Scotland will vote on whether to be independent or stay with the United Kingdom. This is about 50 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hilton glasgow. Please help me welcome mr. John howie, the chairman of cbi. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, a very warm welcome to the cbi annual dinner. Im pleased to welcome the right honorable David Cameron. This years dinner is taking place exactly three weeks before scotland goes to the polls to make the biggest constitutional decision in its history. Naturally, this is in the some bearing of the format of tonights dinner. I hope obama the truck from your enjoyment. The Prime Minister has kindly offered to answer some questions from the floor so he is going to sing for his supper. The independence referendum will be a subject of debate at most of the tables this evening and most of our guest speakers. Im a very personal perspective, i remain convinced that a great number of people in scotland will be going to polling stations being told untrue facts. I understand the designers behind the statements but we all know the reality seems to be somewhat different. As in the business world, there can be no certainties. Accusations that they have been very negative and scaremongering. As Business People, we make investments and other critical decisions based on our ability to balance the known opportunity with the available risks and mitigated options. All these plans will make any decision whether it is an acquisition or infrastructure. The rest of the uncertainty surrounding independence appeared to be relatively clear but we should not accept everything we find as mitigation that everything will be better as a definition of the opportunity. I think we will get public clarity that we have raised before going to the polls. It is yet to see that this will have any impact. We have the right to vote. A letter published yesterday by 130 prominent scottish Business Leaders should prove that they think the economy can only grow through the creation of private sector jobs. They will see whether we are pursuing independence. Cbi scotland will continue to have a role to make sure that the voice of the Scottish Business Community is heard. We are seeing increasing evidence that the u. K. Economies rebounding strongly without the inflation we may have expected. We are seeing more growth from consumer spending, however. Although the recession took its toll and a number of key sectors, its a testimony to the resilience and determination of his misses that we have been able to weather the storm more effective than many of our international partners. My discussions with many of our members in scotland, i get the feeling that theyre looking to exploit new opportunities as they arise. I think many sectors and Companies Continue to struggle with access to finance and the challenge of retaining key staff. We know that overall wage growth is still lagging behind inflation. Any additional growth in this area is backed by productivity. Finally, our members are looking to seek our help, guidance, and support and i have no doubt that cbi scotland remains ready to meet the challenge. Its been my great religion to be the chairman of cbi scotland for the last year. Thank you. [applause] it now gives me great pleasure to introduce the president of the cbi. I cannot see how he fits in all of these commitments in. He is the deputy chairman of barclays. Mcgrawhill financial, and a member of the Prime Ministers business of visor a group. Is also Vice President of governors of wellington college, the homely festival, a member of the board of the Transatlantic Business Council for the trustee of prince of Wales Charity foundation. Senior adviser at chatham house, member of the International Baccalaureate advisory group, and Global Advisory for the Oxford University center for corporate reputation. Breathe. Is also a fellow at Pembroke College cambridge and the a patron of the science museum. I think ive lost a page. [laughter] i probably means its time for me to be quiet and introduce sir michael rake. [applause] i would rather not be reminded of all of those things because it makes me feel dizzy. Good evening. Thank you very much for your introduction. Thank you for your hard work, andrew colette, and the cbi Scotland Team arranging this annual budget dinner. I would also really like to say a special thank you to ian mcmillan, director of cbi scotland due shortly to retire. You should have a very happy retirement. Thank you very much for everything you have done for cbi and scotland especially during the last few months were the political debate has become increasingly intense. [applause] and delighted to welcome the Prime MinisterDavid Cameron here tonight. Its a great leisure to have you here, Prime Minister. Glasgow has until recently has been teeming with people from every corner of the commonwealth. Not unlike the 19th century when glasgow was heralded as the second city of the british empire. It has been one of the most recent art dust devils in edinburgh. Now the eyes are on scotland for the final decision you have to make on september 18. Your friends and allies all the way around the world in europe and beyond hope you make the right decision. Turning briefly to the u. K. Economy, im really pleased with the predictions from last year that the u. K. Had finally decided to shake off the economic gloom have room to correct. The Coalition Government should be commended for sticking to the painful but essential program of deficit reduction. Allow me to begin with a few words of the unmistakable good news about the state of the nations economy. We have finally found our way back to the kind of Economic Growth figures we were seeing precrisis. October output is now greater than it was in 2008. Gdp grew by 1. 