Parliament. On this programme, the government comes under fire for its use of private firms to deliver Public Services. After the outsourcing company, cap, releases its numbers. But the minister insists that private firms have the expertise to run Public Services. Capita. They can deliver them more efficiently. That means there are savings for the taxpayer. Also on this programme, mps call for an end to car Parking Charges in england. Many parents cannot afford to see their premature baby due to the cost of hospital Parking Charges. And claims that nhs dentistry is in crisis. Charities now provide Emergency Dental care. A quarter of all five year old had to decay. More than half dentists want to leave the nhs within five years. But first, the government has been accused of indifference, incompetence, and complacency, over its use of outsourcing for Public Services. The accusation came after an mp is an urgent question about the firm capita, which has issued a profits warning. Capita operates the citys congestion charge and administers the teachers pension scheme. It also collects the tv license fee on behalf of the bbc. Capitas shares have plunged almost 50 , following the profits warning announcement. The news comes hot on the heels of the collapse of its outsourcing rival, korean. The minister said he understood mp concerns, but said that capita was in a very different position. Outsourcing rival, carillon. They have significant cash reserves 0 n carillon. They have significant cash reserves on their balance sheet. We do not believe that capita is in a coral position to capita. The issues that led to the insolvency of carillon will come out in due course. At a Current Assessment is that they flow from difficulties in construction contracts, including overseas. By contrast, capita is primarily a services business, and 9296 primarily a services business, and 92 of capitas revenues come from within the united kingdom. Members would expect that we would regularly monitor the sustainability of all of oui monitor the sustainability of all of our suppliers, monitor the sustainability of all of oursuppliers, including monitor the sustainability of all of our suppliers, including capita, monitor the sustainability of all of oursuppliers, including capita, and we do not believe that any of them are ina we do not believe that any of them are in a coral position to carillon. I cannot help but conclude that the governments think and this is both modelled on complacent. The minister has told us that the situation at capita and carillon are different will stop but lets look at the circumstances of both companies. Both have debts in the millions of pounds. Both paid dividends of up to £1 billion in the past five years. They both rely on the public purse for half of their contract. They we re for half of their contract. They were both ordered by kpmg. They both group through acquisition and not organic growth. This shows more similarities than differences between the two companies. They both grew through acquisition. How can you say that capita will not come to the same fate that carillon did come tojust two come to the same fate that carillon did come to just two weeks ago. Kenny honestly say that those saving impotently for attention with capita can rely on that pension paying out fully on retirement . She talks about the issuing of dividends. Again, as a result of this announcement, in fa ct, a result of this announcement, in fact, capita will not be issuing dividends. So money will be able to go back into the pensions scheme, allowing 200 million extra pounds to be spent in relation to Core Services from the company, not given out in dividends. To give evidence at the chief executive understand the situation and is creating a different one to that one which pertained in respect to carillon. Will my right honourable friend look at the total contempt which the labour party has today for the private sector . And will he take on time to actually publish, in due course, time to actually publish, in due course , a time to actually publish, in due course, a full list of all those contracts which were entered into with the private sector, between 1997 in 2010. This government andy last have engaged with private Sector Companies for the delivery of Public Services. Indeed, this is what gordon brown said. This government, and the last. He was the last person to hold the office, i should correct the record, i did not mean to say successful. He said it was simply not have been possible to build or refurbish such a number of schools and hospitals without using the pfi model. Only two weeks ago, i said that this could become a set of dominoes which could fall one after another. But the governments made your response about, and the ministers response has been, incompetence in the face of a crisis. This cupboard is blinded to the corporate greed of these outsourcing companies. Will he agreed, is it not clear, that the Justice Minister in cell said, only the other day, that the government should be driven by evidence about outsourcing . The second time in two weeks, we are discussing a private firm responsible for the delivery of vital services, which has caught us cold with a proper warning. Or the minister now admit that there is a role for a proper Public Sector . Will they roll back on the photo session agenda that they and the last Labour Government have obsessed about . Can we look forward to a proper plan for taking Public Services back into the publicsector . And will he now acknowledged that police act that employees should now deliver Public Services . Back into the Public Sector . Of course we acknowledge a proper role for the Public Sector. That is why, for example, this government is committed committed an increase of billions of pounds in the last budget to the nhs. But the reason why successive governments of all political persuasions have chosen to engage with the private sector for the delivery of