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"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. wednesday and the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron answered questions from members on a range of issues. he addressed the u.k. contribution to the fight against ebola. national health service development, unemployment, and immigration reform. this is 40 minutes. >> as we are all proper and correct, we will move on to questions and answers. suchshall have further meetings later today. >> mr. andrew griffiths. 0 we should never take the advice of mr. putin. this week we have seen laid bare the extensive culture of mistreatment of the nhs in wales. does the prime minister agree time not onlyt is for a full, independent inquiry into the nhs but also an apology from the leader of the opposition for his party's recognition? >> my honorable friend makes an important point. in the nhs in wales, doctors, nurses, hospital staff are working around the clock to deliver care but they've been let down by the welsh politicians in cardiff who have cut the nhs. britishwhy it's the medical association and labour members of parliament to have been calling for a public inquiry and wales. even before that, what we should have is the oecd wants to carry out a comparative study to get the english nhs and the welsh nhs. i support them doing that. does the right honorable gentleman? >> edna labatt. -- ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, last week 16 leading health organizations representing doctors, nurses and patients warned the prime minister of health and social care services in england are now, and i quote, at breaking point and things cannot go on like this. why is that happening? [shouting] >> absolutely no answer to the question of whether there should be a proper inquiry into the welsh nhs. i will tell him what is happening in the english nhs for which this government is responsible. 1.3 million more outpatients being treated. 6.4 million more outpatients appointments. 2500 more nurses, a thousand more doctors, a record we can be proud of. why? because we invented in the nhs in england. they cut the nhs in wales. >> ed miliband. >> everyone can see what the prime minister's doing but after five years in office he can't defend his record on the nhs in england. every time he mentions wales we know he is running scared on the nhs in england. now, in england we have the highest waiting list or six years, the longest wait in a&e for 10 years. the cancer treatment target missile for the first time ever. millions of people can't get to see their gp. will he just admit the nhs in england is going backwards, isn't it? >> let's have an oecd inquiry. i support it. does he lacks. >> -- does he? >> ed miliband. for the very early stage far too much noise. the public art impress. let's try to operate up to a certain set up -- the session has be run on, the session will be run on. ed miliband. >> he doesn't realize he doesn't ask the question that i asked the questions at prime minister's questions. the whole country will have noticed he could not defend what is happening in the english national health service for which he is responsible. and why? four years ago he told us his top to reorganization would improve the nhs. now we know it's 3 billion pounds down the drain. we'll be now admit in public what he is saying in private? his top to reorganization has been a total disaster for the nhs. >> i'm not only happy to defend our record in the nhs with the extra spending, the extra doctor, the extra nurses, all the extra treatment, i want a comparison between the labour nhs in wales being cut, no targets met on cancer since 2008, on a indeed since 2008. i want a comparison. so i will allow the oecd to come in and look at the english health services. let me ask him again, will he let look at the failures in wales? >> ed miliband. >> no attempt even to answer the question, mr. speaker. instead of smearing the nhs in wales he should be saving the nhs and england, mr. speaker. now, the question people are asking is what will the nhs look like in the future? his own conservative chair of the health select committee says alessi changes course it does funding plan for nhs, there will be charges. what he's promised nothing more than inflation for the nhs. we show how we can raise 2.5 billion pounds a year over and above that. why doesn't he admit all he alle offers on nhs is fight for years of crisis? >> what we have seen is he is totally terrified of labour's failures in wales on the nhs. he will not answer the simplest of questions. now, let me tell them what is been happening over the last five years in the english nhs. let me tell them what his former labour adviser who worked with him in number 10 downing street who now runs nhs england, let's hear what he has to say about the nhs in england. he says this, over the past five years the nhs has been remarkably successful. we are treating millions more patience than five years ago. the nhs has become some 20 billion pounds more efficient, a world leading genomes program is harnessing the best of this countries medical expertise, and the global rankings have ranked us the highest performing health system of the leading industrialized nations. [shouting] this guy wasn't much more effective labour adviser than either of those two. [laughter] he's trading under tribble will quotes and he quoted one. let me quote him when. this shadow minister who i think sums it. we don't have a policy problem. we've got a massive ed miliband problem, and i think we've seen that in evidence today. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i have to say, i have to say i don't think he's in a position to give a master class in leadership. two mps have defected. nine of his 2010 mps standing down from and every day he is saying to his policy on europe. he didn't answer the question. one of the ways he could support the nhs is by funding one week after testing with a levy on the tobacco companies. why won't they let him do it? >> what we are doing is treating half a million more cancer patients every year than under labour. but let's see what was at the royal college of gps said about this policy? they said this, i promise will only serve to create a full expectation that cannot be met, like all his promises unraveling in one go. now mr. speaker, he spoke about leadership. he only had one difficult leadership decision to make this week, and that was to sack his shadow chancellor and the completely fronted. and it tells you the two things you need to know about labour. they do not have an economic plan and they don't have the leadership that can ever deal with an economic plan. [shouting] >> ed miliband. >> on his watch the deficit is going up by 10%. we have the worst cost-of-living crisis in a century. and he is in total denial of the national health service. the nhs is on the ballot paper in may because he is already at breaking point. ollie offers is five more years of crisis. he can't tax the tobacco companies but is lobbyists won't let them. he will tax expense of property because his donors won't let him. the british public no, you can't trust this prime minister on the nhs. and every day he proves them right. [shouting] >> i will tell them the figures that come out in the last fortnight. a record fall in unemployment. inflation down to a six-year low. the imf sing with the fastest growing economy of any g7 country. that is what's happening. what we can see from labour is failure and weakness, no economic plan, nothing to offer this country. as i put it last week, so but not up to the job of. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. having founded to small companies myself and knowing what it's like to employ people, with the prime minister commend the small businesses in my constituency who have done so much to reduce unemployment by 31% this year and to create 720 apprenticeships? >> well it is early to as my honorable friend says that the reduction in unemployment and we we're seeing that now in every region of the country and some very impressive figures as she says, a lot of that is coming about because small businesses feel more able to take people on. part of that is the help we've given small businesses, cutting small businesses great attacks and also to the national insurance rebate making sure every small business benefits by 2000 pounds. that is helping them to give confidence to get people worked. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a few months ago i raised with the prime minister the case of my former constituent who was in prison in pakistan, since i did that he is actually been shot in prison by security guards. his family would like him to return to this country under an agreement. what steps will prime minister take to achieve that? >> the honorable lady is right to raise this case. it is appalling the way this man hahas been treated and it's particularly appalling that as she says he was shot while in prison supposedly being protected by the pakistani authorities. we have raised this case and i raised this case personally with the pakistani, with the leaders of pakistan. we are looking at the case for prisoner transfer but they had to be suspended in recent years because pakistan released prisoners that we returned to them. so there is a problem there. we take this case very, very sicily under raising it every level in pakistan. >> mr. speaker, young people in my constituency want to know that they have the security of job opportunities when they need -- leave college. the number of young people didn't get to work went up by staggering 45% it will the prime minister join me in applauding the companies up and in the country of taken the opportunity under this government to great apprenticeships leading to see this fall and youth unemployment since records began? >> my right honorable friend is right. in her constituency the youth claimant count is down right over 50%. in terms of apprenticeships we are on target to achieve 2 million apprentices during this parliament which is far better than anything achieved by the previous government. and for the next parliament, the conservative party said we want to achieve 3 million apprenticeships and we set out how we'll pay for that by making sure we continue to reform welfare and reduce the benefit cap. >> research by the medical research council is out over 6000 babies are born each with birth defects caused by alcohol consumed during pregnancy. other countries must carry warnings about the danger of birth defects but so far has refused in britain. will the prime minister change the governments policy and nature britain cares as much as other countries because i think he makes an important point. like many in piece in this house i met the organization most concerned with fetal alcohol syndrome and, indeed, the parents of those that of adopted children suffering the effects because of excessive intake of a call by the birth parents. i'm happy to look at all the suggestions he makes and at the suggestion because this is a growing crisis in our country and