7 and we forecast 3 for this year. Confidence is rising. The level of investment is increasing. The labor market is growing strongly and output across most sectors is up. Scotlands economy is also showing welcome signs of growth. Employment figures remain strong particularly in the private sector and output on Scotland Services sector is also increasing. Yet, there are significant economic challenges for the whole of the u. K. Which threaten to undermine our progress. We still have one of the largest budgetary deficits in the oecd. Targets have not been met and the appreciation of sterling is beginning to cause concern to exporters and investors. Despite the strengthening recovery, our levels of productivity remain below prerecession levels. Drunk or regrowth and productivity requires environment and culture which we significantly improved the skills and employability of our workforce. Emigration also has to be an important part of the solution for both our skill shortages in future demographic trends. Investment is also key to productivity growth but is being hampered by a number of uncertainties. Air is the troubling rise in geopolitical tensions in syria, iraq, gaza, ukraine among others which feed on uncertainty in the markets but our influence is limited. Here at home, however, there are fiscal uncertainties over which we have greater capacity for influence. As the chancellor said at the cbi annual dinner earlier this year, one of the greatest risks is opportunistic Party Political advantage at the expense of putting the National Interest first. Ill considered policy statements either from the populist right where the statist left continue to generate uncertainty. Real concern about received antieu or antibusiness agendas is weakening our ability to produce better paid jobs and prosperity through investment whether domestic or foreign. Major political events like the referendum three weeks from today, the general election next year, Scottish Parliamentary election in 2016, and a possible Eu Referendum in 2017 also contribute their own specific share of uncertainties. I would like to focus on the most eminent of these first and then talk about the wider u. K. And europe. The decision on scotlands future is one for the scottish voters. Cbi has the right and the duty to raise questions about the referendum and issues of legitimate interest for businesses for employees and u. K. Citizens generally. Our views are based only on hard economic facts. Cbi does not see any evidence for the position that independence would be economically beneficial for scotland or the rest of the u. K. Indeed, to the contrary. It is and will continue to create real uncertainty which could prejudice against scotland in the United Kingdom. When i became president , my first speech was delivered to you at this dinner last year and i have a deeply held conviction about the u. K. In the firm belief we are and always have been greater than the sum of our parts in the union that binds us together makes us the kind of country others aspire to be. That we share a mature and highly integrated economy. We talk the same language. We respect each others cultures. We abide by the same rules, standards, and principles. We are stronger for all of these reasons. The questions we have raised our nothing about whether scotland would be able to survive without the United Kingdom. The issue is will it prosper . The issue of the yes vote is enormous. After more than three centuries of working together we have established Significant Interest on which businesses and consumers rely. The labor market in the freedom of movement of our citizens, goods and Services Like finance, energy independence, thriving by being part of the internal market 60 Million Consumers as well as being linked to a network of regulations, investments, and support. We should have no fear of drawing strength to what is achievable as one state. We are currently outranking the rest of the worlds Major Economies and scotland is a contributor but also a beneficiary of that success. By being in the u. K. , scotland also benefits from our shared public institutions, the nhs, the bbc, the armed forces, job center plus. There are over 200 bodies in all. There is a profound difference between how we share them now and sharing them within a neighboring but separate nationstate. Nothing can be taken for granted and there are no guarantees. The Currency Union is an example. The liability and exposure of lack of control such a union would levy on the european taxpayer makes it an obvious nonnegotiable position for the u. K. Government. All of the major local parties and westminster have made it clear that sharing the pound will not happen. That is why we wanted to see