[0:00]In addition to my duties in this house, I shall have further such meetings later today. >> Backster. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Up and down the country, this government is restoring
[0:10]pride in place by investing in our high streets, the beating heart of our communities. Yet in Paisley and Renfrer South, the
[0:20]SMP led Renfisher Council has done the opposite. Sitting on their hands, whilst the owners of the Paisley Center, who received planning permission to develop
[0:31]the center some years ago, have sought support to transform our town center. Does the prime minister agree with me that it is only the SMP's lack of
[0:42]ambition and failure of leadership that is letting Paisley down? And will he work with me to restore pride in
[0:51]Paisley's town center? >> She's a superb champion for Paisley. >> Her constituents deserve a Scottish
[1:01]government that matches her dedication. >> Mr. Speak for our part. We've delivered record funding settlement. We're investing 280 million pounds in pride in place across 14 Scottish communities.
[1:13]We've secured ship building on the Clyde for over a decade and just announced an AI growth zone in Lannarchshire. The choice, Mr. Speaker, is clear. A third decade of failure under the S&P or real
[1:25]change for Scotland under Anna Sama. >> LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION KEVIN B. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. The whole house
[1:37]will be disgusted by the latest revelations about Jeffrey Epstein. >> All of us want to see his victims get justice.
[1:48]>> But the political decision to appoint Epstein's close associate, Peter Mandles, as Britain's ambassador to Washington, goes to the very heart of
[1:58]this prime minister's judgment. When he made that appointment, was he aware that Mandlesson had continued his friendship even after Epstein's
[2:09]conviction for child prostitution? >> Simple question. >> Mr. Speaker, let me start where I must with the victims of Epstein and all of our thoughts are with them.
[2:20]>> Can I also say our thoughts are with all those who lost jobs, savings, and livelihoods >> in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash.
[2:30]To learn that there was a cabinet minister leaking sensitive information at the height of the response to the 2008 crash is beyond infuriating. And I
[2:42]am as angry as the public and any member of this house. Mandles betrayed our country, our parliament and my party.
[2:53]Mr. speaker. He lied repeatedly to my team when asked about his relationship with Epstein before and during his tenure as ambassador. I regret
[3:04]appointing him. If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near government. >> And that is why, Mr. Speaker, yesterday
[3:14]the cabinet secretary with my support took the decision to refer material to the police and there is now a criminal investigation. I've instructed my team to draft
[3:26]legislation to strip Mandlesson of his title and wider legislation to remove disgraced peers. And this morning I've agreed with his
[3:37]majesty the king that Mandlesson should be removed from the list of privy counselors on grounds that he's brought the reputation of the privy council into
[3:47]disrepute. >> Mr. Speaker, I asked the prime minister a very specific question. Did he know
[3:57]that Mandlesson had continued his friendship with Epstein after the conviction? He says if he knew then what he knows now. What he did know in
[4:06]January 2024, a journalist from the Financial Times informed the prime minister that Mandlesson had stayed in Epstein's house even after that
[4:17]conviction for child prostitution. >> So did the prime minister conveniently forget this fact or did he decide it was a risk worth taking?
[4:28]>> Prime Minister, >> Mr. Speaker, as um the House would expect, we went through a process. There was there was a there was a due
[4:38]diligence exercise uh and then there was security vetting by the security services. What was not known was the depth, the
[4:50]sheer depth and extent of the relationship. He lied about that to everyone for years. A new information was published in
[5:01]September showing the relationship was materially different to what we've been led to believe. >> When the new information came to light, uh, I sacked him. But we did go through
[5:13]a due diligence exercise. The points the points that are being put to me were dealt with within that exercise. uh in response to the humble address this
[5:24]afternoon, I intend to make sure that uh all of the material uh is published, Mr. Mr. Spe Mr. speaker. Um the only
[5:35]exemptions are national security if it prejudice national security that my first duty is obviously to keep this country safe and when we drafted humble addresses we always put an exemption for
[5:46]national security but also anything will prejudice international relations. Mr. Speaker, you in the house will appreciate uh that in the course of discussions country to country, there
[5:58]are very sensitive issues of security, intelligence and trade uh which cannot be uh disclosed without compromising the relationship between the two countries
[6:08]or a third country. And Mr. Speaker, so I can be totally open uh with the House, I I should also disclose that the Metropolitan Police have been in touch
[6:20]with my office this morning um to raise issues about anything that would prejudice their investigations. We're in discussion with them about that and I hope to be able to update the House, but
[6:32]I do think I should make that clear to the House uh at this point because those discussions are ongoing. >> Should I clear that at all? >> Mr. Speaker, going to come to the humble address in a moment, but the prime
[6:44]minister cannot blame the process. He did know it was on Google. If the Conservative Research Department could find this information out, why couldn't number 10?
