mr. speaker, i rise today in doctor plasplas mr. speaker, i rise -- palestine palestine mr. speaker, i rise today -- mr. palazzo: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of this bill. the gulf allens national seashore -- islands national seashore includes the and ssippi barrier islands cat as well as the davis bayou area. i am proud to have this important park and this natural beach as historic sites and wildlife sanctuaries within my district. the gulf islands national seashore has been a part of the mississippi gulf coast community since congress established the park in 1971. since that establishment, the gulf island national seashore has worked closely with the mark sea more veterans of foreign wars v.f.w. post. the post has shared a road with the seashore for the better part of the last 30 years. the gulf islands national seashore land exchange act would make permanent a 30-year easement that's provided an access road and driveway for the v.f.w. in exchange, the v.f.w. will give the gulf island national seashore some of its acreage, which includes valuable wetlands. the gulf

speaker: the house will be n order. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? edwin encarnacion mr. speaker, i ask unanimous con -- mr. engel: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that mr. joseph morelle take office today. there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from oklahoma, the honorable kevin hern, be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, the honorable mary gay scanlon, be permitted to take the oath of office today. her certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to her election. the speaker: without objection. will the representatives-elect please

speaker: the house will be n order. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? edwin encarnacion mr. speaker, i ask unanimous con -- mr. engel: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that mr. joseph morelle take office today. there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from oklahoma, the honorable kevin hern, be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, the honorable mary gay scanlon, be permitted to take the oath of office today. her certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to her election. the speaker: without objection. will the representatives-elect please

mr. engel: yes. i yield to the gentleman from new york. the speaker: the gentleman from ew york is recognized. mr. morelle: thank you, mr. speaker. colleagues. and, mr. speaker, thank you for -- to your staff for the courtesies they have extended to me. i want to thank, first of all, my wife, mary beth, my entire family and many dear friends who have traveled to be with us today. and those at home watching for their unwavering love and support. i'd also like to thank my long-time friend, congressman eliot engel, for that kind introduction. and the warm welcome of all my colleagues -- the speaker: the gentleman is suspend. the gentleman is right. the house is not in order. members, please take your conversations off the floor. the gallery will please be quiet. mr. morelle: i want to thank my long-time -- the speaker: hold on. the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman may proceed. mr. morelle: thank you, sir. i also want to thank my long-time friend, congressman eliot engel, for that kind introduction and the warm welcome of all of my colleagues in the new york delegation have extended to me. i'm humbled to take the oath of office.

speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the grace learning senter in franklin, pennsylvania, for 20 years of service to the community. grace learning center is an afterschool program dedicated to providing children with a safe, fun, and educational environment each school day. in the late 1990's, grace evangelical lutheran church began exploring the possibility of offering a free after school program for families in need. they were licensed by the pennsylvania department of public welfare and opened their doors in 1999. they had the opportunity to exspained their createdive abilities while gaining and appreciation for their families and communities. they maintain close ties with the local schools in order to encourage scholastic achievement in all areas. grace welcomes children of all socioeconomic levels and gives special regard to children in need. grace provides a loving, caring, and secure environment where children are taught to make wise and response choices. mr. speaker, i comm

speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcfworn: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, undermining endangered species protections isn't a national emergency. we shouldn't be prioritizing it today. and not only is this rule a closed one, as you heard from our side over and over and over again, republicans took the unprecedented step of removing the privileged status of a resolution that would have given us a chance to debate the united states' support of the war in yemen. we should be voting on this. people are dying every minute in yemen. and our silence, and our inaction, means that we are complicit. you know, i've always believed that the united states stands for anything, we need to stand out loud and four square for human rights. there was a time when the issue of human rights was a bipartisan concern. but it's clear that this administration doesn't give a damn about human rights. but that doesn't mean that this institution should follow suit. human rights ought to be to be -- ought to be the centerpiece of our foreign policy. and there are innocent people being ki

speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from michigan yields. mr. beyer: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. westerman: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. mr. grothman: it has been said before, i always try to think of something new. you can't help but notice the number of people who do not want the number of gray wolf delist not live in an area that has the gray wolf. they introduced the gray wolf to northern wisconsin when there was controversy. of course, even then i had a problem with it because people did live up there and i don't think the people say -- there was this judge lived would want the gray wolves wandering around the virginia and maryland suburbs. hey would not want the concern walking around out at night with the wolves even though they normally don't attack humans, they would not want the concern out there if they have dogs or other pets around, if they had cattle, they wouldn't want that concern. wisconsin being very typical, i think the gray wol

speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from california yield back? mr. nunes: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman, mr. nunes, yield back? mr. nunes: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. costa, for five minutes. mr. speaker, tribute rise to pay to damon nelson. i think of damon and i think of the quintessential staff person . i think of three words -- duty, honor, and country. like a lot of us who grew up in the san joaquin valley, you know, always in touch with his roots, damon was a person who obviously loved our country and dedicated his entire career to serving, first in the american military, in the air force, and then later coming to our nation's capital to try to make a difference. he was a problem solver. he understood that oftentimes cooler heads prevail in bringing people together, and that the efforts to bring the art of the political compromise ultimately served the people, not only of our valley, but the people of our nation. he will sorely be missed in terms of his contributions, and we wish him, his family god speed during this time of him for and we thank his service to our country. a

mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. once again i rise, mr. speaker, proud to be an american. proud to have the opportunity to speak for people who can cannot speak for themselves. in this place. mr. speaker, i would rise today to mention the midterm elections. 2018, said to be by many who count and who are supposed to know one of the highest 100 uts ever exceeding million voters. said to be o approximately 48% to 50% of those who are eligible to vote, depending how you count and who is counting. in texas, it is said that on november 1, the number of texans voting early exceeded the entire turnout for 2014. 3.3 rs indicate that million or more 18 to 29-year-olds voted early. 188% increase over 2014. record turnout. why was there a record turnout is the question we have to grapple with? yes, people turned out because they wanted better health care. they turned out because they want better jobs. they turned out because they want better schools, better education. they want better housing. but

mr. speaker: order. questions to the prime minister. alan brown. mr. speaker -- mr. speaker: the prime minister. pm may: mr. speaker, i know the whole house would like to join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the horrific lifek out of the tree of in pittsburgh. we stand shoulder to shoulder with our jewish friends. this is the last prime minister's questions before armistice day. in the last 100 years since the end of the first world war, it is right that we remember all those who have served and continue to serve, those who have been injured and those who have given their lives in the service of this country. 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. mr. speaker: alan brown. brown: i concur with the condolences about the horrific massacre and about those who have served in our armed forces. my italian-born constituent laura nani has resided here since 1984, attended school here, has had two children and a british mother, yet the d

mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, penn state university recently hosted its military appreciation week, and this year's theme honored 100 years of women who answered the call to duty. women have played a role in every major war in the united states history and their contributions have continuously evolved over time. women serve in nearly every combat role in the u.s. armed forces around the world. during world war i, more than 30,000 women enlists as nurses, clerks, telephone operators. dating as far back as the american revolutionary war, women volunteered as nurses, spies, cooks, ammunition carriers, water barers and more. to kick things off, the nittany football team defeated iowa for the military appreciation game. over the course of two weeks, penn state continued to host serviceable numerous events and festiv

mr. speaker, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania and the sponsor of this bill, congressman fitzpatrick. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. fitzpatrick: thank you, mr. speaker. every day throughout the private sector businesses obtain feedback from their customers to improve their products and services. however, this is much less common if not nonexistent within the federal government. where agencies could be doing far more to improve the customer service experience of every citizen in this country. the latest american customer satisfaction index found the federal government is near the bottom of the list when it comes to customer satisfaction. h.r. 2846 requires certain federal agencies to collect voluntary feedback from individuals about their interactions with the government. people who interact with government agencies will have the opportunity to give feedback on their experience. using feedback provided by the public agenc

mr. allen brown. [shouting] >> number one mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i know that the whole house would like to join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families of those who were killed in the horrific attack at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh on saturday. the uk stands shoulder to shoulder with our jewish friends across the world. mr. speaker, this is the last prime minister's questions before armistice day. this year is particularly poignant as it marks 100 years since the end of the first world war. it is right that we remember all those who have served and continue to serve, those have been injured and those with given their lives in the service of this country. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> allen brown. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i concur with condolences but horrific massacre. mr. speaker, my constituent has resided here since 1984, attended school there some has had two childr

