At a high school earlier today, i was interviewed for a cspan project. There is 100,000 in prizes with 5,000. Prize of winners will be announced march 9. For more information, visit studentcam. Org. Next, the british Prime Minister takes questions from the house of commons. After that, Hillary Clinton at a Campaign Event in new hampshire. That a look at the republicans in the 2016 campaign. First question time of 2016, british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron discussed climate change, incentive for firsttime , and members a knowledge to the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares death. This is about 35 minutes. Mr. Speaker questions to the Prime Minister. Prime minister cameron 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. Karen lumley will my right honorable friend confirm that, while he is Prime Minister of this country, condemning terrorist attacks will not be a bar to holding high office . Prime minister cameron condemning terrorist attacks is an essential component of aspiring to high office in this country, and that should be the case whether you are a shadow minister or a minister of the crown. It is worth recalling what the member for wolverhampton south east said, which was that terrorists are entirely responsible for their actions, that no one forces anyone to kill innocent people in paris, blow up the london underground, behead innocent aid workers in syria. He was absolutely right to say that, and it speaks volumes that he cannot sit in the shadow cabinet with the leader of the opposition. Jeremy corbyn i would like to thank the firefighters, mountain rescue services, police, armed services, engineers, workers at the Environment Agency, local government workers, and all the volunteers for all the work they did in keeping safe thousands of people from the floods that have affected this country. Following the devastating floods of that time, the Prime Minister said, there are always lessons to be learned and i will make sure they are learned. Were they . Prime minister cameron first, let me join the leader of the opposition in thanking the Emergency Services, the police, and the fire service. Also the search and rescue teams who went from around the country to areas that were flooded. May i thank the military for all the work that they did . As he says, what we saw was communities coming together and volunteers carrying out extraordinary work. Let me deal directly with the issue of lessons learned. Having seen my own constituency very badly flooded in 2007 and having had floods while being Prime Minister, a number of lessons have been learned. This time, the military came in far faster than ever before. The bellwin scheme was funded at 100 , not 85 , and more money was got to communities more quickly. A lot of lessons have been learned. Are there more to learn . I am sure there are. That is why i will review everything that has been done. Let us be clear that, as we do that, we will make money available because we have a Strong Economy to build Flood Resilience in our country. Jeremy corbyn in 2011, a £190 million flood Defense Project on the river aire in leeds was canceled on cost grounds by the government. 1000 homes and businesses in leeds were flooded in recent weeks, and the government is still committed only to a scaleddown version of the project, worth a fraction of its total cost. When the Prime Minister claims that money was no object when it came to flood relief. When he or his secretary of state meets the leeds mps and judith blake, the leader of leeds city council, will he guarantee that the full scheme will go ahead to protect leeds from future flooding . Prime minister cameron first of all, let me make one point before answering the right honorable gentlemans points in detail. It is worth putting on record before we get on to flood defense investment and i will cover it in full that this was the wettest december for over 100 years, and actually, in leeds and in yorkshire, it was the wettest december ever on record. That is why rivers in yorkshire including the aire in leeds, was a metre higher than it has ever been in its history. No flood defense schemes have been cancelled since 2010. The investment in flood defenses was 1. 5 billion pounds in the last labour government, £1. 7 billion in the government i led as a coalition government, and will be over £2 billion in this parliament. It has gone up and up and up. It has gone up because we run an economy where we are able to invest in the things that our country needs. And one more point let us not forget this. We inherited the darling plan for our economy. That was a plan for a 50 cut in capital spending, and defra was not a protected department. We protected that flood spending and we increased it, something labour would not have done. Jeremy corbyn of course the rainfall was excessive, of course the river levels were high, but the Prime Minister has still not answered the question on the leeds flood protection scheme. I will give him an opportunity to in a moment. In 2014, Cumbria County Council applied for funding for new schemes in keswick and kendal. Both were turned down and both areas flooded again in the last few weeks. Does the Prime Minister believe that turning down those schemes was also a mistake . Prime minister cameron we are spending more on flood defense schemes and stacking up a whole series of schemes that we will spend more on. Let me make this point to him. If he is going to spend £10 billion on renationalizing