what the Scottish Government alternative land would be. The absence of certainty for such a fundamental component of a commercial environment makes it extremely difficult for businesses to plan. This leads me onto questions around eu membership. It is already clear that as a new state, scotland would have to leave and then reapply to join the eu. It would have to negotiate terms of membership which would require the agreement from all 28 member states. To achieve these may well mean considering, if not signing up, for the euro which would in turn create a border between england and scotland, and northern ireland, hampering trade between countries. The question is whether all of this negotiation would match the favorable terms already established by the u. K. However, it is clear that scottish voters would like things to be done differently. That is true for voters in many parts of the United Kingdom and politicians of all parties have expressed a willingness to respond. Decisions which affect our citizenship matter enormously and questions around how, who, and when those decisions are made on only drum the pace of change year but carry over to the u. K. Role in the eu. Business is in no doubt that we must remain and secure our countrys Global Future. Open markets are an essential part of an open economy. If we are isolated, we cannot be at our best. It is absolutely necessary to make the most of our National Strength to influence abroad. The jobs and growth we need depend on our external relationships and our membership in the european Single Market is most crucial. 45 of our exports currently go to the eu. Compare that the 6. 9 then go to the others and you do not have to be a mathematical genius to see why europe remains so important whilst offering opportunities more broadly. We except that calling a referendum on eu membership is an issue for the government. Ambiguity has already and is increasingly causing real concern for businesses regarding future investment plans. Of course, the eu is not perfect. The cbi Global Future report november last year looks seriously at other options to membership and concludes unequivocably that we are best served by remaining in the eu and seeking reforms which ban our collective prosperity. We must be constructively engaged with realistic targets and timetables so the reform, like our union here, the advantages of the eu far outweigh the disadvantages. We dont want a special deal to satisfy our measures but we do want europe to become a more efficient place to do business. More lisbon agenda than lisbon treaty. For europe to be more open and more competitive creating the jobs that are so badly needed right across the European Union. Actually, we have many allies in europe who share these ideals. For most of the business organizations liken the cbi to many successful governments. We have to constantly improve and shrugged off things that stifle our competitive determination. With the new commission and parliament theres a window of opportunity in which to establish the Building Blocks for reform. We need others to be building helpful alliances in the european corridors of power. They are of no use unless they reinforced the resolve to drive together towards prosperity and a Better Future for our citizens. My intention this evening is to look into the political and economic relations we share with each other to reiterate a much there is still to achieve and how much more likely we are to succeed if we minimize uncertainty and maximize our collective strength. Understanding the scale of what lies ahead and balancing the challenges we face with the sort of country we all want to live in demands strong and pragmatic leadership from our politicians and very strong support from us in the business community. I open by reflecting on the Commonwealth Games and i will close with them, too. They have acted for a great metaphor for the times in which we find ourselves. We cannot live unaffected by other people cut off by those with whom we are historically bound. Healthy levels of competition between nations striving for preeminence among them creates a diamond is him which forces us to share, develop, and harmonize our ideas. Our great advantage is we do these things coherently and with a dedication united, national, and international purpose. This is how the business creates richmond in every sense of what we are trying to achieve. And ever improving more pioneering society which plays to its strengths and does not leave anyone behind. In three weeks time, a yes vote based on many so many substantial questions unanswered will be a binary decision. A oneway ticket to uncertainty with no return and the likelihood of significant economic uncertainty. One of the things that really does unite the United Kingdom and for which we are widely admired around the world is the strong sense of common sense, realism. That is why i strongly believe that we will remain a United Kingdom within a reformed European Union focusing on what is important, growth, jobs and prosperity for everyone in society. Thank you. [applause] thank you, mike. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our guest this evening, the great honorable David Cameron. He became Prime Minister in may 2010 leading the conservative in democrat Coalition Government and he has been a conservative mp in 2001. He studied at oxford with a firstclass degree in politics, philosophy, economics. One of his tutors described him as one of the ablest students he never taught. Before being elected as an mp, he worked for the conservative Party Research department and was a special advisor to then chancellor of the exchequer and lastly to the secretary. And parliament, he has held a number of his visions on the opposition front bench including leader of the house of commons, head of policy coordination in the runup to the 2000 five general election. He was also a member of the influential house of comments first select committee on 2001 to 2003. He was shot of secretary of state for Education Skills and with a mandate to change and modernize the party, he was elected leader of the conservative party in december 2005. When he became Prime Minister in 2010, he became the youngest and 198 years. That being said, i suspect the pressures of the job make you feel much older much quicker. Away from the world of politics, he spent seven years in communication where he served as a managing director. They live in london and you can see he is the anatomy of a british Prime Minister with scottish and welsh blood. Prime minister. [applause] john, thank you very much for that introduction. I feel rather like the peer who said, having heard myself introduced, i cannot wait to hear myself speak. Its a pleasure to be back in glasgow tonight. The memory of the fabulous Commonwealth Games looms very large for me. It was a fortnight where glasgow showed its very best side to the world and it was a wonderful advancement for scotland, the United Kingdom. We have are all favorite moments for those games whether it was the brilliant win by lindsey and the incredible emotional interview afterwards. Whether it was the two yorkshireman, the brothers, who just seemed to go on and on and when everything. Whether it was the wonderful, young teenager from shetland winning in the pool and her first games. It was an incredible experience to watch and enjoy. My favorite moment links to what we are talking about tonight was sitting in the Opening Ceremony and celtic park in seeing each of the home nation teams come into that brilliant stadium and be cheered through the echo by the home crowd. To me, it shows what a family of nations are United Kingdom is. Tonight, i want to talk about how i hope we keep that family together. Thank you, john, for your introduction. Thank you, mike rake, for that speech. Thank you to ian mcmillan for two decades championing scottish business. Cbi scotland does have a reputation for putting great people at its helm. I know this because i have recently picked one of them, your former chair, and she will be a fantastic representative for scotland and business in the parliament. Many congratulations on that appointment. There is just three weeks until the voters go to the polls. As has been said, the balance is being cast already to determine scotlands future a future in the u. K. Or outside the u k a future where we strengthen our common ties were where we sever them forever. We have just three weeks to make the case that we are better off together as one United Kingdom. I believe we are joined by more than just a landmass. Our family of nations is an intricate tapestry of millions of relationships woven tightly over more than three centuries. We are inextricably linked by history, backed by family, values, and trade. Thats what i want to talk about today, the Business Case for scotland in the United Kingdom. Something that really matters to every man, woman, and child in our country. We should remember it was Economic Opportunities that brought our nations together in 1707, the greatest merger in history. Three centuries on, our union and prosperity are still closely tied. I believe Business People get this. In this years British Chamber survey, an overwhelming 85 said they wanted scotland to stay inside the United Kingdom. That was echoed by the powerful mentioned by some of scotlands most iconic businesses. Together, weve got just three weeks left to make this economic case to talk about some of the great advantages of our union. Opportunity, certainty, solidarity, and scale. We talked about how those will be put at risk if scotland were to follow alex salmond into the great unknown. I will talk about why i believe we need to Stay Together and build on those advantages. Our economies first great advantages opportunity. It comes with domestic markets with 60 Million People in nearly 5 million businesses. This is one of the oldest and most successful Single Markets anywhere in the world, and market in which salmon served in belfast, whiskey from the distilleries stepped in the pubs of london, energy from the hills of don freese powers homes in cardiff. Trade helps to promote over one million scottish jobs. 90 of scottish financial customers are in england, wales, and northern ireland. Then there is the games technology, lifesaving biomedicine, all selling far more outside scotland and inside. That success does not happen by accident. It comes from being a part of something bigger, a large domestic market underpinned by common currency, common taxes, common