ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker. if there was another eu referendum now, i know i would vote to remain. why has the prime minister not been straightforward about how she would vote? >> there is no second referendum. [applause] the people of the united kingdom voted and will be leaving the european union in march 2019. >> ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister can't answer a simple question. [shouting] i'm quite happy to wait. the reason the prime minister can't answer the simple question is because she is hamstrung by the parliamentary majority and a dividing party of right-wing brexit gears. mr. speaker,nd this morning -- >> order, order. mr. kerr, we're not having any tricksters here. ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning chancellor philip hammond admitted that a cloud of uncertainty is hanging over the uk economy. the snp is the only party in this house which is united on this issue. we know that crashing out of the single market and the customs union will cost 80,000 jobs in

i want to bring in ian blackford. how common are these stories? very common and very alarming.his to be stopped. it's pushing people into poverty. the fa ct pushing people into poverty. the fact that people like brian have to go to food banks. it is notjust the use of food banks, it is people going to money lenders. this is cruel and inhumane, what the government is doing. they really need to recognise the damage that's been done. when the stories that we are hearing about housing debt being crude, let me tell you about east lothian. east lothian council has an average housing debt of £390 from the people on housing benefit. those who have moved on to universal credit, it's increased to £1220. that is what is happening as a consequence of this policy, quite simply something that is wrong—headed. it came from iain duncan smith. it is an experiment that has gone badly wrong. we hear about the government recognising that people are struggling. they need to recognise that people are struggling with universal credit and this must be brought to a halt. struggling with universal credi