I am sure members across thoughts will want to join me in wishing her a speedy recovery. Others in addition. I will have this meeting say today. [indiscernible] on behalf of my friend from fulton. My constituents are reeling from the destruction of the economy in a of this year. Unemployment has skyrocketed. Unemployment is the highest in the capital. Facingat the same time an that there could be extra 4 million and this government. Already facing the double whammy of covid and financial ruin. It will the Prime Minister please immediately stop the imposition of this dreadful plan . Minister johnson i must respectfully inform the honorable lady that the current mayor has essentially bankrupted dsl before coronavirus and had even hit and left a massive black hole in its finances, and any need to make up that deficit is entirely down to him, it gives responsibility. Any charge or other measure taken to improve the finances of dsl are entirely the responsibility of the current bankrupt mayor of london. Mr. Speaker, the length and breadth of covid as has people making many sacrifices, but infection rates are increasing. Friendy right humble tell people how long we could be expected to stay there, what additional help is therefore local thank you. This is less than half the english average. Else, to keep following it and observing the new restrictions, but obviously washing hands and wear a face coverings in closes basis. Here, here. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I think that Prime Minister first honorable remarks . How hoosier doest an area in tieri three restrictions g . Out of those assertions are to get it all down. Get it down to one or below. I am very pleased to say that some areas are already having a considerable effect with the measure that they are taken. Speaker, can i trust for an answer . If the infection rate has not it be below one, would possible in any circumstances for that area to come out below tier three . Obviously it is one of the measures that we look at when we take decisions based on a number of decisions. Of course we look at registered infections. Edited data. The most important thing is for areas that go into tier three, i very good full to later to local leadership that has gone into. It is the right thing for them to do. It is the right thing to save lives. They are able to make progress theyll come out of it. Measures that are put in place are reviewed every 20 days. Mr. Speaker, i have not confused by the Prime Ministers answer. Millions of people want to know the answer to that question. Millions are in tier three. And many more are like to go back into tier three. Own certainlyits is not enough to get the rate below one. On the same day, the Prime Minister himself said that there was only a chance of getting infection rates down. The widespread fear, Prime Minister, is that tier three is the worst of all worlds. It brings significant economic harm. Instead of being a solution, tier three is a gateway to weeks and weeks, and months and months of agony, it which there is no likely exit. Can the Prime Minister not to the problem if there is not a clear exit . Speaker, i made it absolutely clear, that as we going to tier three, it is only and 28 days. We will review it after 28 days. Areas that have gone into tier three, i believe that they are already making progress. There aree restrictions are also showing signs of progress. We are pursuing a local, regional approach. It is sensible for this country. That is with the epidemiology supports. Supported last night. I want to thank the local leadership. London, and elsewhere, for what they are doing. Or rathert incoherent the opposite to attack local lockdowns, where he was to plunge the whole country. The whole country. Back into a damaging lockdown for weeks on end. He has no clue about how he would propose to get the country out of that, does he . That therell be a review every three days, but the effects rate will still go up and the numbers will survive. The numbers in the hospital will go up. It is the Prime Minister seriously saying that he would take a tier three area with the are above one . I do not think so. Let me spell out what this means. People,y, thousands of taxi drivers, public hospitality speakers, selfemployed and freelancers way to be out of work or facing a new reality. Mortgages will not be lower. Their food and heating bills will not be lower. For months. Why cannot the Prime Minister and chancellor understand this . Stop bargaining with peoples lives. Provide the support that is needed in manchester. Pm johnson mr. Speaker, i am billionud that 1. 1 pounds have been given. 2 billion pounds extra. Million for test and trade. 22 million for local response. The was offered a third of 60 Million Pounds. He turned down, mr. Speaker. Today thatbe house the speaker, the cash will be distributed. Honorablethank my colleagues across the house. Thank you for your support that you have given in this. This is a Prime Minister who says it is not working. There is a contrived 43 pounds. Cannot find 5 million for the people of manchester. I think that the Prime Minister it wayke it or leave that local deals are being done, it is corrosive. Put regiontrusts to against region. Mayor against mayor. Counsel against counsel, asking that the trade against jobs. We need a y nation approach. Replace these endless battles with clear criteria and proper support for jobs. The motion this afternoon would do that. Why would the Prime Minister not support that . Pm johnson mr. Speaker, i am proud of the support that we have given. The y nation, conservative support that we have given. 