south, and outside of this house. health services, i want to make sure that everybody who is this yearo a flu jab goes out and gets one. i hope everyone in this house is encouraging their constituents. [jeering] i join the prime minister in congratulating the queen and prince philip on the pending anniversary of their wedding. theuld like to welcome

presiding officer of the scottish parliament. does the prime minister agree we should be incredibly proud of our emergency services, that they do a heroic job in keeping us safe. ini join the gentleman welcoming the presiding officer of the scottish parliament, to see our proceedings today. and i am happy to confirm that our emergency services do an amazing job. pridevery pleased at the of britain awards, to be posthumously awarding an award whohe name of someone worked to keep this place safe, and other people gave awards to other peace officers who have also done what they do, and other emergency services do, they run towards danger when most of us would run away from it ar.

scottish fire and police are the only forces in the united 140 million pounds in 2013. has raised this issue 30 times in this chamber. cutthe u.k. government to scotland's emergency services back to 140 million, and we will not give up. the chief has made clear that officials at hnc will look at this issue and report on it in due course. very pleased to say the very constructive recommendations have been made by my scottish colleague on this particular issue. but, let's just be clear,

because the honorable gentleman knows this, that before the scottish government made the decision to make scotland's boley's fire services national bodies, they were told that this would mean they would become ineligible with refunds and they pressed ahead despite knowing that. grandparents have a vital role to play in the upbringing of their grandchildren. they are better equipped than ever. does the prime minister, therefore, agree with me that we should send a strong signal from this house, that they should be intimately involved in those adoption decisions, something i have seen to be sadly lacking in my own constituency. i say to my honorable friend? i have seen grandparents in my

constituency who have been concerned about decisions taken in relation to their grandchildren, when they were willing to provide them with home and support themselves. it is an issue. to ensure legislation that whenever possible, children are raised within their family, and that the statutory guidance does make particular reference to grandparents. each case will be different but i think the message he is giving, of grandchildren being able to be brought up in their families wherever possible, is a good one. has the prime minister accepted my invitation to testimony fromt, constituents and multiple agencies alike, including the macmillan cancer partnership who told the patient who was dying while awaiting the patients, but they were forced to sell-declare

that they are dying, even if they didn't want the doctor to tell them. will she stop this weekend and this cruel condition -- and -- andcruel conditionnd end this cruel condition? >> thanks to the unprecedented -- to scotland that we have given, the scottish government the ability to take a different path, if they wish to. mr. speaker, we are leaving the european union and as the eu withdrawal bill goes through the house of commons, as the prime minister agree that it is part of our job as members of our to script -- as members

of parliament to scrutinize that legislation? those parts of the bill which seek to ensure a smooth transition from the eu to the unfortunately, that we come together and deliver brexit for our country and the british people. >> my honorable friend is right. we will be leaving the european union in 2019 and there is a lively debate going on in this place and that is right and proper and it is important. there are strong views held on different sides of this argument about the european union. on both sides of this house what we are doing is a government is listening to the contributions that are being made. we are listening carefully to those who wish to improve the bill. and i hope we can all come together to deliver on the decision that the country took, that we should leave the european union. >> it has been almost a year

since i stood in this chamber and told my personal stories and asked for the children's fund to be established. the leader the house recently as expressed sympathy for such a fund, and i have urged him to include such a fund and next week's budget. will be prime minister he'd the advice and ask her chancellor to make this provision a reality -- advice and ask the chancellor to make this provision a reality? anwe recognize what incredibly painful experience it is, to lose a child. and i know the whole house has our sympathy with those who do .xperience such a tragedy each year, sadly, thousands of families do that. is the look ated

this whole question of how we can improve support for aggrieved parents. tot decision has been left the secretary of state for youth justice. we are making it easier for parents to apply for financial support. and we are also ensuring that people from across government come together to make it easier for aggrieved parents at what we know is a very difficult time. >> will the prime minister join intervene against the and can shermits -- issue guidance that confirms there is no need for local councils to set forth this action? they provideeve

vital services in connecting people and communities and reducing isolation. i was able to a couple of weeks on oneually take a ride of the buses and visit part of my constituency. the department of transport does remain committed to supporting community transport operators, and to support this tft as intten to all authorities great britain about how they can comply with the regulations without negatively impacting operators and passengers. >> progress is slow. let's try to speed up. aware prime minister is about the energy sector and 1400 jobs in scotland under threat. can i ask the prime minister to scottish the government and the council to do what they can on specific actions we can take? >> i'm happy to give the

honorable gentleman that assurance. brieflysed this matter with the first minister of scotland yesterday when i met her. i am pleased to say that my honorable friend is a minister and spoke to the relevant minister in the scotland government about this issue. and thetand ready, hmt government stand ready to work with the scottish government to ensure that the best results can be achieved. >> thank you mr. speaker. rn s is a national treasure and we must be bold to protect it. each week my constituents struggle to get an appointment with doctors. will theard our nhs, prime minister look at making medical students sign a contract committing them to work within nhs for the first five years, stopping the brain-drain of our