[6:55]>> On the se on on the 10th of September when we knew this, I asked him at that dispatch box, he gave Mandlesson his full confidence at that dispatch box,
[7:05]not once but twice. He only sacked him after pressure from us. Yeah, >> I am asking the prime minister something very specific, not about the
[7:14]generalities of the full extent. Can the prime minister tell us did the official security vetting he received mention Mandlesson's ongoing relationship with
[7:25]the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? >> So, Prime Minister, >> yes, it did. A >> as a as a result, various questions were
[7:37]put to him. I intend to disclose to this house all of the the national security prejudice to international relations on one side. I want to make sure that I
[7:48]want to make sure this house sees the full documentation so it will see for itself the extent to which the extent to which time and time again Mandlesson
[7:59]completely misrepresented the extent of his relationship with Epstein and lied throughout the process including in
[8:07]response to the due diligence >> Mr. Speaker, I think it is shocking what the prime minister has just said. >> Absolutely.
[8:17]>> How can he stand up there saying that he knew what he just asked Peter Mandlesson if the security vetting was true or false? This is a man who had been sacked
[8:26]from cabinet twice already for unethical behavior. That is absolutely shocking. And that is why later today, my party will call on the government to release
[8:37]all documents relating to Mandlesson's appointment, not just the ones the prime minister wants us to see. >> Because this government is trying to sabotage that release with an amendment
[8:48]to let him choose what we see, the man who appointed Mandlesson in the first place. >> Labor MPs now have to decide if they
[8:57]want to be accessories to his cover up. Can the prime minister guarantee that he won't remove the whip if they refuse to
[9:07]vote for his whitewash amendment? >> Prime Minister, >> Mr. Speaker, the first exemption is in relation to anything that could compromise national
[9:17]security. >> That that is that is not a that is not a small matter and um many members on the benches opposite will know precisely why
[9:27]that needs to be in the exemption. when we were drafting humble addresses, when we were sitting over there, we always made sure that exemption was in because we knew how important it was to the then
[9:39]government. I don't think I've seen a humble address without that in um because it it and just to be clear, to vote to release something that would
[9:50]prejudice national security is wrong in principle. The second exemption is in relation to to things that would prejudice international relations. There
[10:01]will be discussions about security and intelligence and trade which are highly sensitive uh to the two countries involved and to third country. Well, they have to ask themselves whether they
[10:13]want to vote to prejudice our national security. I don't think they I I I I don't think in fairness that they do. But can I reassure the House, Mr.
[10:23]Speaker? Let me reassure the house the the process for deciding what falls into those categories will not be a political process. It will be led by the cabinet
[10:34]secretary supported by government legal teams. So they will be looking uh at the question of prejudice. They will be making that decision. The only additional thing I just want to put
[10:45]before the house because there was a discussion this morning with the Metropolitan Police is that we are in discussions with them about any material that they're concerned will prejudice
[10:55]their investigation. We're an early stage. We're at an early stage of that discussion, but I didn't want to have the House not know that that discussion is going on. >> Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is
[11:10]talking about national security. The national security issue was appointing Mandlesson in the first place. >> And what he has said about the humble
[11:20]address is a red herring. To those Labour MPs who were not there in the last parliament, let me tell them humble addresses already exempt genuine national security. This is not about
[11:31]national security. This is about his job security. >> His amendment lets him withhold anything to do with international relations. But
[11:41]this whole appointment is to do with international relations. So if they're voting for it, they are voting for the cover up. If the prime minister is serious about national security
[11:51]concerns, then he should ask the intelligence and security committee to decide which documents should be released. Will he commit to doing so here and now?