200 Million Pounds in support of jobs. This government that has cut for business, there is no other country in europe, mr. Speaker, were so much help is being given to the population to get to this. We will continue to do that. It is the height of absurdity that you would stand up and attack the economic consequences of the measures that we are obliged to take across some parts of the country, but he was her turn the lights out with a full National Lockdown. That was proposed lastly. Is that still what he was to do . The infection rate is up across all ages of all regions. It is particularly showing regions to be in the equivalent of tier two restrictions. Moving into tier three, and tier two has not worked. If tier two words, they could go to tier one. Tier two ghosted to three, and tier three has no and because there is no prospect or competence. Have, Prime Minister. Lessnfection rate today is then when i went to local researchers. The idea that some areas are immune, that is wrong. There is a stark choice. Carry on with the Prime Minister choice which will lead to prolonged agony. People in tiery two and tier three with no exit and or put in place at two a two to three for have chosen this path with half term starting this friday, this may bring the last opportunity for the Prime Minister put in place an effective circuit break. The Prime Minister was too slow in the first phase of his pandemic. He is being too slow again. Again. Ot repeat this really act in the best interest of the people and put in a circuit break this friday . We willon mr. Speaker do whatever be takes to get this country through the crisis, with or not with or without the support of the honorable judgment. As explained why they believe that the policy is right for the country. It would involve closing schools, shuddering businesses. Ecological,the emotional damage that lockdowns of that kind brain. You cannot break how many Circuit Breakers you think. How long they would go on. How much damage they would do to be u. K. Economy enter peoples mental health. We on the other hand want to go with a commonsensical approach. It is a local and regional approach that will keep our economy moving. That is the way to get the whole of our country through this crisis, together, so that we all have those regions that are now under tier three restrictions. All of the regions of the country bounced back strongly together. Here, here. Cheshire withto edward thompson. Thank you very much, mr. Speaker. After recent policy progress, covid has adversely affected participation levels in female sports and physical activity. This, will mye right honorable friend lynn to support to the development of the first ever womens and Girls Football efforts in windsor . Project7 Million Pounds that he has previously expressed interest in. It will help build female Grassroots Sports back together. Honorable friend. I welcome cheshire as a commitment to providing a new worldclass facility for women in football. I look forward to be proposed opening of the center in windsor. Ian blackford. My thoughts are very much with the thoughts. Mr. Speaker, next week, it just is the pandemic is rushing in. Thee will be a move winning redundancy. Closed doors that the Prime Minister is complaining. Can i ask a Prime Minister, if he is finding it such a circle, how about mr. Speaker, i am proud of what we have done to support people on low incomes throughout this. Thats this government raise the living minimum wage by record amounts. Weve just increased universal credit by about 1000 pounds per year. He makes a point about furlough. Mr. Speaker, as you know, come by the universal credit with job support, and the job support scheme that we just announced, and workers will be getting 80 of their salary. We will get this country through this crisis, but we will continue to support people of low income got the period. Back to ian blackford. I like to say that the Prime Minister simply does not get it. People in scotland are off to familiar with this. Millions of families are struggling to get by. This government wants to cut the income in the middle of a pandemic. Time is running out. With one lake left for the Prime Minister to finally did this. People. Se millions of or will he leave millions of people on the scrap heap . Pm johnson i really must reject what the right honorable gentleman has just said, because it bears no relation to the facts or the reality of what the government are doing to support people throughout the country. It is not just the £200 billion investment in jobs and livelihoods, what we are also engaged in and will continue to deliver a colossal investment in education, health, housing and infrastructure that will deliver jobs and growth throughout this United Kingdom for a generation. Andrea jenkyns i congratulate the Prime Minister and his negotiating team on their strong stance in the negotiations with the eu. And ask the Prime Minister whether he agrees with me that the eus position on fishing and and they are not treated as independent state the European Court of justice demonstrates that it is not treating us as an independent state, they are not acting in good faith to deliver a Free Trade Agreement and that, in international law, the uk is therefore entitled to leave the Withdrawal Agreement and make its own arrangements regarding the uks internal market . Pm johnson mr. Speaker, whatever the effect