services is because those companies have a speciality in it. As a result of the speciality they had to deliver services, they can deliver the more efficiently. That means there are savings for the taxpayer. Oliver dowden. The province tos fight with brussels could have a Chilling Effect. The Prime Ministers. Theresa may has said that she would try to block the eus demand for full residency rights in the future for eu citizens that move to the uk during the transition period. But labour mps wondered what impact that have on the exit talks. Capita. You made it clear that eu citizens coming in the transition status should be given settlement studies. The Prime Minister says they will not. Is that a red line, orwill minister says they will not. Is that a red line, or will the government, muslim . I thought nothing was agreed until everything is agreed. In the job report, which we concluded and agreed on in december, the transition date, the end date for ongoing permanent residents opposed to rights, that that would be march 2000 and 19. Deepa metha has reported comment about the more limited access to rights that those arriving during transition would have. It could create a Chilling Effect on drawing the skills and talents that his colleagues spoke of, the minister spoke of, coming to the uk, and meeting the Labour Market gaps that we need to fill in many sectors. I think the lady, but we have been clear that during the implantation period, eu citizen should be up to live, visit, and work in the uk, as they do now. We will use this as preparation for our future immigration system. But the Citizens Rights agreement reached in december, in the joint report, does give certainty about the right Going Forward , give certainty about the right Going Forward, but this does not cover those arriving after we leave the eu. To my honourable friend confirmed the journey in fermentation period, all foreigners, including those from the european union, will be treated in having to make equally in having access to our country. Will be treated equally in having. One recognises the valuable contrition that they make to make a society better, but we wa nt to make a society better, but we want to control the overall numbers of migrants come to the uk. As we leave the eu, we seek to form a new set of ambitious trade deals around the world. We will control our borders, and the free market will end when we leave the eu. This week, the government agreed to release lea ked the government agreed to release leaked economic analysis, suggesting that the uk economy would be hit by brexit. All of the analysis of the government has done to date has shown that wrecks it is bad news. When the Prime Minister was shown the analysis a few days ago, we know that the first thing she did was to jump that the first thing she did was to jump ona that the first thing she did was to jump on a plane to china. Can the minister confirmed that the governments analysis also shows that they are aware that cutting eu migration will be back to the uk economy . Bad for the. We are in the middle of negotiations. When it comes to immigration, it is clear that the uk will be committed to designing its own immigration policy, which is determined by skills and talent and brains. That is what will drive our economy forward and create jobs and growth. Some mps hope that it will not drag on. The eu suggest that it should be 21 months, where the governor suggests two years. Could it be shorter . Well, by simply accept the proposal of the european commission, yes. David davis. Now, it has been dubbed unjust and asic is tax. In a debate in the commons, mps called for a halt of hospital Parking Charges. It is supposed political staff and patients under and £70 million a year. The average cost to park for a week in a hospital in england is £53 a1. Nobody goes to the hospital out of choice. They go because they have too. Nobody chooses to deal. We rely on our doctors and nurses till look out for us. Doctors and nurses till look out for us. I urge urgent action to end this social injustice once in brawl. Quoted vehicles from a charity aimed at helping families with sick babies. Some parents have to pay over £250 if their baby stays in a unit for eight weeks. Some, they say, many parents cannot afford to see that the mature baby because of the cost of hospital car Parking Charges. He had waited the widespread support from other mps. |j walked in and check my ticket. He had widespread support. The time it took me to get the blood test was a matter of minutes, but the sitting in the waiting room, was about 60 letters. Because of that was £3 50. This is not to promote and the cost my personal pocket. I know that i can afford it. There are many in my who cannot. One mp said half of the money raised went to the car park contractor. I want to see government and hospital managers sit up and ta ke and hospital managers sit up and take notice of this issue. Dont brush it off as a nonissue. It is not. Try to see it through the eyes of others and tackle the issue that is facing everyday users of our hospitals. It is having that can be fixed and will make a difference to the lives of those who most need hospital services. That reason, we should all care about it. Listen again is used to work for the nhs and described the charges as a tax on staff, patients, and carers. She is that our staff had found their way around the system. One colleague of mine decided he was killed by his owii of mine decided he was killed by his own personal wheel clamp, and that has to do is car when he parked in the morning, which served two purposes it was not the most salubrious of areas. It secured his car, but also gave the impression that he had been penalise foreign bank above. Within a few weeks, the wheel clamp had for itself. That he had been penalise for not paying for parking. Youre watching thursday in parliament with me, melissa mccarthy. On wednesday evening, mps voted to leave the palace