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| Next, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer, responding to questions from members of the House of Commons. | ||
| He was asked about reducing wait lists for mental health care, violence in Northern Ireland, and government spending. | ||
| Question one. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, can I first wish you a happy birthday for yesterday and say that we're all delighted that Sir Billy Boston, a great British sporting icon, has received his richly deserved knighthood. | ||
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Long overdue, if I may say, for him, but also for Rugby League. | |
| Mr. Speaker, it's Carers Week and I know the whole House will join me in celebrating the selfless dedication of our unpaid and young carers. | ||
| This weekend also marks the eighth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. | ||
| We will honour the 72 men, women and children who lost their lives by delivering meaningful and lasting change, a country with safe and secure homes for everyone and where justice is done for the Grenfell community. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, acting alongside our allies, we've sanctioned individuals responsible for inciting appalling settler violence and expansion. | ||
| We've done that to uphold human rights and defend the prospect of a two-state solution. | ||
| We will continue to support all efforts to secure a ceasefire, the release of all hostages despicably held by Hamas and the humanitarian aid that needs to surge in. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. | ||
| In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today. | ||
| Mr. Savares, my constituent, Mr. Michael O'Leary, was brutally murdered five years ago and his body was desecrated. | ||
| Working alongside the honourable members for York Outer and Montgomery Shire and Glendour, I've made a number of requests to discuss his and other victims' cases with ministers and to explore introducing legislation making the desecration of a body a criminal offence. | ||
| Would the Prime Minister meet with Mr. O'Leary's family, along with other victims' families, including April Jones of McHundle and Sarah F. Everett and Helen McCourt, to hear why they are calling for a new criminal offence of desecrating a body to be introduced? | ||
| Can I thank her for raising this horrific case and the other similar cases and my thoughts, and I'm sure the thoughts of the whole House are with Michael's family and all those affected by such vile crimes. | ||
| I think we all need to listen to what they have to say. | ||
| I know she's been working with the Honourable Friend for York Outer on this issue and I pay tribute to her and all of those that are working so hard on this issue and I'm sure the Justice Minister will be in touch at the first opportunity to take this forward and I thank her again for raising a really important issue. | ||
| Thank you Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Prime Minister in Gloucestershire, after 14 years, waiting lists for both physical and mental health are finally falling. | ||
| Last week I hosted a roundtable with young people and heard how music and arts programmes like the fantastic Gloucestershire Music Works are transforming mental health outcomes. | ||
| I also chaired a panel on comedy on prescription in South by South West with Lou Jackson and Jonathan Pye utilising laughter to improve wellbeing and reduce waiting lists. | ||
| So can I ask the Prime Minister to back our campaign in creative health and urge him to go further in reducing waiting lists for all patients? | ||
| Can I commit? | ||
| He's got great expertise. | ||
| He's worked for many years in the NHS as a GP and I support the work that he's doing. | ||
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Our plan for change has cut waypoints out by almost 5,000 in his local trust and we're going further, including through state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines rolled out across the country. | |
| There's one going into his constituency, more scanners going to 27 other hospital trusts, including two hospitals in the constituency of the Leader of the Opposition. | ||
| All made possible by the decisions that we've made. | ||
| And I know she'll want to stand up and welcome that. | ||
| Leave the opposition. | ||
| Can we be a number? | ||
| Mr Speaker, perhaps the Prime Minister knows something. | ||
| I don't know. | ||
| There's only one hospital in my constituency. | ||
| But Mr. Speaker, since Labor took office, Mr. Speaker, inflation has nearly doubled, growth has halved and unemployment has surged. | ||
| Is this what the Prime Minister meant when he tweeted that the economy is improving? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, since the general election, 500,000 more people are in work. | ||
| And I know she doesn't mention that. | ||
| She's fixated on talking Britain down. | ||
| We're investing in the future. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, even in the last two weeks, the Strategic Defence Review, 30,000 new jobs building submarines. | |
| Yesterday, the Sizewell announcement, 10,000 new jobs, tens of thousands of construction jobs building the social and affordable housing that was announced this morning. | ||
