Transcripts For CSPAN British House Of Commons 20130916

Affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences and offering complete gaveltogavel coverage of the u. S. House all as a Public Service of private industry. We are cspan, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Now, you can watch us in hd. Next, David Harriman David Cameron addressing the house of commons. In his remarks this past week, he acknowledge the inventor the anniversary of 9 11 and talked about the topic that syria, the british economy and youth unemployment. Questions to the Prime Minister. Question number one. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Today marks the 12th anniversary of the tragic terrorist attack on new yorks twin towers. I am sure the whole house wishes to join me in sending condolences to all those affected by this attack including the families of the 67 british citizens who lost their lives. These terrorist seek to divide us but they do not understand their actions only make us more determined and more united in our resolve to defeat them. Mr. Speaker, i had meetings with others in addition to my duties, i will have more today. Annette brooks. I am sure the whole house will wish to associate themselves with the Prime Ministers comments on this anniversary. We are haunted by images from syria. Millions of people needing aid, children guiding. I think the Prime Minister for his leadership at the d g20. Will he now prepare a concrete ton of what steps to take Gain International support prior to the United Nations General Assembly later this month . I think the lady is absolutely right to raise this issue. Syria becomes a refugee a syrian becomes a refugee every 15 seconds. There are millions of people in need of assistance. The u. N. Appeal is only 44 subscribed. There is a shortage of money. We have a plan. Between now and the assembly, to encourage other countries to come forward with money and also to back up amos and her campaign. That means including priority humanitarian routes into the country, cutting bureaucracy and humanitarian pauses in the conflict so it can get through. She will have our backing and supporting that. At no event. Liband. D mil i join the Prime Minister. The mindless cruelty of that attack must never be forgotten. Today, our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who died. Mr. Speaker, todays unemployment recognize the concern that unemployment is still rising among young people and is close to one million. Many people who have been working parttime cant find a fulltime job. Can i think the gentleman for what he said about this anniversary of those events in new york . Can i also thank him for the welcome to the fall in on a lemon . Of course it is welcome when unemployment falls, but we have a long way to go. We are turning a corner but we need to build this recovery. We have to go on backing businesses. We have to deal with our debt. There must be absolutely no complacency as we do everything we can to make sure this recovery delivers for hard working people. Let me share with him the unemployment figures. It is good that employment is up another 80,000 this order. Unemployment is down 24,000. Lower thant is now at the general election. Jobsber of private sector that is now 1. 4 million. He is right to raise youth unemployment. We do need to do more to get young people back to work. In terms of the youth claimant count, it is done by 10,900, so there is some good news. We have to build on apprenticeships, work experience, you contracts, make sure children are learning the key fields at school and get those young people and to work. The chancellor went out and said you saved the economy. Total complacency and total hubris. At a time when even today, unemployment is rising and half of the country. In the east of england, the northeast, the northwest, the westwood midlands and scotland, speaker, if peoples Living Standards continue to fall, can the Prime Minister confirm the wages are lower than when he came to power . Out that the Party Opposite told us there would be no Growth Without plan b. We have growth. They told us unemployment would go up and not down. They told us the growth of private sector jobs would never make up for the loss of private sector jobs. They have been wrong on every single issue. Of course we need to do more to help with Living Standards but the only way you can help with Living Standards sustainably is putting growth in the economy. Interest rates and Mortgage Rates low. Cut taxes by raising personal allowance. Mr. Speaker, once again we hear from the Prime Minister total complacency. Midst of the slowest recovery in 100 years. Lets talk about his record. Can he tell us out of 39 months that he has been Prime Minister, how many months have prices been rising faster than wages and Living Standards following . E face a challenge like this government has taken people out of tax and cut income tax for 25 million working people. Disposable income went up last year. As i said right at the beginning, we have to build on this. We have to keep going with dealing with the deficit, helping businesses to employ people. He talks about policy. Let me remind him what the former chancellor said. The former chancellor said this, i am waiting to hear what we have got to say on the economy. That is the verdict of the former chancellor. We are all waiting to hear for a single constructive suggestion from the Party Opposite. The whole house and the country will have heard the Prime Minister unable to answer the question about let me give him the answer. The answer is that for 38 out of 39 months that he has been Prime Minister, Living Standards for working people have gone down, not up. Can you confirm that the only month when wages rose was when he handed out the millionaires tax cut and bonuses went up . 82 . It is difficult to know when he is finished. The truth is calm down. He completely bobbled it. Economy,is, in this business competence is up. Consumer confidence is up. Exports are up. When he was sitting in the treasury, there were four times higher. Under this government, the top rated tax will be higher than advised then he last is asterisk government. That is the truth of it. This government is making good amazing the mass he made in government. He cannot answer the question on Living Standards because he knows that the truth is people are worse off. Here is the reality. They want to give maximum support to millionaires or getting bonuses so they give him a tax cut. It is a different story for those who go to food banks. We know what this government thinks about those who go to food banks. Childrens secretary said the children the people who go to food banks only have themselves you remember this running. [inaudible] we would all like to hear, does the Prime Minister agree with the childrens secretary . Food bank use went up 10 times under labor. We dont have to take any lectures from them. While we are on the issue of complacency, real complacency is going back to tax and spend and borrowing through the roof. Real complacency is promising no more boom and bust. Real complacency is thinking you can win an election when i have no economic policy, no Foreign Policy and no leadership either. He promised us a blank sheet of paper three years in. We can agree he has delivered. Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister neither defended the childrens secretarys comments nor distances himself from it. The childrens secretary is an absolute disgrace. Mr. Speaker, lets see any of them try to live on 150 pounds a week. Then we will see what happens. We have one million young people out of work. Unemployment is up and half the country. Whilens of people fault billionaires get a tax cut. Education that is delivering the results we need in our education. Preschools, academy, rigor in our schools. I tell him, what a disgrace is, that is going down and caving into the trade users. We were promised this great big fight, this speech. He told them it would be raging bull. He gave us chicken run. I do, mr. Speaker. The government have been working hard to attract investment. These efforts could be undermined by further delays to the application by able u. K. Could i urge the Prime Minister to respond to requests from the leader of the council on to earlyene to ensure an determination before the december deadline . I have spoken to my honorable friend and his colleagues on a number of occasions about this very important investment. We all want to see them become a real magnet for investment. I am very happy to look at the issue that he has raised with me before. I am very happy to look at the issue of the Planning Commission with the response of the council. Ellen goodman. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The parents of the one million unemployed young people will think the Prime Minister is totally out of touch. This year, the number of young people with jobs has dropped by 77,000. The governments you contract has reached fewer than 1 10 of the people it was supposed to help. Doesnt the Prime Minister understand that not everybody likes their first job , she the honorable lady should welcome the fact that the number of young people who are claiming out of work benefits has fallen by 10,000 this month. That is what is happening. 100,000 young people accessing work experience, many of them getting off work. It is 20 times more Cost Effective than the future jobs fund that he supported. That is what is happening. There is no complacency. More needs to be done to get young people into work. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The cps chose not to proceed and prosecute doctors in britain. Does the Prime Minister agree that this is very uncomfortable the act is almost obsolete. The female fetus in the womb today is more vulnerable than she was last week. My friend is absolutely right to raise this. Lets be clear that abortions on the basis of a childs sex are wrong and illegal in our country. Be commended for the campaign they have done to highlight this important case. In our country, we do have independent prosecuting authorities. It is important that they look at the evidence and make a decision on the basis of likelihood of getting a conviction and the Public Interest in making a case and taking it to court. I share her concern about what we have read and what has happened. Percussion auction should be considered as well. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I joined the walk on wheels Army Veterans on the tour of wales. It is a Charity Campaign to raise awareness for comrades suffering mental illness. Can the Prime Minister assure the house that he has redoubled his efforts to ensure that the nhs has access to army records so we can get the best possible service and treatment to our brave comrades . Will he join me in congratulating walk on wales . I certainly congratulate them for their work and commend him for his efforts in his own constituency. It is important that we put money into Veterans Charities as we are doing using funds to support many courses causes. It is very important that the National Health service respond properly to these demands. The particular points about army records he is right about that issue. Thank you, mr. Speaker. After years of decline, manufacturing is now leading this country out of the financial mess left by the previous government. [inaudible] can i come clement my friend cant lament my friend himliment my friend and ask to continue to support our manufacturing bid . I certainly joined the honorable gentleman. He is right to say that the news on manufacturing is good. As all 13 of the manufacturing sectors have increased, that is the first time this has happened since 1992. The Party Opposite doesnt like hearing this good news, including the good news about the announcement of new jobs this week. Lets make sure we make this a sustainable recovery that works for hardworking people. While so many people struggle, business is up millions of pounds. Lowery bonuses are 86 than when she was supporting the last government. Let me just point out. I follow these things very closely. She tweeted this morning that she had a question to the Prime Minister and she asked for suggestions. The first suggestion came back with this. How happy are you that the leader of the labour party will still be in place come next election . [laughter] [inaudible] why reject that advice . Today we learned that under this government, three times as many jobs have been created in the private sector as have been lost in the Public Sector. Does the Prime Minister believe that this is a complete fantasy . I think the honorable lady makes a very important point. What we have seen is the growth of private sector jobs far out stripping, by more than three times in some cases, the decline in Public Sector jobs. This was one of the predictions made by the Party Opposite. They said it was a fantasy. They said there would be no Growth Without plan b. They predicted rises in unemployment. They have been wrong on every Major Economic judgment. I am grateful, mr. Speaker. Many constituents people are concerned about wages and prices. When prices outstripped wages is it not the case that working people are poorer than when he came to government . The point is this. When prices outstripped wages, it is important to cut peoples taxes. That is what we have done by delivering a tax cut to 25 million working people. Lifting the personal allowance, giving people a tax cut. We have only been able to do that because we have taken tough decisions on spending, tough decisions on welfare, tough decisions on the deficit. Decisions that he has wrongly rejected. When the Party Opposite left government, there were 700 young people in my constituency out of work. Today there are just 585. [inaudible] will the Prime Minister meet with me to discuss how government can help with the Infrastructure Improvements that will end the scourge of youth unemployment that we inherited from the last government . Importantnd makes an point. We have more work to do to get young people into work. Overall, 1. 