[12:03]>> Prime Minister, >> Mr. Speaker, I've set out the um process. Uh it won't be a political process. It will be led by the cabinet secretary, supported by the government
[12:13]legal teams. But I'm pleased that she I think now accepts uh that at least the first exemption that we've written in to the amendment, the petition is the right
[12:24]amendment in relation to prejudice, uh national security. But she and others behind her will understand that because of the breadth of what's asked for and we we're doing everything we can to make
[12:36]sure this is fully transparent and and disclosed. But but she and those behind her will understand from their own experience in government uh the sensitivity of information about uh
[12:47]security and intelligence and trade relations that are inevitably caught in exchanges uh of the nature that are being asked for. And it is right that
[12:58]anything that prejudices not touches on prejudices international relations I is protected within the disclosure. >> If that was really the case then he
[13:09]wouldn't mind if the ISC had a look. >> And let's be clear he says the cabinet secretary makes it non-political but that doesn't make it independent. What
[13:20]we want is an independent look. The ISC is independent. The cabinet secretary works for him. We know that there will be a cover up because this imp this implicates the prime minister and his
[13:31]chief of staff Morgan Mcweeni, >> a protetéé of Peter Mandlesson. >> The prime minister chose to inject Mandlesson's poison into the heart of
[13:42]his government on the advice of Morgan Mweeny. >> His catastrophic lack of judgment, telling us now that he did know, has harmed the special relationship. It has
[13:53]endangered national security. It's not the humble address. It's him. It's compromised our diplomacy and it has embarrassed our nation. >> After all of this, does he have the same
[14:03]full confidence in Morgan Mweeny that he had in Peter Mandlesson? >> Prime Minister is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour
[14:13]Party and win an election. Of course, I have confidence in. But, Mr. Speaker, I I whatever is slung across this dispatch box, I don't think it's right uh for the
[14:24]cabinet secretary to be denigrated in that way and to suggest and to suggest that he would be involved in a cover up.
[14:33]I there's the there's the politics that comes over the dispatch boxes, but I honestly don't think it's right to impugn the cabinet secretary in that way. I suspect in their heart of hearts
[14:45]many on those benches would agree. Mr. Speaker, I'm as angry as anyone about what Mandlesson has been up to. The disclosures that have been made this
[14:55]week of him passing sensitive information at the height of the response to the 2008 financial crash is utterly shocking and appalling. He has
[15:05]betrayed our country. He's lied repeatedly. He's responsible for a litany of deceit. But this moment demands not just anger but action. And that's why we've moved quickly referring
[15:17]material to the police, publishing legislation so we can remove titles from disgraced politicians and stripping Mandlesson of his privy counselorship. That is what the public expect and that
[15:27]is what we will do. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Every month, people across our constituencies are injured by illegal ebikes being ridden
[15:38]at 30, 40, and 50 miles per hour through our town centers and parks. But for every illegal ebike that the police seize and crush, another 10 hit our
[15:48]streets because they are too freely available to buy. That's why Cumbria's police, fire, and crime commissioner and 28 other police commissioners across the
[15:59]UK are now backing my bill, which would ban the sale of illegal ebikes. Will the prime minister set out what action the government will take to protect the
[16:09]public and ban the sale of these monster bikes? >> Prime Minister, >> can I pay tribute to my honorable friend? She's a tireless campaigner to stop these antisocial, dangerous bikes
[16:19]terrorizing communities. Our uh crime and policing bill means police can seize bikes without issuing a warning and destroy them. A product safety law means
[16:30]authorities have the powers to intervene to stop the sale of unsafe ebikes. Um but I share her determination to get these bikes off our streets. >> Sir Ed David, leader of the Liberal
[16:40]Democrat. >> Mr. Speaker, can I thank you and the Prime Minister for your responses to my tribute to Jim Wallace on Monday and urge the whole house to read the wonderful tributes made to Jim in the
[16:52]other place yesterday. >> Mr. Speaker, I've been thinking how it must feel for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and their families, hearing more and more stories of how rich, powerful
[17:04]men were curring favor with a pedophile sex trafficker, such as Peter Mandlesson sending government secrets to help
[17:12]Epstein enrich himself further. seeing Anderson made ambassador to the United States even after his links to Epstein
[17:22]had been extensively reported by both the Financial Times and Channel 4 News. >> So, can the prime minister tell us, given he now admits he knew about those links,
[17:33]>> before he gave such an important job to one of Epstein's closest friends, >> did he think at all about Epstein's victims?