of the Withdrawal Agreement, i can certainly ensure her that the uks internal market, which i think everybody on both sides of the house values, is protected and upheld and by the United Kingdom internal market bill, which is currently going through another place at the moment, and also, of course, protecting the good friday agreement. Ed davey mikey is severely disabled. He turned 18 last month, so he is one of the first to see his Child Trust Fund mature, but mikeys disabilities mean that he cannot manage his own finances, so he cannot access the savings. Government rules on Child Trust Funds mean that his parents cannot access them either without paying expensive legal fees. This is mikeys own money. He wants to use it to buy a specially adapted tricycle. So, will the Prime Minister look at the proposals that mikeys father has shown me to end this injustice for disabled young people and let mikey buy this trike . Pm johnson of course, mr. Speaker, i will do whatever i can to help in the particular case that he raises. I do not know whether the tricycle he mentions is eligible for a number of the schemes that i can immediately call to mind, but if he cares to write to me, i will of course answer immediately. Mr speaker we now head up to harrow for bob blackman to land his question. Bob blackman thank you, ground control. My right honorable friend will be well aware of the negotiations going on between the department for transport and the current mayor of london on a further bailout for transport for london. The current mayor is demanding an eyewatering £5. 65 billion to keep tfl running for the next 18 months, yet he refuses to accept any economies because that would offend his union paymasters. Can my right honorable friend confirm, however, that the government have not required the current mayor of london to expand the congestion charge to the north and south circular roads . Pm johnson mr. Speaker, i can certainly confirm, as i said in my answer to the first question, is that the black hole in tfls finances, the bankruptcy of tfl, which, by the way, was left in Robust Financial Health by the previous mayor it certainly was. It certainly was. It is entirely the fault of the current labour mayor of london, with his grossly irresponsible demagogic fare policies, which, i may say, were never pursued by the previous mayor of london, mr. Speaker, and the fault lies entirely with him. I trust that my honorable friend will make that clear. Dr. Rupa huq mr. Speaker, Financial Support packages, tackling homelessness, rail nationalisation and honouring marcus rushford, there is plenty that this government have done on covid that i applaud, but with winter set to bite and no end to the virus in sight, may i ask the Prime Minister to reconsider the arbitrary end to many of his schemes, which were set months ago when we knew so little . Three million selfemployed were completely left out of all of these measures, a number of whom are now set to face destitution when the minimum income floor ends next month. And 3,272 kids in his own seat and 2,016 in mine are in the balance. Can he start by voting with us tonight and make sure that that gong does not mean nothing . Mr. Speaker Prime MinisterPrime Minister please. I want to get to the list. Weve got to help each other. Prime minister. Pm johnson thank you mr. Speaker. The honorable lady is quite right to call attention to the difficulties facing many families right now because of the crisis that we have been in. The most important thingand i hope that this is common ground, is to keep kids in school if we possibly can. That would be vitiated by the series of lockdowns that are being proposed. I dont want to go down that route. What i want to do is to ensure that we continue to support families throughout the crisis so that they have the cash available to feed their kids as they need to do. Pm johnson i am delighted that kettering General Hospital is part of the biggest Hospital Building programme in a generation. I can tell my honorable friend that the infrastructure delivery taskforce is already involved in delivering the Health Infrastructure programme, which includes kettering General Hospital. Mr hollobone i thank the Prime Minister for visiting the night shift at kettering General Hospital in february and seeing for himself at first hand the wonderful work being done by local medics and staff. The hospital could expedite at speed ambitious plans for its rebuild, but only if the time taken for regulatory clearances at nhs improvement is dramatically shortened. Will the Prime Minister cut nhs red tape so that local people can have the improvements that we need at our local hospital as quickly as possible . Pm johnson indeed. Mr. Speaker, i hope i can reassure him by saying that clinical modelling work is now complete and the Site Development is now under way as we speak. Daisy cooper thank you, mr. Speaker. On 16 june, the Prime Minister agreed to provide Free School Meal vouchers to hungry children over the Summer Holidays after claiming just 24 hours beforehand that he was completely unaware of the campaign that was calling for it. Last week, the liberal democrat Education Minister for wales, kirsty williams, guaranteed that Free School Meal provision during School Holidays would continue until at least easter 2021, and yesterday the Scottish Government committed to do the same. Can the Prime Minister confirm that he is indeed aware of these announcements, and, if so, when does he plan to do the right thing . Pm johns