our railways, where is he going to find the money for flood defenses . The idea that this individual would be faster in responding to floods when it takes him three days to carry out a reshuffle is frankly laughable. Mr. Speaker, since i walked into the chamber this morning, his shadow foreign minister resigned and his shadow defense minister resigned. He could not run anything. Jeremy corbyn it is very strange that when i have asked a question about leeds flood defense, then on cumbria flood defense, the Prime Minister still seems unable to answer. Can he now tell us if there is going to be funding for those schemes . In october, professor colin mellors, the head of the yorkshire regional flood and coastal committee, warned the government about funding cuts , flood defenses in yorkshire being formally discontinued in the future. Would that also be a mistake . Can the Prime Minister tell us if he is going to reverse the cuts in the defenses that have taken place to make sure that those cities and areas are protected in the next round of floods which will no doubt come . Prime minister cameron we have increased and continued to increase the spending on flood defenses. We are spending more in this parliament, and for the first time it is a sixyear spending perspective, which is £2. 3 billion extra on flood defenses, money that would not be available if we trashed the economy in the way that he proposes. Of course, after every incident of flooding, you go back and look at what you have spent and what you have built, you look at what you are planning to spend and what you are planning to build, and you see what more can be done. The head of the Environment Agency was absolutely clear that he had the money necessary to take the action that was necessary, but we can only do that with a Strong Economy, an economy that is growing, where more people are in work and more people are paying taxes. We have got the strength to solve this problem of floods, and we will do it in a proper way. Jeremy corbyn the Prime Minister has not answered on leeds, he has not answered on cumbria, and he has not answered on the warning from professor mellors. Like him, last week i met people in york who had been affected by flooding. I met a young couple, chris and victoria, whose home had been flooded over christmas it was not very funny for them. This young couple lost many of their possessions, photos and childrens toys and school work, and they have the foul stench of floodwater in their home, as many families have all over this country. They are asking all of us wholly legitimate questions. Phy was the insufficient pum capacity not dealt with and not upgraded . York andre flooded in their possessions and homes severely damaged. Those people want answers from all of us, and in particular from the Prime Minister. Prime minister cameron i have the greatest sympathy with anyone who has been flooded. We have to do what it takes to get people and communities back on their feet. That is why we have put record sums in more quickly to help communities in cumbria, in lancashire and now in yorkshire. We will continue to do that. Specifically on the question of the foss pumps, that was about to be tendered for extra investment, and that investment will now go ahead, because the money is there. What i would say to him is we are putting in the money and putting it in more quickly. For that couple who got flooded, we are also doing something that previous governments have talked about but never achieved, which is to have an insurance scheme, so every single household can get insured. That has not been done before. Have lessons been learned . Yes, they have. Are there more lessons to learn . There always are, but frankly we do not need a lecture from malta from the honorable gentleman. Jeremy corbyn the reality is that flood defense scheme after flood defense scheme has been cancelled, postponed or cut, many more homes have been flooded and too many lessons have been ignored. Why cannot the Prime Minister support our calls for a coordinated, crossparty approach to flooding that looks at everything, including upland management, making peoples homes more flood resilient, and more protection schemes properly funded . Does the Prime Minister at least agree that the fire and rescue service, which has done such a great job over the past few weeks in all parts of this country, should now be given a statutory duty to deal with floods, to help us through any crisis that might occur in the future . Prime minister cameron i think the best way i can say is when he has worked out how to coordinate his own party, perhaps he could come and have a word with me. On the issue of a statutory duty, Everybody Knows what they have to do when floods take place. That is why there was such a magnificent response from the Emergency Services, the Fire Services and the Emergency Rescue services. They have our backing to do the vital work. We will go on investing in flood defenses. We will increase the money we are spending on flood defenses, because we have got a Strong Economy and a strong country that can back the action that is needed. Nadhim zahawi in 2016, we will mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeares passing away. Does my right honorable friend agree that our country should unite to commemorate his works . There are special events at the rsc. The Shakespeare Birthplace trust is renovating the site of his home, new place. And King Edwards School is opening his original classroom. Can