This morning i had meetings witl colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Mr. Speaker, we need to build more homes on brownville sites but we also need to make sure the houses weve got our of a decent standard. In states across my constituency we need investments to make sure for those have decent homes. So will be agreed by improving homes they will level up our economy and deliver workingclass communities . My honorable fred is spot on and hell be hearing more about that in just a half hours time but hes quite right we should be building on brownfield sites and building Beautiful Homes that people actually want. Jeremy corbyn. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our thoughts are with the loved ones of those who sadly died to contracting the coronavirus and those that still are suffering from the disease including the honorable member. I want once again to pay tribute to our medical staff working so hard to combat the spread of this disease and care for those affected. I think we should all express our gratitude to the chief medical officer and the chief scientific advisor who is shown Exceptional Leadership the route and will continue to follow their advice. Mr. Speaker, sunday was International Womens day, a day when we celebrate the achievements of women around the world. Recognizes the advances made in working towards a goal of gender inequality. Most importantly reflect on how far we have to go to achieve that. A quarter of social care workers who were overwhelmingly women are on zero hours contract. The essential care workers self isolate if the experience symptoms of coronavirus. Many may feel they have no choice but to continue working. Will the Prime Minister finally bring an emergency legislation to guarantee sick pay for zero hours workers to help contain the spread of the virus . Well, mr. Speaker, i know the whole house will wish to join the honorable gentleman in wishing my honorable friend the minister for Mental Health speedy recovery. And i know, mr. Speaker, issued a a letter to her but across the parliamentary estate and use in your letter, mr. Speaker, we will be guided i Public Health england and our response to this situation. And they are also providing guidance to honorable members and to the opposite. As the right honorable gentleman knows, in just a few minutes we will be hearing from my right honorable event the chancellor on what measures were taken to protect everybody. As he knows he has brought statutes and they want. But for those were on types of contract we will ensure they get the protection that they need, and nobody does the right thing by staying at home is penalized. I hope that legislation comes rapidly and it does guarantee that people dont have to make a choice between spreading the virus because they had to go to work or staying at home self isolated as they should do if they got the symptoms. Can the Prime Minister explain why according to a report by the institute of Health EquityLife Expectancy has gone down for the poorest women in our society . Well, mr. Speaker, over all, Life Expectancy is down at its highest level. But i will not and attribute to the consistent work of this government and others, but it is absolute truth that there are too many instances into many parts of the country where we are seeing Life Expectancy not rising to we would like. It is true there are part of this country where one in 50 pregnant women are smokers in parts of the country were only one in four pregnant women are smokers. What we want to see is a uniting and a leveling up across this whole country. Thats why were putting record 12,000,000,000 pounds in Public Health. This is a party of nhs that is to putting record investments into our nhs precisely for the purpose. I dont think the Prime Minister answered my question, mr. Speaker. And its no surprise, mr. Speaker, that Life Expectancy has gone down when 86 of the cuts made by successive tory governments have cited disproportional on the shoulders of women. We are one of the richest countries in the world and its mindboggling the Life Expectancy should be falling in this country. Mr. Speaker, for the poorest people, for the poorest people in our society, Life Expectancy is falling. They should have attached to that. Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister supports the actually horrendous rate clause in the Child Tax Credit rules. Why does he think its right 200 mothers have to prove to the government that child was conceived as result of being raped so they can keep their Child Tax Credits . Mr. Speaker, i want to correct the point just made. It is im afraid the case as has been revealed just in the last few days that mortality is at its lowest level in this country since 2001. Since 2001. And on his point about recipients of benefit, obviously draws attention to an injustice and will do everything we can to rectify it. Well, i would hope that means the Prime Minister is going to introduce legislation to end the two policy and been the strategy because that exactly what happens when women who are victims of rape have to prove theyve been raped in order to get benefits for their child. 