Jobs, 130 at the facility in forest and i have no doubt a launch of the uk on a path to ever greater presence in the global satellite market. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Yesterday the Prime Minister announced a series of changes that none of us wand to see to keep the violence as low as possible and residents are concerned and anxious. Would the Prime Minister reassure my constituents the primary focus of the government remains on protecting lives and livelihoods. My honorable friend can reassure his constituents that our purposes and the purpose of the package that i think would carry overwhelming support yesterday in this house is to continue to drive down that number while keeping businesses open and keeping children keeping people in school. Leader of the opposition. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Three months ago today, the Prime Minister said test and trace can be a game changer for us. He was backed up by the Health Secretary who said finding where people who test positive are is the single most important thing that we can do to stop the spread of the virus. Yesterday the Prime Minister said the complete opposite. Starting there, he said testing and tracing has very little or nothing to do with the spread or transmission of the disease. Both positions cannot be right. Which one is it, Prime Minister . Mr. Speaker, it is an obvious fact of epidemiology that alas this disease is transmitted by human contact or ar sol contact but its one of the advantages of test and trace which we did not have working early in the pandemic. We didnt have it in the spring and the result is that we now have the ability to see in granular detail where the epidemic is breaking out, which groups are being infected. Thats why weve been able to deliver the local lockdowns and thats why were able to tell now at this stage that it is necessary to take the divisive action that we are in which i think he supports to drive the virus down, keep kids in school and keep our economy moving. Thats the point, mr. Speaker. So why yesterday did the Prime Minister say that testing and tracing had very little or nothing to do with the spread or transmission of the disease . Mr. Speaker, i hesitate to reprove the gentleman for a not listening to my previous answer. I gave a very, very clear answer. The answer is, it is simply an epidemiology fact that transmission of the virus takes place by a human contact from person to person. What test and trace enables us to do is to isolate the cases of the virus which we werent able to do before. And thanks to the efforts, many thousands of people, nurses, doctors, young people, members of the Armed Services, we now have were not only testing more capacity testing more than any other country in europe, but capacity today is at a record high and i think you should pay tribute to their work. Mr. Speaker, i listened to the answer that the Prime Minister gave the questions. Thats why i asked him the question. Yesterday, he said the complete opposite of what he said today. Everybody who was in the chamber, everybody will see it. And he talks about testing. Mr. Speaker, can i remind the Prime Minister that last week before the lcommittee that testing has huge problems, the Health Center said fixing testing would take weeks, pretending there isnt a problem is part of the problem, Prime Minister. Its unclear lets test what the Prime Ministers explanation is. Is it the explanation for the problems that we havent got enough the problem it says which problem . The problem that he acknowledged one week ago before the committee. Mr. Speaker is the explanation from the Prime Minister that we havent got enough capacity because nobody could have expected the rise in demand, thats the harding defense, or is it weve got all of the capacity we need, its just that people are being unreasonable in asking for tests. Thats the hancock defense. Which is it . I think the attacks by the opposition on harding in particular are unseemly and unjustified. And i think the and i think her teams have done an outstanding job in recruiting people. This is not for a moment to deny the to deny the anxiety of those who want tests which i readily accept. Of course, of course we would love to have much more testing and it is thanks to the efforts of nhs test and trace that we arent not only at a record high today, testing more people than any other european country, but to get to the point that he raised, were going to go up to 500,000 tests by the end of october. That is the work of harding and her team and i think actually again, what we want to hear, and what i frankly want to hear, is more of the spirit of togetherness that we had yesterday. This is an opportunity to support nhs to support test and trace. Instead, he constantly knocks it from the sidelines, mr. Speaker. Theres a little bit of rowdiness coming from here. And we have a little bit from this side. I want to hear the Prime Minister. When i cant hear the Prime Minister, i worry about the people who are watching the proceedings. If you have further comment, speak to me afterwards. Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister knows my complaint is not with the nhs, its with the government. My wife works for the nhs. My mother worked for the nhs so im not going to take lectures from the Prime Minister on supporting the nhs. The Prime Minister says we got capacity, goes on and on about capacity. Lets test that. Three weeks ago, millions of children went back to school. Thats a good thing. Then the inevitable happened. Kids get coughs, bugs, flu. Thats what happens. Its in the job description. But theres no effective system in place to deal with it. Many cant get tests quickly, schools allocated ten tests, many wait days for the results, the outcome is obvious, child and siblings off school, and year group off school. How on earth did we get into this mess . Mr. Speaker, he knows perfectly well that or he read the advice from the four chief medical officers that theres a small risk to children of primary and secondary school age from this disease. He knows that children have a significantly less lower rate of infection, thats all in the letter that they published today. But he also knows, he also knows that were doing our best to get every child a test who has symptoms and further that thanks to the efforts of teachers in this country, of parents, peoples, 99. 