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak in support of h.r. 6753, the strengthening the health care fraud prevention task authored by 018, chairman greg walden and ranking member frank pallone of the energy and commerce committee. 6753 seeks to codify the health care fraud prevention partnership, which would better equip public and private organizations to combat and prevent fraud and abuse in our health care system. tens of billions of dollars are lost to health care fraud in the united states every year, and this fraud -- much of this fraud is preventable or at the very least detectable. fraud and abuse within our health care system comes in various forms, ranging from telephone or email scams to obtain patient information to fraudulent billing practices. health care fraud is not only costly to the federal and state governments, avoidable waste of taxpayer dollars, fraud is costly for and often hurtful to american patients. for example, in may of this year, a doctor in texas was indicted in a fraud c

mr. speaker, on that i -- mr. woodall: mr. speaker, on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a vorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a record vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 391, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business i

speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: mr. speaker, since the horrific attacks of september 11, 2001, the united states has committed lives and treasure to help stabilize countries plagued by conflict and by insecurity. we undertake these efforts because unchecked instability abroad threaten ours economic, humanitarian and security interests here at home. of course the united states cannot achieve its objectives alone. we need to coordinate with willing and able partners. we need to endanger local leaders, we need to empower civil society, we need of course to work with the private sector and we need to improve coordination among our own national security agencies to ensure they're working together to advance clearly defined objectives. and to eliminate duplication and waste. through this process they learn and adapt. last june, the department of state, the u.s. agency for international development, and the department of defense released a security assistance review whic

mr speaker mr speaker and nobody but nobody can doubt the prime minister's absolute commitment and dedication to doing her duty and trying to do that yeah. referendum but the harsh cruel truth of the tapes is that this is not the promised deal the reason why the people of this country are so fed up he's because they've been made. so many promises none of which have been delivered upon because they culms be delivered to me i have karim with the prime minister we face three choices we either accept this agreement and i respectfully suggest there is now no maturity for it or we have no deal which would be profoundly irresponsible and catastrophic for our. all we have no brakes if we remain in the european union the best deal that we have with the european union and on that basis which at least today i undertake not to rule out taking this back to the british. prime minister. i'm afraid on that particular issue i will disappoint my right honorable friend i'm not going to change position i've taken in this house and indeed taken more widely i believe that it is the duty of members of this parliament to ensure that we deliver on the choice that was made by the british people a choice that this parliament overwhelmingly decided to give them that means that we will not be taking the option that she said of remaining in the european union but we will indeed be leaving the european union and that will happen on the twenty ninth of march next year. thank you very much mr speaker the prime minister has once again told the house that we will be leaving the customs union but the truth is that we will be remaining in the customs union both in the transition and in the backstop arrangement which can only be ended with the agreement of the e.u. and the truth is also that the only way to protect jobs investment and an open border in northern ireland in the long term is to remain within it will the prime minister now look the british people in the eye and make that remaining in the customs union is in our national economic interest because without it we will be.

mr. speaker: order. questions to the prime minister. alan brown. mr. speaker -- mr. speaker: the prime minister. ay: mr. speaker, i know the whole house would like to join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the horrific lifek out of the tree of in pittsburgh. we stand shoulder to shoulder with our jewish friends. this is the last

mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. speaker. during the campaign, then-candidate trump came to warren, michigan, in promise to workers and, i quote, you won't lose one plant. i promise you that. unquote. he president's promises ring hallow. general motors planned to close five plants, including a plant from miles where president trump made his broken campaign promise. these plant closures are symbolic of the trump economy. one that does not work for the american worker. it works for board executives, it works for wealthy shareholders, it works for corporations and people at the very top. i'm a flint, michigan, kid. general motors was founded in my hometown. we know what happens when companies move their jobs overseas. we used to have 80,000 auto jobs in my town. now less than 10,000. these plant closures have a devastating impact on the lives of thousands of people. we need an economy that works for everyone and we need a president that's willing to work with democrats and republicans to craft an industrial policy that

mr. speaker. thank you mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house would like to join me in paying tribute to baroness trumpington who sadly passed way yesterday. from her time as a codebreaker during the second world war. her government and public service she led an extraordinary life and she will be sorely missed. mr. speaker this morning i am meetings with

mr. speaker. can i think the prime minister for advanced sight of her statement. mr. speaker, that trying three comes before us today trying to sell us a deal that is already dead in the water. not even her own brexit secretary could stand over us. now, mr. speaker, to lose one brexit sector is one thing. to lose to make an a matter of months a lumen is the chaotic process. it is become a revolving door. .. what is absolutely shocking is scotland is not once mentioned in the document. not once. not once unique characteristics of scotland is mentioned. >> order! the party must be heard. and heard, and indeed really grateful for your observation, but i don't think they greatly add to the quality of our deliberations. everybody will be heard. mr. ian blackford. >> here. >> thank you, mr. speaker. not once has scotland's unique characteristics been mentioned yet, 100 mentions of northern ireland, of gibralter, to the isle of mann, but no mention of scotland. and once again it's been shown to be, the scotland government and parliament and its people. mr. speaker, the deal for northern island means scotland can have its own deal. if northern ireland can stay in the single market, why not scotland, prime minister? the scottish government has p

mr. speaker, with that and those words, i appreciate the chance to address the house and yield back. the speaker: does the gentleman want to yield to mrs. jones, the new representative? mr. levin: not only do i want , but the world yield is sometimes misrepresented. i not only yield but i proudly leave this place to the member now of the house of representatives, brenda jones. the speaker: the gentleman from michigan yields to the gentlewoman from michigan. the gentlewoman from michigan is recognized. mrs. jones: let me start off by saying to god be the glory. i want to first thank god for giving me this great opportunity. , ant to thank my family thank pastor john pitts, a special thank you to my colleague, brenda lawrence. i thank you to congressman brad sherman. lee nk you to sheila jackson. president cedric richmond. all of the members of the congressional black caucus and l of the michigan delegation and to the leader. and to all of my supporters, all of my volunteers. to all of my church family, to the 13th congressional district , to the state of michigan i say thank you. this truly is a humble feeling to stand here and be sworn in amongst the men and women who d

speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. levin: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1161, resolution to directing the speaker to administer the oath of office to the representative elect from the 13th congressional district of michigan. the speaker: is there objection to the consideration of the resolution? without objection, the resolution is agreed to, and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. will representative elect jones and members of the michigan delegation please present