[17:44]>> Mr. speaker. Um we looked at the material. There was a process. There was then as he he will understand there was then a security vetting um exercise as
[17:55]well. And that's why I started by saying all of our thoughts are with the victims of Epstein. He is right at the beginning of his question to express anger uh at the material that has recently come out
[18:06]in relation to sensitive information in the aftermath of the '08 crash. And that is why yesterday working with the cabinet secretary, we referred material to the police uh which has now led to
[18:18]the criminal investigation that is going to follow. >> Mr. Speaker, I think the victims of Jeffrey Epstein deserved far better than that. >> They deserve Peter Manslson not being
[18:30]appointed in the first place. We don't even know the full extent of the British establishment's involvement in his appalling crimes or how many British girls and young women were trafficked by
[18:41]him. So we need a full public inquiry both to get the just to get justice for the victims and to protect our national security. Mr. Speaker, the Polish
[18:52]government think Epstein may have been spying for Vladimir Putin. Is the prime minister concerned that Peter Manson may have been leaking state
[19:02]secrets not just to a pedophile American financia but also a Russian agent? >> Well, Mr. Speaker, he talks of a public
[19:13]um inquiry. Obviously, the focus now has to be on the criminal investigation which has started as he knows that investigation will go wherever the evidence leads it. and I've made it absolutely clear that the government
[19:25]will cooperate as he would expect with that criminal investigation wherever it goes. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I welcome the news that Bristol East will be getting
[19:35]another three breakfast clubs. I've seen how these clubs aren't just about making sure that no child starts the school day hungry. They're also about giving staff
[19:45]the extra time to spend with the children and to spot whether there might be trouble at home. And on that note, can I urge the prime minister to work with schools on our manif manifesto commitment to identify children with
[19:57]parents in prison to make sure that those children get all the support that they need. >> Can I raise uh can I thank her for raising this and confirm uh that we're looking at how we can strengthen the
[20:07]support in place for these children so no child uh falls between the cracks. Free breakfast clubs mean every child is fed and ready to learn. and I'm delighted to see three more in her
[20:18]constituency as she references. But I also want to mention Rushbrook Primary Academy, Oasis Academy, Aspenel, Longsight Community Primary, St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary School,
[20:28]Manchester, all soon operating free breakfast clubs in Gorton and Denton. There's several Roberts. >> The victims and survivors of Epstein and
[20:42]his circle of overprivileged elite are at the forefront of my mind here and now. >> Manderson, we now know described
[20:52]Epstein's release from prison after being sentenced for child sex offenses as liberation day.
[21:01]This man's association with Epstein was known when the prime minister personally appointed him as the UK's ambassador to
[21:10]the USA. >> How can we trust the prime minister's judgment? >> And in questioning that, how can we
[21:21]trust him to remain as prime minister? Can I join her in the discuss in the um comments that she just uh read out? Um
[21:32]but to be absolutely clear the scale and extent of the relationship between Mandlesson Epstein was not disclosed. On the contrary, it wasn't just not disclosed. Mandles Mandlesson lied
[21:44]throughout the process and beyond the process. He lied. He lied and he lied again to my team. Charters >> speaker an EU agra food deal would boost
[21:56]exports and cut supermarket prices. The CBI backs it and according to Best of Britain's polling 62% of the public do. But surprise surprise reform oppose it.
[22:07]>> I thought the member for Rasheville wanted 30p food. >> Does the prime minister agree that while some opposite prefer temper tantrums from Brussels, this Labor government must build closer ties with Europe to
[22:19]cut the price of the weekly shop? Well, Mr. Speaker, right, the the deal that we've struck with the EU means lower prices at the checkout, more choice on the shelf, and more money in
[22:30]people's pockets. It's good for British fishers and farmers who face less red tape, selling our world-class produce into crucial market. It comes alongside the opportunity for young people to
[22:41]work, travel uh across Europe, the work we're doing to cut energy bills, and closer work on defense. All of this is opposed by reform and the tries who sold the myth botched flexit and left
[22:53]families and businesses paying the price. >> Charlie Dubas. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now, I'll give the prime minister some brief restbite from Peter Mandlesson. However, he will
[23:03]also be familiar with the name Phil Shiner, the disgraced lawyer who was struck off and convicted for repeatedly inventing vexacious cases against British troops in Iran. So, it is
[23:14]something of a surprise that the prime minister authored a chapter in Mr. Shiner's book about pursuing our veterans via the ECR. >> So, can I ask him specifically, was he ever instructed by Mr. Shiner's law
[23:25]firm, Public Interest Lawyers, to act in any legal case? >> Let me be absolutely clear about this. As soon as there any
[23:36]>> as soon as there were any allegations of wrongdoing by Phil Shiner, I have absolutely nothing to do with him. Speaker.