9 of our schools are now back in spite of all of his attempts, i may say, throughout the summer to sow doubt on the idea that schools are safe. The people of this country had more commonsense, mr. Speaker. Such a poor defense. Thats such a poor defense. The point isnt whether the children the point isnt whether the children have got covid, its they got covid symptoms and then theyre off school. The governments own department shows that 1 in 8 children are off school this week. That disrupts their education. Whether its covid symptoms or other symptoms, its nothing to the point. If the primaries doesnt see that, hes out of touch with families and what theyre going through in school day in and day out in the last few weeks. The reality is, losing control of testing is a major reason why the Prime Minister is losing control of this virus. As a result, hes phasing in health measures, restrictions that we support, but hes phasing out economic support. Health measures are out of sync. There could be no avoiding the crushi crushing blow new measures will bring. They go hand and hand with clarity on the business support to protect jobs. Why wasnt that announced yesterday . Mr. Speaker, lets be absolutely no doubt that the work this government has done to protect the economy of this country, to support the jobs of 12 Million People through overall expenditure of 160 billion pounds has been unexampled anywhere else in the world and i think he should pay tribute to the chancellor and his work and we will go forward with further creative and imaginative schemes to keep our economy moving. And that is the essence, mr. Speaker, of the plan, of the proposals that we he talks about he supported them last night or yesterday, mr. Speaker. I hope he continues to support them. The essence of what were saying, mr. Speaker, is that we want to depress the virus but keep pupils in school and keep our economy moving. That is the single best thing we can do to support firms across the country. Mr. Speaker, im not asking about the support that was being put in place in the past. We support that. Im asking about the support thats needed now particularly in light of the restrictions announced yesterday. Mr. Speaker, this is not theoretical. Yesterday 6,000 jobs were lost at one of the major employers in the hospitality sector. The cbi, the trade unions, the federation of small businesses, the British Chamber of commerce, the government of the bank of new england, theyre calling on the Prime Minister to stop and rethink, support the businesses affected, dont withdraw furlough. When is the Prime Minister finally going to act . Mr. Speaker, these are indeed tough times and i have no doubt that many businesses, many employees are feeling a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty and we will do our best to protect them throughout this period. But we will get through this, mr. Speaker, by precisely the methods that we have outlined and that were agreed on in this house. I think the what the reality of the position has been exposed. The cat is out of the bag. It was his shadow education secretary who said of the present crisis, she said, dont let a good crisis go to waste. Thats the real approach of the labor party, mr. Speaker. Seeking to create political opportunity out of a crisis, out of the difficulties and changers this country is going through while were taking the tough decisions, the tough decisions to get this virus down, to keep our Education System going and keep our economy moving. He supported it yesterday, i hope he will continue to give it his support. Mr. Speaker, local football clubs are hugely important to our communities. Many sports, clubs around the country have found their hopes of welcoming fans back to stadiums next month have been dashed. Given the football leagues, they assured me that theyll do Everything Possible to support these club and is the communities that rely on them too. Mr. Speaker, i know what a passionate supporter you are. I can tell him the secretary of state for culture, media and support is active consultations with clubs across the country to see what we can do to help. Thanks, mr. Speaker. Last night the Prime Minister and leaders of the government announced restrictions at stopping the number of covid cases reaching a predicted 50,000 a day by midoctober. But there are other major threats that we face this october. Theres another set of numbers that all of this is at the tory government. 1 million jobs at risk if furlough ends early. 30 billion a year billed to the taxpayer from a nodeal brexit. And today we learned 7,000 trucks queueing for days. Mr. Speaker, if those numbers become a reality, the Prime Minister is leading us into another winter of discontent. Mr. Speaker, our first minister has shown leadership at all fronts during this pandemic. However the responsibility and powers for extending the scheme rely with the Prime Minister and the chancellor. The Prime Minister must announce an extension, no half measures, no halfbaked projects, to this vital and life saving scheme. I notice that both the leader of the party and opposition support an extension of the furlough scheme. Thats what thats what he said. What we will do as i said throughout is continue to put our arms around the people of this country going through a tough time and come up with the the appropriate creative and imaginative schemes to keep them in and work and keep