Should prove its innovation and for this reason were proposing the by the end of the year creation of European Defense fund to actively stimulate research and innovation in this area. The lisbon treaty allows memberstates to, who wish to do so to make the capacity a further structure and high time to a veil ourselves of this ability. [applause] president , the final point which i wish to touch upon has to do with our collective responsibility and im calling on all of the european institutions and each of the memberstates to assume more responsibility. We need to do away with old spats where which could lead to failure because we can not survive without working together. Europe needs to be better explained and ive asked the commissioners over the coming weeks to visit National Parliaments in order to discuss the European Union and the commissioners have gone to National Parliaments more than 350 times and i would like for them to do that more now. Europe can only be built if it is understood. It has to be better explained. It can only be built with the memberstates, not against the memberstates. And so the commission is to be a Political Commission which gives rise to lots of strange ideas but the commission needs to be there for the citizens. They need to listen to the citizens. We need to listen to the European Parliament and to the memberstates and we do listen to our citizens and we would like to do that more intensely. Sometimes i read that the people who lock themselves up in their viivry towers at bellamond who dont want to listen to others. Some people think im not listening to others but to those who think that are highly mistaken. Every single day i talk to the european citizens because this is my duty. This is everyones duty. [applause] as i said earlier the commission has withdrawn, we have reduced the number of initiatives by 80 and we are reviewing all of the legislation in effect. Because we need to focus on the areas in which europe can give us a true added value and this is the only way in which we can make europe a space of subsidiary and solidarity and he any policy of the commission would mean that we would have to correct any technocrat i can errors that may arisen. The commission has done away with roaming for, roaming charges for cell phones and we, and thats why we have, done away with roaming charges and this is something that happened in the summer and there were very good intentions behind doing away with the roaming charges. It was very good in terms of the technicalities and as of next week, you will see a new draft which is improved when you travel europe with your mobile phone. You will be able to feel at home anywhere in europe thanks to these new roaming rules. Being responsible means that we have to take responsibility for our actions visavis our citizens and that is why i would like to change this absurd rule that we have whereby commissioners who stand for election have to give up their posts. The commissioners should not have to do this because this is not a rule that applies elsewhere. We must encourage the commissioners to be, to live up to democracy and the, and our Voting Rights in europe and so president and as young as the european project which is celebrating 60 years in march may be a little bit older. Ive experienced all of this. I have lived through this project and i dedicated my entire life to this. I have done this from personal conviction and i have not hesitated. My, i believe in europe and the stability in the continent and work and social progress. My father believed in this as well and he knew how precious how europe was and how fragile it was. He had to live in the war and fight in the war against his own will and against the will of his country and my father instilled in me these values. What are we instilling in terms of values to our children . What is the heritage are we giving them . Is this a union that has forgotten its past, that has no vision for the future . Ladies and gentlemen, our children deserve better. They deserve a europe which preserves their way of life which champions that way of life and protects it. And so it is high time for us as citizens and institutions of the governments to all take their responsibility to build that europe and to build it together. Yes, i know that there are certain debates when we talk about the future of europe. There is some pollyanna optimists, and then there are the pessimists who counter everything, but i think that the europe has a mission at home and in the world, but you have the pessimism which only looks at the faults and then you have the rosy view. Between that you have the resolve. The resolve of those who will not give up, who will, work in the spirit of creating something for future generations, and that is the resolve of those who came before us, and im calling on us to have resolve so that we can get over our differences. The, history will not remain, remember our names. We will be remembered by the force of our resolve and our convictions. And so needs to be integrated. History will not remember us. They, history will remember our mistakes. And, will make us responsible for what we do in this generation. Thank you. [applause] londons daily express website, this article in the past hour, outgoing Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage guessing it would be a her when the result of closely fought and leadership election at 1 30 moments from now. During a party speech as ukip leader, well find out half past one who the new leaders is and i wish them luck. A large number of spoiled ballot papers including many calling for mr. Farage to stay on as leader to throw up a surprise result. Campaigns claimed the race was very tight and likely to be much closer than those supporting bookie favorite, mep, diane james. The new party leader will be announced and speak live at 8 30 eastern here in the u. S. Well have coverage of that on cspan2. A look now at Prime Ministers questions times from this week. Thank you, colleagues. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Question one, mr. Speaker k thank you. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And let me start by paying tribute to my right honourable friend, the former member of parliament for whitney, david cameron. He has been a tremendous Public Servant both for his whitney constituency and for the country as a whole. Under his leadership we saw the economy being stablized. We saw more people in work than ever before. E. People in low incomes taken out of paying tax all together. This government will build on that legacy. By extending opportunity to all parts of the country. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this how and i will have such further meetings later today. Deirdre brock. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The Prime Minister can not tell us whether she was for staying in Single Market. How important the Financial Sector is in scotlands economy. I wonder whether she can tell us that passporting the Financial Services is guaranteed to continue after the uk leaves the European Union . Im not going to i have got honourable lady any different answer from the answer that ige gave the house on many occasions last week. Answer i g [shouting] which is, which is this government will be working to insure the right deal for the United Kingdom in trade, in goods, and services. And that includes listening to the concerns that the Scottish Government has with and governments in Northern Ireland and wales will raise with us as well. Well be fully engaged with the administration. I will say to the rightt honourable lady as i said last week, the best thing for the edinborough and scotland is to be a part of the United Kingdom. [shouting] will my right honourable friend join me in welcoming figures that show unemployment in my constituency has halved since 2010 and, crucially, youth unemployment has fallen by 12 in the last year alone . Will she promote the value of Technical Skills and science and engineering in her push for all children to have a good education that enables them to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them . Im very happy to join my honourable friend in welcoming the very good employment figures weve seen today. As he has said unemployment in his constituency is halved since 2010. Th that is because we had an economic plan. We built a strong economy. He is absolutely right. As we look to providing opportunities for young people, we need to insure that we consider those from whom a Technical Education for whom skills and Vocational Education is the right route because whatt we want is an education that is right for every child so they can actually get as far as their talents will take them. Jeremy corbyn. [shouting] thank you, thank you, mr. Speaker. Im sure the whole house will join me, my friend the member from necessarily and jane Kennedy Police and crime commissioner in pay be tribute to the Police Constable who was stabbed several times in the line of duty while trying to arrest a rape suspect. Can we all wish him well and speedy recovery . I also wish the former Prime Minister well on his departurere from this house and well in his future life and i hope that the bielection in whitney will concentrate on issues of education and his views on selection in education. I want to congratulate the Prime Minister. She has brought about unity, of ulmsted and teachers union. United former education secretaries on both sides. She truly brought about a new era of unity in education thinking. I wonder if it is possible for her this morning within the quiet confines of this house to name any educational expert that backed her proposals on new Grammar Schools and more selection . Thank you. Ho mr. Speaker, first of all, may i join the right honourable gentleman in paying tribute to the Police Constable who was stabbed in necessarily. One of the events that i used to look forward to going to at home secretary was peace bravery awards. Aw at that event we have policeow officers who never know when they start the shift what will happen to them. They run towards danger when other people run away from it, we owe them a great tribute and for that. Im glad the right honourable friend raised issue with education. It enabled me to point out over last six years weve seen 1. 4 million in good or outstanding schools. That is because of the changeses that this government introduced. It is because of free schools, academies, head teachers being put in charge of schools, more choice for parents, changes which i note all of which the right honourable gentleman opposes. What i want to see is more good School Places. A diversity of provision of education in this country so we really see opportunity for all and young people going as far as their talents will take them. Mr. Corbin. Mr. Speaker i asked the Prime Minister if she could name any experts help her in this policy. Sadly she wasnt able to. Can i quote expert at her. His name is john. He is a teacher. He wrote to me and say, the Education System and teachers have made grade strides forward to improve quality of differry of curriculum. He says why not fund all schools properly and let us do the job . The evidence, mr. Speaker, the effects of selection