mr. speaker. thank you mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house would like to join me in paying tribute to baroness trumpington who sadly passed way yesterday. from her time as a codebreaker during the second world war. her government and public service she led an extraordinary life and she will be sorely missed. mr. speaker this morning i am meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to duties in this house i shall discuss such meetings today. >> rosie: mr. speaker i'm sure the whole house would like to hear the prime minister's remarks. long waits for already full trains don't arrive on time, and whole day cancellations and even the cancellation of less trains leaving people stranded. there can be no more excuses. this northern rail fiasco began in may with communications issues and -- sorry timetables and communications issues. prime minister, isn't it time to get the communications right, and timetable end of the northern franchise? >> theresa: , we are clear that the government the porms in the north and the disruption that was caused was unacceptable following the timetable changes that took place on may the 20th. i think it's clear that we sawa combination of delayed network rail structure work and reduced time to plan a modified timetable which meant the new timetable wo

mr. andrew. question one, mr. speaker. >> thank you. mr. speaker, today is the qualification of women act, where women were first allowed to stand for public office. i am delighted that the first woman to take her seat in the house of commons was a onservative. mr. are coming -- speaker, women are coming from all over the u.k. to the hashtag stand day, extending invitations to their constituents. this will be an inspirational day that the government is delighted to support. we hope it will encourage many more women to stand for office locally and nationally. it is appropriate that we are epeated of the significant contribution made to this house by female m.p.s. he had meetings with ministerial colleagues, and in addition to my duty, i will have further meetings soda. >> the prime minister will know that what drives me in politics has always been a love of country. and a passionate belief in our united kingdom. so i have to tell the prime minister that i agree with the people who are deeply unhappy by the proposed e.u. deal, which they believe does

mr. speaker. can i thank the prime minister for her statement. mr. speaker, the prime minister comes before us today trying to sell us a deal that is already dead in the water. not even her own brexit secretary could stand over it. now, mr. speaker, to lose one brexit secretary is one thing. to lose two in the matter of months illuminates the chaotic nature of this tory government. the number 10 front door has become a revolving one. you know, the prime minister talks about taking back control. she can't even control her own cabinet. >> here, here. >> as i said yesterday, the prime minister is desperate and is increasingly looking defeated. what is absolutely shocking is that scotland is not once mentioned in the document. not once, prime minister, not once -- have the unique characteristics of scotland's of settlement have been mentioned. >> order. the leader of the scottish national party must be heard. and heard with courtesy. and indeed -- >> very grateful for your observations. but i don't think they greatly add to the quality of our deliberations. everybody will be heard. mr. ian blackford. >> thank you, mr. speaker. not once has scotland's unique characteristics been worthy of mention. and yet 100 mentions of nor

mr speaker, by definition, it's also the worst deal. laughter mr speaker, the government economic service forecast published today mr speaker, the governmentrvice forecasts published today are actually meaningless, because there's no actual deal to model — just a 26—page wishlist. the chancellor, however, said that her deal will make people worse off. does the prime minister agree? he doesn't appear to be here this morning to be consulted. what the analysis shows, it does show that this deal that we have negotiated is the best deal for ourjobs and our economy, mr speaker, after eight years of making our economy weaker through austerity... ..their botched brexit threatens more of the same. he turned to the document on the future relationship between the uk and the eu. at 26 pages, it's much shorter than the 500—page plus divorce agreement. the prime minister insists that her government will be able to negotiate every aspect of the uk's future trade relationship with europe within the space of two years. we've had 2.5 years since the referendum. so far, 20 of her own ministers have resigned. this is the most shambolic government in living me

mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house would like to join me in paying tribute to the barreness who passed away. from her time as a code breaker in the second world war ii her timing government and public service, she had an extraordinary life and will be sorting it. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i will have certain meetings later today. >> mister speaker, i am sure the house would want to be associated with the premise or's remarks and the misery inflicted on my constituents by northern rail continues. long waits with full trains don't arrive on time and holiday cancellations, there can be no excuses, the latest fiasco in may with communications issues, and the northern franchise. >> i am clear, we are clear about the performance in the north and disruptions, unacceptable following the time from may 20th. it is clear about network infrastructure time to the timetable which meant the new timetable was too late and passengers are not getting the service they deserve but far more services in northern rail now that the work is compared to earlier, much more needs to be done and what we are doing is working alongside transports, northern express and network rail in improving services. and richard george for the rail network. to make recommendation and then we will take action. >> no one can question, to reach a deal with the european union, a deal many people thought was unachievable. despite the endeavors that concerns people have with an uncomfortable choice and i share those concerns. as the prime minister heads to scotland can i ask what guarantee can she give to those concerned about the future of the fishing industry, and that? >> can i say to my honorable friend he is absolutely right to save the issue of the fishing industry and our precious union. and indeed all my colleagues on the conservative, in relation to fishing, an independent coastal state, we will be able to negotiate access to our waters and ensuring fishing communities get a fair share of our waters. we will be determining the issue of access to our borders and firmly rejected the access to our borders. i say, in my statement, not be trading off the agreement against anything else in the future relationship and the support for the deal, confident in the support of the deal recognized by the scottish fishing presentation. >> jeremy corbin. >> i echo the prime minister's words, we thank her for her service to the country throughout her life. we remember her as a goat -- great code breaker and demonstrative member of the house of lords. and her with on i have news for you. and harry leslie smith who passed away only this morning. and an irrepressible campaigner for the rights of refugees and the welfare state in the national health service. he was passionate about the principle of healthcare for all as a human right. we thank harry for his life and work. before and secretary said of their brexit deal it mitigates most of the negative impact. prime minister tell us what to mitigate? >> can i first of all, i am sure the house wishes to pass condolences. what we see behind the analysis we published today and the chancellor recognizes this morning, our deal is the best deal available for jobs in the economy that allows us to honor the referendum and the opportunity of brexit. the analysis does not show we will be poorer in the future. it shows better off with this deal, what would make an impact on the economy for the future would be the polities of the right honorable gentlemen for borrowing higher taxes, the biggest writ to our economy is the right honorable gentleman and his shadow chancellor. >> on the same day the statement was made the prime minister said this is the best possible deal, the only possible deal. i mean to say it is not hard to be the best deal, it is the only deal. it is the worst deal. mister speaker, the government economic service forecast published today, actually meaningless, no actual deal to model, just a 26 page wishlist. the chancellor center deal will make people worse off. does the prime minister agree? he doesn't to be doesn't appear to be here. >> what the analysis shows, it does show this deal we negotiated is the best deal for our economy which delivers on the results of the referendum to the british people and i believe we should deliver on the result of the referendum. he talks about the political declaration, called the wishlist so what he is describing is a political declaration agreed between the united kingdom and the european union that sets out an ambitious flexible partnership across trade and economic cooperation, law enforcement and criminal justice, foreign-policy, security and defense, wider areas of cooperation. what do you offer? six bullet points, my weekend shopping list is longer than that. >> mister speaker. after eight years of making our economy weaker through austerity, botched brexit threatens more of the same. professor elston said in a damning you and reporting to uk poverty, quote, in my meetings with the government, it was clear to me that the impact of brexit on people in poverty is an afterthought. the prime minister promised frictionless trade with europe after brexit. the future partnership guarantees no such thing. does the prime minister understand why mps are queuing up not to back her plan? >> the right honorable gentleman backing my plan, in wales, fishermen in scotland, and when mps vote they look at the importance of us delivering on brexit and ensuring we deliver brexit and doing it away that protect jobs and on that subject he referenced what happened to the economy over the next eight years at record lows, and following this year the lowest level for 13 years, and fastest regular wage growth, we've seen a number of children living and households that record low, and work was helpful that the record low. that will balance money running conservatives. >> good balanced management of the economy why did professor alston say there were 14 million people in the country living in poverty? when she claims support for deal, last week 200 chief executives and entrepreneurs described her brexit deal is the worst of all worlds. >> mister morris, calm your self. take some for of soothing medicine if that is what is required but above all calm yourself. jeremy corbin. >> mister speaker, a private email says of the deal no need to give credit to negotiators because it is not a good deal. all the primary history can commit to, we can work for frictionless trade. and after these botched negotiations, the next stage of even more complex negotiations being included in two years. what does the prime minister think is preferable, extending the transition with further vast claimants in the european union -- -- it the backstop is not invoked in the first place. and he is referring again to this issue of the political declaration, he will know the european union cannot agree & legal texts on a trade arrangements with a country that is a member of the european union. they cannot do that until we have left the european union. the joint report was 16 pages long and took less then a year to turn into 599 pages of evil text. the political declaration is 26 pages, perfectly possible to turn that into a text within the nearly two years it is debatable. at every stage people said we couldn't do what we have done, they said we couldn't get agreements but we did, they said we wouldn't get the limitation period, we did. they said we would get a withdrawal agreement or political declaration, we did. it takes hard work and firm commitment to work in the national interests of that project. >> that would explain why the business secretary doesn't have much faith in this either. he is discussing a transition period being extended to 2022 apparently. parliament voted, mister speaker, parliament voted for the government to publish its legal advice in full. the government today says it will ignore the sovereign will of parliament in 2007. the prime minister wrote to the then prime minister saying the legal advice for the iraqi war should have been published in full to cabinet and mps. why doesn't the prime minister practice what she preached? >> the right honorable gentlemen, there was a legitimate sparring partner to understand the legal implications of the deal, we have said we have been clear we will make available to members the full reason position statement laying out the government's legal position on the withdrawal agreement and the attorney general is willing to assist parliament by making an oral statement and answering questions from members but as regards the full legal advice, the advice any client receives is the same for government as it is for any member of the public. >> the chancellor said what we are not going to do is publish advice from the attorney general. mister speaker, the prime minister self leaked advice in the past, mps need to see that advice, warts and also they can make their informed decision on this matter. the premise insists her government will be able to negotiate every aspect of the uk's future trade relationship in the space of two years. we had to a half years to fix the referendum. so far 20 of our own ministers have resides. this is the most shambolic government in living memory. and she is now asking parliament to vote on the basis of a 26 page wishlist without even seeing the full legal advice. it is now clear that parliament will not back this plan. isn't it time for her to accept that reality and make way for an alternative plan that could work for the whole country? >> let me say to the right honorable gentleman i will take no lectures from the right honorable gentleman who has seen 100 resignations but i will also say this. today we saw what really lies behind labor's approach. last night the shadow chancellor told an audience in london he wanted to see the second referendum and remains so now we have it. they want to cause chaos, frustrate brexit, overturn the will of the british people and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few. >> john lemmon. >> mister speaker, small business takes a way to the great campaign, to support local businesses across the land and scotland over 340,000 small and medium-sized businesses supporting 1.2 million jobs so the candidates join me in congratulating the federation of small business and all the small businesses who take part in this particularly extending this detail. >> can i think my honorable friend for raising what i think we should accept as an excellent campaign and i look forward to a nice word for him to visit the shops he has just posted. it is important that we help small businesses and that is why we are taking over 655,000 small businesses out of paying any business rates at all and we want to change the system so rates follow a low level of inflation which means savings every year, 5000 businesses over the next 5 years and providing 900 million to cut eligible small retailer bills by 132 years so i congratulate lindsay and hume and look forward to this and i am sure many members of this house will recognize the importance on poor business and championing the excellent contributions they make to our economy. >> ian blackburn. >> thank you, i want to wish everyone a happy st. patrick's even. today the chancellor said the prime minister's brexit deal will leave the economy is slightly smaller and pure economic terms, there will be no -- this is confirmed by the government analysis that wages will fall but the prime minister agrees it will leave people poorer than the status quo? >> analysis shows what the analysis does not show that we will be poorer, what it shows, no it doesn't. what the analysis shows is this is a strong economy that will continue to grow and the model which actually delivers best to the british people and our jobs and the economy is the model government put forward and is proposing. >> ian blackburn. >> i wonder if the prime minister has analysis, under any scenario it will be cooler. the prime minister wants to take us back to the days of fracture and a belief that unemployment is a price worth paying, that is the reality. no government should choose to weaken its economy and make it simpler. that is what the prime minister is doing. mister speaker, the prime minister will travel to scotland today. people in scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain. we voted for our right -- >> order, order. the right honorable gentleman is entitled to be heard and he will be heard as every other member of the house will be heard. it is a simple point. please digest it. ian blackburn. >> thank you, mister speaker. the prime ministers travel to scotland today, people in scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain. we voted for our right to be respected and we are not prepared to give up those rights. the prime minister must explain to the people of scotland why her deal will rob them of their rights as eu citizens. >> he started his remarks by comments about unemployment and the government approach to unemployment. what do we see under this government? 