[23:46]>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In Old Shot and Farmra, this year we are looking forward to hosting the National Celebrations for Armed Forces Day in the home of the
[23:57]British Army. >> Businesses in my community welcome this government's record investment in defense in the years ahead, but our banks still struggle to lend to defense
[24:08]companies because of international regulations. Will the prime minister ensure that the UK works with Canada and our other allies to found the
[24:18]multilateral defense security and resilience bank so that we can get moving money moving to our defense industries, get our armed forces what
[24:27]they need and stand firm against our adversaries. >> Well, I'm delighted that Alershop will be hosting Armed Forces Day because they've got a hardworking Labor MP and a
[24:38]Labor council. Our historic defense spending uplift must be an engine for growth and jobs here in the United Kingdom. That's why we're committed to spending an extra2.5 billion pounds
[24:49]withmemes. I do agree with her. It's vital that we work in lock step with our allies, particularly in Europe, to enhance and align our defense capabilities. We're therefore working at pace to identify
[25:00]the most effective mechanisms for greater multilateral cooperation. >> Dr. Neils. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yeah, >> Prime Minister, for months our
[25:11]communities in Eping have been deeply distressed by the Bell Hotel reopening as an asylum hotel. >> My thoughts remain with the victims of the sexual assaults, including the
[25:22]14-year-old Eping school girl. That trauma compounded by the offender's mistaken release from prison. >> Weekly protests continue, some of which
[25:32]have become violent, with injuries to 10 brave police officers. I am very grateful to the asylum minister for meeting with me recently about this
[25:42]untenable situation. But will the prime minister please listen, act now, close the Bell Hotel once and for all and help
[25:52]restore our town of Eping? >> As he knows, we are committed to ending the use of all hotels. Uh there are now
[26:01]just under 200 uh compared to the 400 under the previous uh government and where military sites are used. Safety and security of local communities is our priority.
[26:13]>> Jonathan Blash. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hartley has now the third highest number of children in care in England, fueled by Southern Council shipping families to my town,
[26:24]blowing a6 million pound hole in our budget. a a deficit that my brilliant Labor Council has already harved, but there is nothing left to cut. And when
[26:35]percentage increases in funding mean less in Heartleyool than almost anywhere else in the country, but a child in care costs exactly the same, the fair funding settlement announced in December does
[26:45]not go far enough. I am fighting nonstop for a better deal for my town because I will not accept one of the poorest communities in the country being condemned to higher taxes or devastating
[26:56]auth. So will the PM commit his ministers to work across government to fix this for Hartley? Yeah.
[27:07]>> Well, it's because of strong local Labor MPs, but like my honorable friend, that towns like Hartley, treaties as an afterthought by the party opposite, are having their future restored. We're
[27:17]making billions more available so that councils can properly fund social care. And we're driving down the cost of living for parents and their children, including three free breakfast clubs in
[27:28]his constituency. Over 3,000 children no longer incapacitated by the two child limit. That's the difference a Labor government makes. member land. >> Mr. Speaker, my residents are sick of
[27:39]being let down by TMS's water. Robert and Patricia were sent a£39,000 bill they didn't actually owe. Len and Jenny were forced to use a portaloo for
[27:49]months as sewage filled their home and parents still think twice about sending their children to swim in the river. Now, we understand a 16 billion pound rescue deal is soon to cross the prime
[28:00]minister's desk. Will he admit today what everyone already knows that Temp's water is dead in the water. Any delay is pointless and it should be allowed to be
[28:11]put out of its misery and rebuilt as a company for public benefit. >> Can I thank her for raising that and I know how much and important it is for
[28:22]her constituents. We have taken uh measures in relation to strengthening oversight and the control that we have. We won't hesitate to go further and I'll make sure she gets a meeting with the
[28:32]relevant minister to discuss. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was a privilege the weekend to join fellow Northeast MPs on the destroyer HMS Duncan to meet the crew and also be
[28:43]briefed on the exciting plans for the innative future of the Royal Navy. A future that should be bright given the 10 billion frigate deal with Norway, but also a future we absolutely want our