4 million more people employed in the private sector, record level in our history of women in employment, the number of people in work almost up i am million since election. Million since election. We are heading in the right direction. We have to keep working to help businesses take people on. Mr. Speaker, can the Prime Minister tell us why people with Mental Illnesses are being kept in police cells . We are making efforts to try to bring that to an end by better working between the nhs and the police. This has been a longstanding problem under governments of all colors for a long time. We are having those discussions to make progress. In may 2010,r, youth unemployment was at 7. 4 . 3. 8 . T stands at on the 27th of september, i am hoping holding a jobs fair. Though the job to the prime all neverhinkhat scan help us turn the corner for this bill . I congratulate businesses and the gentleman for helping to encourage this private sector recovery. We are also seeing the number of young not in education implement and training, that number is added lowest for a decade. There is no complacency. There is more work to be done to make sure this recovery delivers for people who work hard and do the right thing. In april last year, i ask the promised her about the thousands of people in food banks. His reply showed shocking complacency. His reply today suggests that he hasnt learned anything. Will he answer the question, does he think that the. 5 Million People visiting food banks now simply need to manage their finances better or will he admit that they cant afford to feed their families because of his government . The point i would make is that we should work with and thank the food Bank Movement for the excellent work that they do. We should recognize that the use of food banks went up 10 times under labor. One of the reasons it has increased is because we took what her party put in place. They were preventing people from referring people to food banks. This government is doing the right thing rather than just what looks good. Mr. Speaker, may i ask the Prime Minister if National Standards for sales and marketing practice in this country are Strong Enough to protect against false advertising . Yesterday, a man advertised himself as made of steel only to collapse entirely within seconds. I think my friend makes a good point. I admire everything that happens in dorsey. I think they need to look at their trading standards because he folded faster than a deck chair. [inaudible] the chancellor blames the eurozone crisis for problems in u. K. Unemployment. Will the Prime Minister finally take responsibility for the Living Standards in this country . As i have said many times, times are tough because we are recovering from the calamitous situation left by the Party Opposite. If he wants to make comparisons with euro zone countries, he will see that we have a much lower on employment rate than any of them. There are no european country that posed a record of 1. 4 million new private sector jobs. The best way to help peoples Living Standards is to help them into work. I thought the labour party would understand that. The tuc voted for coordinated strike action is on him. Does the Prime Minister think this would have an effect on our economy . I think the document produced sponsors andwhich controls so many of the members opposite is frankly a very frightening document. It is trade Union Leaders that are doing this. They want to damage our country. They want to damage our economy. They are playing politics with our future. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Burton was a bright 19yearold with everything to live for. His only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two months on from his brutal murder in crete, the only contact the greek authorities have had with his family is to send home the clothes he was wearing that night in the post. Will the Prime Minister meet with me and his grieving mother to see how we can get justice . I am happy to all that meeting. It is really important that we do everything we can to help families that are put in this position. To be fair, they do extremely well. They try to go the extra mile. They work very hard. Where thingses dont work out in the way that they should and we struggle to get answers from other countries about their justice systems and what is happening. I him i am happy to will the meeting you are talking about. Tragically, and infant school, one of the largest burns down a few days ago. Would the Prime Minister join me in thanking the ethics counsel for their speed with which with a with which they found alternative comic is accommodations for the children . I certainly join them. This sound like a tragic event and it comes on top of the fact that Everybody Knows we need to provide more Primary School placement. I commend them for quick action. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Prime minister, since the government took office, the u. K. Has suffered the secondbiggest fall in wages in any of the g 20 countries. What do you think this is evidence of . As i have said several times, if we wentn time to see Living Standards recover properly, there is only one stable way to make that happen. A growing economy keeping on top of inflation, making sure Mortgage Rates are kept low and cutting peoples taxes by raising the personal allowance. That is how you help households with disposable income. And haveten to labor more spending, more borrowing, more debt, the first ring that will go up will be Interest Rates and Mortgage Rates. For all the talk of the cost that families face, the increase in Mortgage Rates would wipe out all of the hard work that we have done. The shadow chancellor says, wait. We are waiting for one single testable suggestion from a party who has it come principally wrong. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Pleased may i thank them for their Rapid Response in this matter and all the extra funding that would place their way . Would he join me in encouraging all businesses that trade garments in the u. K. To ensure they are ethically traded and make sure that other people are not exploited . First of all, can i congratulate the lady for the work that she does to further relations between britain and bangladesh. I think she is absolutely right to draw attention to the appalling industrial accident. Encourage companies to check their supply chains and to check where their produce is coming from. It is an important point that she makes. I wish her well with the work she is doing with bangladesh. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Does the Prime Minister think that a in a has anything to do with the fact that he has cut over 5000 nurses since the general election . Is that since the election, we have protected Health Spending and we are putting an extra 12. 7 billion pounds into it. The number of clinical staff including doctors in our hospitals has gone up. The number of managers has gone down. Under labor, things were heading in a different direction