we should do everything we can to stop it. >> it's 10 and that the months since -- [inaudible] many of my constituents are still out of their home. in the importance of the uk economy investment -- [inaudible] can i ask the prime minister to look favorably given that we know this will happen again in the next 50 years on the plan put together of massive investment in our defenses picture with a warning 200 years and that we really require? >> i want to congratulate my friend on his leadership on this issue. he brought a group of members apartment to come to me to brief me about the proposals that could be put in place. i know he's been seen -- to see the chance of exchequer. this government has increased spending. many schemes were tested over the last few days with these very high winds and stood up extra and will look carefully at what he says. >> before the scottish referendum the prime minister said it's common sense it does so what is inside the unit can that all options of devolution at all possible. will be unequivocally standbys promise -- [inaudible] being on the table, many devolving full control of scottish spending to the scottish parlor to help create jobs and a more just society? >> i stand by all the policies are made in the run up to the referendum campaign and i think lord smith is an excellent job of looking at all the options for devolution but i'm sure we can find with forward. but on the basis keeping our promises i hope they will keep their promise when they said the referendum ended this question for a generation, possibly a lifetime. i'm not sure their former leader is to that but i think he shou should. >> mr. speaker, i am grateful to the prime minister for the many visits he made during the flooding crisis our earlier this me but the artist but a rather good work, to decisions. and i invite him to come down again before it gets too wet so that he can announce the sleuth on the river pairs, and he can announce a sustainable funding mechanism for the somerset rivers authority? >> i would be delighted to return to somerset. i'm sure many of my calling will be meeting -- beating a path to somerset apple in the coming months. i am excited what is happening in terms of the dredging. there are no multiple teams out there. they've made a ripped difference. i think they're proving that dredging particularly on man-made waterways is what we're dealing with can make a ripped difference. my only disappointment is i wasn't allowed to drive the machinery myself for some antiquated health and safety reasons but i'm sure i would be back. >> scam e-mails cost this country 3.5 billion pounds a year, brings misery to elderly and little people right across this country. it's only reported by one in five people. it is the hidden crime. what will the prime minister do to stop this? >> i think the honorable gentleman makes an important point which is of concern to many people. but i think that is the source of issue which the national crime agencies able now to bring together expertise and to combat properly. i think there's also technological advances in terms of spam, filters and other filters people can put on their computers so they get fewer of these e-mails in the first place. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will the prime minister join with me in congratulating various medical systems in my constituents are still ranked 30 years of high quality manufacturing? and also congratulate oncology systems for plans to expand in my constituency? doesn't not prove that high quality uk manufacturing is on the rise? >> i think my honorable friend makes an important point, which is we are seeing a recovery in some of the most important high skill industries in our country, not least pharmaceuticals, medical services and high-end manufacturing. when we look at the jobs that have been created under this government, some two-thirds have come from higher skilled jobs rather than lower skilled jobs and that is also good because we want to rebuild the manufacturing base of our country. >> mike in your constituents was disappointed in it a response received from the treachery regarding the hospital in england telling the bbc he didn't answer her question the i'm sure members on all sides of the house can relate to her frustration. [laughter] before the last general election the prime minister promised a bare knuckle fight to protect maternity services that never materialized. will become from today the unit in a hospital in england is the subject to "national review"? >> i want to see is district general hospitals with the maternity services within them. if we look at the west cumberland hospital we have contributed 70 million pounds to the redevelopment of west cumberland hospital, together with 11 million pounds committed hospital which has been open to provide further service. unlike in wales the amount of money going into west government is going up and they should be enough to provide good maternity services. >> today june o'neill completes its conservative government delivers on a northern powerhouse of? >> i think jim o'neill has been absolutely first class job with this report and i will be seeing him live today and want to congratulate him on what he is done. i think there's a real opportunity here as the chancellor spoke about to greet a northern powerhouse by looking at how we can use high-speed rail and other infrastructure to link a part great halls and city so we really have a proper balance, a rebalance of our economy. that's what this is about and take jim o'neill's work is also good speed and the prime minister -- [inaudible] given the significance of that, and also -- [inaudible] does the prime minister agree -- [inaudible] >> and under what i would say is i want is a successful british steel industry as much as he does and we've seen some good steps in recent years. i think we should talk and judge them by what they say and by what they do come and we should give every assistance that we can to try and maintain these important businesses and these important jobs pic that is exactly what we're doing. we are looking at all the flexibilities that are under things like the emissions directives to see what more than we can do, and i'm sure the business department now be looking into this person will do everything they can to support this important industry. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, -- [inaudible] recently held its jobs fair with a more jobs on offer than the are actually job seekers. will the prime minister therefore congratulate us for its contribution to a 50% fall in unemployment? and what can be described as a jobs revolution. >> i'm delighted to join my friend in congratulating bluewater. the fact is in his constituency the claimant count is down by 47% since the election and it is notable how many jobs are being created in retail and i congratulate with bluewater has done. the last time i went regrettably it was to make a speech rather than go shopping, but maybe next time i will be able to do both. >> will the prime minister rule out any for the increase while he remains in post? >> our plans don't involve raising taxes on ordinary people. what we want to do is make sure we hold back the growth of public spending so we can go on cutting people's taxes. [shouting] we have taken 3 million people out of income tax. we've given a tax cut to 26 million people. we cut the tax on every small business in our country. we set a low rate of corporation tax a o of corporation tax a business can come and locate in our country. the people who put up taxes on the people who want to put up spending and put up borrowing. that is the labour party. >> john baron. >> our nuclear test very much welcomes the prime minister is worth the recognition, but given that one of three other the senate's have fallen to a series medical condition, can you update the house as to progress as he promised to do then in july of two establishments payment of 25 and pounds into a charitable fund to help those veterans most important in need? >> i'm afraid there's not a lot more i can say to my honorable friend today. we are looking carefully at what we can do. as he said we have gone further in terms of recognition of this issue than previous governments. what i would say, if you look across the board at those grievances that are held by those who served in our armed forces, i think this government has done a lot to do with it and deal with incorrectly. the first government to say there should be an arctic convoy of metal and delivered to the first government to say there should be classed for those who serve and yesterday it was an enormous privilege to welcome to downing street all those which serve in the south atlantic in connection with the falklands war but hav have not been a big campaign medals because of the rapid cutoff date for the campaign. that's why another 10,000 people who serve in the south atlantic in difficult conditions under this government are getting the medals they deserve. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a year ago the prime minister looked a grieving mother in the eye as she baked in to get the british police involved investigating the murder of her son in greece. he said no. this week at the trial we discovered the forensic evidence is compromised. can be prime minister account as to why he sent police to thailand to see a murder case on friday of what he friday of what he wanted to find live up to, to secure justice? >> what i remember is meeting with the honorable lady last year with her constituent and going through all the things we could try to do to help him and my understanding is that she did secure funding from the homicide service for the cost of a legal representative increase at that also cover travel costs against the trout as well key witnesses to give evidence at the trumpet i believe the foreign office are working hard to provide consular service support to ms. matthews and, of course, we will go on helping in any way that we can and i give her back guarantee today. in terms of the case in thailand i think because of the uncertainties over that case and the fact that two british citizens were murdered, it is right to offer that tie government the assistance of british police took about to go to look at some the technical evidence and i was pleased the type of mr. agreed that last friday. on all these cases i'm happy to help, happy to from the honorable lady what more she thinks we can do india board case that she raises. >> underclass, there were over twice as many young unemployed and many young unemployed and worcester as for a petition started. the situation has been turned on its head. almost three times as the apprenticeships in the city as the our young unemployed but with the prime minister agreed his plan to create 1 million further petitions could help us eliminate youth unemployment? >> my friend is right. that is our ambition is to eliminate youth unemployment i'm making clear its no longer an option anymore to leave home, claim housing benefit, signed on when you could have a chance of a job or an