| That's the difference that Labour makes in government. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, he must be talking about a different economy. | ||
| All of us in this House heard about unemployment increasing. | ||
| Unemployment has increased every month since Labour took office. | ||
| Last year, he said he was taking the winter fuel payment away to balance the books. | ||
| But the books are not balanced. | ||
| In fact, they are worse. | ||
| This year, the deficit is forecast to be £10 billion higher since the budget. | ||
| Not since last year's election, since the budget. | ||
| In what way are the books now balanced? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, she's obviously missed the interest rate cuts, the growth figures for earlier this year, the huge strategic defence review, local transport, £15 billion going in, three school meals, size wealth, social housing. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, but she stands there to lecture us. | |
| And I say, Liz Truss is obviously back in vogue, advising reform officially now, haunting the Tories. | ||
| And I remind her that the Shadow Home Secretary, I think he was then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, gave the Liz Truss budget nine and a half out of ten. | ||
| The Leader of the Opposition said what was wrong with Liz Truss's budget was not necessarily the package, that was all right, it was the way it was sold. | ||
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They've learned absolutely nothing. | |
| Mr. Speaker, he loves talking about Lis Trust because, yeah, because he loves talking about Lis Trust. | ||
| Why? | ||
| Why? | ||
| Because he wants to hide from his own economic record. | ||
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He's a coward. | |
| He's a coward. | ||
| Every time he stands up there and talks about Lis Trust, it's because he is scared about talking about his record and what is happening to the economy out there. | ||
| Let's bring it back to the U-turn, which he's running away from. | ||
| A U-turn on a policy that his MPs went out defending time and time again. | ||
| Let's go through what's happening here. | ||
| One minute, they said it was right to take the winter fuel payment away, but there might be a run on the pound. | ||
| The next minute, they said it was right to give it back. | ||
| This is laughable. | ||
| He stands there all puffed up and self-righteous. | ||
| Why can't the Prime Minister just admit that he made a mistake? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, they left a £22 billion black hole that we have to fill. | ||
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And that's why we took the right decisions. | |
| We've stabilised the economy. | ||
| That's why we've seen four interest rate cuts. | ||
| The triple lock is committed to on this side. | ||
| They say it's unsustainable on that side. | ||
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That's £470 for most pensioners and good quarter one growth. | |
| Three weeks ago, I said that I wanted more pensioners to be eligible for winter fuel. | ||
| I'm really pleased. | ||
| We set out the threshold and the certainty that is needed. | ||
| And she says I don't want to talk about my record. | ||
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What about free trade deals? | |
| Record investment, free school news, breakfast clubs, social and affordable housing, defence review, size well. | ||
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We could go on all morning, Mr. Speaker, but we've got the Chancellor who's going to say even more in a minute. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I think she at the weekend said that she said that she would be getting better in the role. | ||
| She could start with apologising for the List Trust budget. | ||
| That would be better. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I get better every day. | ||
| He gets worse. | ||
| Yes, he gets worse. | ||
| Last week, last week. | ||
| Last week, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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If you think that is a good look, it is a very bad look. | |
| And think twice before you try and stroke somebody down in that way. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, last week he had to get his lines from the Russian embassy. | ||
| I think we all know that he is getting worse. | ||
| And what he does not want to talk about is how he is going to make the economy better. | ||
| That is what the people out there want to hear. | ||
| And he's got no answers. | ||
| His trade deals have unravelled. | ||
| The Strategic Defence Review, everyone out there is asking where is the money coming from. | ||
| And the fact is, he doesn't know how to balance the books. | ||
| The Chancellor says the winter fuel payment U-turn won't be funded through higher borrowing. | ||
| So will the Prime Minister admit that it will be funded by putting everybody's taxes up? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I think she let slip on the MacFord programme the other day that she rehearses her fury for PMQ this morning, I think. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, she asked what we're doing. | ||
| At the budget, we've put record investment in our NHS and our public sector. | ||
