productivity, but increasing productivity, but also doing welfare changes to make sure that that money was there wouldn't have hit those pensioners . and the reality is pensioners. and the reality is the way they've gone about this, i think is really pretty poor. >> just bare with me now. i'm hoping we can see live, live coverage of the house of commons so we know exactly when to take you right up as if by magic. right? okay. >> as david davis, hopefully not too much longer. but you know, the weather is getting very cold, isn't it? it's the weather is freezing and we have these figures out. did the government really think this through thoroughly because they've expended a huge amount of political capital on this and the farming issue's backfiring badly . badly. >> we are taking you live to the house of commons prime minister. >> you . thank you, mr speaker. >> you. thank you, mr speaker. >> you. thank you, mr speaker. >> i've been asked to reply. my right honourable friend , the right honourable friend, the prime minister has attended the 620 summit, strengthening the uk's ties with major economies

to drive jobs and security at home. >> and mr speaker, this week marks 1000 days of putin's barbaric war in ukraine. we will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes . and mr speaker, as it takes. and mr speaker, this week also marks equal pay day. i am extremely proud that this government has introduced the employment rights bill, strengthening the rights of working women and making work pay working women and making work pay and mr speaker, this morning i will have meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in the house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> ribeiro—addy hue, mr speaker, i recently met with members of the british association for biological anthropology and osteoarchaeology who highlighted a loophole in the human tissues act, which allows human remains to be auctioned frequently disguised as modified items or replicas. this has included a

foetal skeleton posed under a glass dome, a human thigh bone turned into a cane, a human jawbone necklace, and the varnished skull of a six year old, often from indigenous communities in africa and asia, stolen during colonial expeditions. does the deputy prime minister agree that it is abhorrent for human remains, regardless of their origin or age, to be sold by auction houses and on social media sites like instagram , facebook, ebay, like instagram, facebook, ebay, etsy and gumtree? and will the government take action to end this depraved practice ? this depraved practice? >> the prime minister well, i thank my honourable friend for raising this sensitive issue and it is absolutely horrifying to hear the account of what my hon. friend mentions, and i absolutely agree that that is abhorrent. and while the human tissue authority strictly regulates the public display of human remains with fines or imprisonment for breaches, it does not cover sales or purchasers. however, i will ensure that a meeting is made with the appropriate minister to discuss the troubling cases that she raises.

>> we now come to alex burghart, the shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . duchy of lancaster. >> thank you very much , mr >> thank you very much, mr speaker . >> thank you very much, mr speaker. very, very to happy associate myself and this side of the house with the remarks of the right hon. lady made about ukraine. democracies must stand together . what is the government together. what is the government doing to bring down inflation? >> yeah, well , doing to bring down inflation? >> yeah, well, mr doing to bring down inflation? >> yeah, well , mr speaker, i >> yeah, well, mr speaker, i think it is astonishing that . think it is astonishing that. and first of all, can i welcome the right honourable member to his place and many people might not know, mr speaker, but the honourable member was the minister for growth when under liz truss, inflation, inflation was 11.1%. >> and growth flatlined. so we are doing much better than he did. alex burghart well, the truth is that this well, actually thanks to the honourable, i would like to thank the honourable lady for

her standard charm . her standard charm. >> the truth is this government isn't doing anything to bring down inflation. this government is stoking inflation. first we had above inflation pay rises for the unions. then we had a budget which the obr said would increase inflation. order. order! order ! order! order! >> sorry . right. order! order! >> sorry. right. i'm going to hear the question. i suggest we all hear it together. then our constituents can understand the answer as well as the question. alex burke, very kind. >> mr speaker, first we had above inflation pay rises for the unions . above inflation pay rises for the unions. then . then we had the unions. then. then we had a budget which the obr said was going to push up inflation. this morning we had city economists, real economists. mr speaker . real economists. mr speaker. saying that next year inflation would hit 3%. does the right honourable lady agree that this

government's decisions mean higher inflation for working people ? people? >> mr mr speaker, i'll ask the honourable gentleman. 11.1% are 3%. >> we've already talked about ukraine, mr speaker. it was ukraine, mr speaker. it was ukraine and covid that drove up inflation. this government is doing it to the british people. high tax, high inflation, low growth, low reform . there's a growth, low reform. there's a word for that, mr speaker. it's starmer ism. yesterday , like starmer ism. yesterday, like many honourable members on this side of the house, i spoke to farmers from across the united kingdom. some of them families who farmed their land for centuries, elderly men in tears, children worried about their parents, all of them worried that their way of life is about to be destroyed. what would the right hon. lady like to say to them? the prime minister ? them? the prime minister? >> well, first of all, mr

