Minister and the deputy Prime Minister outlined the priorities and most ceded that the economy was healing at a much slower pace than expected. Theyre confident that the government had a plan in place to promote growth. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. May i wish you, mr speaker, the Prime Minister and the rest of the house a prosperous, positive and happy new year . This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. Later today. My right hon. Friend, Public Public servants are having a 1 pay rise, it is only fair for those on benefits to be given the same increase . My honorable friend is entirely right. These are difficult decisions that we have to make, but they should be made in the context of the fact that over the past five years, benefits have gone up by 20 yet average earnings are up by only 10 . I think it is fair and right to have a 1 cap on outofwork benefits, a 1 cap on tax credits, and a 1 cap on Public Sector pay. What is inexplicable is the position of the labour party which supports a 1 Public Sector pay cap but wants more for welfare claimants. That is not fair or right and it should think again. Ed miliband. Can the Prime Minister tell us why on monday when he published his Midterm Review he failed to publish his audit of coalition broken promises . We will be publishing absolutely every single audit of every single promise all 399 pledges set out in the mid term review. Unlike the labour party, the audit will be full, frank and completely unvarnished and the right honorable gentleman will see it this afternoon. Let me perhaps remind him of some of those pledges. We said we would cut the deficit and it is down by 25 , we said we would cut immigration and it is down by 25 , we said we would rebalance the economy and there are 1 million private sector jobs. That is a record to be proud of. I am afraid the Prime Minister will have to do better than that. His adviser said that the government should not publish the secret audit because it had problematic areas, would lead to unfavourable copy, and identify broken pledges that is a far cry from the rose garden, isnt it . The government said they would throw open the doors. To enable the public to hold politicians. To account. Have another go. It is a simple question. Was it the Prime Ministers decision not to publish the audit because and i quote from his adviser it would overshadow favourable coverage . The Prime Minister should calm down. It is early in the year so calm down. Youve got difficult times ahead. Was it the Prime Ministers decision not to publish the audit . It is my decision that it is being published this afternoon. Is that really the best he can do . He has had a week sitting in the Canary Islands with nothing else to think of. He cannot ask about unemployment because it is falling he cannot ask about business creation because it is rising, he does not want to talk about the deficit because we have got it down, he cannot ask about welfare because he knows he is on the wrong side of the argument. The only people on the wrong side of the argument are the Prime Minister and the chancellor, who are trying to divide the country. We have not seen the secret audit, but let us see whether we can get a sneak preview of it. The Coalition Agreement said, we will stop the topdown reorganizations of the nhs. I think we can all agree that that promise has been broken, so can the Prime Minister confirm that it is on the list . What will be on the list is the 5,000 more doctors and 6,000 fewer managers in the nhs. The right honorable gentleman talks about wanting to divide the country. The division is this two parties came together in the National Interest to take the difficult decisions, and one party refuses to apologise for the past and to talk about the deficit, and has no Economic Policy to speak of. That is the division in british politics today. I have to say that if the Prime Minister cannot even admit that he has broken his promise on the topdown reorganization of the nhs, i do not have high hopes for this secret audit. Let us talk about another broken promise, this time on women. In his usual, modest way, he said, we want to make sexual inequality history. That is a big commitment. He added that needs a serious commitment. Clear policies and clear leadership. Will the secret audit therefore acknowledge another broken promise that the tax and benefit changes he is making are hitting women the parttime chancellor should calm down a bit, too. Will the Prime Minister admit that the tax and benefit changes he is making are hitting women three times as hard as men . There are more women in work than at any order. There is excessive noise in the chamber. The questions from the leader of the opposition must be heard, and the answers from the Prime Minister must be heard. The leader of the opposition will be able to see when the document is published that there are more women in work than at any time in our history, that our Pension Reforms are helping women, that our Public Sector pay freeze, which excludes the lowest paid, is helping women, and that we are helping women with extra child care for four, three and two yearolds. What a contrast between a government who are prepared to publish every piece of information about every pledge and what has been achieved, and the labour party, which cannot even apologise for the mess it left this country in. After that answer, it is no wonder the Prime Minister did not take