Oftentimes really discouraging to young sign actives who are thinking about thetting into this field is the 2308g. Whats your chance . If you have a great idea about cancer research. Its preclinical. Youre working in an Academic Institution but you have that mixed idea. Where are i going to get funded . The n. I. H. Whats your nans of getting funded . The chance is about 16, in the cancer industry its even lower, 110. National institutes of Health Director francis collins. Tomorrow at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on span. Next, british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron taking questions at the house of commons. Then the European Parliament discussing c. I. A. Investigation techniques. And at 11k p. M. , another chance pavelitch. A. katy british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron answered questions on Climate Change policy and relations with russia. He condemned the attacks in australia and pakistan. This is about 35 minutes. Questions to the prime. Nister Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Im sure the whole house will join me in condemning the outrageous that have shocked the world in recent days. The siege of the cafe in sydney ended in tragedy but was accompanied by heroic so typical of that country. What happened several thousand miles away in a school in pakistan is utterly heartbreaking. Massacre of the innocents which has left the world numb. The world stands head bows with pakistan today. Words can k. But words cannot defeat the men of violence. Let this be the time when every nation comes togethers and said its enough. We will defeat this evil. We send our warmest christmas wishes to the armed fors, in particular in afghanistan and west africa. Were forever indebted for the sacrifices they make. Can i ask about the comments about the incidents in australia and pakistan. And best wishes to our military who might be serving abroad. The southwest has the wroig the largest increase in unemployment in the United Kingdom. To continue to realize its full economic potential, does my friend agree the premises are three Rail Transport point plan . My honorable friend has campaigned over and over again for the important improvements in these rail links. He knows what is being done to help the southwest in that regard. I received a presentation from the task force, so we are going to take forward each of that threepoint plan in the work we do in future to make sure theres Better Services for people in the southwest. On the issue of unemployment. The claimant is now folded by 42 since the election. What these figures show nationally, claim account falling for the 25th consecutive month birmingham i think is an important moment for our country is unemployment is now below two million and wages are rising faster than inflation, something im sure will be welcome across the house. I want to join the Prime Minister to in sympathy about the slaughter of innocent children. Its shocked the world. We stand in solidarity with the grieving families and the people in pakistan and the fight against terrorism. My condolences go to the families of those who died and to the australian people. I pay tribute to all our troops serving around the world. They do our country proud and show the utmost courage and bravery. Mr. Speaker, the under went pent office of budget responsibility established by the chancellor, independent expert device take total public spending, disclosure of National Income in eight years. Why does he believe the o. B. R. Has joined the b. B. C. In a conspiracy . The opposition says about the atrocities taking place. I also welcome his welcome for the office of budget responsibility. We still rec the days of the federal forecast, the fake figures and all that we had to put up with. If hes going to if hes going to quote, me might want to read the complete quote. Let me do that for the benefit of the house. It says the closest equivalent implies that by 20192020, day toy day spending will be at its lowest level since 2002 and 2003 in real terms. In 2002 to three, mr. Speaker, in my memory was after five years of a labor government when the honorable gentleman was an advisory in the treasury. Presumably hes now going to tell us it was a time of deprivation. I dont seem to remember that being the message at the time. He spent four years saying we spent too much. Now hes saying we spent too little. And the reality is he cant run away from the office of budget responsibility figures, because they say, and this is the full quote, they take public spending to its lowest share in 18 years. If you say theyre wrong as a proportion of National Income,ened it would be rather the same as it was in 19999 after two years of a labor government. The fact is this. I think i think that after seven years of economic growth, we should be having a surplus. We should be fixing the roof when the sun is shining. Is the labor leader really saying that he doesnt think we should run a surplus ever . S that what youre saying . If hes just a little bit patient, in four months time hell get to ask the questions and ill get to answer them. He knowsts talk whats happened. He knows whats happened is the mark slip in the autumn statement, hes been revealed for who he really is. There are over 50 billion pounds, more than the entire amount we spend on schools, half of what we spent spend on the n. H. S. And significantly more than in this parliament. It will do massive damage to services. We have difficult decisions every day since taking over from the sham nls we inherited. And everyone can now see that his pretense which lasted for about one week of caring about the deficit is over. This is what the institute for fiscal studies says about his policy. Under labor government there would be much more borrowing and therefore more government debt. They havent learned a single