50 years ago, mr. Speaker, the labour minister Barbara Castle introduced the equal pay act. But women are still paid 17 less than men, and under this government the gender pay gap is estimated to take another 60 years to close. Why hasnt the Prime Minister followed labours lead and set a target for closing it by 2030 . Mr. Speaker, not only are there now record when in appointment in this country but the gender pay gap is at a record low. And it was this conservative government that make sure the company said report on the gender pay gap, mr. Speaker. 17 gap that is too big, too wide and should be closed and a government should do something about it. Mr. Speaker, every fortnight, three women are killed by their partner or expartner here Domestic Violence is only likely to increase its large numbers of people are having to self isolate. Ten years of austerity has denied the funding they need to support victims of Domestic Abuse. Will he commit to the extra 173 million needed every year to ensure that survivors get the support they so desperately need . Mr. Speaker, we just put record funding back into counsels to support that and all the responsibilities. We are committed when he talks of Domestic Abuse, we have brought forward a victims law to guarantee victims rights and this government has an outstanding record of tackling violence against women and girls. And that is why we are now taking forward in this parliament are landlocked Domestic Abuse bill. Funding for Domestic Abuse bill will simply be a piece of paper. There has to be funding to ensure that those are victims of Domestic Violence gets the support they need in this sense they need that are underfunded by his government. Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has made repeated offensive remarks against single mothers and their children. Yes, and he described them as illinois, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate. Against muslim women saying they look like bank robbers. Against working women suggesting the best way of dealing with advice for female colleague is just to pat her on the bottom and send her on her way. Words have consequences. His offensive words are backed up with offensive and discriminatory policy. From the rate clause to dismantling local services with women, particularly disabled women disproportionally rely on. Can the Prime Minister apologize for his offensive comments and ensured that these discriminatory policies are reversed by his government . Mr. Speaker, im proud of what this government has done [shouting] im proud member Record Number of female mps in our body today. Im proud this is the only party that has produced to make vmo, not one but two in the [shouting] we can it be an extraordinary amazing thing, mr. Speaker, [shouting] wouldnt be an amazing think that party would produce a female leader of the own . Dont hold your breath, mr. , mr. Speaker, but i will take the lessons from a party where women, good women, good female mps are bullied out of their party. [shouting] just because it had the justice to stand up to stand up against antifeminism in the own party. [shouting] thank yo u very much, mr. Speaker. My right honorable friend the Prime Minister i know the great champion of the countryside as we benefited both from producing high Animal Welfare food and also the amount of carbon that is in the soil and through permanent pasture. In our conservative manifesto we stated on page 57 in our trade negotiations we will not compromise our high Environmental Protection and Animal Welfare and food standards. Will the Prime Minister meet with me and other colleagues with world farming disease to discuss how Rural Farmers and growers in trade deals provide them with more opportunity, even more food [shouting] mr. Speaker, my honorable friend is right. We will not compromise our and Animal Welfare, not compromise on food standards and hygiene. Im only too happy to meet him and his fellow farmers to discuss the opportunities ahead. Thank you, mr. Speaker. As the numbers infected by the coronavirus grow, the public concern grows with it. Last week the Prime Minister gave the assurance that no one would be financially penalized for following health advice. And yet still millions of self employed workers have been left in deep uncertainty and Poor Financial Health bill be given if theyre forced to stop working. In this house, mr. Speaker, we are in a privileged position. We will not be financially worse off. Millions of workers are not in a privileged position. They may be forced to rely on Social Security for an extended period back because of this virus. So for the record, ten Prime Minister tellme what the status can the Prime Minister tellme what the status is of the uk government . Mr. Speaker, its not my duty to comment on the trade routes by the country all i can tell you, i can tell you im a member which he knows very well, which he knows very well is that we and this government have already advanced from day for today one. We will make those in universal and other benefits get the help they need from day one as the right honorable friend the chancellor, we will be telling him more about what were doing to protect everybody in this aside to make sure everybody is not penalized for doing the right thing. But let me try and help the Prime Minister. And perhaps inform him of the details here in ireland in response to the coronavirus the government has just raised the statutory secretary duke equivalent of 266 pounds per week. This covers and those selfemployment. In germany and austria to an 87 pounds, and sweden is 230. The netherlands 201 pounds and