apprenticeship or symphony. we are committed to helping in every way we can in worcester. i know the labour front including fish out of this secretary doesn't even know where worcester is to refer to it in a radio interview as wichita life that i think is been overdoing the country music and he needs to get in touch with his inner worcester woman. [laughter] >> the prime minister will i'm sure agree that the regulatory structure around hydraulic fracturing needs to be scientifically robust. with that in mind can be explained why in the other place his party rejected amendments that would do just that? >> what i want to see is obviously a robust regulatory and environmental permissions regime which i believe we have, but i do want us to get on with recovering unconventional gas because i think the greatest proof of how safe this technology is and how good it could be for jobs and energy costs in our country is to demonstrate some wells were it is actually working. and my fear is that any other place and, indeed, many in this place want to cover this new industry with regulation so something doesn't go ahead. >> certain the carpet. >> the prime minister will recall the film tax with existed at the tax code for 10 years from 1997. is he where hmrc are now effectively treating all investors from the period as tax dodgers even those who produce general films and credit jobs as intended? will be instructed ministers to review that approach? >> i'm sure we all have constituency in other e-mails and cases about this but had his every time i have the treasure about it they are very clear that the things are being investigated our abuses and would go to the abuses at the time when people entered into them. i think we do have to be calm, i want is a low tax rates a tax rates that people actually pay. were schemes are being used for avoidance we should be very, very swift and closing them down. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the national audit office blame the lack of coordination across three departments for the governments go to deport hundreds of foreign criminals, many of them highly dangerous. so where does the buck stop? is a with the home secretary, the foreign secretary, the justice secretary, or is it with the prime minister himself a? >> the buck actually stops with me. i'm clear about that. i think the national audit office has produced a very good report into what is a difficult issue that we need to get right. we had to port a 22004 national offenders since i become prime minister. the report is clear that since 2013, for the first time we have a proper cross government strategy to do with this. it goes into quite a lot of detail about how there are still to me obstacles in the way in terms of human rights legislation that we need to change. now, this week what you've seen from the government this week is that we are now able to deport people first and they can appeal once they've gone back to the country of origin. and we're reducing the number of appeal roads him 17 roots which wither under labour at just four. so we're making progress. the buck stops with me but i would mind if it had cross party support for the actions we need to take. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. will the prime minister to me in welcoming the fact that the 809-pound contract for all the people services in cambridge were aboard to the nhs bitter? it didn't happen nhs in the final five. >> i think my honorable friend makes an important point come which is want to see an expansion of nhs services, and when the party opposite claims they're some sort secret agenda to privatize, i was the case under the last labour government with a patent of contracts and existed only on private providers. under this government the nhs is being properly run by those who are commission and they make decisions about the future of our health service. >> mr. speaker, when the prime minister opposition he always lectures this part on conspiracy. can ask him when he's going to shine the light -- senate in 1973 the national builders strike? what does the tory party got to hide a? >> i haven't looked at this case brings about a happy to take away and look at what he says but what i would say is actually over recent years we have shortened the period during which papers remain secret and release more and more papers, and i have to look at the kc raises. >> mr. peter bone. >> mr. speaker, i have recently been campaigning a lot in -- with the actual conservative candidate, the number one issue on the doorstep is eu migration. last year, 214,000 people came to this country from the eu. that is not sustainable. what can be done about that? >> i think my honorable friend and the candidate to him -- who he refers to is right. we need to get a grip on immigration. this government has made very big steps forward closing down 700 bogus colleges. the first time we've had an economic gap on migration from outside the eu. a whole series of rules coming in about benefit claimants abuse and all those issues but i'm convinced there's more that we need to do because i think the british public are not being unreasonable about this. they want control -- the shadow chancellor keeps shutting. let us remember who it was who said we needed to send out search parties to find more immigrants. let us a number that wasn't delivered completely uncontrolled immigration. it was the party opposite and the shadow chancellor. but on a happier note i'm sure, mr. speaker, the whole house will want to unite in this way and congratulate the former