i invite him, the whole house, and the world to come and celebrate our greatest bard . Prime minister cameron my apologies for almost interrupting is soliloquy. I am very sorry about that. The 400th anniversary of the death of shakespeare is a very good moment for us to celebrate everything he has given to our language and our culture and, indeed, to the world. It is going to be a fantastic moment for people to visit britain and come to see stratford and all the other places that have such a Great Association with shakespeare. I find that shakespeare provides language for every moment. Just consider what we are thinking about at the moment. There was a moment when it looked like this reshuffle could go into its 12th night. It was a revenge reshuffle, so it was going to be as you like it. I think, though, we can conclude that it has turned into something of a comedy of errors, perhaps much ado about nothing. There will be those who worry that loves labours lost. Angus robertson thank you very much for the warm welcome. Mr. Speaker, the Health Service is devolved, but Junior Doctors in scotland are not planning to strike next week. Why does the Prime Minister think the Scottish Government has good relations with Junior Doctors and his government does not . Prime minister cameron and now for the scottish play. He raises an important question. We have taken a different approach to the government in scotland. We have increased spending on the nhs by more than the government in scotland, which i think is the right approach. We are determined to have a genuine sevenday nhs. Everybody knows doctors know it, patients know it, the management of the nhs know it, the bma knows it that there is a problem with the nhs at the weekend. One way to correct that is to make sure that we have new contracts, including with Junior Doctors to make sure that they do not work longer hours. In fact, under our plans, many will work less hours. It is not to reduce doctors pay. No one who works legal hours will see a cut in their pay. Indeed, 75 of doctors will see a pay rise. We think that this is a good deal for a good advance in the nhs. I am sure in scotland, they will be looking at it too. Angus robertson the Scottish Government has been investing record levels of funding in the nhs in scotland and they work very hard to have the best possible relations with doctors, nurses and all nhs staff. Will the English Health secretary speak to his scottish colleague, shona robison, to learn how to resolve the situation in england and stave off strike action that no one wants, least of all Junior Doctors . Prime minister cameron there should always be good relations between the Health Secretary in the United Kingdom government and Health Ministers in the devolved administrations. One thing we think is important, when we make a decision to increase funding in the nhs, as we have done with the £19 billion more in this parliament, it has consequences for wales, scotland and Northern Ireland under the barnett formula. I find it very depressing that the welsh have decided, under labour, to spend less than we are planning to spend, and that scotland has done the same thing. Chris green the local economy in my constituency of bolton west continues to strengthen, with great businesses such as eventura and llaborate both relocating to and growing in westhoughton. We are also seeing heritage trade frames investing £1 million in equipping a new factory in lostock, and trojan utilities winning new contracts and recruiting more staff in horwich. Will the Prime Minister agree that the Northern Powerhouse is about not just our Great Northern cities, but our Great Northern towns . Prime minister cameron my honorable friend is absolutely right. It is instructive that members opposite do not want to hear good news about the businesses, jobs and investment in our economy. Sometimes, it can sound as if the plan for a Northern Powerhouse is all about the cities of the north of england. Our view is that by linking up the cities, you also help the towns in the northwest and across our country. Knew also help rural areas because we are rebalancing the economy and increasing opportunity in the north of our country. Anna turley in 2014, in response to the flooding of the thames valley, the Prime Minister said that money would be no object. In the light of his cuts to the flood defenses, his cuts to the fire and rescue service and his cuts to the Environment Agency, can he say the same to the people of leeds, rochdale, york, whitby and teesside, or is it one rule for his constituents and another for ours in the north . Prime minister cameron that she is completely wrong about the funding figures. As i have explained in great detail, they have gone from £1. 5 billion to £1. 7 billion to 2 billion. What we have put in place is funding under bellwin of not 85 of what a council spends, but 100 , so what i said absolutely stands good. Simon hart the Prime Minister has always been a staunch supporter of the welsh tv channel s4c, which was set up under the thatcher government. Will he use this opportunity to reinforce his support for the channel and the commitment that we made to safeguard its funding . Prime minister cameron i am very happy to do that. S4c is a very important part of our broadcasting structure. It is very popular and wellliked in wales. Of one to make sure i want to make sure that we meet both the wording and the spirit of our manifesto promise to make sure that it continues to be a very strong ch