speaker , we are absolutely speaker, we are absolutely committed to our british farmers, and that is why we're here. >> and that's why we've committed £5 billion to the farming budget over the next two years. that's a largest ever amount for sustainable food production in the uk. >> and it's alongside £60 million, mr speaker, to support those affected by extreme wet weather and over £200 million to tackle disease outbreaks. his party couldn't even get the money out the door for farmers failing to spend over £300 million on farming budgets. >> the farmers know they ruined it for them, and that's why we're in government and they're not. >> well, perhaps the right honourable lady thinks that everyone came to london yesterday to thank the government . let's look at the government. let's look at the facts. a typical mid—sized, 360 acre, 360 acre family farm in

the constituency of my right hon. friend for thirsk and malton. they've spoken to their accountant. their new liability because of this government is half £1 million. that's 12 years worth of profit. when this generation passes away, that farm will become totally unviable. and it's just one of thousands and thousands of similar farms. it's clear the government hasn't got its facts right. the central association for agricultural valuers, the real experts in this field, say so.the real experts in this field, say so. the nfu says so. they are shortly to publish a report showing that 75% of all commercial farms will fall above the threshold if the government isn't. if the government isn't going to reverse this terrible policy, will the right honourable lady at least commit that there will be no further increases to inheritance tax and no further reductions to agricultural property relief or business property relief in this parliament? very good. >> well, mr speaker, he talks about the facts, and i absolutely stand by the figures

the government have set out and the government have set out and the vast the vast majority of estate owners will be totally unaffected. he wants to talk about the figures . mr speaker, i about the figures. mr speaker, i will be crystal clear. the vast majority of estate owners will see no change and pay no tax on land passed on, valued at £101 million. couples can pass on £3 million. couples can pass on £3 million. mr speaker, tax free and those above the thresholds will pay only half the normal rate and can pay over ten years interest free. >> this is just another part of the budget that is unravelling. mr speaker, everyone, everyone here and all the farmers at home, all the farmers at home will have heard there was no guarantee there. we know what that means. they're coming back for more . and even if the for more. and even if the honourable lady had made a promise today, it wouldn't have been worth a fig. we know that the environment secretary before the environment secretary before the election promised the farmers this wouldn't happen.

labour promises get broken. let's put all of this into context. the treasury . the context. the treasury. the treasury says the family farms tax will raise, on average, £441 million a year. the treasury also says that the public sector pay also says that the public sector pay rises. the government announced in july, will cost £9.4 billion a year. that's over 21 times as much. why does the government think that, above inflation, pay rises for the trade unions are worth so much? >> order. order! order ! no. then >> order. order! order! no. then i do not need any more from the second bench. can i just say , second bench. can i just say, please? less of it. we've had a bit of a run in recently, and i don't need to have any more. right, deputy prime minister? >> thank you, mr speaker. i think it's an audacity for the honourable gentleman to stand there and suggest in some way that labour broke promises or raised taxes when i school, the

honourable gentleman, it was his government that raised taxes to the highest level for generation. >> it was his government. it was his government . his government. >> sorry. we'll have less as well. unless you want to go and have a cup of tea. have we heard any more? is that it now? yes. or no? absolutely. you're the one that was mouthing over my mouth. well, i'm sorry. you must be able to do it like a ventriloquist dummy. prime minister. it was his government that crashed the economy that saw inflation rise to 1.1% and grow flatline. >> it was his government that spent the reserves three times oven spent the reserves three times over. i will take no lessons from the honourable gentleman . from the honourable gentleman. >> alex burghart, i understand why the right honourable lady does not want to answer questions about the terrible choices the government have made. it's because the truth is

ugly. the truth is that this is a punishment meted out to people who don't vote labour. it's the same punishment meted out to parents who send their children to private schools. it's the same punishment meted out to the owners of small businesses terrified about national insurance contributions. and it's the same punishment meted out to pensioners who can't afford to pay their fuel this winter . afford to pay their fuel this winter. isn't it afford to pay their fuel this winter . isn't it the truth, mr winter. isn't it the truth, mr speaken winter. isn't it the truth, mr speaker, that if you don't vote laboun speaker, that if you don't vote labour, they don't care about you ? there will be more. you? there will be more. >> there will be more , and it >> there will be more, and it won't be what you want more of. deputy prime minister? >> well, mr speaker , after that >> well, mr speaker, after that display, he clearly did not recognise the result of the general election and has learnt nothing. while this government has been fixing the mess that they left, the conservatives have been desperately trying to rewrite history. they come here

every week jumping on a new bandwagon, taking a new pot—shot. but absolutely no word on what they will do differently. last week, the leader of the opposition admitted that she supported labour's plans to invest in nhs schools and homes. but what they want is all the benefits of the budget. mr speaker, but i have noidea budget. mr speaker, but i have no idea how they'll pay for it, mr speaker. the faces may change, but it's the same old tory party straight back to putting everything on the credit card, spending their reserves three times over. we took the difficult decisions to fix the £22 billion black hole that they left behind. and while they are reinventing the past, we are . we reinventing the past, we are. we are investing in the future . are investing in the future. andy mcdonald . andy mcdonald. >> mcdonald. very well. thank you. >> mr speaker. in a new report , >> mr speaker. in a new report, in a new report, human rights