the economy moving. Thats the essence of our approach. Thats so poor, mr. Speaker. What were talking about is protecting the jobs of people today. Its not a definite and nobody, nobody, Prime Minister, has asked for that. Mr. Speaker, the first steps to any recovery is admitting that there is a problem. Even the governor of the bank of england is telling the Prime Minister to stop and rethink. The solution for millions of people right now is an extensio minister, of the scheme beyond october. The alternative is putting jobs in scotland at risk. Yesterday the only reassurance the Prime Minister gave those scottish workers was saying he would throw his arms around them. Prime minister, i can tell you the last thing those 61,000 scotts are looking for is a hug from you. They need the security of knowing they can hold on to their jobs and incomes for themselves and their families. Time is running out. Workers are facing it today. Will the government instruct the chancellor to extend the furlough scheme and stop 1 million workers being sold into the scrap heap by this government . What i can certainly tell him is of course the furlough scheme has been extended until the end of the october. There should be no doubt about that. As i said before, we will continue to provide the best support we can possibly give to keep people, get people new jobs are being created, mr. Speaker get people into work. I can imagine he doesnt want a hug from me, but that was a metaphor, mr. Speaker. And perhaps its physically incarnated by the 12. 7 billion pounds of consequentials were seeing come from the uk to support people across the whole of our country. I suspect you might get a vote from andrew bowen. Not in present company. The leader of the scottish party, we voted this week and last to protect 500,000 jobs enshrined scotlands most important market, our internal uk market. Why does my friend think the s p did not support this bill . Spl speaker, i have no absolutely no idea. Its baffling. This is a bill that underpins a massive transfer of powers back to scotland from brussels, from brussels, about 70 powers and prerogatives go back to scotland which they would throw away again, as, mr. Speaker, they would throw away again the entire beautiful glistening whole of the uks or scotlands spectacular marine wealth, scotlands fisheries straight back to brussels. Thats what they want to do. Caroline lucas. Thank you very much mr. Speaker. Last week an, aresvp report government failing to reach 17 out of 20 targets it had signed up to. Theres a major un summit next week. It is a vital moment to put this right and to show real leadership. Now the eus summit aims to protect a minimum 30 of land and sea for nature by 2030. Will the Prime Minister commit now to at least match that goal, 30 of land and sea for nature by 2030 and deliver the forthcoming Spending Review . Chief, the honorable lady cant be unaware that the campaign to get the worlds leaders to sign up to a leaders declaration, mr. Speaker, was led, has been led over the last few weeks by this government. And it is this government you know that. She knows that, mr. Speaker. Its this government that devised the charter. Its this government thats leading the world and protecting biodiversity. We put in the funding. We pioneered the idea and we will certainly put in all the funding required. Mr. Speaker, theres varying concern across the country about the rising number of illegal crossings across the channel. In order to stop these dangerous journeys, to save lives and to protect our borders, the uk must deter people from making these crossings. The law in this area is complex. Can you assure the constituents and the country that the latest bill to deal with the problem will be brought before the house following the next speech. Hes completely right that the legal position is currently very difficult because of the influx of rigid dublin regulation for returns. Whats happening now, people think theres a way that is legally very difficult. Its tragic for those coming across in rubber dinghies or childrens paddling pools, cheated by gangs as they are. We must find a way of doing this once we are out of the eu, able to make our own return arrangements, able to settle our own ln i have no doubt well find a way forward. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I hope respectfully the Prime Minister isnt having problems with his memory because just yesterday, can i remind him we just had a recent exchange where metaphorically you promised to put your arms around the british people and support jobs and the economy. Now we know that the cbi and the tuc, businesses and unions, employees and workers, and now even the bunt of england are united in a call for a targeted expansion in the covid Job Retention scheme. And make no mistake, theres a tsunami of job losses in the pipeline within 38 days. So, will the Prime Minister please listen to that advice and take urgent action . Id like a yes or no answer. I think the honorable member is gravity of the situation. Although it is true. This is very, very difficult, very, very difficult circumstances. Thats why weve put in the support that we have. Thats why dont forget theres the Job Retention bonus at the end of the year to help firms to keep people in employment. But also thats why were looking at a massive package now of investment in jobs and growth in the medium in the short medium and the long term. And you look at the 2 billion pound Kick Start Fund that weve already put in place, about 640 billion pounds of investment overall in infrastructure. And what i can tell the house is in addition to the package that i sent out yesterday, as i said earlier on, there will be creative and imaginative measures from the chancellor to help people through this crisis. Thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Prime minister, like you, one of my top priorities, improving edu