doctors overseas? .> this is an important issue my honorable friend is right. we do need more gps. that's why we are increasing the tober at medical schools 1500 in the first 500 should be ready in september. about committing people who have been trained to work at the nhs, the department of health has been working at ways we can maximize our investment in health education. educationasked health england to look at this and report back this year. >> the speaker this house has interferencence of in the u.s. election. today the times reports that fake russian twitter accounts turned up thousands of messages in an attempt to influence the eu referendum results. has the foreign secretary been

kept in the dark on the intelligence, or is he willfully blind? she stop dragging her feet and step up intelligence and security commitments against the kremlin's attempts to undermine our democracy? >> the honorable lady is right. i spoke on monday about the issue of russian interference in elections. we have seen that in a number of countries in europe. very well for members to point at the foreign secretary. he made a specific point about what is happening in the united kingdom and look at the speech that i gave on monday. the examples i gave of russian interference were not in the raiseskingdom, but she the issue about intelligence and security being established today. mr. speaker, the harmful aspects of the internet are now causing a series of social-policy emergencies,

particularly amongst young .eople, whil could the prime minister tell us when we can expect legislation recognizeseeth, that that our children only have one chance a childhood. my honorable friend, i know has taken a particular interest in this issue and ensuring that we are giving important security and safety to young people on the internet. it is so necessary. we are considering options on this issue. last month we published our internet safety strategy, where we are consulting on a number of issues like a social media code of practice, and transparency reporting. but we do need to take action to protect internet users, especially young people. and that includes considering a sanctions regime to ensure compliance. prime minister, the past

included two fatal stabbings in my constituency. this is part of an increase in violent crime, 20% in the last year. the region has lost over 1700 front-line staff, including 1000, more than one in five, police officers. 82 million has been cut, with a further 22. how will you use the budget to address the public posture fears right to expect retention of your police on the streets. first of all, i would say to , thoseorable lady injured and stabbed, we are concerned, of course, about criminal acts of this sort that take place.

i said earlier in other answers, we have been protecting the police budget. we are protecting police budgets. course, we do see a higher percentage of police officer is now actually on the front lines. a 20-year-old6, man arrived from romania. three weeks later, he held a shard of glass to the neck of a 14 euros school girl and raped her. lester he was sent to nine year in prison. can the prime minister explain what the government is doing to stop dangerous individuals from entering our country and can she ensure mike and vigilance that exit will not result and the undermining of security cooperation with our partners in the eu? absolutelyraises an appalling and horrific crime.

i know members across the house new the victim and her family. in this case, the home office will be pursuing deportation actions against the individual. he makes a wider point, though, about the continued work that we will have, and partnership and we will havee with the european union. we want to maintain a cooperation on security and on criminal justice, going forth. it is important to us all. .> thank you, mr. speaker the child poverty action group recently published figures that cuts to universal benefits and the benefits freeze, families with children poundso lose 2300 and 80

per annum. for single parents and families, whether today, does the prime minister feel a sense of shame? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as i have said in answer to a number of questions on universal credit, i believe the introduction of universal credit is very important in helping people get into work, helping more people getting to work, and also ensuring people can earn more of what they make. we looked at the implementation and the impact that implementation is having. we have made a number of changes in the way it is being implemented. but universal credit itself is the right thing to do because it is enabling more people get into work and helping them get into the workplace. events incent zimbabwe and electoral chaos and electoral chaos in kenya, will the prime minister join me in celebrating the usually i've --

the hugely-successful election in swaziland? peaceful, transparent, fair and totally uncontested. one of the winning candidates says he will legislate against fgm as a direct consequence. my honorable friend raises an important issue. this government is pleased that the work we have done to support the government in somalia, to support those elections taking honorable friend talked about. and we continue doing that. of thery pleased to hear intention to deal with the issue of female genital mutilation. this is an important issue

raised by a number of members across this house. what to see it addressed, not just in somalia but here in the united kingdom, as well. in my constituency and have had their application for universal credit delayed because the woman doesn't have a photo id, she doesn't have a passport, and she doesn't drive. so now they have to wait for the dentist and dr. to provide identification. will all the other chaos of universal credit, will the prime minister step in, show some common sense, and transfer legacy identifications over to universal credit. these are unnecessary delays. don't give my constituents more pain and suffering. >> i am sure that she will appreciate that this is important in dealing with these benefits, that those who are entitled to them are receiving them. and we do continue to look at how we are implementing universal credit and i am sure

make thehe cares to point she is making to the secretary of state for pensioners, we will look at it. businesses in dover front are now preparing to leave the european union. will the government consider earmarking at least a billion pounds in the upcoming budget to make sure we are ready on day one and prepared for every single eventuality? obviously, in his constituency, this issue of preparations for the position when we leave the european union felt andvery tightly there is a great focus on it and i appreciate why that is the case. we have already made funds available for the preparation and work that is necessary across government in brexit.ions for re

thatpe we are going to get good feel and we are working to get that good feel that either way there will be changes from a government point of view. the brexit secretary gave a pledge that freedom of movement would be preserved for bankers and other members of the financial services industry. why can't the same pledge be given to other key economic sectors like manufacturing and agriculture? keen tovery take into account the needs of our economy. i've asked my home secretary and my migration advisory committee to look into this issue and make recommendations to the government or it. >> we are going to leave this here to go to