watch have set out irrefutably how israeli authorities are committing the war crimes of forcible transfer in gaza, which amounts to crimes against humanity. israel's evacuation system fails to ensure civilian safety. civilians are not provided with access to health, nutrition and shelter, compounded by the banning of unrwa, with much of gaza now uninhabitable. will the government acknowledge that israel has carried out mass forced displacement in gaza ? and forced displacement in gaza? and will it take concrete measures on arms trade and israeli officials in order to comply with its duty to prevent genocide and protect palestinian lives? yeah . lives? yeah. >> thank you, mr speaker. the situation in the middle east is catastrophic, and i know the whole house is horrified at the terrible loss of civilian life. we are calling at every opportunity for an immediate ceasefire with the release of the hostages and more aid into

gaza. but we do. we do urge israel to ensure that unwra can continue its lifesaving work, something the foreign secretary has discussed directly with the israeli foreign minister. and we have imposed sanctions in response to the appalling incidents of settler violence and suspended export licences for arms following a review that found a clear risk that they may be used to commit or facilitate violations of international law. and we will continue to seek to a two state solution with a secure israel alongside a viable and sovereign palestine. >> daisy cooper, the deputy leader of the liberal democrats. thank you. >> thank you, mr speaker. may i associate myself and the liberal democrats with the deputy prime minister's remarks on ukraine ahead of the budget, i warned the deputy prime minister that increasing national insurance contributions on social care providers would make the crisis in social care worse. now, obr figures suggest that the increase in nics will cost more to social care providers than

the money that the government has announced for that sector in the budget, meaning that that measure alone could withdraw £200 million out of the sector. will the deputy prime minister speak with the chancellor to make sure that at the very least, health and care providers are protected from taking the hit? >> well, i thank the honourable member for that question. the chancellor is sat near me, and i know that through those , and i know that through those, and i know that through those, and i know that through those discussions that we had , that we discussions that we had, that we wanted to ensure that we protected social care. that is why we confirmed £600 million of new grant funding for social care next year . new grant funding for social care next year. mr speaker, an uplift to local government spending and an £86 million increase to the disabled facilities grant. our employment rights bill will help deliver the first ever fair pay agreement for social care sector as well, and that will also make sure that the nhs is funded to help with the social care situation. as well. >> zigi thank you, mr speaker.

it is clear that the social care providers will be worse off. so i do urge the deputy prime minister and the chancellor to look again at that. somebody else who is very worried about the budget is cathy. cathy is a farmer in my constituency of saint albans, and she told me yesterday that she thinks the government changes simply do not make sense. the changes mean that her family may have to pay a bill which will force them to sell land, which makes food production unviable. at the same time, the government has not closed the land buying tax loophole that can be exploited by equity firms and the super wealthy farmers told me yesterday that they feel like they were betrayed by the conservatives, and they now feel they were betrayed by the conservatives . thank you, mr conservatives. thank you, mr speaken conservatives. thank you, mr speaker. farmers told me yesterday that they feel as though they have been betrayed by the conservatives, but they now feel like they have also been lied to by labour. will the deputy prime minister think

again on this measure so that our farmers can feed britain? >> here again, mr speaker, i am sorry to hear that cathy is distressed by the what i would say is scaremongering about what the labour party is doing. the budget delivered £5 billion for farming over the next two years, a record amount the last government failed to spend £300 million on farmers and our plan is sensible , fair and is sensible, fair and proportionate and protects the smaller estates while fixing pubuc smaller estates while fixing public services that they rely on. >> alex baker thank you, mr speaken >> there are only seven places in england, to according the house library, where school funding per pupil is lower than my constituency of aldershot and farnborough. does the deputy prime minister agree with me that something has gone badly wrong when teachers are being forced to pay out of their own pocket for basic school supplies and so many others have left the profession in droves over the

past 14 years, 14 years. will ministers work with me to tackle the root of this problem, so that we can give every young person in my constituency and beyond, the very best start in life ? deputy prime minister, life? deputy prime minister, thank you, mr speaker , and every thank you, mr speaker, and every child deserves the opportunity to succeed in school and beyond. and i am sorry to hear of the experience in her constituency. last week i visited rosenfeld primary school in my constituency, whose school council had a lot to say about the resources to our schools and we have increased the core schools budget by £2.3 billion next year, increasing per pupil funding in real terms. and as her constituency home of the british army, i know she will also welcome the expansion of childcare support to service families deployed overseas , families deployed overseas, saving families around £3,400 a year and i am happy to ensure she gets a meeting with the relevant minister, the anderson . relevant minister, the anderson. >> thank you, mr speaker. just a few weeks ago, from that

dispatch box, the minister for rural affairs said that he had been congratulated by a farmer over the introduction of the inheritance tax. now, i