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CSPAN Prime Ministers Questions Prime Ministers Questions July 14, 2024

Mr. Bercow the Prime Minister. Pm may thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i am sure members will want to congratulate all those who took part in what was a great weekend of sport. In particular, we congratulate Lewis Hamilton for his record sixth win in the british grand prix. On monday, i was able to lcome englands cricket Team Following street their brilliant performance in winning the cricket world cup. As i said to them, they are a team that reflects the very best of modern britain and a team that plays like no other in the world. Mr. Speaker, i am sure the house will want to join me in wishing all the best to the home nations taking part in the netball world cup in liverpool. 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. Bercow lillian greenwood. Ms. Greenwood i join the Prime Minister in offering our congratulations, particularly to the england team that won the cricket world cup. We were proud to host some of the games at trent bridge in nottingham. I also extend our best wishes to the netball team. Notts county, the worlds oldest professional football club, is facing the very real threat of extinction. Under chairman alan hardy, the club has reached a financial crisis and could be liquidated before the start of the coming eason. Players and staff have not been paid in weeks, and the club is set to make its fourth appearance in the high court later this month to face a windingup petition. Will the Prime Minister and the whole house join me in calling on the football association, the Football League and the National League to investigate the Current Situation and help to secure the future of this truly Historic Club . Pm may i thank the honorable lady for raising this issue. Football clubs up and down the country are obviously of great importance to their local communities. Overall, the financial state of football clubs is better now than at any time, but the government are certainly not omplacent. The honorable lady referred to various football authorities. We will continue to hold the football authorities to account for ensuring that there is transparency around the ownership of clubs, that sufficient inquiries into the suitability of owners are made, and that financially clubs continue to live within their means. I am sure the whole house will join the honorable lady in hoping that, as the worlds oldest professional football club, notts county resolves its ituation soon. Sir bottomley i thank the Prime Minister and her chief of staff Gavin Barwell for all that they have done, with the secretary of state for housing, ommunities and local government, on residential leasehold reform. There is now a prospect of ending unfairness and exploitation. In respect of another legacy, may i refer the Prime Minister to the book legacy by Michael Gillard on the legacy of the olympics . It is about gillards investigation into the criminals involved. I am not suggesting that she reads it before next week, but those who do look at it will see how the directorate of professional standards in the met overturned the Police Officer who was investigating the criminals. When doing that, they should also look at behind the blue line by gurpal virdi, which is about how he was investigated when the dps did not interview the officers who were known to have been involved in the arrests of the complainant, and charged him with an offence with a weapon that was not available until eight years after the alleged offence. Pm may i recognize the way in which my honorable friend has championed a number of cases, he has referenced one of them, over the years in this house. Indeed, i had a number of meetings with him when i was home secretary in relation to that case. It is important that our police are able to operate to the highest professional standards. They have operational independence as to who they investigate and how they conduct those investigations, but i am sure the whole house would want to say that we expect our police to conduct those investigations properly and fairly, and to ensure that, when a crime is committed, they are investigating that crime. Mr. Corbyn i agree with the Prime Ministers congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on winning on sunday and to the fantastic cricket team, which ended up winning the world cup. I also thank new zealand, what a brilliant final it was, and what a great advertisement for the wonderful game of cricket. Time is running out on Climate Change, that is what the environment secretary said yesterday. Why did the allparty Environmental Audit committee accuse the government of coasting on Climate Change . Pm may the government have a fine record on Climate Change, including our recent legislation on net zero emissions, but there is an issue, mr. Speaker, that needs to be addressed in this house. Before the right honorable entleman stands up and parades himself as the champion of Climate Change, or the champion of the people or the defender of equality and fairness, he needs to apologize for his failure to deal with racism in the labour party. Just today, just today, just today, 60 distinguished members of the labour party have written in the newspapers, the labour Party Welcomes veryone. Except it seems jews. This is your legacy