[28:53]region to be part of. So would the prime minister agree that given the northeast strengths in AI, satellite technology and advanced manufacturing, northeast workers and businesses should be at the
[29:03]heart of the future hybrid navy? And will ministers meet us and industry leaders to put the Northeast at the heart of our future defense? >> Mr. Speaker, can I first thank the
[29:14]commanding officer and crew of HMS Duncan for their service and thank my honorable friend. I remember meeting the brilliant workforce in his region and I know the defense ministers would be delighted to do the same. Our record
[29:26]defense spending is supporting jobs and growth across the northeast. We invested 200 million in Octric semiconductors in his constituency uh last year. Uh as we increase defense spending, the northeast
[29:37]will play a major role securing good skilled jobs for generations to come. >> Christine Jardi. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And can I associate myself with the the comments of of my party leader about
[29:48]Lord Wallace, a man I feel I was privileged to know. Um but can I ask the prime minister given the conversations which are taking place in this place today and up and
[29:59]down the country about Peter Mandlesson and his involvement with the pedophile who trafficked women and the millions of women particularly in this country who
[30:09]will have been triggered by that given the establishment's proximity to what happened will the prime minister assure that there will be support set up help
[30:20]lines and that as as well as the victims, the direct victims, those indirect women who've been triggered now will be supported. >> Well, she's right to raise this and
[30:30]obviously uh we'll support the police on the one hand with their investigation, but also we will press on with our work to harm violence against women and girls, which is very much about putting
[30:40]the support in place that is needed for um all victims of violence. Um that is a crucial part of our work and I hope we can work across the house uh in support of it. Ellen Hayes.
[30:52]>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm proud that Labor MPs voted yesterday to remove the two child limit and live children out of poverty. But child
[31:03]poverty cannot be eradicated while children are living in overcrowded temporary accommodation without their own bed or anywhere to do their homework. Yeah. >> So, will the prime minister commit to
[31:14]urgent and persistent action to drive down the use of temporary accommodation, ensuring that our councils, including my councils of Lambeath and Sachuk, have the funding they need in the final local
[31:25]government finance settlement next week? Well, can I join her in the pride in voting to remove half a million children from poverty and lift them out of
[31:36]poverty after hundreds of thousands were plunged into poverty by the party opposite when they were in government. On the point she raised about temporary accommodation, she's right that every
[31:45]child deserves a safe, warm, and secure home. We're investing a record 3.5 billion in homelessness services and 950 million in local authority housing fund
[31:56]to deliver better quality temporary accommodation. >> Family's call for justice will measure who we are. Christopher Lascaris was autistic and murdered age 24. His mother
[32:08]Fiona who is here spent eight years begging authorities to protect him but they refused because they presumed he had mental capacity. So, will a prime minister support Christopher's law
[32:19]creating a duty to assess mental capacity where it is in doubt to save the lives of others? >> Um, can I thank him for his question and
[32:31]for his tireless campaigning on behalf of Christopher and Fiona, who as he points out is with us um today. Um,
[32:41]Christopher's death was a tragedy. Um, and I agree that we owe it to Fiona. I'm glad that she's here to hear it and other families of course to get this right. I can reassure him that work is
[32:52]underway to examine what action is necessary to prevent further tragedies uh like this that comes alongside our intention and consult on the liberty protection safeguards this year and I'll make sure that he is fully updated on
[33:04]the as the work progresses across government and I would ask that he uh make sure that Fiona and others are updated as well. >> Ben Goldbra. >> Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. From heat tolerant rice trials to
[33:15]worldleading science at the erm Institute and the John Inis Center on the Norwich Research Park, South Norfolk is helping feed the world. Will the prime minister secure a clear carve out
[33:25]for precision breeding in any future SPS agreement with the EU so Britain can continue to lead on this field? >> Well, can I thank him for raising it?