of westminster, when a proposed multibillion pound reversion and eventually takes place. Pound refurbishment. Recent reports suggest it is at risk of fire. It has a two wiring, paul plumbing, and leaky roofs. Part of the palace, which was rebuilt in the 19th century, is red with asbestos. Poor plumbing. On wednesday, the commons voted for a motion put forward, rather than voting for a motion at putting things off just voting for a motion at putting things offjust a little longer. Andrea leadsom said she was delighted. Yesterday, the house took strike action to restore and renew the palace of westminster and i would like to congratulate all members and right honourable members across the house for their attention to this debate and for their contributions to it, and i now, as leader of the house, will be taking forward the decision of this house following a debate to take place in the other place as soon as one can be arranged. I too want to make clear my thanks to everyone who signed the amendments, for such an excellent debate. It was well tempered, people made their point and now we have made decisions not quite the Snps Pete Wishart did not join the congratulations, he suggested in wednesdays debate that the palace of westminster should be turned over to become a tourist attraction. Is question time, he talked of this crumbling house which provoked this response from the commons leader. This house is not crumbling, the infrastructure within it is the problem. The house, as he will see, is beautiful and is not crumbling. It is vital that the decanter is as short as possible and that all agreed, and i personally believe that they should work triple shifts and not do what builders traditionally do and stay as long as possible. Isnt my right honourable friends opinion that when we set this up, the expulsion body should have mps and peers only voting so that we get a on this . So, i would like to pay tribute to my honourable friend because he has been a passionate advocate for the restoration and renewal of this place and im sorry because he will no doubt be disappointed by yesterdays decision because while it does confirm action, it is not action along the lines that he would wish to see and i am very sympathetic to his personal view that in staying in this place, we could actually do the job more efficiently and effectively. I am very sympathetic. Indirect response to his question about how the sponsor to his question about how the sponsor body will be set up, it will have a majority of parliamentarians and their role will be to reflect the views, the range of views, across both houses on precisely what the Delivery Authority should be tasked with delivering. Now that the houses may be in principle decision about what we are going to do about restoration and renewal, can i ask the leader of the house to get together with her ministerial colleagues to put together a parliamentary skills strategy . Because we are going to need thousands of people working on this building who will need to, we will need High Tech Engineering skills and craft trades skills, which presently are not available in this country. This is an opportunity for every single constituency in the land have apprenticeships working he won the building. The leader of the house. Yes, well, first i would like to congratulate the honourable gentleman for his tenacity and also, i would like to congratulate his honourable friend, the chairman of the public accounts committee, for succeeding in her motion yesterday. Lam succeeding in her motion yesterday. I am delighted that the house voted to take action. There are huge opportunities, he rightly points out, already been fulfilled in some cases. As he will know, the repairs to the cast iron roof are being carried out in the united kingdom. There will be lots of opportunities the new apprenticeships and i can absolutely assure him that as leader of the commons i will be taking every opportunity to create jobs for young uk people. Andrea leadsom. A senior conservative has criticised the sale of the British Embassy in thailand, the Foreign Office sold the property on the outskirts of bangkok for £a20 million. The money will be used to modernise other embassies around the world. The chairman of the committee made the announcement while answering questions on his latest report. We must redouble our efforts with our European Partners but surely this cannot come at the expense of manpower or money being siphoned away from other parts of the world. Does the chair of the select committee share my concern is that the Foreign Office does not have enough resources to put the investment we going to need europe . I share absolutely my honourable friends concerns, and he will be aware that the recent concern about the embassy in thailand sale of the embassy in thailand sale of the embassy in thailand sale of the embassy in thailand which raised an awful lot of money to address some of the holes in the Capital Spending of the Foreign Office will inherently have diminished in some way our presence because these symbolic rulings, these iconic places, they are essential to getting people through the door and of course, what is that purpose of a Democratic Mission but to get people into talk to us . And so these palaces may look glorious and indeed none more so than our embassy in paris, the work of our ambassador, the right honourable lord llewelyn is putting into that building, not into the bricks and mortar but into it as into the bricks and mortar but into itasa into the bricks and mortar but into it as a living body, as an embodiment indeed of reckoning powers, is essential to making sure that a network is increased. Our riches augmented and indeed that our economy is promoted, and that is only possible when the resource it correctly. While applying, the minister said he would draw the departments attention to what had been said and the Foreign Office would give full remarks once the report had been