farming >> no, we do have a farming community in rother valley. >> i've had a number of conversations with farmers who've raised issues as to it, but i think some of the scaremongering, if i may, from the conservative leadership on this issue, is completely disconnected to the reality on the ground and that's my experience. there are issues, of course, and difficult decisions. that's what government is about. but i don't think the reality is, let's see the demonstrations next week . next week. >> thousands are coming down. you're wrong. you're destroying the farming community. >> we'll see. you can't blame it on tories, though. farmers are upset too, aren't they? i mean, they are concerned about it. or are they also overblowing it? >> no, look, there are legitimate concerns, but these are difficult decisions that were made in the budget. governments have to make difficult decisions. we're engaging with the farming community. actually, labour did very well just a few months with the farming community where we run a countless rural seats. so i just think it's a labour issue. we need to get to. we need to get the tone right here about this issue. very important issue, legitimate issue. >> but let's not be alarmist. >> but let's not be alarmist. >> thousands of farmers coming down. i don't know if you're going to meet with yours. and at the same time there's other demonstrations going on. you are decimating our farming community,

and you need to know that. and if you're oblivious to it and labour are oblivious to it, shame on you. you shouldn't be in office. >> i mean, i suppose the suggestion might be the labour party is an urban party is concerned with cities. it doesn't get the culture in our rural communities where there are farms. >> gloria, that's not true. i'm afraid. if you look at the constituencies that now we have representatives in the house of commons, including mine, a rural seat in south yorkshire, that we have many mps who understand the farming communities much better than the conservatives, who lost them. and i won't take lectures from conservative cabinet members about what the last tory government did on farming. >> you might be the rempe. >> you might be the rempe. >> here we go. battle commence in parliament. >> mr speaker, on monday i was honoured to join president macron to mark armistice day in paris and together we pay tribute to the fallen of the first world war and all subsequent conflicts. >> who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom that we enjoy today . mr speaker, i we enjoy today. mr speaker, i also attended the cop summit. my

focus, as ever, was on british energy security and the jobs of the future that should be with these shores. central issues of concern to people in this country. it is also islamophobia awareness month, and i reaffirm our commitment to standing against discrimination and racism in all its forms . mr racism in all its forms. mr speaken racism in all its forms. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house.i addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. christine geordie , thank you very much, mr geordie, thank you very much, mr speaken >> in the two weeks since the budget, i have been contacted by several gp practices in my constituency of edinburgh west, including my own. i should say with their genuine fears that the impacts of the changes to national insurance employer's contribution will threaten their ability to continue to offer the pubuc ability to continue to offer the public the health service at the standard they do at the moment, and they are far from the only

ones struggling, particularly in the health and social care sectors. so can the prime minister tell me, or perhaps he and his chancellor would like to come to my constituency and explain to those gps, to charities and others how they are meant to cope without extra support from the government. hean support from the government. hear, hear. >> mr speaker, what i would say is this because of the tough decisions that we took, we have put forward a budget with an extra. mr speaker, an extra £25.6 billion for the nhs and for social care. that includes an increase to carer's allowance and £600 million available to deal with the pressures of adult social care. we will ensure that gp practices have the resources that we need and the funding arrangements between the nhs and contractors will be set out in the usual way . the usual way. >> lord hutton, mr speaker members have raised their concerns with a range of

damaging policies pursued by the leader of the opposition. >> this includes voting against critical investment for our nhs, stating that maternity pay is excessive and the minimum wage a burden and even backing harmful fracking when lasting government. so is the prime minister aware of any attempt by the leader of the opposition to justify these dangerous positions, which would cause untold damage to communities like mine in south dorset, where this government has given millions of people a pay rise of £1,400 by boosting the minimum wage , we strengthened parental wage, we strengthened parental leave with better rights for parents, but huge investment into our schools and nhs and all of that, whilst ensuring that pay of that, whilst ensuring that pay slips of working people have not been affected. >> it's clear whose side we're on the working people of this country. now, i have not heard the leader of the opposition clarify why she opposes all

these things, but now is her chance. >> leader of the opposition can emma burnell. >> mr speaker, the prime minister can plant as many questions as is like with these backbenchers. but at the end of the day , i'm the one he has to the day, i'm the one he has to face at the despatch box and i welcome him. mr speaker, i welcome him. mr speaker, i welcome him. mr speaker, i welcome him back from. mr speaken welcome him back from. mr speaker, i welcome the prime minister back from his trip to azerbaijan, where he has unilaterally made commitments that will make life more experience for everyone back home. speaking of making life what somebody's suggesting reading, i think if you notice, the prime minister also raised. >> so please get your leader of the opposition . the opposition. >> and mr speaker, i can pre—prepare my questions, but he needs to answer from his mind . needs to answer from his mind. speaking of making life responsible for the answers , so responsible for the answers, so he has made life more expensive

with his unilateral commitments, but speaking of making life more expensive, will the prime minister confirm that he will keep the cap on council tax ? keep the cap on council tax? >> the prime minister, mr speaken >> the prime minister, mr speaker, she talks of the trip to cop. i'm very proud. i'm very proud of the fact that we're restoring leadership on climate to this country, to the uk , to this country, to the uk, because that will be measured in lower bills on energy independence and the jobs of the future. >> and in relation . >> and in relation. >> and in relation. >> and in relation. >> and she may have missed, but on monday i was very pleased to announce a huge order into jobs in hull for blades for offshore wind. if she's opposed to that sort of action, she should go to hull and say so on the on the question of council. she knows what the arrangements are . what the arrangements are. >> emma burnell i think the house would have heard that the prime minister could neither confirm nor deny whether there was a cap in council tax was being raised . so i will ask him

being raised. so i will ask him this question how much extra does he expect local authorities will have to raise to cover the social care funding gap created by the chancellor's budget, and increases in employers ni, he told. he told the member for edinburgh west just now that he was covering social care. how much extra does he expect local authorities to raise? jeremy hunfs. hunt's. >> that's all very well at this knockabout, but not actually listening to what i said three minutes ago is a bit of a fundamental failure of the leader of the opposition. i just said £600 million. i repeat it £600 million. >> zebby that he has repeated that number because he has probably not listened to the labour run lga, who said that with no separate funding for the chancellor's budget announcements, care providers will likely see increased costs which will cost councils more and all of the £600 in grant increase he is giving will not cover what is required for adult social care. it is clear that

they had not thought through the impact of the budget and this is the problem with having a copy and paste chancellor. did they not realise that care homes. did they not realise care homes? gp surgeries, children's nurseries, hospices and even charities have to pay employers. ni . to pay employers. ni. >> we have put more money into local authorities than they did in 14 years. graham wettone an absolutely catastrophic state. we produced a budget which does not increase tax on working people. nothing in the payslip . people. nothing in the payslip. investing in our nhs, investing in our schools so every child could go as far as their talent will take them. investing in the houses of the future. if she is against houses of the future. if she is agai