3.3 million jobs created, and the forecasting of 800,000 jobs being created, employment rates at near record high, employment at record high, unemployment rates since 2010 and with the people of scotland voted for, to stay in the united kingdom for 13 conservative mps. >> and marie trivially in. >> parties cannot reach a fair agreement they go to a judge to offer decisions. mister speaker. in the case of the eu this parliament must be the junction, does the prime minister agree once this is rejected the eu controlling and dominating the proposal deciding the future, the uk will be better off spending the money set aside to prepare for clean global brexit. >> can i say to my honorable friend. >> the honorable lady's question was heard and i will hear the prime minister's replied, the prime minister is entitled to have that reply properly heard. >> thank you, mister speaker. backing this brexit deal means we will control our own borders, protect jobs, no longer send sums of money to the european union but spend it on our priorities and free-trade deals around the world and having a good security partnership but if we reject this deal we go back to square one with damaging uncertainty that will threaten jobs, threaten our investments and the economy and lead to more division with less time to focus on the issues that our constituents wish to focus on so i think the choice is in the national interest to build a brighter future or going back to square one if it is rejected. >> my constituent matthew is one of those very brave people who wave their anonymity around abuse they suffered at the hands of a member of the church of england. the prime minister will be very aware of the harrowing evidence coming out of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse which could have been prevented if a law on mandatory reporting had been in place. international evidence shows mandatory reporting doubles the number of children placed into safety when introduced. will the prime minister commit to protect children and introduce mandatory reporting across all institutions including the church of england? >> can i first of all say how sorry i am to hear about her constituent matthew and the abuse he suffered, out of this independent inquiry, too much abuse allowed to carry on for too long and too many people suffered as a result and it isn't just the case they suffered at the time the abuse was taking place, that suffering remains with them to this day and we should all recognize that. the issues mandate reporting, we did look at this very carefully when i was secretary, there was mixed evidence about the impact that this reporting has and there is evidence that in some evidence that it can actually lead to the genuine case not being given resources they require but i say to the honorable lady i don't want any doubt about the seriousness that i am this government take this issue. we are repairing, doing our best to repair, claiming we can fully repair but doing our best to repair by giving adjustments to those people who suffered at the hands of too many institutions including institutions of state for too long. >> many of my constituents are worried about crime and the chancellor a budget speech acknowledged these are under pressure by the changing nature of crime. with decisions on the police funding settlement imminence can i urge the prime minister to make sure we get more police on the beat? >> can i say to my right honorable friend i recognize the concern she had expressed and i would like to reassure her we have been protecting police funding and courses to further increase funding through the precept and including an additional 460 million pounds available to complete but i recognize the issue she raised and we will ensure they have the resources they need to cut crime and keep community use safe but there is also a role for chief constable for crime commissioners as operational leaders and local representatives to decide how best to employ resources to manage and respond to individual crime and local crimes. >> thank you. i know the prime minister is visiting scotland and dancing in the streets but i have been horrified by the noninclusive way the governments went about brexit negotiations. what lessons has the prime minister learned so we can have a simple productive negotiation for the act of union? >> i say to the honorable gentleman, he will be well aware about the desire of the scottish people to remain in the united kingdom. we have every stage throughout the negotiations working with the administration. my right honorable friend has been having regular meetings with the administration. officials have been making some so the voices of the administration have been heard in our negotiations. >> the small businesses in market towns play a vital role in the local economy. can she assure me that she will end if necessary intervene to ensure the rule of governing cash machines are safeguarded and that the actual themes of rural communities are recognized underpinning those jobs and businesses in rural communities? >> i think my honorable friends for recognizing the importance of small businesses particularly in rural communities and the widespread reaction remains extremely important in day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses throughout the uk. link, the uk network is committed to maintaining access to cash through atms and the payment systems regulator set up by the government ensuring the uk payment system work in the interests of their uses and they regulate link and i can assure my honorable friend the regulators closely monitoring the situation and holding link to account for its commitment to maintain the broad geographic spread of atms across the united kingdom. >> watching the incubator, a difficult experience and you see that because all my children have been through that but the reality is the law does not work. we spend weeks on newly minted units and taken alternatively. will the prime minister agreed to meet an accounting challenge? >> can i think the honorable gentleman for raising this issue, because of experience, concern to other members across the house. what i understand is the department of business energy is undertaking a review of the provisions for the parental needs legislation and those who experience multiple birth and working with charities representing parents free premature babies and neonatal care to understand pressures and issues those parents face when a child is born prematurely. they share the key findings in the new year and i will ensure that relevant minister from the department meets with him to hear that experience. >> david amos. >> last week the debate took place, the motion was this house believed the united kingdom is less united than ever. i was part of the team opposing the motion and we comfortably defeated the motion. would my right honorable friend agree with those young people that the agreement this house is being asked to vote on actually threatens our union, worked out by largely unelected people and has a distinct flavor? >> my honorable friends might not be surprised if i don't quite share this analysis of the deal we put forward but this is a deal that does deliver on brexit. it is important, it does deliver on brexit but does so in a way that does protect the united kingdom. and issue i set out on this house on many occasions that we are keen to ensure was dealt with in this deal, a deal that protects jobs and delivers on people's vote to ensure that we leave the european union and do so in a way that delivers no free movement, no jurisdiction of the court of justice, not sending that to the european union every year but can i thank my honorable friends for engaging those young people and debating this matter? it is important to get young people to maintain that interest in politics. >> damon lewis element. >> mister speaker, the chancellor has broadcast to the nation that brexit will make the uk poorer. the prime minister's last-minute concession in europe puts the future on the line and long-term trade arrangements, article 50 -- the people's vote with an option to remain. >> can i say to the honorable lady i already quoted the reference of what the chancellor said. her reference to the chief minister of gibraltar is contrary to what the chief minister of the broader said that the united kingdom stood by gibraltar and we will continue to stand by gibraltar and i believe in terms of the second referendum it is important to deliver on the vote of the british people but i would just ask her to consider this. it would be possible to hold a referendum before march 29th of next year. that would mean having to extend article 50 delay in brexit or leaving with no deal. the best option for this country is to ensure we deliver on the brexit vote, leave the european union next march and don't delay that point and leave with a good deal that will protect jobs across the country. >> desmond swain. >> is she concerned about religious persecution in the holy land and will she welcomed the visit of the patriarch of jerusalem? >> i thank my right honorable friends and he will know that this weekend does mark the start of advent, time of expectation and hope for christians and read wednesday when lance work buildings including these houses of parliament will turn scarlett and max solidarity was persecuted christians which i would like to welcome the patriarch of jerusalem for his upcoming visit and i know some israelis could face additional structural challenges particularly christian and muslim israelis who experience higher rates of unemployment and discrimination and we certainly encourage the is really government to uphold equality for all enshrined in its laws but i give my right honorable for the assurance i will work with government and the international community and united nations to support the rights of minorities including christians. >> vince cable. >> in the next 10 days there will be informed debate on government proposals on brexit and various alternatives including an election, there is no reason why the public should be alarmed by continuing discussions of the chaotic no deal because it is in the power of this house and the government to stop it so will he reassure the public that under no circumstances this will happen? >> as he said, we will, on december 11th be looking at the deal government negotiated with the european union. i believe there is a clear choice, backing that deal will rise with certainty and ensure we deliver the vote further, the best way for jobs and the economy and failure to back deal would lead to chaos and uncertainty for people in the future and the clear message i get around the country is people don't want that chaos and uncertainty. >> this country exports vast amount of traffic to other countries. and speak to been up exporting our rubbish to other countries the land in the ocean. >> an important issue, i hope recognizes the action the government has taken in relation to plastic. i was relieved to see a company that 29 years ago started taking plastic and turning this product people could use, garden seeds and tables, and initiative 29 years ago to what we considered the right thing to do today. >> dan cardin. >> the prime minister is traveling the country seeking public support for the brexit deal that will secure industry and jobs. will she visit campbell and shipyards where workers have been forced into industrial action fighting the threat to save hundreds of skilled, secure jobs, at a company that won 620 million pounds of government contracts? because what faith can people have in the future if she will not act to save secure jobs in our defense industry? >> i realize what we worrying time this must be. the government doesn't have a role in the strategic direction of the management of the company but officials are in touch with the company. officials are in close contact with the company and are being kept informed and i hope there is a dialogue between all sides to work together to come to a solution in the best interest of all involved. i recognize the worrying time this must be. >> it is widely reported that fearing backlash in the uk the prime minister personally intervened to stop the government offering sanctuary and the christian mother faces a serious threat to her life. prima mister take an opportunity to put the record straight and permit doing everything the country can to offer sanctuary to that mother. >> can i say to my honorable friend, first of all i might say as a number of questions my honorable friend shouldn't believe everything he read in the papers. the position of the government is very clear. the absolute prime concern we have is the safety and security of the family and we want to say there is a resolution of the situation and this is obviously a primary function for the government in pakistan's and publicly supported the supreme court, promised to uphold the rule of law and provide continuing protection and we could approach this and two ways, we could say we want to go out and say something to show the uk is doing that or what is right and we are working with other countries to make sure as i say, prime day which is the safety and security of bb and her family, what is provided for so working other than the international community and the pakistani government on that. >> mrs. hodgson. >> this morning, the proposed plan for the rescue service, the minister finally admitted in relation to funding, there's been a more challenging settlement than the authorities, how would the prime minister right this wrong? >> sounds to me like she outraised her concerns in this matter with the bates in westminster, with the debate in westminster hall and we have been looking at the issue, what we have seen over time with plans to be put forward on which money is spent which is not worked for final authority, it is important to make sure the level of protection they provide and the level of support they provide is there and she had a response from the minister this morning. >> the prime minister will be aware that in recent weeks an unprecedented number of migrants crossed the english channel to enter the united kingdom in small unseen were the craft. does she agree with meat is very important britain and france work together to find the traffickers behind it, put a stop to

speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair will receive a message. the messager: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed h.r. 7187, an act to extend the national flood insurance program, until ecember 7, 2018. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, for 30 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i do appreciate the efforts of my friend from the district that adjoins mine in texas. he's done yeoman's work, much of which he hasn't gotten adequate credit and hopefully not only the senate, but the house will respect the work that's been done. ncluding on flood insurance. and stop putting off what financial services has done to . form flood insurance we have extension after extension. when the people whose homes are protected are begging for reforms, so they can take their insurance money and build somewhere else, instead of being forced to build where their house

mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. major brent russell taylor is one of six brothers to each wear the uniform of the united states army. while training afghan security forces in support of operation freedom sentinal, major taylor was killed by an apparent insider attack on november 3 in kabul province while in the final months of his deployment. he is survived by his wife and even children. in utah we mourn with the family of major taylor and grieve his loss and honor his sacrifice. as major taylor and his brothers passed through basic combat training, they learned the seven army values in great detail. they are loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. and major brent taylor lived these values. first loyalty, major taylor swore to bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and to support and defend our nation's guiding documents against all enemies. he demonstrated this loyalty to this time and time again. duty, major taylor earned a bronze

mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend those remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, world war i ended 100 years ago. during the brutal bloody war, thousands were killed in an area of france and belgium called flanders, flanders field. the poppies blow, between the crosses now on row. that mark our place and in the sky the larks still bringing fly. scarce heard from the guns below. we are the dead. short days ago we lived. felt dawn, saw sunset glow. loved and were loved. and now we lie in flanders field. take up our coral with the foe, to you from failing hands we throw the torch for yours to hold it high. if you break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in flanders field. mr. speaker, 116,000 americans were killed in world war i and now after 100 years, there will be a memorial erected in d.c. for all the veterans of the great war. it's about time for the worst casualty of war is to be forgotten. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman f

mr speaker. durham university ph.d. thank you, mr speaker. durham university ph. d. student thank you, mr speaker. ony of a former mi6 officer who works in the outer office of the de factor ruler of the uae, has organised many of the excellent visits from this house to the uae. but this is wholly inconsistent, with the behaviour of a nation with whom we have a neutral defence accord. will the prime minister please give this her urgent attention, if he is not released i don't see why we should be committed to their defence. i say to my honourable friend, we are, of course, as he is, deeply disappointed and concerned with the verdict. i realise how difficult and distressing this is for matthew and his family. we are raising it with the authorities at the highest level, my right honourable friend the foreign secretary is seeking accord with the foreign minister, during his visit to the uae on december 12. he visited the issue with the crown prince and the foreign minister —— november the 12th. i can assure my honourable friend that the foreign office will remain in close contact with matthew, his fami

thank you, mr speaker, can i wish eve ryo ne thank you, mr speaker, can i wish everyone in the house a happy saint and ‘s day when it comes on friday. mrtus quo, what it shows... or! it doesn‘t! what are the analysis shows is that this is a strong economy which will continue to grow, and the model which delivers best on delivering for the vote of the british people, and our jobs and economy is the model the government has put forward, the deal the government is proposing. ido the government is proposing. i do wonder if the prime minister has read her own analysis, and any scenario, leaving the single market and customs union, we will be poorer. the prime minister wants to ta ke poorer. the prime minister wants to take us back to the days of margaret thatcher. and the belief that unemployment is a price worth paying. that‘s the reality. no government, mr speaker, should choose to weaken its economy and make citizens poorer. that‘s what the prime minister is doing. mr speaker, the prime minister will travel to scotland today, people in scotla nd travel to scotland today, people in scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain. we voted for our

mr. speaker. in the prime minister's lexicon [inaudible] >> mr. speaker, there is one that we can all agree which is when we come to vote on this and to be time, it will be about the most important thing we will have voted on in our entire lives. they described the deal i'm afraid it is. >> please say to the members including those that called to ask a question he's got a right to be heard. you are welcomed to leave the chamberl. "-end-quotes object. thank you mr. speaker. they know the mathematics. never get through and even if it did, they review the confidence and the house of commons has never surrendered to anybody and they won't start n now. the kingdom has not surrendered they talked about the position as they've always had position on the border. one thing is they did want to do in the political declaration is to link that aspect to the market assimilation trade. we continue resisting that in thee document itself and we will continue to stand by the people. the fact of the matter is she used the term in her remarks it to happen. she isn't going to get a majority in the house fo house s deal because it would leave the british people worse off in the growing concern with many constituents which i mentioned in the speech. of course it was this parliament that decided overwhelmingly they gave that deal and it is our duty to deliver on it. >> i would like to thank my honorable friend for his achievements [inaudible] we had no money at all t

mr speaker. they wa nt to be settled. —— mr speaker. they want a good deal that sets us on a course for a brighter future, want a good deal that sets us on a course for a brighterfuture, and they want us to come together as a country and to move on, to focus on the big issues at home, like our nhs. the deal that will enable us to do this is now within our grasp. in these crucial 72 hours ahead, i will do everything possible to deliver it for the british people, and i commend this statement to the house. the labour leader said the government had promised a trade deal by now. instead we have 26 pages of waffle. cheering this empty document... this empty document could have been written two years ago. it's peppered with phrases such as," the parties and will look at, the parties will explore. " what on earth has the government been doing for the past two yea rs 7 government been doing for the past two years? they've managed less than one page a month since the referendum. the prime minister said nothing is... the prime minister said nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. it's clear from this document that indeed nothing is agreed. this is the blindfold brexit we all feared, a lea k blindfold brexit we all feared, a leak in the dark. the snp said the plan betrayed the fishing industry. scotland's fishing rights thrown overboard as if they were discarded fish. so much for taking back control, more like trading away scotland's interests. this is an absolute dereliction of the promises of scottish conservative members and the secretary of the state for the environment, food and rural affairs have made to scotland. shame on them. the former brexit secratary, who resigned last week, criticised plans to avoid border checks in northern ireland, the so—called backstop. the backstop ties the uk to the customs union and single market rules with no voice and an eu veto over our exit, while paragraph 23 of the political declaration makes that the political declaration makes that the starting point for future relations to build on. the top reason people voted to leave the eu was to take back democratic control over our laws. isn't it regrettable but inescapable that this deal gives even more away? it's now clear the eu are beginning to accept there are alternative arrangements that can be put in place without the need for the backstop. i would say to the prime minister that if she wants to have the support of my party for the withdrawal agreement, then we need to see an end to the backstop ambos alternative arrangements put in place. cani place. can i regretfully point out to my right honourable friend, of course, nothing in this political declaration changes the hard reality of the withdrawal agreement, that gives the eu a continuing veto over the unilateral power of entire united kingdom to do free trade deals, or to take back control of out deals, or to take back control of our laws. can i therefore respectfully suggest that it would be better... we can except the generalities and the self—contradictions contained in this political declaration, that we should junk forthwith the backstop upon which the future economic partnership, according to this political declaration, is to be based, and which makes a complete nonsense brexit. can we be clear, mrit is not. a deal is what we have at the moment, i happen to think it's a good deal. this is simply a piece of paperfull of good deal. this is simply a piece of paper full of meaningless waffle, it is not legally binding, it doesn't have anything about frictionless trade in it, it has lots about the ecj in it, even though the prime ministers as it doesn't, and it cuts of opportunities for our youth. the benches are clearing out behind the prime minister, when will she realised the only way is a people's vote ? the honourable gentleman says what we have at the moment is a deal, what we have at the moment is membership of the european union and the british people voted for us to see is that membership and leave the european union. the prime minister, who may very well be back in the commons on monday to update mps on the weekend summit. now, the case of a british phd studentjailed for now, the case of a british phd student jailed for spying now, the case of a british phd studentjailed fo

