Transcripts For CSPAN3 Politics And Public Policy Today 2016

CSPAN3 Politics And Public Policy Today May 6, 2016

It had been successful and valuable in matters involving espionage. And that they felt that this again was given the revolutionary climate they not they needed to have the authority to do. And just before 7 00 p. M. Eastern. And she said you were chosen. She was from czechoslovakia. She was there for four years in the concentration camp. She spoke. And they asked her whats happening . Where are our parents . And she said you see that smoke . There are your parents. Holocaust survivor anna gross recalls her familys experiences in the ghettos in nazi occupied hungary in poland and forced hard labor. This event was part of the United States Holocaust Memorial museums first person series. Then at 8 00 on lectures in history. Anarchists named alexander burkeman broke into the office in nearby pittsburgh. Shot him twice and repeatedly stabbed him. Burkeman, however is one of the great failures in assassination history. Not only did he fail to kill him, he also undermined the strikers for whom he was professing sympathy. Because in many ways Public Opinion saw this outburst of radical violence as a discredit to the union movement. The university of marylands robert chielz. Sunday morning at 10 00 on road to the white house. The 1968 president ial campaign of george wallace. For the complete American History tv weekend schedule go to cspan. Org. Now to london for Prime Ministers questions with Prime Minister david cameron. He answered about the syrian refugee crisis and the coming referendum about whether the uk should stay or leave. This is about 40 minutes. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Sir martin day. Number one, mr. Speaker. Prime minister. Thank you mr. Speaker. I know the whole house will wish to join me in congratulating Leicester City on winning the premier league title by 5,000 to one outsiders at the start of the season theyve shown ability resilience and great team ethic. Mr. Speaker this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Martin day. Thank you, mr. Speaker may i start by associating myself with comments regarding Leicester City. The secretary said on monday there is a need for a new initiative and a dialogue to keep it alive. Would the Prime Minister withdraw the strikes which have done nothing to bring about peace and redouble his efforts in securing resolution to war by a new dialogue as recommended by the foreign secretary. I think we should do both things which is to continue to hit diesh thaierrorists because they threaten our country but do everything to support. Well continue to take both those steps. Paul mccartney. Thank you, speaker. My honorable friend are standing along with our speaker. And labor will lose some seats. We and lincoln are aware of the need for tolerance and stamping out racism and antisemitism. So would my right honorable friend join me and all our colleagues on this side of the house in condemning the action and propaganda of hezbollah and hamas. Honorable friend, if you want to have well run services at a good cost and keep taxes down, its right to vote conservative, right across the country. But the point he makes about hamas is important we should be clear about who they are. They are a terrorist group who believes in killing jews. And thats why whatever the right honorable gentleman says about combatting antisemitism will mean nothing until he withdraws the remarks they are his friends. He needs to do it and he should do it today. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I join the Prime Minister in i cant telling congratulating Leicester City. I hope its not an indication hes going to support another Football Team or stick with the two hes got already. Later today, mr. Speaker, commemorations begin for Holocaust Memorial day in israel. I hope there is agreement right across all parts of this house in sending our best wishes to those commemorating the occasion. And sending a very clear statement that antisemitism has no place in our society whatsoever. We all have a duty to oppose it. Tomorrow, mr. Speaker, people will go to the polls in england. Nine of the ten most deprived counsels are set to be cuts higher than the National Average. With eight facing cuts more than three times the National Average meaning less money for social care and those in the greatest need. The Prime Minister used to say were all in it together. What happened to that . Let me join the right gentleman saying we should always support Holocaust Memorial day whether it is here in the United Kingdom where we have a number of commemoration or in israel. Im going to press him on this point. He did say this. He said it will be my pleasure and my honor to host an event in parliament where our friends from hezbollah will be speaking. Ive also invited friends from hamas to come and speak as well. Hamas and hezbollah believe in killing jews. Not just in israel, but around the world. When he takes this opportunity if he wants to clear up the problem of antisemitism in the labor party now is a good time to start. Withdraw that theyre your friends. Mr. Speaker. Ive made it very clear, labor is antiracist party and there is no place for antisemitism within it. We suspended any members that have undertaken any antisemitic activities or statements and establishing inquiry. It is the point the points he was making earlier relate to a discussion i was hosting in order to try to promote a Peace Process and it was not an approval of those organizations. I absolutely do not approve of those organizations. Mr. Speaker. The reality of the the reality is that Vulnerable People are being abandoned in this country. The Prime Minister said social care and support for the elderly is a priority for him. So if thats the case, why has he cut 4. 