any questions from women journalists at his relaunch press conference. Let us turn to the Prime Ministers biggest broken promise of all. The chancellor hits hard working people and the most vulnerable with his strivers tax, but at the same time, he is giving this april a massive tax cut to millionaires. If the Prime Ministers audit is to be a candid assessment, will it not have to admit that he has broken that symbolic promise that we are all in this together . The right honorable gentleman knows the facts about the top rate of tax. His move to 50p meant that millionaires paid £7 billion less in taxes than they did previously. The fact is that, under this government, the top rate of tax will be higher in every year than it was in any year under his government. The truth is this. The right honorable gentleman talks about promises, but let us have a little audit of his promises. He promised us a fully costed deficit reduction program, but we have had nothing. He promised us proper reforms of welfare, but we have had nothing, and he promised us that he would show how he would have a new policy on tuition fees, but we have had nothing. I have audited all of the governments spending programs and i have identified one where the waste is simply appalling the £5 million of short money that goes to the labour party every year we get nothing from it. The more the Prime Minister rants and blusters, the less convincing he is. The facts are these he is cutting the top rate of income tax by an average of £107,000 for everyone earning more than £1 million in britain at the same time as he is raising taxes on everyone else. What do we know from this week . We know that he is a pr man who cannot even do a relaunch. Halfway through this parliament, we know that the government are incompetent, that they break their promises and that the nasty party is back. It is perfectly clear what has happened since the start of this year. It is this government who are setting out their plans for the future. It is the right honorable gentlemans party that is on the wrong side of the argument on welfare, that has nothing to say about the deficit, and has no credible policy on the economy. He has a shadow chancellor who he will not back, but cannot sack. Nothing has changed in politics and nothing has changed in labour. Does my right honorable friend agree that we should be cutting taxes for hardworking people in basildon and thurrock, rather than taking money away from them only to then return their own money through tax credits . My honorable friend is entirely right. Of course, he will know that in april every working family will see a £220 tax cut as we lift the Tax Threshold yet further everyone will benefit from that. In our view, what we should be doing is cutting peoples taxes, rather than taking more in taxes and recycling them through the massive tax credits business. That is what we believe on the government benches, and that is what will work for working families. Is it not a clear example of how out of touch the Prime Minister is that while the overwhelming majority of the public want to maintain the ban on fox and stag hunting, he actually plans to repeal it . Will he tell us why . As i explained before christmas, i have never broken the law and the only little red pests i pursue these days are in this house. Does the Prime Minister accept that under this government order. I am sure the house wishes to hear the words of mr andrew selous. Does the Prime Minister accept that we have brought in an 11 rise to the child element of tax credits, followed by a 5 rise, and that our recent rises build on them, meaning a cash increase of £470 in the child element of tax credits under this government . My honorable friend makes an important point about how we focus help on those most in need. I would also make the point that, because we have lifted the income Tax Threshold, someone on minimum wage who works fulltime will have seen their income tax bill cut in half under this government. We are on the side of people who want to work hard, get on and provide for their families. There are more than 1 million children living in poverty who do not qualify for a Free School Meal. Several Childrens Charities are concerned that that number will increase when universal credit is introduced. Will the Prime Minister take this opportunity to allay their fears by giving a clear guarantee that any child who qualifies for a Free School Meal under the current rules will keep that entitlement when the rules are changed . I will look carefully at what the right honorable gentleman says about Free School Meals, but let me just make the point that universal credit will extend help to more people and to more families. It will help those people who are only able to work a few hours a week, and help them with child care as well. It was good to see the Prime Minister out running over christmas, and he is now setting the pace on welfare reform. I have been out training for the London Marathon to raise funds for my local forget me not childrens hospice. Will my right honorable friend join me in praising all those who fundraise and volunteer for local hospices, and reaffirm the governments support for such schemes as the capital fund for hospices, for which my local kirkwood hospice is currently applying . First, i wish my honorable friend every good luck for the London Marathon that is far more than i am capable of, i can assure him. We are continuing to support