introduced. In the house of lords, he is claimed that more than half of all dentists claim to leave the nhs in the next five yea rs to leave the nhs in the next five years and that many poor children do not go to have their teeth checked. There were also calls for fluoride to be added to order to help combat tooth decay. A labour peer set out the scale of the problem. Dental ca re the scale of the problem. Dental care in england is in crisis, charities now provide Emergency Dental care. One quarter of all five year olds now have tooth decay, more than half of all dentists is planned to leave the nhs within five yea rs, planned to leave the nhs within five years, and Government Spending has fallen by more than 178 million, meaning that patients pay more and more. The minister said that the government is increasing access to dentistry and an reforming the current dental contract. Im afraid ido current dental contract. Im afraid i do not recognise the picture that the noble lady has painted. It is true that more than half of dentists are considering leaving the nhs, and that figure is not enough. It has been going up and i should also point out that there are more dentists practising dentistry in the nhs than ever. Will the raid be added into the water supply . This has been agreed by the department that not all water authorities are prepared to take this step. In the last decade, dentists average earnings have gone down by a third in real terms. This is of great concern to dentists who do not receive any government funding and have the cover all costs, equipment, staffing and training, unlike medical general practitioners. I declare my lords, my interest as Vice President , with the british fluoridation society. We had talked about fluoridation a lot in this house recently, my noble friend knows that position, which is that it is up to local areas to come forward with proposals. On this particular issue about dentists, of course those dentists are doing at fantasticjob in the nhs. We have more than ever, i would like to point out the 1 that has applied. That is because of the fiscal retrenchment that it had to take place in this country, but no longer applies and we are waiting for the dental review bodies to report on the arranged teacher payments for dentists. Is the minister aware that a1. 5 of children have not visited the dentist for the year up to 2017 . And that many of these children are in the poorest communities of the country, many of which are now dependent, as the baroness has said on charity to dental care . What action will he take to ensure that all children have proper access to nhs dentistry wherever they live throughout the country . Yes, the noble lady is right. About 51 of children have seen the dentist in the last two years, of course that leaves 48 who have not. That is improving picture. The deal with the two issues, first there is the nhs programme which is targeted on 13 local authorities with the worst Oral Health Outcomes for children, the range is quite dramatic from one area to the next. They have also works to develop Better Dental Health for children. While staying in the lords, peers heard that more people were sleeping rough in england than at any time since 2010. Government figures show that nearly 5000 children were seen or estimated to be on the street on a single night last year. He is wanted to know who was to blame. The government has set a target of halving the number of rough sleepers by 2022, that would bring it down to the number that it inherited from the number that it inherited from the previous Labour Government in 2010. Whose fault is the doubling in the number of rough sleepers . Is a consequence of government policy on housing benefit and other cuts in social care and Mental Health provision . My lords, i am not really interested in a lot of that. The statistics were produced on a very different bases previously, that is one factor to be taken into account. Lam one factor to be taken into account. Iamon one factor to be taken into account. I am on record as saying before, my lords, as well, it is a very complex issue, problem across europe, with the exception of finland. We have an adviser from finland, the secretary of state has been over the finland to study what is happening there, so we can get to grips with what is a very serious problem across the country. It is also a problem, my lords, i have to say in wales and scotland, which last time i checked we re scotland, which last time i checked were not controlled by the conservative party. The housing minister also said the government has committed £1 billion to tackle the problem. And that is it from me for now. But do join the problem. And that is it from me for now. But dojoin me for a look back at the week in westminster on friday night at 11 p. M. For now, for me, goodbye. Hello once again. We should see a fairly quiet start to the day on friday, save for the south eastern side of england where we should have some showers, some potentially quite sharp. Winds coming in from the north and north west, not overly warm it has to be said. Showers coming to the western half of wales, down to the south west of england. Elsewhere, chilly start but as the day gets going, there should be plenty of sunshine abound. Showers in the east will tend to lose some of their intensity as we get on towards the afternoon. Saturday is very much about this weather front which is causing some problems at the moment because we are not quite sure how far east it is going to get during the course of the day. It is really quite important how far is to close because on its path flanked particularly, we may well see the conversion of rain in the snow. The far east will be essentially dry, but they will be a fair amount of rain and it really will not be the warmest of days. There will be. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. My name is mike embley. 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