thing in the last four years. More taxes, more borrowing, all the things that got us into this mess in the first place. Hes boor hes boroughing more than he planned. Hes broken his promise. The difference is well cut the deficit ever year. He wants to go back to the 1930s. Hes got 7 billion pounds of tax cuts on top. Before the last election, mr. Speaker, he said this. You cant talk about tax reduction unless you show how it can be paid for. The public are stufmente what is it going to be . Public cuts in services or a rise in va t. . What this goes to show is that if you get on the top of the financial finances, you can cut taxes for people. Thats it. Isnt it interesting on this of all days, not a word from him about the in all unemployment. That is the truth. Remember the predictions. They told us there was no growth and there was growth. They told us there were no jobs and there were jobs. They told us the deficit would go down. The deficit has come down. Theyve got absolutely nothing to say about the economy because theyve been wrong on every single count. Mr. Speaker, hes crying everything is fixed. It may be fixed, his Christmas Card list but it isnt fixed to lots of people in the country. He didnt answer he didnt answer the question on va t. , did he . We have no plans to put up va t. Then barely two months later he 1 2. P va t. From 7 would he rule out a rise in va t. . We dont need to raise takes. Weve got a plan for efficiencies in spending. Its the Party Opposite that doesnt have a plan. These are what has changed for real people. 588,000 people have a job this year who didnt have a job last year. Longterm unemployments fallen, youth unemployments fallen. Mr. Speaker, it is christmas. We should all enter into the christmas spirit. I have to say plrks ive had my Christmas Present a little bit early. This is the document being sent to every labor person. In case they havent had the time to read it, let me advice them if they go to page 16, be patient, if they go to page 16, its there in black and white. Managing the economy it says. The crivets have a 17point lead. Thank you this may be chris mass. Mr. Speaker, i hope its christmas. He gets to reflect on his year. Hes lost two minutes of parliament. He lost Something Else and he brought a new meaning to the phrase conviction ambition. E struth hes given us uncompassionate conservatism. May they be exposed for who they really are. It isnt about balancing the budget. Its about slapping if state. That is the election choice. Its on a day when unemployment has fallen, inflation is down, our economys growing faster than anywhere else. Hes got absolutely nothing to say. I have to say, mr. Speaker, i almost feel sorry for labor. P. s, they cant talk about the deficit because its fallen. They cant faulk about growth because its rising. They cant talk about jobs. They cant talk about immigration. They cant talk about their leader because hes a complete waste of space. No wonder for labor m. P. S, this ear is a silent night. Thank you, thank you, mr. Speaker. Order his voice must be heard. Thank you mr. Speaker. First of all, may i concur entirely the Prime Ministers words and the ah palling tragedy that unfolded around the world. Bearing in mind the continuing success of our longterm , my right dition honorable friend please reassure the house that bearing that in future torrey or coalition government. Actually agree with my honorable friend that you can only have a Strong Defense budget and Strong Defense forces if you have a strong economy. Our Defense Budget is the biggest in the eu. Its the second largest in the nato. We meet the 2 guideline of g. D. P. Because of the success of our economic plan, were able to mmit to over 160 billion pounds over the next 10 years. Thats why youre going to see the aircraft carriers, the a400 ms, the submarines with incredible equipment rolling off the proiks lines in our country to help keep us safe. And nigel north. The terrible slaughter of the innocents in pakistan yesterday shocked the world. Its another example of obscene atrocities being visited upon children in various parts of the world by these barbaric forces. Another example was the attack on 200 School Children abducted in northwest nigeria. At the time other governments pledged their support to assist in the hunt for those children, what can the Prime Minister offer in that regard . What we do in all these cases is see what expertise and assets that we have that we can help bring to play too help the governments trying to combat these problems. In nigeria, we did for a period lend the expertise of our fighter jets with the raptors in order to provide imageling to help find the girls. We continued to work with the Nigerian Government in any way we can. With pakistan, we believer they must confront terrorism in all of its forms. It is taking steps to do that. I think today is the day to redouble our support and efforts. The whole world should do the same. To say if the Pakistan Government wants to root out terror and none of this can be justified, it has the support of the whole world. Will you join me in thanking the businesses, the schools, my team, the demredge organizing a weeklong festival of manufacturing and engineering opened by the prince of wales. And does he agree with me that by focusing on innovation and productivity, this government will deliver more and higher standard of living. Certainly join my honorable friend. People might know this is a week long festival showcasing local manufacturing success stories. We watched a 3d bike being printed in metal. It was extremely impressive. What we need is to continue with the longterm plan which is delivering a more balanced recovery as well as construction, as well as services and our commitment to increasing the number of afriend ises to helping countries with righthand, to help keep tax rates low. Mr. Speaker, millions