rules, common regulations with no borders, no restrictions on the flow of goods, investment, or people. Hours really is an economy of opportunity. If we look at some of the start of businesses making waves around the world, take the renewables firm based in aberdeen but its investors are from birmingham. Outplayed based in dundee and funded by investors in oxford. They may be located in silicon glen but they are backed by the rest of the u. K. And today they are summing across the world. Ours is an economy from one nation to the next like the entrepreneur williams who took sky scanner from london to edinburgh and made it the fastestgrowing online air ticket site anywhere in the world. Scottish power does not just generate power for scotland but for wales, too. Look at the iconic scottish drink. It is made down in milton keyes as well. That is what an interconnected economy looks like, and economy of opportunity. If we pull that apart and we make foreigners of our neighbors, business could become tougher, trade could become more costly and complex, jobs could become harder to find. Our Single Market is one of our unions greatest advantages. If we Stay Together, scottish businesses have better opportunities. Scottish consumers have more choice. Scottish people have more secure jobs. Why put all of those great advantages at risk by going into the great unknown . Our second great advantage is certainty. Stability and predict ability. These are precious commodities in an unstable, competitive world. They are what investors, businesses, and families say they want almost more than anything else. Right up the heart of that certainty is knowing what money you will be using and what its worth. What is in your pay packet, the value of pension and savings, mortgage and rent. The things that make the wheels of trade and commerce turn depend upon the currency that we use. All evidence suggests that people in scotland value highly the stability and security of the United Kingdom pound backed by the strength of the bank of england. Everyone knows if you split up you do not go on sharing a bank account or credit card. Successful Currency Unions require political and economic unions as well. Alex salmond pretense he does not have just one plan b that he has three. Apparently they are like buses amid all come along right at the same time. The only problem is all of them seem to be going in the wrong direction and hes refusing to jump on any of them joining the euro, and independent scottish currency, also ruled out. Using the pound without the support of a central bank, rejected by his own experts. Three weeks until the vote on the most basic question what money people in an independent scotland would use, the proponents of separation apparently have no answer. Yet again the choice is clear. Stay together and retain the certainty of a single currency for the United Kingdom, one of our greatest advantages, or take a leap into the unknown with a man without a plan for scotland currently. Our third great advantages our common purpose, our solidarity, pooling risks across the country of over 60 Million People rather than 5 Million People. All nations and regions in the u. K. Lean on each other in the good times and the bad. Take patients in the u. K. , the cost of maintaining scottish or welsh pensions are shared right across the United Kingdom. Under separation, scottish taxpayers spending on pensions would rise by 1. 4 billion pounds. Take Financial Services, scotland Financial ServicesIndustry Worth over 12 times its gdp is surely more secure when rbs and the bank of scotland were in trouble we did not inc. Twice to have all 60 million taxpayers stepping in to help. Under separation, there will be no union to help out a bank in trouble and that could put peoples savings at risk. Take costs. Taxes are lower, spending is higher. Every scottish person would lose the dividend they get from the union of 1400 pounds. Now we have the new threat not to pay a fair share of debt. As this really been thought through . You dont for some and to underwrite your future debts by threatening not to honor your past debts. That is not what any responsible person would do. If you threaten not to pay your debt, people will not lend you money in the future without higher interest rates. What does that mean for scottish people . Higher interest rates, higher mortgage rates, and a real penalty of this uncertainty. In recent years, we have seen only too clearly how valuable our solidarity can be. The biggest deficits at the whole country from its switch newport, families were feeling it and businesses were reeling it and businesses were reeling from it. Together thanks to the hard work and determination of people right across the u. K. , we are coming back and we are coming back stronger. Whats more, in spite of the tough times we found almost 2 billion pounds extra for investment in scotland and towards the glasgow city deal. Scotland is part of the fastestgrowing major advanced economy with 150 7000 more people here in scotland in work since i became Prime Minister in 2010. 2. 