mr speaker, the benefit freeze takes £i.5 mr speaker, the benefit freeze takes £1.5 billion from 10 million low and middle—income households. a low income couple with children will be £200 worse off. for them, there is no end to austerity. labour would have ended the benefit freeze, and as she well knows, labour policy is to raise taxes for the top 5%, and for the biggest corporations in the country. that would be a fair way of dealing with financial issues facing this country. and can the prime minister... can the prime minister confirm... will she kindly confirm there's still another £5 billion of cuts to social security to come in this parliament, if it lasts till 2022, hitting the incomes of those with the least. will she confirmed that? yes or no. cani that? yes or no. can i say to the right or all gentleman that, of course, what she fails to mention from the budget is asa fails to mention from the budget is as a result of the changes we've made on universal credit, 2.4 million people will benefit by £630 a year. theresa may was in no mood to apologise. i'll tell him what else this government has done, by taking a balanced approach to the economy, careful financial management, what do we see? borrowing down. unemployment down. income tax down. 0h, up, they say. i'll tell unemployment down. income tax down. 0h, up, they say. i'lltellthem... i'll tell them what's gone up... support for... order, order! isaid support for... order, order! i said the right honourable gentleman must be heard, the reply from the prime minister must be heard. the prime minister. the labour benches want to know what's gone up, i'll tell them what's gone up, i'll tell them what's gone up, i'll tell them what's gone up. support... as long as it takes an going to tell you. cheering -- i'm as it takes an going to tell you. cheering —— i'm going to tell you. support for public services, up. growth, up. wages, up. get... debt is falling, austerity is ending. under the conservatives, the hard work of the british people is paying off. the snp leader focused on brexit. why did this government last week quietly begin a dramatically truncated tender process to try and stop our medicines at a cost of tens of millions of pounds? funds that should be spent on frontline health services. the prime minister has only been concerned about how brexit might harm the conservative party. it is time that the prime minister woke up to the real harm, her brexit policies could cause to patients. prime minister, isn't it the truth that this government is in a blind panic trying to cover up for a blind brexit? no. cani no. can ijust no. can i just say no. can ijust say to the right honourable gentleman, first of all, first of all, if he had been listening and paying attention over the last months, he would have known that actually in the budget last year, the chancellor made clear there was money available for no deal planning. we stepped out the no deal planning. we stepped out the no deal planning. we stepped out the no deal planning in the summer. some of the more hostile questions faced by the prime minister came from her own side. can the prime minister tell the house why she and her government believe it's right that government spending is to be increased at a faster rate on overseas aid than for hard—pressed faster rate on overseas aid than for ha rd—pressed schools, policing faster rate on overseas aid than for hard—pressed schools, policing and fire services in the uk? and while this house might be typically out of touch with public opinion on this issue, will she act at the vast majority of the british people think that the walk priority is crazy crackers? —— wilshere accept. cani crackers? —— wilshere accept. can i say to my honourable friend, i continue to believe it's right that the united kingdom maintains its commitment to spend 0.7% of gni on international developer at. in the budget, the chancellor announced every state school in england will get a dedicated mental health professional. —— international do them at. mental health is the biggest issue she faces in herjob —— international development. i've been in post for four years and from the first day, children, parents and professionals have streamed through that door to tell me about the difficulties they've been having in getting health. typically if we can sum it up, what are the key issues? —— getting help. the key issues are first of all the shortage and lack of help available for so many. we know only one in four children get help, and even with plans in place, that's reduced to one in three. there's a real paucity of early help to prevent these crises happening, there's black holes in the system all over the place. the committee's investigating mental health services for children. anna longfield said those who did get treatment often have to wait and unacceptable length of time for it. i think there's a whole range of issues that are affecting their mental health. some of it is about the complexity of life. i think that some of it is about pressures within school. some of it is the fact that stigma has reduced so more children are identifying this and they feel able to talk about it. do you think there's anything that's changed environmentally that's infected this? might isa just environmentally that's infected this? might isajust the internet and the secretary of state's comments on that? i certainly think the 24/7 immigration is adds additional pressures for children. it's something that doesn't go away. there's great pressure on how they look and how popular they are, that all adds to difficulties and anxieties. now, i'm often asked, is there a crisis? certainly for those children who can't get help, there isa children who can't get help, there is a crisis. anne longfield. the environment secretary michael gove has insisted that trade deals after brexit will not allow imports of food reduced to lower standards than permitted for uk farmers. there are concerns british farmers will be undercut by imports of cheap food with lower standards, such as hormone fed beef oi’ standards, such as hormone fed beef or chlorine washed chicken from the united states. mrre to the commons environment committee were a labour member raised rates of food poisoning in the us. i've seen figures from a number of organisations that said... juan figallo scene is one in 66 people a year, another is one in 70, they succumbed to food poisoning, in the states it is one in six. why is that when there's not a no problem with food production? —— there's no problem —— one figure i've seen. 0ne problem —— one figure i've seen. one reason why you have washing in chlorine or other chemicals is that there was a risk as a result of having chickens in essence kept in circumstances where their welfare was compromised and they were kept in circumstances where the amount of space that each individual bird had was less than we would allow in the united kingdom. that increased the risk of infection, and that increased risk of infection was dealt with with chlorine washing so it started as an element welfare issue but it has human health implications —— animal welfare. chlorine w

thank you mr speaker, can i thank the prime minister for mr speaker, can i thank the prime ministerfor advanced mry is one thing but toulouse two in a matter of months underlines the chaotic nature of this tory government. the number ten front door has become a revolving one. the prime minister talks about taking back control. she can't even control her own cabinet. as i said yesterday, the prime minister is desperate, and is increasingly looking defeated. what is absolutely shocking is that scotland is not once mentioned in the document. not once, prime minister. not once have the unique characteristics of scotland's divorce settlement been worthy of mention. the leader of the scottish national party must be. and heard with courtesy. we are very grateful for your sedentary observations but i don't think they add to the quality of our deliberations. everybody will be heard. mr ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker. not once has scotland's unique characteristics and the devout settlement been worthy of mention and yet, 100 mentions of northern ireland, mentions of gibraltar, cyprus, the isle of man,

mr speaker and can i thank the prime minister for advance site of a statement mr speaker the prime minister comes before us today trying to sell us a deal that is already dead in the water. not even her own breakfast secretary could stand over. mr speaker to lose one brit secretary is one thing to lose two in a matter of months illuminates the chaotic nature of this tory government the number ten front door has become a revolving wallet you know the prime minister tops a vote taking back control she can't even control her own cabinet. as i said yesterday the prime minister is desperate and is increasingly looking defeated. what is absolutely shocking. as that scotland is no one sees mentions in the documents no one's buying but no one was scoping unique out of this that the school has devolved settlement in worthy of mention. the leader of the scottish national party must be heard. and heard with courtesy and indeed he's. very grateful for your sedentary observations that mr graham but i do think they greatly add to the quality of other liberation everybody will be heard mr blackford hear thank you mr speaker not once has scotland's unique cut it to the sticks and the deval settlement been worthy of mention and yet one hundred