| Record investment. | ||
| And she comes every week to carp on about national insurance, but she doesn't stand there with the courage or convictions and say she'll actually reverse it. | ||
| And the reason she won't, because she won't stand up and say she's against the investment in the NHS. | ||
| She won't stand up and say she's against the investment in our public services. | ||
| And we'll all listen very carefully in just 20 minutes when the Chancellor lays out more record investment as to whether they welcome it or whether they say they wouldn't support it. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, every week I come here to tell him the truth. | ||
| The truth. | ||
| That the economy is in a spiral because Labor, that's all of them, Labor, put up taxes that cut growth. | ||
| And we all heard the Prime Minister, he didn't rule out tax rises, so they are going to have to put up taxes even more. | ||
| This is a spiral. | ||
| And if that wasn't bad enough, Mr. Speaker, if that wasn't bad enough, this morning we heard that because of his terrible Chagos deal, Mauritius is scrapping income tax. | ||
| Why on earth should the British taxpayer pay £30 billion for tax cuts in Mauritius? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, Diego Garcia is a vital intelligence and strategic capability. | ||
| And it's absolutely clear that legal uncertainty would compromise it in very short order. | ||
| That is why they started the negotiations in relationship. | ||
| And no responsible Prime Minister would let that happen. | ||
| We've secured the base for the long time. | ||
| That has been welcomed by our allies, by the US, by NATO, by Australia, New Zealand, India. | ||
| It's been opposed by our adversaries, Russia, China, and Iran. | ||
| And in the second column, we add reform following Putin and the Tories following reform. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister knows this has nothing to do with national security, but he's bad negotiating. | ||
| I've had the security briefings. | ||
| It was a bad deal before and it's still a bad deal. | ||
| And then in half an hour, the Chancellor is going to stand up and tell us that everything is fine. | ||
| But the truth is, she has made bad choices. | ||
| Bad choices that mean higher inflation, bad choices that have led to lower growth, bad choices that have meant that jobs have been lost every single month since Labour came into office. | ||
| That's hundreds of thousands of families who've lost their income in Stoke, in Grangemouth, in Luton. | ||
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Those are their constituencies, businesses across the country. | |
| The Chancellor has lost all her headroom. | ||
| She's fallen out with the cabinet. | ||
| She's making unfunded spending commitments, which she promised not to do. | ||
| Isn't the truth that we have got the wrong Chancellor and the wrong priorities? | ||
| No. | ||
| The wrong choice they made was making our Leader of the Opposition. | ||
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Richard Bergen. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and belated birthday greetings to you. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, it's wrong for any Labour government. | ||
| No Labor government should ever try to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. | ||
| Yet in just a few weeks' time, that is what the Prime Minister will ask this House to do. | ||
| Many of us will not be able to go along with that because it will mean that people who need assistance to cut up their food, to wash themselves, to dress themselves and to go to the toilet will lose the pip they currently get. | ||
| That's vital support. | ||
| This week, the Prime Minister changed direction on winter fuel payments. | ||
| Will he do the same in relation to this and now drop these disability benefit cuts? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, it's very important we make the changes to our welfare system. | ||
| It's not working. | ||
| It needs reform. | ||
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I think everybody agrees with that. | |
| It doesn't work for anyone. | ||
| We will do so on a principled basis that those who can work should work. | ||
| Those that want to work should be supported to do so. | ||
| And that we must protect those with the most severe disabilities who will never be able to work. | ||
| And we're doing that by ending reassessments and paying a new premium. | ||
| Sir Ed David. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Can I join others in wishing you belated happy returns for yesterday? | ||
| And can I welcome the government sanctions of ministers in the Netanyahu government, Ben Gaveer and Smotridge? | ||
| The violence they've incited, the settler violence they've incited against innocent Palestinians on the West Bank is intolerable and the government will write to act. | ||
| And as it's Carers Week, Mr Speaker, can I pay tribute to the millions of unpaid family carers across the country and recognise the challenges that they face? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the last Conservative government left our health service on its knees. | ||
| We've heard reports that the NHS will get extra funding in the spending review. | ||
| If it does, we will support that. | ||