2 Million People who have had an income tax cut and 42,000 fewer people out of work on job seeker allowance. We are not there yet, not by a long way, but our solidarity inside our United Kingdom remains a great advantage in good times and bad. It is the great unknown that will put that solidarity at risk. Our fourth and final great advantage is our scale. In a competitive, fast moving world with a rise of new economies in china, malaysia, brazil size matters. It should give scottish businesses and governments to fight for them around the globe. I would argue today you have the best of both worlds, the focus of the Scottish Government and the clout of the United Kingdom. We are a top six economy was one of the biggest Diplomatic Networks anywhere in the world. We are not closing those embassies. Britain is not retreating from the world. Take india. How many businesses here want to trade with india with the exciting Growth Opportunities in the future . The british diplomatic presence in india is a bigger than anyone elses in the world, bigger than america. That is some of the clout, some of the heft that the United Kingdom brings to scottish business. All of those embassies, u. K. Trade and investment, export finance, backing those industries and battling for britain, battling for scotland right around the world. Ive been to every g 20 country with a business delegation part from argentina i will get there eventually. Pretty much every meeting i have, i raised the importance of the scottish whiskey industry and so many more scottish products the sides. Its not just me selling scotland to the influence of the u. K. Is there in every constant. Go to new zealand and you can ride buses made here thanks to the finance. You can eat scottish grown potatoes thanks from support from u. K. Ti. For me, scottish business is all about ambition. Its in your blood to do well and to do even better. Supported by the u. K. , you could do just that punching above your weight with hundreds of agencies promoting thousands of scottish businesses to millions of people around the world. Our scale is a great, great advantage for scottish business is helping to you walk taller and shout louder. It is something we will only sustain if scotland chooses these great advantages over the great unknown. This is not just business for business sake. A scottish private sector with wings clipped, horizons narrowed, it would not just affect profits but people. It you Wealth Creators and innovators have emerged from the Great Recession and 60,000 more people working in the private sector since the election. I want you to continue benefiting from the great advantages making the most of what our opportunity, scale, solidarity, certainty have to offer you, your families, and your businesses. After all, it is this outward looking spirit that has served us so well in the past. It took David Livingstone to explore the depths of africa. What made him guide ships around the world. What inspired to build bridges, not barriers. What brought us together opening up the empire to scottish traders. That has always been the way. Demonstrating world beating ambition. I say in three weeks time, let us stay true to that. Let us choose openness rather than narrowness, great advantages rather than the great unknown. Let us Stay Together. Thank you. [applause] i know im keeping you from the meat but dont hold back. Theres a microphone should you need it. Hold on. If anyone else cannot hear it i will repeat it. [inaudible] how do you see scotland within that . Weve had a very difficult time with the Great Recession knocked our economy back. Businesses suffered. If we stick to our longterm plan, get the deficit down, taxes down, trade our young people and build the infrastructure we need i have no doubt we can be a Great Success story in the century. I was looking up figures in the past few days, and the last four days, the United Kingdom has created more net new jobs than the rest of the eu put together. This economy is starting to move again and i think if we take those longterm decisions and really switch our economy looking at the fast growth of our economy and focusing on or near neighborhood, i think we could be a Great Success story. As mike said, it will take probusiness, proenterprise policies. The only thing i disagree with mike about his of course i want to end uncertainty whether over the future of the United Kingdom or the future of the United Kingdom and the European Union. In modern politics, you want to trust people and take them with you. You cannot maintain these relationships without public support. I have a strategy when it comes to europe getting the changes that we need and holding a referendum in which i believe written should stay and a reformed European Union. I think thats the right answer. Where i would disagree is i dont think this strategy is disadvantaging in terms of investment. I see no evidence for that. I see nissan, toyota, honda moving massively into our car industry. I see chinese businesses investing all across britain. This outstrips anything happening in any other european country. Yes, of course, referendums create uncertainty because of decision has to be made. I think it is much better to have a Clear Strategy and i think britain can be a Great Success story. More questions . Lady here from table three. Prime minister, assuming there is a no vote, september 19 we will wake up to a brave new scotland where