5 billion since 2010 from the Adult Social Care budget leaving 300,000 older people without care and support they need to live in dignity . First of all were putting more money into social care and allowing cancels to raise the tax to put it in. Im afraid hes going to have to do it one more time. He referred to hamas and hezbollah as his friends. He needs to withdraw that remark. Let me give him another chance. Are they your friends or are they not . Those organizations in their constitutions believe in persecuting and killing jews. They are antisemitic and racist organizations. He must stand up and say they are not his friends. Mr. Speaker, obviously, anyone commits racist acts or antisemitic is not a friend of mine. Its very clear about that. Very clear about that. I would also invite him to think for a moment about the conduct of his party and his candidate in the london mayor elections. The way in which the systematically smearing my friend who is our candidate for mayor. I wish him well. And i invite the Prime Minister to undertake to insure that the conservative party in london desisted from the activities its undertaking at the present time in smearing my friend. Last week, mr. Speaker, the joseph roundry foundations destitution report found that 1. 25 Million People in britain were unable to afford the essentials needed to eat, stay warm, clean, and dry. The number of people using food banks has risen last year. The Prime Minister usually lectures us about a stronger economy. When will the stronger economy mean that fewer people need to use food banks . What the stronger economy means is there are over 2 million more people in work than when i became Prime Minister. You can earn 11,000 pounds before you pay tax as im Prime Minister. We have now introduced a National Living wage, something never done in 13 years of a labor government. I completely reject what he says about labors candidate for the london mayoralty. We are not responsible for everything someone says when they share a platform with us. We cant control everyone who appears in a picture. But there is a pattern of behavior with the haunterable member. He shared a flat form with the man who trained the ring leader of the 7 7 attacks and accused the United States of bringing 9 11 on themselves. He called for jews to be drowned in the ocean. When this was put to the honorable member this is what heedhe said. He described it as flowery language. If he wants to know why he has a problem with antisemitism is because his candidates share platforms with antisemites and excuse their words. Say you withdraw the remark about hamas and hezbollah being your friend. Mr. Speaker. Last week, the Prime Minister tried as he often does to smear my friend. By his association with garny. It turns out garny is an active conservative supporter who has shared platforms with the honorable member from richmond. He should reflect on the words said by lord landsly some years ago that racism was endemic within his party. We have set up a commission of inquiry, i suggest he might think about doing the same thing. Mr. Speaker, the former housing chief has said the housing bill removes the security that people need. Its fundamentally wrong. Homelessininess up by a third se he became Prime Minister and rising again this year. Malcolm wrote to me this week and said he and his family will lose his home if the housing bill go through. Why cant the Prime Minister follow the welsh labor government in replacing a in placing a legal duty, a legal responsibility on councils to help people during a housing crisis. Why cant he do that. This government has not done in wales, but here weve built twice as much Council Hearing as labor did in the previous 13. Im not going to let this rest. He raised the issue. This is a man who says its wrong to stop people to go and fight look. As long as it takes. Do you want to know . Do you want to be the views of the person that youre leader has just quoted. He described women as right. The honorable member might be interested in this. He described women as subservient to women. Home sexuali alt is an unnatura act. He stood on platform with people who wanted an islamic state. It is ultimately condemned to failure because he wont condemn people who sit on platforms with people like that. Mr. Speaker, i did point out to the Prime Minister. I was trying to help him. But the genuine concern is a conservative. Maybe he would care to think about that. He might also consider that arwan, a former conservative parliamentary candidate said this of the tory campaign. Ill be voting labor. A life long tory voter and excandidate im ashamed of the campaign of hate. So, mr. Speaker, in fact, homelessness has been reduced by 67 in wales. Since the new regulations came in. Why cant you do the same in this country . Inequality is getting worse. Education ought to be a route out of poverty. New figures show that innumbther people participating on a level two Adult Education course in the first half of the year fell by a fifth compared to last year. How can we tackle inequality when the Prime Ministers government are taking away the opportunities for people to find a pathway out of poverty. He talks about inequality. Inequality has gone down under this government. There are 764,000 fewer workless house holds. There are 449,000 fewer children living in workers households. We have a growing economy. Living wage. People paying less taxes. That is whats happening under the government. Once again i say to him. We are investing in the schools to give people opportunity. Were investing schemes to allow people to own homes to