| But does the Prime Minister agree that no amount of money for the NHS will solve its crisis unless we also invest to fix care? | ||
| So without pre-empting the Chancellor's statement, will the Prime Minister reassure me that both social care and family carers will get the priority they deserve in the spending review? | ||
| Can I agree with him that the health crisis created by the previous government cannot be solved? | ||
| They grown. | ||
| That is exactly how the country feels about the last 14 years and the mess they made of everything. | ||
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Yes, we do need to fix social care alongside the money that we're putting into the NHS. | |
| We're putting record amounts into the NHS. | ||
| That's the right thing to do and we're seeing the results. | ||
| We promised £2 million extra appointments in the first year, extra appointments in the first year of the Labour government. | ||
| We've delivered 3 million, so there will be that extra funding. | ||
| I would gently say to him, whilst he welcomes all the extra funding, he can't also at the same time simply say he's against any way of raising the money for the funding. | ||
| There's an incompatibility there. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister knows you've got a fairer and better way of funding NHS investment. | |
| And I regret the fact that he didn't answer my question on care. | ||
| But Mr Speaker, moving on, the Prime Minister is right to increase defence spending. | ||
| And later we'll hear the difficult choices the Chancellor has had to make partly to fund that defence expenditure. | ||
| But there are £25 billion of frozen Russian assets in the UK right now. | ||
| Billions that could be used to stop Putin's war machine and to boost Britain's defence industry even faster. | ||
| So at the G7 this weekend, will the Prime Minister try to seek an agreement to seize those frozen Russian state assets and use them to support Ukraine? | ||
| Well, as he knows, that is an issue that's being considered, but it is complicated and there are a lot of countervailing factors that need to be carefully balanced in a decision that can be made. | ||
| We are talking to allies about it, but I don't want to pretend to the House that there's an easy answer on this because there isn't. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| More jobs, cheaper bills. | ||
| That was our promise on net zero. | ||
| If we can't meet those, if we can't meet those goals, then we must consider our approach. | ||
| In Pembrokeshire, we have a proud industrial history rooted in oil and gas and an incredibly exciting opportunity in floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. | ||
| So can the Prime Minister assure me that he is committed to a just transition that protects and creates jobs? | ||
| I thank him for raising this. | ||
| I believe this government must seize the opportunities of net zero for working people, creating good skilled jobs, taking them off the roller coaster of volatile fossil fuel markets. | ||
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Under past governments, Mr Speaker, hard-working communities had their pride and their jobs ripped away, and we will never do that in relation to a transition. | |
| We've already seen £40 billion of investment in energy and renewables, and the CBI shows that 38,000 jobs in Wales are linked to clean energy. | ||
| I want to see more of that. | ||
| Both of them are against it. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| Mr. Speaker, with your indulgence, I just want to pay tribute to the Police Service of Northern Ireland briefly for tackling public order in Northern Ireland over the last two nights, with over 30 police officers injured. | ||
| I'm sure the whole House would want to join with me in that and also condemning the racist violence. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, whether it's the cardiac scandal at the RVH in Belfast, the Cervical Smear scandal in the Southern Trust, the COVID-bereaved families or the crash of Tanook Zulu Delta 576, all of which has impacted my constituents in Lagan Valley. | ||
| The common thread here is that families simply wanted the truth, but they were let down by institutions at every cut and turn. | ||
| Will this government urgently introduce a duty of candour bill and ensure that it reflects what the Hillsborough Law Now campaigners and families have fought so very hard for? | ||
| Can I start with the important point she makes about Balamena? | ||
| I utterly condemn the violence that we've seen overnight in Balhamina and in other parts of Northern Ireland, including against PSNI officers. | ||
| It is absolutely vital that PSNI are given the time they need to investigate the incidents concerned rather than face mindless attacks as they seek to bring peace and order to keep people safe. | ||
| The Northern Ireland Secretary is in touch with the PSNI and the executive and I am being kept updated in relation to that. | ||
| In relation to the tragic cases that she raises, firstly I thank her for raising them and it is important that we have a legal duty of candor. | ||
| We will be introducing that because, as she says, there must be the truth here based on all people being dealt with on the basis of dignity, fairness and accountability. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| In the words of the former Israeli Prime Minister, what we are witnessing in Gaza is indiscriminate, limitless, cruel, and criminal killing of civilians. | ||
