Service. This is a little over one hour. Order questions to the Prime Minister. Dr. Ellen whitehead. Alan whitehead. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Immediately after questions talking aboute the debate on the run cell tower inquiry report the Grenfell Tower inquiry report. After 10 to multi was years, this is your last Prime Ministers questions. You have set up there in your highchair, not just as an umpire, ruthlessly adjudicating on the finer points of parliamentary procedure with your trademark tony montana scowl. Not just as a commentator offering opinions, sometimes acerbic and sometimes kindly, but above all as a player in your own right, peppering every part of the chamber with your own thoughts and opinions, like some tennis machine. Literally a series of layable, on returnable unreturnable volleys and smashes. Although we may disagree about the legislation you have favored , there is no doubt in my mind that you have been a great servant to this parliament and the house of commons. You have widened access, you have cared for the needs of those with disabilities, and you cared so deeply for the rights of backbenchers that you have more than anybody but Stephen Hawking to stretch time. What come to the end of must be the longest retirement since frank sinatra, im sure the house will want to join me in thanking you and hoping you they in your retirement soothing predicament that you often described to the rest of us. Members will want to join me in wishing you the best in the final of the world cup saturday. This morning i had meetings with ministers in addition to my duties in the house and i shall have further such meetings later today. Dr. Alan whitehead. I would like to associate myself with the comments of the Prime Minister about your ,utstanding service as speaker and wishing you a successful life after your speakership has come to an end. Labor will be producing a strong coffer on the Climate Emergency in the forthcoming election, including a full ban on the extraction of fossil fuels by fracking. Does the what chance does the Prime Minister have of matching this offer, given that the conservative manifesto will be written by a lobbyist for the fracking industry . Mr. Speaker, we will shortly be making an announcement about fracking in this country, and the anxieties being raised about earthquakes after fracking attempts. We will be following up on those findings. They are, i know we are concerned. But i must say, we are neighborly in our enthusiasm for reducing co2. Carbon omissions massively in the u. K. And we are the first european country to commit to a net zero emissions. That is what we will continue to do. We believe in a strong dynamic and a market economy delivering the solution in technology deplored by the Party Opposite. Thank you, mr. Speaker. On behalf of these benches, i wish my friend the best of good fortune for the 12th of december. While we live in a time of uncertainty, there are 426 come in veryve much rely on the health grants to give them dignities dignity, care and support. That grant comes to an end in a few years time. As chairman of the a ppv j and the appg and on behalf of those recipients, could i urge my right honorable friend to end uncertainty as soon as possible by signaling a renewable love the grant a renewal of the grant which the house will agree they deserve . I congratulate my friend on everything he does for his and for the victims. I can reassure you that the Current Health grant, which is currently subject to review in 2023, will be reviewed and i get the confirmation of that from the Health Secretary. I hope you will pass those asurances to the victims fast as you can. Jeremy corbyn. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I hope you will indulge me while i say a word about you. Im sure you will. I want to thank you, mr. Speaker, for the way that you have used your speakership in you haveelong tenure had. You have done so much to reform the house of commons and our democracy is stronger for the way you have done it. You have given real power to backbenchers, expand the use of urgent questions which has been overwhelmingly popular with government ministers, and opened up a number of emergency debates with it which is even more popular. You have stood up for parliament when it has to be stood up for. We thank you for that. You have also carried that message internationally in the role of parliamentary democracy and parliaments Holding Governments to account. We hope to be held to account by parliament, as well. I also think, and im sure the house would agree, you have done excellent work in opening up visitors, to exhibitions and children, and you have reduced some of the strange customs and strange garments people where in this building. In this building. It is all right, i know you are. Ealous of my tie but it is ok and the way in which you used your office to increase diversity amongst the staff in the house and make this a much friendly place. You have taken it from a Gentlemans Club to a genuinely democratic institution. I want you to accept our thanks and pass on our best wishes to your wonderful family for the support they have given you, and a great celebration today and im sure the whole house will join us in this, is when you and our soccer club beating liverpool tonight. The labour party loves a bit of banter. Ministerer, the prime mr. Speaker, the prime sellout dealanned meansonald trump means, yet more National HealthService Money being siphoned off into private profit. Reportedour dispatches that the cost of drugs and medicines has repeatedly been discussed between u. S. And u. K. Trade representatives. Why did the Prime Minister previously say the Health Service wasnt on the table in any postbrexit trade deal . Mr. Speaker, the answer is simple. It