mr. Corbyn. You still havent opened your eyes. You still havent told the whole truth. You still havent accepted your responsibility. You have failed the test of eadership. Apologize now. Mr. Bercow jeremy corbyn. Mr. Speaker order. The right honorable gentleman will be heard. Attempts to shout down are downmarket, they are low grade, they are regarded with contempt by the public and above all, will not work. Be quiet. Mr. Corbyn this party was the first to introduce antiracist legislation into law in britain. This party totally opposes racism in any form whatsoever. Antisemitism has no place in our society, no place in any of our parties and no place in any of our dialogues. Neither, neither does any other form of racism. And when 60 of tory Party Members think islam is a threat to western civilization, the Prime Minister has said that she will act on islamophobia ithin her own party. I hope she does. I look forward to seeing that being dealt with, as we will deal with any racism that occurs within our own party as well. Mr. Speaker, mr. Speaker, mr. Speaker, the committee on Climate Change last week published its annual report, and it described the governments efforts on Climate Change not a bit like what the Prime Minister just said. They described it as being rather like dads army. The governments target is to reduce Carbon Emissions by 57 by 2030. Can the Prime Minister us how much progress has been made on that . Pm may i say to the right honorable gentleman, on the Climate Change issue, the chairman of that committee said, the u. K. Is the first major economy to set a netzero emissions target and intends to host the worlds leaders at next years landmark climate conference. These are historic steps forward and position the u. K. At the forefront of the global lowcarbon transition. But the right honorable gentleman, i note, did not apologize in response to my first, in response to my first questions. We deal with islamophobia in the conservative party. Any allegations of islamophobia are dealt with, unlike his way in the labour party where he is failing to deal with antisemitism. And he can stand up and say all he likes about the labour party introducing antiracism legislation. Just last week, trevor phillips, the former chairman of the equality and human rights commission, said the following, labour today presents like a textbook case of institutional racism. Mr. Bercow jeremy corbyn. Mr. Corbyn mr. Speaker, mr. Speaker, this Party Opposes racism in any form whatsoever in our society. And coming from a Prime Minister who encouraged the hostile environment, sent go home vans around london, and deported british citizens, which she has now had to compensate them for, i think that she might look to her own party and her own governments record as well. Mr. Speaker, the issue of Climate Change is obviously crucial, and we support the zero emissions target. The latest figures, however, released in april show the government is going to miss that target by 10 , the gap is widening. At the current rate, they will not meet their 2050 target until 2099. At that point, it will be too late for our planet and our children. Clean Energy Investment has fallen three years in a row. Why does the Prime Minister think that that is the case . Pm may still no apology, i note, from the right honorable gentleman. We have outperformed in our first and Second Carbon budgets, we are on track to meet the third. We have taken the historic step of legislating for net zero emissions by 2050. We have yet to see all the policies and proposals in our clean Growth Strategy coming into play and having an effect on our target. This is a party that is acting on Climate Change. This is a party that is delivering for the people of this country. This is a party that is dealing with the issues that matter to people day to day. The right honorable gentleman needs to start dealing with the issues that matter to the members of his labour party, as shown in the newspapers this morning. Mr. Bercow jeremy corbyn. Mr. Corbyn it was a Labour Government who introduced the Climate Change act of 2008. It is the labour party that is committed to dealing with the issues of Climate Change. Can i give the Prime Minister a few suggestions on why Renewable Investment is falling . They scrapped the feedin tariff, they failed to invest in the swansea tidal lagoon, and they slashed investment in onshore wind. If we are serious about tackling this Climate Emergency, we need to fully acknowledge the scale of the problem. Labour is committed to measuring total u. K. Emissions, not just what we make here, but what we buy from abroad also, so we have an accurate figure of what the emissions really are by consumption in this country. Will the Prime Minister match that commitment . Pm may the right honorable gentleman knows we measure our targets according to the international definitions of those targets, and that is exactly the right thing for us to do. But he talks about renewables. Lets just actually look at the record on renewables. Last year, renewables generated a record amount of electricity in this country, 33 . Over the past year, we have generated record levels of solar and offshore wind energy. And 99 he talks about what the Labour Government did, 99 of solar power deployed in the u. K. Has been deployed under conservative governments. Mr. Bercow jeremy corbyn. Mr. Corbyn i think that