of people will work extra hours this christmas in difficult and often lowpaid jobs so that they can send money to relatives living abroad. Their remittances to subsa hare an africa alone account for more than donor aid. Their money will first be be hit by fees and charges often as high as 15 . Five years ago, the g 8 committee to reducing this transfer tax to 5 lfment the Prime Minister join me in calling on the companies to cut their charges for christmas as a first step to meeting the g 8 promise to families in some of the poorest countries in the world. Prime minister. The lady is absolutely right. Highlight the importance of remittances. When we look at the amount of money that goes from our country n the form of remittances to countries like somalia and other countries, yes, we should look at every way we can and we are about to help these things take place. There have been problems in the past to make sure that we applied Money Laundering and other pirble issues to those. Were looking at what we can to keep the charges down. One of the characteristics of the decade leading up to the financial crisis was the trillion pound increase in financial debt. Finite by a l be finance bubble. My friend is absolutely right. One of the changes weve made is to put in place proper arrange jmingts for the bank of england to call time on the level of indebted innocence the economy and make sure that regulation of the mortgage market, for instance, is properly put in place, so that is one of the important lessons. I have to say to the Party Opposite, one of the other important lessons is that when youve had a long period of economic success, you should be trying to pay down your debt. Thats what fixing the roofer when the sun is shining is all about. I welcome the fall in unemployment but its still too high. Would you tell us what the principal candidates are for working age beftsdz beftsd cuts . Let me join him in welcoming the foal in on unemployment. In the northeast over the lars year, unemployment is down by 11,000 and that is welcome. In terms of this issue of addressing the cost of well fare, i think we should be frank about this. I was discussing calmly earlier with the leader of your position, whoever is Prime Minister of the next election is going to have to make public spending reductions. If you leave the welfare bill as it is or if like labor you vote this afternoon to add two billion pounds to the welfare bill, thats what theyre talking about. You have to take that money out of the Education Department or the Health Department or policing. We think you shouldnt do that. We think, yes, there are reductions in welfare that can be made. We will make them. That will keep tax down and make sure we have good public services. Mr. Speaker, for people starting their careers or newly married couples or others, the prospect of owning their first home is much desired but difficult. How will you help my people make that move . The first step is to go back on the help buy scheme. I think 70,000 people now. It enables peoples who work hard, can afford the mortgage payments to take out that mortgage and buy that home because they dont need such a big deposit. Thats the first thing we shall do and we shall continue with that. The second is we want to build starter homes that are 20 below the market rate. These should be homes that young people can buy. Theyll be reserved for people under 40. This is for people who want to do the right thing and under the conservative government theyll have homes they can buy. Thank you, mr. Speaker. My 78yearold mother was left bleeding on the Kitchen Floor from a fall. Isnt this indicative of the ealth service . What is indicative of the l. H. S. Is 2 fact that there are more paramedics and more ambulances than when this government came to power. The reason for that is we didnt listen to the Party Opposite who said that yir responsible to increase health spending. Instead we put 12. 7 billion pounds into it. Where any Ambulance Trust false down, that should be looked into very carefully. Ill look into this case as i do with any other. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Dont you agree with me that it s not unhelpful about border controls and immigration. Anyone who thinks that is out of tough and perhaps they should be moved on. I think my friend is right. You know, our job as elected politicians is to respond to peoples concerns and address them. For the y i fear government of labor and peace. What are they going to talk about . The figures today theres not much point talking about unemployment because its plummeting. They have nothing to say about the deficit. They spent one week telling us the deficit mattered. I think leadership issues, theyll want to skip over. I think its going to be a very difficult time for them. Thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I dont know if the Prime Minister will have received any Christmas Cards bearing the husky dogs. Meone said that the u. K. s changing act should be scrapped. Scrapped. I dont think i have that one. I spent an hour yesterday discussing these issues. If legislation we have in place is delivering cuts in carbon emissions. What see is the worlds first reinvestment bank beating the rest of the world in doing that. We have doubled the amount of investment going into Renewable Energy compared with the previous two parliaments. Thats whats happening under our government. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Poims, can you confirm that due to the Long Campaign led by my friend and the governments longterm economic plan, my nstituents this winter cant my honorable friend has worked for this outcome. Im happy to say that the Commission Group has announced an stepping to the Opening Hours of the urgent care center. This will be in place until the local urgent care review reports. Further, i can confi