[33:35]Um, as negotiations are ongoing, we remain committed, you'll be pleased to know, to the Precision Breeding Act and supporting new innovative technologies. Um, and the EU accepts there will need
[33:46]to be areas where we retain our own uh rules and we'll always prioritize British interests as we negotiate our SPS agreement. >> Johnson, Mr. Speaker, as you're aware, I've been
[33:59]campaigning for a Lincoln Dental School for some years, and I'm pleased to be able to tell the House that thanks to the hard work of amongst others, Professor Justice, Professor Reed, and Susie McFersonson, Lincoln Medical
[34:10]School are now in a position to take their first cohort from 2027. So, can I ask the prime minister, will he provide the necessary funding for this cohort of students to start to help improve the oral health of people right across
[34:20]Lincolnshire? Well, I'm pleased to hear the news about the dental school in her constituency and we have put in further funding in relation to dentistry. Um, we were left
[34:32]uh with a dental desert across many parts of the country. We're fixing that problem, but I'm here I'm glad to hear the news in her constituency. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the prime minister pointed out, today is World
[34:43]Cancer Day. As outlined in our cancer plan, early detection and diagnosis is vital. Will the prime minister agree to consider the campaign by my constituent
[34:53]Gemma Reeves, who is a nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, to ensure breast cancer screening for all women over the age of 40 and meet her to discuss how such a change would
[35:05]save lives. Well, I'd absolutely support that and I'll make sure she gets a meeting with the relevant uh minister because early diagnosis is so important um for all
[35:15]cancers and we must do everything we can uh to ensure that early diagnosis is the absolute norm and never default.
[35:24]>> Final question. She's m
[35:39]give her Give her a moment. >> I recently met I recently met one of the
[35:48]bravest women I know. Elizabeth was 14 when she was raped in Rotherham. She is one of the survivors of the rape gangs,
[35:58]one of the biggest national scandals in our history. Whilst her first rapist was convicted and sentenced, Ashgar Bostan, she was
[36:08]subsequently, shockingly allegedly abused by police officers serving in South Yorkshire Police. One of those officers remains on active service
[36:19]today. Elizabeth made complaints through Operation Lyndon. None of them were followed up. She rightly feels betrayed and failed by the very institution
[36:29]designed to protect her. Will the prime minister meet with Elizabeth rape gang survivors and myself to commit that those who committed and covered up these
[36:40]aborant offenses are put behind bars where they belong? >> Well, I'm deeply concerned about the fact she's just outlined. Um, and if she could give us all the details of that,
[36:51]I'll make sure um that there is a relevant meeting and followup in relation to those concerns. >> Point of order, David. Uh, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today's debate will focus
[37:03]on Matt and his relationship with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. However, it will not cover his relationship with another alleged pedophile, murderer,
[37:13]gangster, specialist in bribery and corruption and Putin favorite Oleg Dereas. A relationship that may be just as bad as that with Epstein. As European
[37:24]Trade Commissioner, Manslson made decisions favoring Dere Pascal's company by $200 million a year. Manson avoided
[37:33]proper investigation by lying about his timing of his relationship with Gary Pasco. Mr. Speaker, how can we find out what investigations were carried out before Gordon Brown in his government
[37:43]appointed Mandlesson as a minister? Do you agree this house needs to see this information? If so, how can we obtain it? >> Yeah. Yeah. What what I would say is Luke, this is a
[37:55]very experienced member and I know he'll pursue this through the many avenues and I know there is a debate later in which he may wish to catch the chair's eye in
[38:05]order to raise these issues. These are very serious issues that he's raised and this will be taken seriously and I'm sure that the front bench has heard it as well. I will leave Mr. Speaker, please. >> Thank you ever so much, Mr. Speaker. The
[38:17]prime minister said that in each humble address that his party laid in opposition, they mentioned national security. Mr. Speaker, the prime minister has left. However, I have checked the two most recent humble addresses laid by the
[38:29]Labour Party when they're in opposition and all members on those bench should be very aware. The words national security do not feature even one >> because it is not necessary in a dress.
[38:40]>> So, Mr. Speaker, how do we get the prime minister to correct the record when he's just chosen to leave the room? Yeah, don't be ridiculous. Can I just say to you, you put it on the record. This I don't want to continue the debate, but
[38:51]you put it on the record. So, it's the right church. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Now, the prime minister response to me just now appeared to deny ever being instructed by disgraced lawyer Phil
[39:02]Shiner. Yet I have here the 2007 case of Al Jedha versus the Secretary of State for Defense where it quite clearly says appellants instructed by public interest
[39:12]lawyers include one K star QC. Perhaps the prime minister might want to return to the house and clarify his earlier remarks. >> I'm not here to continue a debate. You
[39:23]put it on the record. We will leave it at that. Right. We'll let the front benches change over. We now come to the 10-minute rule
[40:23]motion. Bill Rabier add. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I beg to move that leave be given to bring a bill to prohibit giving or receiving a reward
[40:34]for the supply of or for offering to supply human remains or any object partially consisting of human remains. to prohibit advertising the sale,
[40:43]exchange or offer. Huh?