| More than 50,000 people have been killed. | ||
| Children have been shot while queuing for graves. | ||
| A growing number of genocide scholars, including leading Israeli academics, believe that a genocide is taking place. | ||
| Under international law, we have a duty to prevent genocide. | ||
| I served on the UN mission in Kosovo. | ||
| We acted to stop mass killing there. | ||
| What is the difference now? | ||
| Will the Prime Minister please intervene immediately to alleviate human suffering and take steps to recognise the state of Palestine? | ||
| Mr. Speaker, she should have seen the statement we made yesterday and the actions that we're taking with allies. | ||
| The humanitarian situation is dreadful and distressing, and scenes that we've witnessed outside aid distribution centres are frankly heartbreaking. | ||
| More aid is needed at volume and speed into Gaza, and Israel's plan for aid delivery is inadequate and insufficient. | ||
| What is needed is for the UN and other agencies to deliver that aid according to well-established mechanisms. | ||
| Israel must allow this. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, we are working with allies to do all that we can to make this happen, as well, of course, to get the hostages being held for a very long time and a desperately needed return to a ceasefire. | ||
| Prime Minister, there are significant concerns regarding the potential job losses at the Spirit Aerosystems stemming from the deal with Erebus. | ||
| Would the Prime Minister agree with me and intervene to bring all the main players, including the unions, the Business Secretary, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, around the table to ensure these jobs are protected, especially considering the scale of the issues akin to the challenges faced by British Steel? | ||
| And also, there is an issue for Northern Ireland businesses with the outworkings of the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Winter Framework. | ||
| Can the Prime Minister give me reassurances that he's working to resolve all those issues? | ||
| I'm grateful to him for raising this important case of spirit error systems in Northern Ireland. | ||
| I know how important it is for the workforce. | ||
| I've visited them myself on more than one occasion. | ||
| Airbus's decision to expand UK operations is good news for the sector and testament to world-class manufacturing expertise. | ||
| I want to see those high-skilled jobs protected. | ||
| The Northern Ireland Secretary has met Airbus, the trade unions, and assembly representatives, to discuss the best outcome. | ||
| The Minister of Industry is continuing engagement with stakeholders, and we will do everything we can in relation to this situation. | ||
| I'm grateful to him for raising it. | ||
| Will the Prime Minister join me in condemning decisions taken by the Transport Minister of the previous government who turned their back on promises to deliver a new train station at Bean Park, which derailed growth in my constituency of Dagenham and Raynham? | ||
| And will he also agree that the Grampian condition on the Bean Park development must be honoured and that infrastructure must accompany all developments of scale as we get on with the job of delivering millions of new homes? | ||
| Well, I know she's been fighting hard for this project for years, and she's right, the previous government failed to deliver. | ||
| You could say that about anything they touched, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| But the Rail Minister is working with the Mayor and Housing Minister to get an appropriate solution to unlock housing in the area. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, we'll also bring C2C back into public ownership, improving reliability and performance and ensuring every penny is focused on better services. | ||
| I imagine I said disaster is referring to the last government. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I've spoken to parents for children with special education needs and disabilities but aren't getting the support they need in school. | ||
| However, if as a result their child is out of school, they're left facing prosecution, fines, or even prison time. | ||
| Punishing parents for the failings of a broken system is outrageous. | ||
| So will the Prime Minister end this by backing Lord's Amendment 349A to the Children's Wellbeing School Bill and will he meet with me to discuss this further? | ||
| Can I thank her for raising this? | ||
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The epidemic of absence in our schools is something that really does worry me and concern me. | |
| Thanks to the efforts of schools and parents across the country, we've seen over 3 million more days in school this year compared to last, which is really important. | ||
| But we do know that pupils with special educational needs face more complex barriers in relation to school attendance. | ||
| We will, of course, look at all amendments in the usual way, but in this instance, I do think we've struck the right balance. | ||
| Chris Webb. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| May I start by congratulating Sibily Boston. | ||