everyone is going to be getting together . What is to stop us from of the next government imposing another referendum . I dont take anything for granted. Three weeks to go and im passionate into keeping the case of keeping the u. K. Together as i hope i have demonstrated tonight. I hope that will be the result. Were that to be the result, there would be a certain amount of relief that this debate is finally over. That has divided families. It has divided people in the workplace, sometimes communities. There will be a certain relief that the decision is taken. Will everyone get on with each other afterwards . Im not willing to paint an overly rosy future. Its certainly clear the Major Political parties all believe in scottish evolution. More decisions made here in scotland not just covering health and education, law and order, the criminal justice as you do today but really Big Decisions about taxation as well which is already coming through the scotland act. But still being part of the kingdom and i think that process of delivering further evolution would help to bring people together after this campaign. Im absolutely convinced that nick clegg, ed miller band, and myself are utterly sincere in making this pledge. For myself, i hope people would recognize that before the last election, people asked me if i was sure i was committed to the cameron process. Am i sure if i would pacify became Prime Minister . Am i sure . There was and are sometimes is a bit of skepticism with the conservatives in scotland but i delivered on all of those. The scotland act was passed in changes have been made. In terms of showing respect, i got the people of scotland and the institutions of the Scottish Government respect. As for future governments, as you put it, imposing a referendum, what i would say is i faced a choice as Prime Minister. Scotland voted for a Scottish NationalParty Government that had a majority and i faced a choice in what is the right thing to do . The right thing to do is to respect people in scotland in grant the wish of the elected government for a referendum which we are posing. I took the decision backed by other Party Leaders to say the scottish people voted for a Scottish National party and that must be the referendum that a sikh. Im sure if i had taken a different decision and said you could not possibly have that referendum, i think i would have been making Alex Salmonds job a lot easier. That was not part of my desire. Last one, lady at table 15. Regardless of the yes or no situation, what has been absolutely fascinating has been the engagement in politics. I have a 15yearold niece and a 17yearold nephew, a 20yearold son, i witnessed them debating this yes or no. I was blown away and i was quite inspired, actually, that the young people are interested in politics. Across the u. K. , what are your plans for getting more people engaged . Youre absolutely right. I think there has been huge engagement. All signs of the turnout of this referendum will be well over 80 . Thats a really good thing. Im not one of these politicians that believes the way to get more people voting is to make it easier. Why dont we have email voting . Vote on a sunday or take three days, compulsory voting . They are all good ideas in their own way but they dont dance of the problem. The reason people dont vote as they dont think its going to make a difference. We politicians have to convince people that you can change things with the way that your vote. The referendum i think is selfevident. There is a very big choice facing scotland, the biggest choice of had to make in 300 years. Because of the big choice they are debating and arguing about the future of scotland. We need to do the same thing with the decisions that we take at the westminster elections. I would argue we made some very big choices back in 2010. We decided to confront the budget deficit and deal with the debt and deficit rather than put it off. We decided to become a more competitive country where we cut taxes, including business taxes. We decided to back enterprise. In england, we decided the radical reform of education was needed to train up and skill young people. These are changes linking directly to an election. Im passionate that elections and policy can change things but we need to do a better job getting things across. This is also by explaining that it matters. There are choices and decisions to be made. Im grateful very much for the warm welcome you have given me and listening to my speech. I think its probably time we all got on with our dinner. I give her the questions and above all, please spend the next three weeks whatever your view debating, arguing, talking including with the people you work with in your businesses. As the Prime Minister but also as someone whose name is cameron, whose grandmother was a llewellyn, whose family is scots. This is very personal. But weve brought together over these centuries of whether it was defeating hitler, nhs, or all of the things worth having we have achieved extraordinary and brilliant things. We better Stay Together to do even more in the future. Thank you. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] you can see it sunday night on cspan. Questions ands other British PublicAffairs Programs at any time. Next