childrens hospices by carrying on with the £10 million funding. In this financial year, we have provided an additional £720,000. We are also making £60 million of Capital Funding available to adult and childrens hospices. Crucially, in the Coalition Agreement, a full audit of which will be published later today, we will be demonstrating how we will fulfil our pledge for a perpatient funding system for palliative care, which will help all childrens hospices as they do such important work for our country. Will the Prime Minister confirm that single mum maggie from my constituency, who works all the hours she can in tesco but does not earn enough to gain from the new tax allowances, will, after his changes to tax credits and universal credit, be a staggering £1,255 a year worse off . The point i would make to the honorable lady is that everybody is affected by these changes. Everyone on tax credits will be affected by the fact that there is only a 1 increase. Everyone on outofwork benefits will be affected by the fact that there is only a 1 increase. The question we have to ask ourselves is this if we are saving £5 billion through these changes, which i believe are fair, how would labour fill in this £5 billion black hole . What would it take it off . Would it take it off the nhs . Would it take it off the defence budget . It is time we had some answers from the labour party. I thank the Coalition Government for allocating £10. 7 million to edinburghs super connected city bid. It will revolutionise home and Business Internet use in parts of my constituency such as kirkliston and ratho. Unfortunately, my constituents are immensely frustrated at Edinburgh Councils yearlong procurement process. What can the Prime Minister do to help speed up that process . It is vital that everyone has access to broadband and that increasingly we have that overwhelming access to superfast broadband. I suspect that Edinburgh City Council has seen some of the same problems that councils up and down the country have seen with getting stateaid clearance. We now have that clearance for broadband in england, but i am happy to look at the situation in edinburgh. That has been one of the problems that have been holding back this vital program. You shouldnt have to fill in long forms from the revenue. Youre working. You need help. We want to help you. I am sure the Prime Minister recognizes his words to families receiving child benefit. How many families could face a fine for not filling out a long tax form . The point about the child benefit change is that 85 of families who receive child benefit will go on getting it. The question we all have to ask is whether it is right for people earning £20,000 or £30,000 to go on giving child benefit to people earning £70,000, 80,000 or £90,000. We do not believe it is right, but apparently the Labour Party Thinks it is right to give child benefit to millionaires. We do not think that is a good use of money. My right honorable friend the Prime Minister rightly recognizes that there needs to be a new relationship between this country and the european union. He has said and i agree that the british people must be offered a real choice with regard to our continued membership. I hope that he can confirm to the house today that it is his intention to seek a fresh settlement with the eu and then to seek the consent of the british people to that settlement. I can confirm that that is exactly what i believe this country should do. It is the right thing for britain, because it is right that we are involved in the Single Market and are active players in the eu, but there are changes that we would like in our relationship that would be good for britain and good for europe, and because of the changes taking place in the eurozone, which is driving a lot of the change in the european union, there is every opportunity to achieve that settlement and then seek consent for it. A colleague of lord marland said, he likes the foreign travel, leading trade delegations, meeting foreign leaders, but wasnt so keen on the detailed policy of his new job. Hmm, i wonder if the Prime Minister knows anybody else like that. The honorable gentleman had all morning to think of that it is important that we have ministers in both houses who are linking up with the fastestgrowing countries in the world. That is why our exports to china and india are up 50 . We are connecting britain with the fastestgrowing parts of the world. Bearing in mind that bills that might be thought to affect the Royal Prerogative require the signification of the queen on second reading, will the Prime Minister tell us whether he has yet heard from the palace whether it regards any of the major constitutional changes proposed in the succession to the crown bill as intruding either on the Royal Prerogative or the coronation oath that her majesty took . Throughout the process of bringing forward this proposal, to which of course the heads of all the commonwealth the dominion realms have also signed up, there has been very thorough contact between no. 10 downing street and the palace, and all the issues are settled and agreed. Hundreds of thousands of householders in high floodrisk areas cannot understand why the government have effectively abandoned efforts to Reach Agreement with the british Insurance Industry on future insurance for their homes and fear that they will not be able to insure their homes after june 2013. Why is the Prime Minister fiddling while the cou