it's not particularly in well, it's not particularly in charities, but you are raising money on them. aren't three quarters i think is roughly three quarters of that nics increases is going to be paid by the biggest businesses in this country. now, there's nobody that i'd want to be raising taxes on. i want to be cutting taxes. but unfortunately, given the nhs is in such a state, we're going to have to raise some. and i think most of the money coming from the biggest businesses in this country is the right people to be raising that money from. >> and joe's other question was about the debate that will happen after prime minister's questions. you will vote at 7:00 tonight. it is when at the time of the week when the opposition have control of the debate in parliament, the family farm tax is how joe robertson, our conservative mp , referred to it. conservative mp, referred to it. how do you refer to it.7 >> well, the agricultural property relief is not how i refer to it. it's how the government and the treasury refers to it. >> look, we can take you live to the chamber . the chamber. >> that is absolutely disgraceful for the member. we've started pmqs either coming early or at least wait. we've started pmqs either coming early or at least wait . please early or at least wait. please start reading the room . in room .

start reading the room. in room. question number one, please. mr speaken question number one, please. mr speaker, the prime minister. >> mr speaker, it's a pleasure to welcome his highness, the amir of the state of qatar, to the uk , and i look forward to the uk, and i look forward to discussions this afternoon on how we are strengthening our relationship and boosting trade and investment, including the announcement today of a £1 billion investment in our new clean energy partnership . mr clean energy partnership. mr speaker , sunday marked world speaker, sunday marked world aids day and we stand with all those that we have lost and those that we have lost and those living with hiv today. and we will seek to end new cases of hiv in england by 2030. mr speaken hiv in england by 2030. mr speaker, can i also note that we are joined in the gallery today by mandy de—man , mother of by mandy de—man, mother of emily, a british citizen still being held hostage in gaza. i have met mandy, a number of

times and in my view, what she is going through is nothing short of torture. 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 in room. >> mr speaker, i would like to concur with the comments. the prime minister has just made. nonh prime minister has just made. north devon district hospital is the most remotest hospital in mainland england. its intensive care unit has only six beds and its almost 50 years old, and it serves a population of 165,000 people. can the prime minister assure my constituents that their hospital will receive the urgent funding that is needed to under the new hospital programme, so that they will not face over a two hour drive to the nearest trauma unit.7 the prime minister , mr speaker, the

prime minister, mr speaker, the new hospital programme that we inherited was emblematic of the failures of the previous government making promises with no plan to deliver on them. >> we are committed to delivery, including the north devon hosphal including the north devon hospital. we are reviewing the programme to place it on a sustainable footing, and the health secretary will set out further details of the new delivery soon. in the meantime, we continue to support trusts to develop their schemes. thank you. >> olivia bailey, mr speaker, can i welcome the swift and decisive action this government is taking to secure our borders after the party opposite lost control .7 control? >> after the party opposite lost control . control. >> after the party opposite lost control. >> mr speaker, and in particular, can i welcome the world first deal struck with iraq last week to tackle smuggling . smuggling. >> does the prime minister agree

with me that international cooperation , shared intelligence cooperation, shared intelligence and joint law enforcement is the best way to end the vile smuggling trade ? smuggling trade? >> i thank my hon. friend. she's a superb champion for her constituents , and she's constituents, and she's absolutely right . the previous absolutely right. the previous government left a broken asylum system . we put a plan in place. system. we put a plan in place. the border security command, backed by £150 million, 100 more nca officers, and we are introducing counter—terrorist style powers and my friend is right that our new international coordination, including the landmark iraqi agreement and the hard graft, is already beginning to pay off because 9400 people who have no right to be here have been returned. that is a 30% increase on the numbers of last year. they promised to get the flights off the ground. we've got them off the ground. we've got them off the ground. we've got the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch .

opposition, kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, if i may, i would like to pay tribute to mandy moore and her family for the strength that they have shown. and we on this side of the house, and i am sure the whole house, and i am sure the whole house, continue to seek the speedy release of emily de—man and the other hostages . mr and the other hostages. mr speaken and the other hostages. mr speaker, the prime minister talks about immigration. i think it's probably a good time to remind him that he was the one writing letters asking us not to deport foreign criminals, and he and his party voted against every single measure that we put in place to try and limit immigration. but mr speaker, the question today is what has been on the lips of all labour mps, including, i believe, the health secretary . yesterday, the prime secretary. yesterday, the prime minister knowingly appointed a convicted fraudster to be his transport secretary. what was he thinking ? thinking? >> mr speaker, the transport previous transport secretary was right when further information came forward to resign. what a marked contrast to the behaviour in the last 14 years and she

talks about immigration record levels of immigration under the previous government, nearly a million net. and she was the cheerleader . she was the one cheerleader. she was the one urging on the removal of the caps for work visas. she was thanking the previous home secretary for the work that was done. she championed it. she advocated it. record numbers of immigration kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, he is obfuscating , >> mr speaker, he is obfuscating, but i am going to keep him on the topic. he owes the house an explanation. he said that the transfer that the former transport secretary was only asked to resign after further information came to light. what is that? what was that? further information? yeah. >> i'm not going to disclose private conversations further information came to light that justice secretary resigned as i say. what a marked contrast . say. what a marked contrast. whilst she is obsessing with the westminster issues, we are getting on with fixing the mess, fixing the foundations that £22 billion black hole our prisons bursting. and mr speaker, as we

found out last week, nearly a million net migration numbers because of the tory open borders policy . kemi badenoch. policy. kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, i'm not asking about migration. i'm asking about migration. i'm asking about the former transport secretary. he . secretary. he. >> yes. >> yes. >> he never answers any questions. he never answers any questions. he never answers any questions . and it looks like he questions. and it looks like he didn't ask his transport secretary any questions either. the truth is, he appointed a person convicted of fraud to the cabinet. the first thing she did was hundreds of millions of poundsin was hundreds of millions of pounds in pay rises to her trade union friends. wasn't this a fraud on the british people ? fraud on the british people? >> no, mr speaker, she says she's not talking about immigration. i'm not surprised . immigration. i'm not surprised. and i advise her and all of them not to talk about the economy or immigration for another five years. >> david maddox. mr speaker, you

can try and change the topic as much as he likes, but the public are watching. he owes them an explanation. the country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions . politicians with convictions. now on to an even bigger fraud . now on to an even bigger fraud. now on to an even bigger fraud. now on to an even bigger fraud. the budget. last week, the prime minister failed to repeat the chancellor's pledge of no more borrowing and no more taxes. it is obvious that they are coming back for more. in his manifesto, he committed to making britain the fastest growing economy in the fastest growing economy in the g7. does he stand by his own pledge ? pledge? >> the prime minister, mr speaken >> the prime minister, mr speaker, i gently remind her that two of her predecessors had convictions for the break, for breaking the covid rules of . breaking the covid rules of. >> governance. >> governance. >> i'd also invite her to look at the oecd report of this

morning, which has upgraded growth for next year and the year after, which now puts us on target to be the highest growing major economy in europe in the next two years. she should welcome that kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, i saw the oecd report and what it said was that they will be coming back for more taxes, and i think the whole house would have heard him fail to repeat his own pledge. he can't even repeat the pledges that he made just a few weeks 1519 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09