give them opportunities. He opposes all those things. Because the truth is this, he may be a friend of the terrorist group hamas but hes an enemy of aspiration. Mr. Speaker. Politics is about choices. The Prime Minister cant order. Order. Order. Let me very gently say to the over enthusiastic government that his role is to be seen and not heard. No further noise from the honorable gentleman today or his sidekick to his right. He will not shout people down in this chamber. Be quiet or leave. Very simple. Jeremy corbyn. The government has cut income tax to the richest, cut Corporation Tax again and again. At every turn they make the wrong choicesi. Tomorrow people can make their own choices about the crisis of social care. Housing crisis in this country. Unprecedented cuts to local councils in areas of greatest need. The cuts to further education. Taking opportunities away from young people. The choices are being made, they cut taxes for the rich. We want to insure there is proper taxation to insure there are Decent Services for the rest. Hes right tomorrow is about choices. You can choose a party thats on the side of security for hard working people. That wants to make there are more jobs, better pay, lower taxes good schools for your children. A seven day nhs there for you when you need it. Or the other choice, you can back a party that puts extremists over working people. And that is utterly incabpable f providing the security your local council or our country needs. Thank you, mr. Speaker. My right honorable friend agree with me in order to create a power house that can produce innovation and prosperity, investment is needed to those in cities. Of particular concern to my constituents is a junction of the a 34 and the a 560. Will the Prime Minister and his ministers meet with me to discuss how we can keep traffic moving into and out of the great city of manchester and alleviate congestion in my constituency in cheatham. Thats why we establish transport for the north to look at schemes like the one she proposed so that we can speak with one voice. Its our investing 13 billion in transport across the north over this parliament. Planning for the next road strategy after 2020 is underway. Its the right time to make the point that she does. Angus robertson. Last week the Prime Minister took issue when i raised the issue of unaccompanied syrian refugee children in europe and the kinder transports of the 1930s. Hes been written to by sir eric rice the chairman of the kinder transport association of jewish refugees he wrote the echoes of the past haunt many of my feller kinder and i whose fate rested with members of the british parliament. I feel it is incumbent on us to once again demonstrate our compassion and human kindness to provide sanctuary to those in need. Why has it taken so long and the threat of a parliamentary defeat for the Prime Minister to begin changing his mind . Prime minister . First of all, let me pay tribute to the gentleman that the honorable member raises. And also lets beclear no country done more than britain to help when it comes to syria refugees, no country has raised more money and only the United States has spent more money. I want us to proceed with as much support across the house as we can. I think its right to stick to the principle we shouldnt be encouraging people to make this dangerous journey. I think its right to stick to the idea we keep investing in the refugee camps and the neighboring countries. I also think its right not to take part in the eu relocation and resettlement schemes which have been a failure. Were already taking Child Migrants in europe with a direct Family Connection to the uk. Well speed that up. And also talking to save the children to see what we can do more. Particularly with children who came here before the eu turkey deal was signed. Because as i say again, what i dont want us to do is to take steps that will encourage people to make this dangerous journey, because otherwise our actions, however wellmeaning they will be could result in more people dying rather than more people getting a good life. Robertson. Thank you mr. Speaker. Last week i accused the Prime Minister walking by on the other side when he stoutly defended his then policy opposing further help for unaccompanied refugee children in europe. If this is the beginning of a u turn i very much welcome it as im sure all members of the house do. I encourage him to think of what more can be done given the kinder transport helped 10,000 children from europe. When i ask the Prime Minister to take the opportunity to thank lord dubs and all campaigners who have worked hard to make the uk to live up to the spirit of the kinder transport. I certainly think that all those people deserve recognition for the work theyve done to put the issue so squarely on the agenda. Let me say again, i do reject the comparison with the kinder transport. For this reason. I would argue that what we are doing, primarily which is taking children from the region taking Vulnerable People from the camps, going to the neighboring countries, and taking people into our country, housing them, clothing them, feeding them, making sure they have a good life here, that to me is like the kinder transport. To say that the kinder transport is taking today children from france or germany or italy safe countries that are democracies, i think that is an insult to those countries. But as ive said, because of the steps that were taking it wont be necessary to send the amendment back to the other place. The amendment doesnt mention a number of people. Were going to go around, the local authorities and see what more we can do. Lets stick to the principle

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