Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Question number one, mr. Speaker. Prime minister . Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today marks the 12 members of the tragic terrorist attack on new yorks twin towers. Im sure the whole house will wish to join in sending our condolences to all those who are affected by this aborted attack including the families of the 67 british citizens who lost their lives. These terrorists seek to divide us but they dont understand their actions only make us more determined and more united in our resolve to defeat them. 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. Im sure the whole house will wish to associate himself with the Prime Ministers comments on this anniversary. We ar are haunted of its imagesy see. Millions needing a day, children dying. I thank the Prime Minister for his leadership at the g20. Will he now prepare a con
I have got one suggestion for more christmas cheer, thank you, Everybody Knows the shadow chancellor does a brilliant job of playing said at the Christmas Party every year. Here, here spent he doesnt actually job. Why not give everyone an early christmas present, make the arrangement permanent and give him the sack . Ritters report which came up with the idea of sensing and that is correct. The key, what we want to make sure is it the bank felt it can fail safely without taxpayers having to cough up the money to sort it out. That would be a major advance that our country would support. [laughter] mr. Speaker, the promise of welcome news this morning, the attorney generals application to crush the verdict was upheld by the high court. He will understand that this will involve the hillsborough family in a great deal of legal costs to make sure theyre properly represented. Will he agree to here is the proceeds will go directly to the hillsborough family. Can i join the right hon. Gentlema
Encouraging businesses. In solihull with the advantage of land rover a Company Powering ahead take you on many more employees and also investing heavily in apprenticeships. This morning [inaudible] can the Prime Minister tell the house did tell the house today with the government is doing to analyze the effect of rail service on the Mental Health of this country . As ive said many times i was happy to look at individual cases but the fact is we badly need to have welfare reform in this country. This system was completely out of control. Housing benefit was out of control. Dla have gone up by a third over the last 10 years. We need reform. Its no good the shadow chancellor gesticulating. Is now in favor apparently of welfare reform. Com is he opposed all 86 building of the reforms we have made. Mr. Neil carmichael. Thank you very much, mr. Speaker but Engineering Work financed by this government is under way to redouble the line between stroud and this is fantastic news and does the Pri
And stand back and say were going to do fog about it. What britain should be doing is fighting for the changes we want so then we can ask for the consent of the british people to settle this issue once and for all. Order. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Can the Prime Minister tell the house what the government is doing to keep pensioners warm in this cold weather, and will he join me in congratulating the Suffolk Foundation for the success, for the Great Success of their surviving [inaudible] what this government has done is, first of all,tive the biggest give the biggest increase in the state pension of five pounds, 30 last year. Weve kept the cold weather payments at the high level, and were replacing the warm front scheme, and while that helps Something Like 80,000 houses a year, the eco could help up to 230,000 houses a year. That is what were doing, and its a record we should be proud of. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The Prime Minister should know that the ons have recently released figures th
Public a strong voice in the nhs. His former Health Secretary said he would have since of the nhs. Why then [inaudible] rejected by the government last night . We do want to see patients have a stronger voice in the nhs and we are about to debate i think at some length some terms of the staff how that is done. I think one of the most important ways is going to be making sure that the mandates of the nhs Commission Board has at its heart quality nursing, or day care, and the voice of patients. We also need to look at how health watch is going to work to make sure it is truly independent and we have to understand that some of the ways we have tried to empower patients in the past and the report were about to discuss goes into this in some detail, some of the ways always with good intentions from governments on both sides of the house to give patients a better voice, we have to listen to what friends says when he says it hasnt worked. With more women in work than ever before, with more me