can spank inspect it is 121. But as in the uk, in the uk, Prime Minister its a meager 94 pounds, 25 per week. Prime minister, up to 80 of people across the United Kingdom could face infection in the weeks and months ahead. Many of them will be forced to rely on the day. If the Prime Minister is truly committed to leveling up a good place to start must be statutory sick days. Will he take the opportunity to stand up today and commit to raising the uk payment to the average eu level . Mr. Speaker, as a think most members of the house understand, the uk assistant for many of the countries around the world and certainly in the eu. We have a universal free Health System, we have an extensive benefit system free for people across this country and, indeed, our Health System from a is, very wellprepared for this epidemic and i congratulate everybody in the nhs responsible for making the preparations that they have. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Last week at the pleasure of visiting a hospital to see a demonstration of an advanced surgical robot which represents a leap forward from house provision in my constituency. Thus the Prime Minister agree with me that technological advances in the nhs is paramount to providing the best level of patient care and will he agree to work with me . Yes, mr. , mr. Speaker, and s why my honorable Friend Health secretary and i determined to advance robot technology, ai into nhs. Would put in in another 200 Million Pounds and it is that every the nhs is leading over 500 Million Pounds more cash increase of nearly 5 . Mr. Speaker, a month ago i asked the Prime Minister about his to work on overstretched nhs. He dodges the truth. Can the Prime Minister today confirm exactly what steps he taken to ensure all these consoles to work in all of our hospitals . Yes, mr. Speaker, thats what introduced a fast track to nhs visa. Question seven, mr. Speaker, on war widows. Mr. Speaker, my right honorable friend has made this point to me and i heard from the war widows of themselves about their own concerns. The ministry of defence is looking for what can be done to provide meaningful support to those of lost their loved ones. Given that the previous defence secretary sought and was refused permission from the treasury to help the estimated 265 war widows whose pensions were canceled when they remarried and can be permanently restored only by their going through a divorce and remarriage to their second husband, will the Prime Minister personally meet moira came and Mary Moreland of the War Widows Association, finally to put an end to this deplorable and this honorable situation . Mr. Speaker, the m. O. D. Is looking at this very problem and im conscience of the issue that he raises, that he raised with me. Ive asked my right honorable friend secretary of state for defense to meet the chairman of the War Widows Association to discuss further what we can do. Mr. Speaker, last week in the awardwinning actor musician released a hardhitting new album and a short film the long goodbye which passed the heartbreak of many minorities are feeling unwanted in britain where here oclock crime is rising and hate speech affects public life. These are also the concerns of muslims in my constituency. I urge members of house to listen to and watch it. So could the Prime Minister and for once without hiding behind the ropes of his muslim ancestors, yes, we all know he has them, offer a fig leaf that is exchancellor of the cabinet provided him, or resorting to the potentially divided titfortat reflection of the barristers issue which is antisemitism . 300 300 complaints of islamopha from his party. Can he can you simply assure mee is doing [shouting] order. Prime minister. Well, mr. Speaker, i can reassure that is no room for hate or racism in this party, in our conservative party and i wish i could say the same of her own party. The news they are expecting their first child. All parents want the best start in life for their children. With the uk lagging behind the rest of the world in the number of diseases that we test, we only test for nine conditions in the country. Do you agree with me and will you support my Campaign Calling for a review of the new born baby Screening Program . Mr. Speaker, she raises a very important point. Im glad starting tissue screening for babies with severe combined immunodeficiency would be evaluated for inclusion in the screening. But to my right honorable Friend Health secretary said hes more than willing to meet her to discuss further what screening and how screening can be improved. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Further to the questions posed by my right honorable friend leader of the snp, irrespective what other kinds of doing policy in this country is his responsibility so what is he going to do to help selfemployed in this Coronavirus Crisis . Im grateful to the honorable gentleman and what were going to do to ensure nobody is penalized for doing the right thing. Everybody has access to the benefits and the sports indeed, and if he can contain himself, mr. Speaker, my right honorable friend the chancellor will be setting out more in just a minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Will the Prime Minister join with me in congratulating the mighty for the five goldmedal haul at the International Opening last month . The swimmers involved were james will be, a