Now on bbc news monday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to monday in parliament, as the Health Secretary unveils his plan for the future of englands nhs. To give citizens and clinicians the technology they need, to save and improve lives. Calls for action to tackle a rise in homophobia. Theres been a spike in violence and hate crimes against the Lgbt Community in recent years. And, as would be prime ministers borisjohnson and jeremy hunt unveil big spending plans, a government veteran sounds a note of caution. As a former treasury minister, i view with alarm the weeks that are passing under the contest that is under way. All that to come, and more. But first the Health Secretary has outlined how the government intends to implement its 10 year plan for the nhs in england. Matt hancock announced that theres to be an increased focus on Early Detection of cancers, with screening programmes overhauled. Therell be more focus on ensuring Mental Health is given the same priority as physical health. And with three quarters of the nhs budget spent on staff, mr hancock said people would also be a top priority. Mr speaker, these are just three of the most vital areas from the 10 year vision of the nhs set out in the Long Term Plan. Across england, based on the implementation framework, local strategic plans are now being developed and will be brought together as part of a National Implementation plan by the end of the year. All of this will be underpinned by technology and today, mr speaker, today sees the official opening of nhsx, the new part of the nhs which will drive Digital Transformation to give citizens and clinicians the technology they need to save and improve lives. He said the forthcoming Spending Review would set out budgets for health education, Public Health, and capital investment. On this, the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the ministry of health, this framework sets out how we will go about securing the foundations of the National Health service into the next century, and the creation of an nhs that delivers world class care for generations to come. And i commend the statement to the house. Thank you, mr speaker. Im grateful to the secretary of state for an advance copy of his statement. I would just hope for a greater sense of urgency from the secretary of state, because he talks about the 100 Year Anniversary of the ministry of health. Well, this is the first year in 100 years that Life Expectancy has begun the advances in Life Expectancy have begun to stall and go backwards in the poorest areas. And just the other week, we saw that infant mortality rates have risen now for the third year in a row the first time theyve risen since the second world war. So i wouldve thought and hoped that we wouldve had a greater focus on Health Inequalities in the secretary of states statement today, not least because Public Health services, the services that in many ways lead the charges against Health Inequalities, are being cut by £700 million. I know he says to wait for the Spending Review for the future of Public Health services, but we dont know when that is. The chief secretary of the treasury said it will be delayed, it could be next year. The secretary of state may remember that i brought a group of reformers in Mental Health to see him, to make a case for a culture change in Mental Health services, addressing clearly strong human rights abuses such as locking people up when they dont need to be locked up, often for long periods of time, shunting people around the country in ways that would never happen in physical health from the endemic use of force in Mental Health services. And we argued that if you could end inappropriate institutional care, you could free up money for better prevention and early intervention. He said he loved it, but is he doing anything to actually implement that approach . Yes, said the minister, the Mental Health act was under review. There is no reference to gps in the statement. Ive just been looking through it. This comes at a time when my constituents are telling me theyre having to wait three weeks to get a gp appointment, and faith house gp surgery on beverly road, which ive raised with the secretary of state directly, is now do to close. So id like to know its all very well training doctors for the future, but whats the secretary of state going to do about the crisis in primary care now . Well, i picked out three of the areas there are 20 areas that we are particularly focused on in this implementation framework, of which, of course, one is the number of gps and the broader primary ca re workforce. Because it isntjust about gps, its about all those who also support primary care across the board. We have a clear target of 5,000 more gps based on the 2015 baseline we have a Record Number of gps in training. This Long Term Plan for the nhs has been developed by the nhs, not imposed by government. Does my right honourable friend agree that this sets the plan apart, meaning its much more likely to work for staff and patients alike . Having been diagnosed earlier this year with a stage 3b melanoma, i always get a bit sweaty when people Start Talking about how important it is to have early diagnosis to ensure survival rates. But of course, its absolutely right now with melanoma, the numbers of people in particular men are rising, and people are still dying. Ive heard horrific tales of people going to gps 5 7 times before a gp was able to send them on to go and see a dermatologist, with a dermatologist saying, all look at that mole there, but i wont look at that one because you havent been referred for that