that you found it interesting that you said you're going to you're not going to abstain like i did. i think i was, i, i think i was 52% in favour and 48% against. now i think i'm 52% against and 48% in favour. so i think there's going to be quite a lot of abstentions. do you agree? labour's dan tomlinson. >> it does look like there will be some people who will abstain because it is a really difficult decision and it's also a moral decision and it's also a moral decision as much as it is a practical one as well. and i think if you're like me and you don't have really significant practical concerns with the legislation, then it comes down to judgement. and i think that is a really difficult judgement to make , trying to balance. to make, trying to balance. >> and i do think because it is so difficult a decision to make, i really do think there should be actually more debating time in its second reading for this to have been allowed to happen. you know , even the mechanism, you know, even the mechanism, through a private member's bill on friday debating time is actually quite limited. no, no , actually quite limited. no, no, no speech time can be allocated so everyone can speak as long as they wish on friday, which will restrict the numbers of those that can contribute. >> i would actually just defend

the private member's bill as a route for this to go through. i know there's different views on this, but i think actually it is for the good that this has come as an independent private member's bill that isn't whipped, rather than the government bringing forward a bill and labour mps feeling like they should vote one way conservatives may be feeling like they should vote the opposite. i think on these issues it's actually right and proper that it comes through. >> dan, you're a new labour mp. why on earth are we having this conversation now so early in this government? you're trying to find your feet after a difficult summer. why on earth are we having this big moral discussion about assisted dying? >> it's quite practical, really . >> it's quite practical, really. kim won the ballot in the private member's bill. ballot where the balls get drawn out of the big fish bowl, and she came top. and this is an issue that's important to her. and she wanted to bring it forward again. i don't think it would have been proper for the whips to lean on her and ask her to bring forward a different topic. and as we've discussed, you know, gloria, you voted on this in 2015 or didn't or didn't , though this is an or didn't, though this is an issue that's that has been debated for a long time. it has beenin debated for a long time. it has been in the public consciousness. and i don't feel like we're rushing to decision. >> this is, by the way, we're just watching the end of what i

believe is northern ireland. questions . and we will take you questions. and we will take you straight to the chamber as soon as the prime minister gets to his feet. but robert, robert robbie moore, what do you think your leader kemi badenoch should go on today? >> well, i mean, there's so much to go on, but i certainly would go on the continued catastrophic concern and worry that the budget is having on many small to medium sized businesses, our farming community, those running gp practices, not least focusing on the implications of the employers national insurance raising . there is deep concern raising. there is deep concern out there amongst the business community and i think that absolutely needs to be addressed. >> she was asked directly if she reversed that at the cbi conference on monday and wouldn't say so. i mean, she's basically saying nothing. it's all about principles. at some point , all about principles. at some point, impatience will run out and people want to hear policies from this leader. >> well, you know, the reality of it is we have a labour government for the next four, maybe five years. who knows what the state of the finances will be in that period of time. and i think it is too early for kemi as our leader to be making

policy decisions specifically around a budget on that would take place in 4 to 5 years time. >> labour's dan tomlinson you're a small businesses in your constituency, small and large, actually. are they having a go at you? >> well, this is quite interesting. i think i actually think the tories are quite enjoying being in opposition and the ability to not not wrestle with the hard decisions, not not try and think through, okay, what are we going to do in this country to fix problems like the nhs, like our public services? we made a difficult decision to raise taxes, but we did it so that we can put the country on an even keel, our public services and our economy. and i think that was the right decision in the budget and that that will be vindicated in the years ahead. >> do you wonder whether luton and the closure of that varne factory might come up? and that's a big issue of course. we're going straight now to the house, so we have keir starmer . house, so we have keir starmer. >> i know the sympathies of everyone in this house will be with those affected by the devastating flooding that we've seen recently, and our thanks goes to all those working tirelessly to support the affected communities.

>> mr speaker, we have committed £24 >> mr speaker, we have committed £2.4 billion over the next two years to build, maintain and repair vital defences to protect more communities from the awful impact of the flooding. mr speaker , the ceasefire announced speaker, the ceasefire announced in lebanon is long overdue but demonstrates that diplomacy can succeed even in the most challenging of circumstances. >> we must seize this opportunity to build trust, deescalate tensions and push for a wider ceasefire . a wider ceasefire. >> mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. >> i shall have further such meetings later today. >> daisy cooper thank you, mr speaken >> may i associate myself with those remarks for those of the prime minister? west hertfordshire hospital trust has eliminated 65 week waits, and they have now met all three national cancer standards. >> these remarkable achievements by the staff are happening despite the fact that they are working in terrible buildings

that are life expired and crumbling. >> if the government is looking for a project that is high performing and shovel ready , performing and shovel ready, this is it. so will the prime minister give our trust the green light to build a new hospital without any further delay ? delay? >> i thank her for raising the issue and obviously of importance to her constituents and beyond. >> look, the new hospital programme that we inherited was a failure of the previous government. >> we are committed to delivering. >> we are reviewing to make sure we can deliver. the health secretary will set out further details, but i am very happy for her to have a meeting with the relevant minister if she wants to follow up on the specifics. >> thank you. chris curtis thank you, mr speaker. >> residents in red house park in my constituency are suffering from soaring management fees and poor service from their leaseholder management company. recent bbc reporting has once again demonstrated the consequences of the outdated and

feudal leasehold system. all of them are frustrated by the broken promises of the previous government. so will the prime minister reassure them that this government will introduce legislation as soon as possible to resolve the leaseholder and leaseholder crisis ? leaseholder crisis? >> mr speaker, yes, we will do so. i agree that the last government totally failed to tackle the unfairness of the leasehold system. we will provide homeowners with more powers, protection and greater rights by bringing that legislation forward. thank you. >> that of the opposition kemi badenoch . badenoch. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> at the cbi conference on monday, the chancellor said, and i quote, i'm clear i'm not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes. i know that telling the truth to this house is important to the prime minister. so will he repeat his chancellor's pledge now ? mr chancellor's pledge now? mr speaken chancellor's pledge now? mr speaker, we set out our position at the budget that was just set

out. we fixing the foundations. we're dealing with the 22 billion black hole that they left. i'm not going to write the next five years of budgets here at this despatch box. but, mr speaken at this despatch box. but, mr speaker, we said we wouldn't hit the pay slips of working people. we passed the budget, we invest in the future, and we kept that promise . in the future, and we kept that promise. kemi in the future, and we kept that promise . kemi badenoch no one promise. kemi badenoch no one thinks, mr speaker, he's not fixing any foundations. he's making everything worse . the making everything worse. the whole house, the whole house would have heard him refuse to repeat the chancellor's pledge, a pledge as worthless as the manifesto promises that he's talking about. if he is fixing foundations, why is it that the pmi index shows that business confidence has crashed since 152