is this. In kent which has a Grammar School system, 27 of the people on Free School Meals get five food gcses, compared with 45 in london. Were all for spreading Good Practice but why does the Prime Minister want to expand a system that can only let children down . [shouting] can i say to the right honourable gentleman he needs to stop casting his mind back tone the 1950s. [shouting] what, what we will be, what we will be doing, what we will be doing is insuring that we are able to provide good School Places for the one and a quarter, children who are indr schools that are failing, inadequate or need improvement. Those children and the parents of those children know they are not getting the education that is right for them and the opportunities that they need. When it, when we look at the impact of Grammar Schools, iffim you look at attainment for disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged children, the attainment gap in Grammar Schools is virtually zero where is not in other schools. They will have the talent to take the talent will take them. I know the right honourable gentleman believes in equality, the right honourable gentleman believes in equality of outcome. I believe in equality of opportunity. He believes in leveling down. We believe in leveling up. [shouting] mr. Speaker, equality, mr. Speaker, equality of opportunity is not segregatingng children at the age of 11. So let me quote the institute of fiscal studies which says, those in selected areas who dont pass the 11 plus do worse than they would have done in a comprehensive system. The secretary of state for education suggested on monday that new Grammar Schools may be required to set up feeder primary schools in poorer areas. Will the children in these feeder primaries get automatic places in the Grammar School . Pl or will they be subject to selei selection . What, what we are doing is setting up a multidiverse Education System that provides more opportunities and what the right honourable gentleman appears to be defending is the situation we have at the moment where there is selection in our School System, but it is selection by house price. I think we want to insure that children have the ability to go where their talents take them and can i just gently remind, the right honourable gentleman, he went to a Grammar School. I went to have a Grammar School. It is what got us where we are today but my, my [shouting] my side might be rather happier about that than his. [shouting] jeremy corbyn. Mr. Speaker, the two things that the Prime Minister and i have in common is, we both can remember the 1950s and we can both remember going to a Grammar School. My point is simply this. Every child, every child should have the best possible education they can have. We dont need, and never should divide children at the age of 11 a lifechanging decision whereng the majority end up losing out. I notice she didnt answer my question about feeder primary schools. On monday the secretary of state for education said weve not engaged much in the reform of grammars, but the government would now start the process. Can the Prime Minister confirm whether existing Grammar Schools like those in kent and Buckingham Shire will now be instructed to widen their admission policies by our b government . The right honourable gentleman is right what were looking and consulting on ise diversity of provision in education. We want to make sure that allke Grammar Schools actually do the job that we believe is important, which is providing opportunity for a wide range of pupils and many examples across the country of different ways which that is done through selective education but he talks about the education, good education for every child. It is exactly what our policy is about. So there are 1. 25, 1 and a quarter million children today who are in schools that are not good or outstanding. There are parents today who fear that their children are not getting a good education to enable them to get on in life. I believe in the education that is right for every child. It is the labour party that has stifled opportunity, stifled ambition in this country. [shouting]an it is, it is the labour party that is, winning members of the labour party will take advantages of good education for themselves and pull up the ladder behind them for other people. [shouting] jeremy corbyn. Mr. Speaker, i, i am sorry that the Prime Minister was unable to help anyone in kent or buckinghamshire in the answer to my question. N. Presumably she will have to return to it but it is not about pulling up ladders. It is about providing a ladder for every child. And let me quote her, a critic of a graham march schools. There is a kind of hopelessness about the demands to bring back grammars. An assumption that this country will only ever be able to offer a decent education to a select few. And the quote goes on to say, i want the conservative party to rise above that attitude. Not my words. Those are the former right honourable member for whitney. Isnt he correct, that what we need is investment in all of oue schools, a good school for every child, not this selection at the age of 11 . Of what we need is a good school for every child and that is precisely with we will be delivering with the policies that weve announced, and with that policy we will see, we will see universities expanding their support for schools. Well see more faith schools, being set up. Well see independent schools increasing their support for schools in the state sector. A diversity of provision of education is what we need to insure good School Places for every child. And that good sch