is not on the table. To review to pay the nhs who have some a brilliant job reducing the cost of [indiscernible] so cysticerica fibrosis sufferers get the treatment they need at a cost that is reasonable to the taxpayers of this country. If he wants to know how the people of this country are able report this stupendous investment we are making in the nhls, the nhs, 34 billion , the hospitals we are building as a result of, as a result of [shouting] this is the party that supports wealth creation. The reason we are able to invest in the nhs is that for the last nine years, this economy has been growing. Since thewn since 19 conservatives came into office. He would ruin this economy and ruin our ability to fund the nhs. That is the reality. [shouting] mr. Speaker, mr. Speaker. We all welcome the fact that the medication will be provided in this country by the nhs. The shame is that we are not told what the deal is with the company concerned. As for these fabled 40 hospitals, that figure dropped to 20, and finally dropped to six. Mr. Speaker, we learned this week that government officials have met u. S. Pharmaceutical companies five times as part of the Prime Ministers planned trade detail. The u. S. Called for full Market Access to our nhs, which would mean prices of some of our most important medicines increasing by up to sevenfold. Mr. Speaker, while the government is having secret meetings with u. S. Corporations, its patients here continue to suffer. Can the Prime Minister explain why the number of people waiting longer for urgent Cancer Treatment has tripled over the last nine years . Mr. Speaker, as he knows very well, this government is investing 34 billion pounds in two the nhs. Into the nhs. We are seeing improvement in cancer survival rates across the country, improvement in cancer survival rates thanks to the investments this government is making. I think it is satirical that he should claim credit for getting drugs delivered at a reasonable price. That is the work of the u. K. Government, that is the work of the nhs to ensure the people in this country get affordable treatments. Butay not be aware of this, the company that makes this drug comes from america. That seriously forgetting the nhs should not engage in negotiations to ensure british patients get the drugs they need . Is he so phobic of American Companies that he would for bid them from having those discussions . Mr. Speaker, not for the first time the Prime Minister is talking nonsense. [shouting] of course we need to import medicines from various places. Done in an open and transparent way. I dont want secret talks between government officials on behalf of ministers with big pharmaceutical corporations in the usa. Last year, 34,000 Cancer Patients waited more than two months for treatment. Whilst Early Detection is very important, the longer people wait, the less chance there is of survival from cancer. The Prime Minister knows that. I know that, the world knows that. Why cant he get it and put the necessary resources into the nhs to cut the waiting time . [shouting] if he could just be patient for 30 seconds. He says, mr. Speaker, he claims the nhs is safe in his hands. Why then has nhs privatization doubled under this government with nearly 10 billion pounds being spent on private companies within our nhs . Mr. Speaker, the nhs is receiving unrivaled and unprecedented sums of taxpayer money. If you seriously saying he would not like dentists and opticians to work with the nhs, i think you must be out of his mind. I think he must be out of his mind. Let me tell him, cancer survival rates have actually increased. Ear on year since 2010 cancer survival rates have increased, and more and more the right seen within waiting time thanks to the investment, thanks to the investments we are making and i think he should pay tribute to the hard work of nhs and he should recognize and stop talking down their incredible achievements. He should recognize that we in the if we come back next government, we will invest massively in the nhs and take it forward with the funds we will make available from a strong and growing economy. The reality is, he would wreck that economy. [shouting] mr. Speaker, we dont want private Companies Suing our nhs for contracts they didnt get. Our nhs should be focused on maybe making people better, not the wealthy few richer. A eNational HealthService Departments just had their worst september on record. This morning the Royal College of emergency medicine said this winter, the nhs needs over 4000 extra beds. Could the Prime Minister explain why, under his government, the number of people in england waiting for an operation has reached a record high of 4. 4 million . Mr. Speaker, there is a reason why more people arent receiving nhs. The working the energy is is working hard at achieving more than ever before. If you want to look at what labor would be like an office, the smp government negotiated a higher price for this drug. They did. They did. They got the price totally wrong. He should have a word with them. Countryeople of this want a horrific foretaste of what life would be like under nhs, look aturrun the nhs in wales where all Health Targets are routinely missed. The waiting target hasnt been met since 2008. Inpatient outpatient hasnt been met since 2010. Urgent Cancer Treatment, he talks about Cancer Treatment. It hasnt been met since june 2008. That is how labour runs the nhs. Jeremy corbyn. A im surprised he keeps straight face saying that when his Government Cut somewhat from the budget. A government that has cut 15,000 beds out of the nhs, that has cut 7 billion from social care, i dont know how he has what he justsay said. The reality is, his words are hollow. Anybody once a gp appointment sees how overworked nhs staff are when they visit a hospital and