mr speaker, there is talk of a brexit tv debate. will the prime minister debate with the first minute of scotland ? minister debate with the first minute of scotland? mr speaker, the way scotland‘s interest have been dismissed by the uk government throughout this process demonstrates the real cost of not being an independent country able to take our own decisions, but the day will come where scotland will be an independent country. mrased immigration sergeant major system thatis immigration sergeant major system that is based op skills and contribution to the economy. and then, then he devoted the majority of his comments to the whole issue of his comments to the whole issue of the common fisheries policy, he talked about a sell—out of scottish fish american, the real sell out is the snp‘s policy to stay in the common fisheries policy. who is it who has been standing up for scottish fishermen in this house? conservative scottish backbenchers. all the scottish nationalist party want to do, all the scottish national party want to do, is stay in the common fisheries policy and that indeed would be a sell—out of scottish fishermen. mr david davis. thank you. if the european union really intends in good faith to negotiate a future trade agreement, while can we not make the second half of 39 million payment conditional or delivering it? as my right honourable friend is aware from the early negotiations we held on this pa

mr speaker. after two yea rs of thank you, mr speaker. after two years of bungled negotiations, from what we know of the government's deal it is a failure in its own terms. it doesn't deliver a brexit for the whole country, it breaches... if necessary i will say it again and again to members on both sides of the house. voices must be heard. i happen to know that thereof visitors from overseas in thereof visitors from overseas in the gallery. let's to impress them. not merely with our liveliness, but with our courtesy. mrts jobs and industry. and we know that they haven't prepared seriously for no deal. so does the prime minister still intend to put a false choice to parliament between her botched deal or no deal? can i say to the right honourable gentleman that he is wrong in the description he set out, but can i also say that, time and time again, he has stood up in this house and complained and said that the government isn't making progress or anywhere close to a deal. now when we are making progress and close to a deal, he's complaining about that. can ijust say that i think it clearly shows that he and the labour party have only one intention, that is to frustrate brexit and betrayed a vote of the british people. mr speaker, after the utter shambles of the last two years of negotiations, the prime minister should look to herself in this. and she hasn't managed to convince quite a lot of people behind her. the rail minister resigned last week saying to present the nation with a choice between two d

mr -- madam and mr. chair. >> the official vote for speaker of the house will happen january 3. nancy pelosi was the first female speaker be the first person since the 19 50s to regain the gavel after losing the majority. >> more now about the politics. thank for being here. really, no big surprise here. >> no. she does have the support of the majority of democrats. she had a -- had a reputation even among people who disagree with her on certain issues, and most importantly there was no one challenging her. >> you can't forget the big campaigner. 203-32. it shows two things, one the weakness of opposition to nancy pelosi, there was no contender, but second, it does signify the challenges that lie ahead here. >> yes. she needs half of those 32 votes when it comes down to the vote for the speakership in january for her to assume the house speakership. many people suspect that she will be able to -- it would give her the majority. but it shows there is indeed some momentum to pass on the leadership to a new generation. >> can you talk about -- give us in sight into the maneuverings that are happening right now, nancy pelos

speaker paul ryan sat down with mr. kane. russiacial counsel's investigation, the 2018 midterm elections. speaker ryan will retire from congress in january. [applause] [speaking simultaneously] mr. kane: good morning, everyone. fred gave an amazing introduction as always. i will add a few other things for data details. paul ryan is the 54th speaker of the house, led the house for more than three years. and in a couple of weeks he'll step down. we're delighted to have him here at "the washington post" for what would be one of his final interviews as house speaker. before we begin, we would like to let the audience know you can treat some questions at us -- tweet some questions at us using 202live -- #202live. if someone in the crowd doesn't know, explain -- is this going to be a permanent thing? it usually isn't, so i have it through the end of december. i'll see if i can get away with it but i'm not sure i'll be allowed to do that. mr. kane: ok. some guys go into retirement, but -- mr. ryan: i am not sure i will be allowed to do that. mr. kane: ok. up on capitol hill right now, the incoming speaker to be, nancy pelosi is battling an ideological flank in her caucus, you are laughing already. she's not sure she'll get 218 votes. sound familiar? mr. ryan: yeah i saw her last , night, we did a churchill thing together, it was winsto

mr deputy speaker, this is not just about grow. but, mr deputy speaker, this is notjust about cold, hard cash. this is about realising people's aspirations and their dreams and their hope for the future. it is about being able to afford a holiday ora about being able to afford a holiday or a car about being able to afford a holiday ora carand it's about being able to afford a holiday or a car and it's about more opportunities for young people emerging from our schools and our colleges. i think this is a good budget and i will without any question be supporting it tonight enthusiastically. however... however, there is an issue of the start time, the starting date for the fixed odds betting is terminal reduction to £2. it is clearly not something we can deal with this evening but i would say to my right honourable friend, i wonder if she would give an undertaking that in time for the finance bill, we will certainly return to this.|j time for the finance bill, we will certainly return to this. i thank my honourable friend, my right honourable friend, my right honourable friend, my right honourable friend, for his point. we have brought the date forward by six months. i don't believe it is an issue that the finance bill but i'm certainly happy to discuss it with my honourable friend about what more we can do. mrlike the government will stick to its plan of next october. it could mean that the minister who has been overseeing that change, tracy crouch, is still having to consider her position. she may decide to resign from her post as minister if the date isn't brought forward to next spring. we will keep an eye on it here on bbc news. that is it from the afternoon live team. time for a look at the weather. here's alina jenkins. hello, a good deal of sunshine around this afternoon, some showers pro—western codes but further ease, some showers and it may not be until this evening until we see the rain moving away from the of essex, the east. a scattering of showers for the curse of northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures in cities and towns down, —4 —54 hour prior and cold spots. a good deal of sunshine tomorrow as high cloud builds from the west. plenty of sunshine, although that sunshine will slowly turn hazy as high cloud spills in from the west, but for most of us, through dayli

mr. speaker. i met with the leader of a very important business in my constituency that employs in tradesof people an across the eu and you know what he said to me, mr. speaker? please do not jeopardize business. so what my right honorable that wegree with me cannot play games with business and we must have a deal while at the same time leaving the eu, because what people wanted -- and surely, my right honorable friend, this deal addresses both of those. pm may: can i think my right honorable friend for bringing the business to the house, and freeis exactly why the trade and customs arrangements lies at the heart of our future economic partnership. this deals with brexit but does it in a way that allows business . >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister loves telling us what the british people think , and it has become a face- saving exercise now. for eu nationals, 13,000, and for young people who want to study in liverpool, that and her jumpingmments about over tragedy, isn't it time for a fresh assessment of the will of the people, and gauge all electrics, not just the mp's, a say? the will of the people in june 2016 is no longer the will of the people? pm may: i refer to the answer i gave earlier. >> matt prichard. >> thank you, mr. speaker. an indisputable fact that whether colleagues remain or leave that the declaration is not legally binding and the withdrawal agreement is legally binding? pm may: yes, my right honorable legallys right, it is binding. they cannot sign a legal text until that country as a member of the european union, they can only do it when we are outside of the european union. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it is increasingly clear that the prime minister does not have the support of