one, thatll have to be a separate referral. Ive heard of people waiting 6 7 weeks for their pathologist to come back all of these things delay the process, and dont we need to have a wholesale approach to melanoma to make sure that we save more peoples lives . Hes absolutely right, i agree with what hes said. And there is a need, of course, for the whole medical profession to constantly be up to date with the latest treatment, latest diagnostic signs. My concern is slightly where the money will come from, and i wonder if hes had assurances from the treasury that this indeed will be the case. Because with all the other pressures on spending and indeed on revenues in the coming years, this might be a little difficult. We have to find ways to ensure that this revenue is there, because this money must be spent. Yes, it will in all circumstances this is a Firm Commitment supported right across this house, right across our party, and it will be delivered. Theres absolutely no question of that. Matt hancock. Mps have called for online homophobia to be made a specific criminal offence. It follows a petition by the reality tv personality, bobby norris, which was signed by more than 152,000 people. Bobby norris, who stars on itvs the only way is essex, has been on the receiving end of some extremely offensive remarks via social media. He was in Westminster Hall to watch the debate, which was opened by a member of the petitions committee. It was an honour and realjoy earlier to meet bobby this afternoon, and to get a real sense of excitement that parliament has responded by scheduling this debate today, discussing bobbys bill. Now strictly speaking, of course, were some way off a bill. But im sure the minister will be listening closely. And for me, apart from being slightly starstruck on meeting bobby, the main thing that i took from our conversation was just how real, hurtful, and profoundly unpleasant some of the abuse being received by bobby and others is. One in ten lgbt people, 10 , have experienced homophobic, biphobic, or transphobic abuse online directed towards them personally in the last month. In the last month thats an appalling figure and people are understandably shocked by that figure, but perhaps also understandably shocked that there is no specific offence being committed outside the very fragmented and complicated laws used in the off line world. I may not be gay, but i have an intense feeling of sympathy for the human rights of individuals. And what this petition does is to strike a blow for the human rights of individuals. It is absolutely essential that we stamp out the rigidity of how people look at Sexual Orientation of people and we do that both off line and online. Angela eagle was approached by bobby norris to talk about online hate. She suggested he launch a petition to highlight the issue. But while its true that we have come a long way as a community in a relatively short amount of time, its also true that these angry political times have created a backlash. Theres been a spike in violence and hate crimes against the Lgbt Community in recent years, and it seems now that online abuse is spilling over into real life violence. In london a couple of weeks ago, two gay women were beaten and robbed on a bus by five teenagers for refusing to kiss each other on demand. In southampton, two women kissing in the street were injured by an object thrown at them from a passing car. In liverpool, two men were stabbed and seriously hurt in a homophobic knife attack and one of those held for the attack in liverpool is 12 years old. The test that i give to people, especially those folks who fall foul of online abuse, sometimes accidentally, is, would you say it in a pub . And its a good test, its well worth trying. So would you just walk up to someone elses conversation and shout forget in a pub . Now if you do, youre probably aware that there would be a consequence of that. But that same consequence isnt always felt in the online world in other ways. Would you interrupt a conversation and introduce yourself, or would you listen to other people . In pubs, we do one thing, but what we know in pubs is theres a regulatory system that polices our bad behaviour. We get kicked out, barred, arrested, prosecuted but online, its much less certain. This debate, especially on 1 july as we have now come to the end of pride celebrations injune specifically and i know theres a pride march coming up in london at the end of the week should remind us, especially those of us in the Lgbt Community, about the real nature of pride and that is activism and solidarity, and how we must now seek to transfer that traditional method of activism and solidarity to the unreal world, particularly challenging it. Homophobia, online or off line, is wrong. It is a prejudice all too often accompanied by behaviour that has no place in modern, vibrant, and inclusive britain. But unfortunately, homophobia rears its ugly head, including online as weve heard today, where it can be particularly pernicious and pervasive. And she said the government had asked the Law Commission to review the legislation that covers online abuse and hate crime. Youre watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock. Dont forget that if you miss our daily round up from westminster, you can catch up, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, on the bbc iplayer. Downing street has said it would be unacceptable and inappropriate for any Civil Servant to claim Jeremy Corbyn was too frail to become prime minister. Labour demanded a statement in the commons following a report in the Times Newspaper that senior Civil Servants