>> kemi badenoch. >> kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, the prime minister thinks that he can distract peopleat is wrong with this bill. this is not about breakfast, clubs and school uniforms. teachers and parents will be horrified at just how bad this bill is. even his own mps may not realise it, but the bill will cut teachers pay- but the bill

. >> leader of the opposition kemi badenoch. >> mr speaker, the whole house has heard that the prime minister lost his brother during the christmas period. so can i offer him on behalf of my party, our sincerest condolences. the new year has started with a focus on the decades long rape gang scandal. across the country, thousands of girls were tortured and sexually abused at the hands of men who treated them as things to be used and disposed of, destroying many lives forever. the prime minister has mentioned previous inquiries. he is right. there has been an inquiry into child sexual abuse. but it wasn't about the rape gang scandal. in its 468 pages, it mentioned rotherham just once. is the prime minister confident that we know the full extent of rape gang activity? >> prime minister, can i first thank her for her condolences? and can i thank her for reaching out over the christmas period when i lost my brother? i really did appreciate that and i appreciate it today. mr speaker, on the question of a further inquiry, there have been a number of inquiries, some of them localised, inclu

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. >> kemi badenoch mr speaker, the prime minister knows very well that the obr found no such black holelking he talks about he talks about, he talks about he talks about, he talks about a budget three years ago, the borrowing costs last week are at a 27 year high for 30 year gilts. the chancellor is apparently promising. the chancellor is apparently promising to be ruthless in reducing spending. let me suggest something that he should cut. there is no way that we should be giving up british territory in chagos, he is rushing a deal which will be disastrous, and which will land taxpayers with a multi—billion pound bill. why does the prime minister think british people should pay to surrender something that is already ours? >> prime minister? mr speaker, we inherited a situation where the long term operation of a vital military base was under threat because of legal challenges. so the negotiations were started under the last government. the then foreign secretary came to this house to say why he was starting negotiations and what he wanted to 1530 00:09:17,544 --> 00:09:1