the stress nhs staff goes through when they cant deal with all the patients coming in. He needs to think about this. I will give an example. A lady wrote to me this week. It is a real case of a real person. And i will quote her letter, if i may. My mother died in february as a direct result of the gp shortage in the u. K. Her last years were marred by long waits for treatments. When she got care it was given by overstretched but very dedicated people. But it always came after painful and debilitating delays. Why should that happen to jillians be or anyone elses mum . Excessive waiting time and shortage of staff for people, they should be supported and sympathized with. Mr. Speaker, we will deal with his constituents concerns. But i can, i can tell him, i can tell him that there are 17,300 more doctors and over 17,000 more nurses on our wards since 2010. Think frankly, mr. Speaker, it is time to differentiate between the politics of protest and the politics of leadership. And he should apologize to my routinelyr, for striking these attitudes. Onian easy to be an islingt who sides with russia over what happened in salisbury. He has a 106 a 126 billion program of renaturalization. He refuses to respect the verdict of the people on the referendum on eu leadership. Leadership means standing up for the people of his country, standing up for our police, standing up for our nhs, making sure it gets the funding it needs and standing up for our economy and our wealth creators. Above all it means getting brexit done and ending the delay. The time for protest is over. It is time for leadership, and that is what this government provides. [shouting] mr. Speaker, coming from a Prime Minister who withdrew his a bit odd. T seems my question, mr. Speaker, was about somebody whose mother died and she believes it is because of the shortage of staff within the nhs. I would hope the Prime Minister would show empathy and answer that question. Gp numbers are falling. There are 43,000 nurses shortage in the nhs and it has suffered the longest spending squeeze in its history. The choice in this election couldnt be clearer. People have a chance to vote for real change after years of conservative cuts. Privatization and tax handouts for the richest, this government has put our nhs into crisis. This is a once in a generation chance to end privatization in the nhs, give it the funding it needs and give us the doctors, nurses, gps and staff it needs. Despite the Prime Ministers denials, our nhs is up for grabs by u. S. Corporations in a trumpstyle trade deal. It the truth the right honorable gentleman will not be shouted down under any circumstances. He will complete his inquiry to the satisfaction of the chair and people who think otherwise will quickly learn that they are, as usual, wrong. Jeremy corbyn. Despite his denials, the nhs is up for grabs by u. S. Corporations. In a trump trade deal. Isnt it is the truth and the not like it. Y is it true the government is preparing to sell out our nhs . Our Health Service is in more danger than at any other time in its glorious history because of his government, his attitudes and these trade deals he wants to strike. Mr. Speaker, i agree that there is a stark choice facing this country. It is between economic catastrophe under the labour. Arty, under the labour party when hundred 96 billion pound program, taking money away from companies and putting it into a renationalization programs, putting taxes on people, that is a catastrophe. The economic catastrophe. It is worse than that. He offers a political disaster. Consigning next year, which would be a wonderful year for two morery, to referendums, another referendum on the eu because he cant make up his mind, and another referendum on scottish independence. Why on earth should the people of this country spend the next year, which will be a glorious year, going through the torpor of two more referendums . We want next year to be a great year. We want to invest more in frontline nhs services. We are going to reduce Violent Crime with more police officers. That is what i pledged. And we have done it. We will invest in every one of our schools, primary and secondary, across the country. That is what i pledged on the steps of downing street and we are delivering it. We will invest in a fantastic Infrastructure Program for our country. Broadband across the whole nation. That is what we are going to deliver. And we are going to deliver a fantastic deal by which this come out of the European Union, a deal he has tried to block and we will deliver. This is the future for this country. Dither under the labour party forwardthe country under conservatives . That is the choice. [shouting] mr. Blackman. For more than 30 years, the Royal National hospital in stan moore was promised to rebuild. Under the conservative governments, we have the first , to match the worldclass treatment to provide provided by the medical team there. We have two problems, one is that the next phase is caught up sadly,bureaucracy, and two eminent nonexecutive directors have been dismissed from the board. Can my right honorable friend sweep away this nhs bureaucracy to provide the medical that are required . And order an investigation as to why the nonexecutive directors have been removed by the board by nhs london . I congratulate my honorable as he cant campaigns for his constituents and his hospital. We will make sure that hospital, along with many others, will be in line for the funding he requires. May i tell him on his specific point about the administration, i will be asking my right honorable from the Health Secretary to deal with his concerns. Thank you. Can i on behalf of those of us here wish you the best for your impending retirement and salute you, sir, for the way you have stood up for the democracy of this hous