had questioned his health. Mr corbyn, who has said he is a very fit, a very healthy and very active person who enjoys hisjob, was present as a member of his shadow cabinet raised the issue with the speaker. On a point of order and standing next to the leader of the 0pposition, whose fitness i must say is legendary, i wonder if you received an application by a minister the statement of the house on the principles of Civil Servants neutrality. I ask following the undemocratic and unconstitutional public intervention about senior Civil Servants based on the falsehood printed in the times on saturday. No doubt you will agree, mr speaker that since 1854 reforms the professionalism and objectivity of our Public Servants has been admired by many throughout the world and its a cornerstone of our democracy. There must be no hesitation at all to condemn the kind of behaviour reported. And i would hope that the government roots out any miscreants who have behaved in this way. We have complete confidence in the fairness of the Civil Servants and they said they would respond and i question the good judgement of the shadow minister for bringing it up in the house before they have had the chance to do so. Well, i dont want to dwell on this matter suffice it to say the leader of the opposition looks perfectly healthy to me, ive known him a long time, and he is a very Healthy Living fellow in my experience. The speaker, john bercow. The Summer Holidays are just around the corner, but some mps are concerned it will mean hunger for many children who find themselves without Free School Meals. At question time, a minster was forced to acknowledge that the last Child Poverty statistics made grim reading for the department for work and pensions. Tackling poverty will always be a priority for this government, andi take these numbers extremely seriously. In the latest statistics Child Poverty increased in three of the four measures. Evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty and theres 667,000 fewer children and work this households compared with 2010. Summer holidays fast approaching and many families will be struggling to feed their children. Two thirds of london children living in poverty, that will be 2000 in kensington, it could go hungry without access to charitable donations. While the fund for london supports hungry children across the capital, can the minister tell the house what he is doing to tackle the causes of Child Poverty long term and that includes and work poverty . The latest statistics show that full time work substantially reduces the chance of poverty, the absolute poverty rate of a child where both parents work full time as only 4 compared to 44 where one 01 more parents are in part time work. We are supporting people into full time work where possible, for example by offering 30 hours of Free Childcare to parents of three and four year olds and over three quarters of the employment in 2010 has been in full time work. But another mp said that rather than helping people the units on the limits on universal credits tojust 2 children is making the problem worse. Given the majority of families affecting by the limit are working why did he give the following statement in response to a recent report by the Child Poverty action group in the church of england . This policy helps to ensure fairness by asking parents receiving benefits to face the same financial choices as those in work. Could the minister clear this confusion up for the house . Mr speaker, the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children helps to ensure fairness by asking parents receiving benefits to face the same financial choices as those in work. Safeguards are in place, and weve made changes this year to make the policy fairer and tackling poverty remains a priority and we are spending over £95 billion a year on welfare and providing Free School Meals to more than a million children. Universal credits are forcing people to use the food banks, what is he going to do to sort out the problem that people have and are forced to actually use food banks, should the minister have another look at universal credits and abolish it because its not working. Mr speaker, im sorry to hear of his example and if i get a chance to visit his local food bank i will certainly do so. But i have to stress, mr speaker that no claimant needs to wait more than five weeks to receive their first credit payment. We have listened to feedback on how we can support our claimants, and made improvements such as extending advances, removing waiting days and introducing housing benefits and i will continue to work with the trust and others to improve our system in any we can. When fully rolled out, spending on universal credit will be £2 billion higher than what is currently spent. This will be worth some £300 a year to each recipient family. This will be worth some £300 a year to each recipient familylj this will be worth some £300 a year to each recipient family. I can confirm that and it is refreshing to point out that universal credit is more generous and more effective, and better targeted system, also better funded. Amber rudd. The top Civil Servant at the department of health and social care has admitted the system for claiming free dental care or prescriptions is complicated, but says the government has no plans to change whos entitled to help. Sir Chris Wormald was giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee which is looking into fines handed out to patients whove wrongly claimed they dont have to pay for treatment or medicines. The mps heard first why some patients struggled. We think that the Cur