| Billy ended his career playing at Blackpool and I know this has been a long campaign by the Culture Secretary, the Speaker, the Honourable Member for Makerfield, and many in this House. | ||
| So congratulations to Sir Billy. | ||
| 12,000 people, it's been exposed by shelter, are waiting for council housing in Blackpool. | ||
| This is a damning indictment and the legacy of previous 14 years of the government. | ||
| Hundreds of families in my constituency are waiting for housing, stuck in bed and breakfast, all like my constituent, Casey, who's sofa surfing with her two children in toll. | ||
| So will the Prime Minister, alongside the Deputy Prime Minister, commit to a new generation of social housing and council housing in my constituency and help me build a better black pool? | ||
| Can I join him on his comments about Billy Boston? | ||
| I think the whole House will, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| We are turning the tide on the housing crisis with the biggest investment in social affordable housing in a generation, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| The chance for investing £39 billion over the next 10 years, almost double what we saw under the last government. | ||
| And no wonder the National Housing Federation welcomed this as transformative, saying it offers real hope to thousands who need safe, secure and affordable homes. | ||
| It is National Diabetes Week and as someone living with type 1, as we both are, Mr. Speaker, we are more than aware of the serious complications of diabetic ketoacidosis, KDA, which, if not caught early enough, could prove fatal. | ||
| Now, a quarter of children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when in KDA, and that could be avoided with early diagnosis. | ||
| So will the Prime Minister commit to rolling out a national, universal screening programme, as seen in Italy, for type 1? | ||
| Can I thank her for championing this really important issue? | ||
| My late mother had diabetes, and so I know firsthand just what a struggle it can be and how important it is. | ||
| Type 1 diabetes is not preventable, as she knows, but the sooner we can reach people, the sooner we can care for them. | ||
| We have a screening programme in the UK available to families across the country, and over 20,000 children have already taken part. | ||
| It is really important that we continue to deliver that. | ||
| But can I thank her for continuing to champion this and to raise her voice on this very important issue? | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| It is crystal clear how social media and smart harming our young people, with cyberbullying, addiction, and exploitation absolutely right. | ||
| Governments elsewhere are taking bold action. | ||
| I understand ministers are considering a two-hour limit, but that's per app rather than per day. | ||
| I know the Prime Minister takes this seriously, so can he update the House on what he wants to see happen and what action this government will take to protect our children? | ||
| It is important that we take action to protect our children. | ||
| From July, Mr. Speaker, tough new rules will mean platforms must protect children in the UK from seeing harmful and violent content. | ||
| We do need to look at other measures needed to create safer online experiences for young people, and we won't hesitate to take further steps. | ||
| Concerning statistics showed that delays for cancer treatment in North Norfolk are greater than the national average. | ||
| Much of this relates to the struggles that we face specifically as an older rural constituency. | ||
| I was elected on a promise to get our NHS back and fighting fit after the criminal damage inflicted on it by the Conservatives. | ||
| Would the Prime Minister recognise that rural health services face acute and specific challenges? | ||
| And can he give his word to the people of North Norfolk that the reforms and spending we need will come forward to address this? | ||
| Can I thank him for raising this really important issue for his constituents? | ||
| I think it does impact rural areas in particular. | ||
| We've set out record funding for the NHS. | ||
| We have our cancer plan and I can give him that reassurance. | ||
| This is the final question, John Erie. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| The Prime Minister and members across this House would have witnessed this spectacular victory for Davy Russell and Scotland. | ||
| Hamilton, Markhall, and Stonehouse by-election. | ||
| My constituents are sick of SNP failure and they voted for change for their NHS, their schools, and for Scotland. | ||
| So can I ask the Prime Minister, has he seen the calls from within the SNP for John Swenney to resign? | ||
| And does he agree with me that a leader who's only ever lost elections to the Labour Party should stay put to her for the role that she and others played in seeing Davy Russell elected? | ||
| He will be a dedicated champion for her constituents. | ||
| And after nearly two decades in power, the SNP got their verdict last Thursday. | ||
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Scotland wants change. | |
| And they know the SNP are completely out of ideas. | ||
| That's why they want a Labour government to deliver real change. | ||
| Right, that completes Planet's questions. |