we are actually hiding the scale of the problem by passing the buck to other countries as well. If all emissions are if all emissions are counted, the figures would actually be 69 igher in this country. Every year, esther speaker, every year, mr. Speaker, air pollution kills 40,000 in this country. In 2017, the conservative manifesto said it would promise to take action against poor air quality in urban areas. What actions have been taken . Pm may can i say first of all to the right honorable gentleman, air pollution has reduced significantly since 2010 under the conservatives in government. And our clean air strategy is the most ambitious air quality strategy in a generation, escribed by the World Health Organization as an example for the rest of the world to follow. Mr. Corbyn those are wonderful words, they truly are. The only problem is, air pollution levels breach legal limits in 37 of 43 areas of his country. Two thirds of our children are growing up in an area where pollution breaches legal limits. This crisis is literally suffocating our children and damaging their health. Once again, this government are dodging its responsibility while labour leads the way. The mayor of london for example is leading the way on better air quality in the capital city. The tories promised the greenest government ever. They have failed on Carbon Emissions. They have failed on air pollution. They have failed on solar. The Prime Minister says she wants action, but she supports fracking and has effectively banned onshore wind. The Climate Emergency simply cannot be left to the market. All of us need to take responsibility to secure our common future. Labour led the call to declare a Climate Emergency and has pledged a green Industrial Revolution with new jobs. When will this conservative government face up to the situation, get a grip on this crisis and deal with it . Pm may can i say to the right honorable gentleman, we have already seen over 400,000 new jobs in the area of renewables and clean growth in this country, and we expect to see up to 2 million more jobs in that area. I am not going to take any lectures from the labour party on this issue, when the last Labour Government ignored advice that diesel fumes would damage our environment and incentivized diesel cars through the tax system. He talks about dodging responsibility. A person who has been dodging his responsibility during this pmqs is the right honorable gentleman. The real disgrace is his handling of racism in the labour part. Activists protesting, mps leaving, staff resigning, what would his great heroes attlee, bevan and benn think . Look what he has done to their party. We will never let him do it to our country. Sir heald the Prime Minister has repeatedly made Animal Welfare a priority during her time. Britain leads the World Animal Protection Animal Protection index. And can i thank her and the secretary of state for supporting finns law, the Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare Service Animals act 2019, and for bringing forward the sentencing bill, which is a key measure because it will put up the maximum sentence to five years imprisonment. Will she do whatever more she can to secure its speedy passage . Pm may thank you, mr. Speaker, and can i thank my right, honorable friend. I know my right honorable and learned friend has also been working on this issue for some time, and i thank him for highlighting the work that has been done. There is no place for animal cruelty in this country. Hen the sentencing bill is passed, those who mistreat or abuse animals, or are involved in animal fighting, will rightly face one of the toughest penalties available anywhere in the world. Which cements our place as a world leader on Animal Welfare. And the new maximum penalty will also apply to those who attack our brave Service Animals such as finn the police dog, through finns law. I pay tribute to supporters, and to those organizations such as battersea dogs and cats home and the rspca, for championing these changes. I wish it a speedy passage through this house and the other place. Mr. Bercow ian blackford. Mr. Blackford this week the Prime Minister finally did the right thing. When donald trump told women that they should go home, she called it out as unacceptable. Mr. Speaker, let me clear that Donald Trumps actions are textbook racism. They are repugnant and diplomatic politeness should never stop us saying so. Will the Prime Minister now, on reflection, also take the opportunity to call out and condemn the racism of the go home vans that she created in Coalition Government with the liberal democrats . Pm may i said, i said at the time that that was too blunt an instrument. That was dealing with there is an important issue, which is that the public expect us to have a fair immigration system which deals with those who are here illegally. And that is what we need to do. He refers to the comments made by president trump. As he alluded to, i have strongly condemned those comments made by president trump. Mr. Bercow ian blackford. Mr. Blackford mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister implemented the hostile environment policy, her party stayed silent. When she delivered the racist go home vans, the tories remained silent. When Asylum Seekers are deported to places where their lives are at

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