Prime Minister's Questions and Heathrow reaction

Summary

David Cameron faced his weekly Prime Minister's Questions from 12:00
A long-awaited review into Britain's airport capacity recommends a new runway for Heathrow
Downing Street said there would be no "snap judgement" on the findings
Boris Johnson says it would have "catastrophic" impacts and predicts "it's not going to happen"
MPs debate a ministerial statement on the Airports Commission review
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announces a new way of measuring child poverty

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Pippa Simm and Alex Hunt

The issue in Scotlandpublished at 14:13
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SNP Social Justice and Welfare Spokesperson Eilidh Whiteford says that powers over employment and tackling child poverty should be devolved to Scotland so that the Scottish government can tackle this issue itself.
The Work and Pensions Secretary says that many powers over benefits provision and employment are being devolved to Scotland in the Scotland Bill, and that he is "very happy to engage" with devolved administrations about which poverty measure they wish to use.
'Turning lives around'published at 14:10
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The work and pensions secretary notes that the IFS predictions on child poverty were "wrong every single year" since 2010 - and out by more than half a million in their last forecast, he says. This isn't an attack on the organisation, he tells MPs, saying it highlights that the difficulty of forecasting under the current measurement means "you end up chasing the error", as Labour did. "The key point is turning lives around," he adds.
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We want to eradicate child poverty, this is not a departure from that proposal. We want to ensure we do this by changing the long-term life chances of those who live in the poorest families."
'Peculiar patterns'published at 14:05
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Iain Duncan Smith says that under the Conservatives, 74% of poor, workless families who found work have escaped poverty. No other country has adopted the child poverty measurement introduced by Labour "as they realised it would lead to peculiar patterns of expenditure with very little result for those who most need help", he adds.
Obituary of compassionate conservatismpublished at 14:03
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Shadow work and pensions minister Stephen Timms says that the Secretary of State's statement is:
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The obituary notice for compassionate conservatism and the death-knell that his party might one day be a party for working people."
Reforming the Child Poverty Actpublished at 14:00
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Mr Duncan Smith has announced that today legislation will be brought forward to remove the existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act, and introduce duties to report on measures on worklessness and educational attainment.
'Warped government priorities'published at 13:55
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Iain Duncan Smith is explaining changes to the measurement of child poverty used by the government. Quoting a report by the Centre for Social Justice from 2007, the Work and Pensions Secretary said "setting a simplistic poverty threshold has warped government priorities".
New child poverty measurepublished at 13:51
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says the current measure – defined as 60% of median income – "is considered to be deeply flawed and a poor test of whether children’s lives are genuinely improving".
He said: "The government will bring forward legislation to correct that with new measures focused on levels of work within a family and improvements in education attainment, two key areas in terms of improving social mobility."
Child poverty statementpublished at 13:50
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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is now on his feet in the chamber to make a statement on child poverty.
Regional airportspublished at 13:45
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James Morris and Martin Vickers are the latest MPs from the midlands and the north to ask the Secretary of State to ensure that any expansion of Heathrow does not serve to funnel money away from regional airports such as Birmingham and Humberside.
West London callingpublished at 13:35
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The member for Hammersmith Andrew Slaughter joins the ranks of west London MPs criticising the recommended expansion of Heathrow for the detrimental effects it will have on his constituents.
In response to Mr Slaughter's question about what David Cameron meant by his "no ifs no buts" promise in 2009 about opposing the expansion of Heathrow, the Transport Secretary says that it was a policy supported by Andrew Slaughter at the time.
After an angry sedentary response from the member for Hammersmith, the Transport Secretary tweaks his response to say that it was a policy supported by "the Labour government at the time".
Support for the reportpublished at 13:22
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Fylde MP Mark Menzies joins several MPs from across the House in supporting and welcoming the recommendations of the airports commission's report. He asks for assurances as a north-west MP that connectivity to his region will "only continue to improve as a result of this decision".
Duncan Smith's credit woepublished at 13:18
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Iain Duncan Smith had his official credit card suspended after running up more than £1,000 in expenses debts, it has been revealed by the Press Association. The Work and Pensions Secretary was among more a dozen MPs subject to action by the Commons watchdog after failing to show spending was valid.
Here is a full list of the MPs who have had their payment cards temporarily suspended by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority this year (and the amount owed at the time)
Ben Gummer - £1,290.07
Brian Binley - £575.02
David Willetts - £1,172.05
Debbie Abrahams - £2,586.90
Eric Joyce - £12,919.61
Iain Duncan Smith - £1,057.28
Ian Liddell-Grainger - £1,023.94
Ian Paisley - £6,195.94
Jack Dromey - £1,328.46
John Woodcock - £1,756.13
Mark Lancaster - £600.00
Mike Crockart - £720.64
Pamela Nash - £6,929.29
Paul Farrelly - £213.00
Rachel Reeves - £4,033.63
Simon Danczuk - £3,645.67
Simon Hughes - £826.56
Stephen Gilbert - £2,925.76
Toby Perkins - £693.30
Cinema trippublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 1 July 2015
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Rock and a hard placepublished at 13:12
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The newly elected chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Huw Irranca-Davies commiserates with the government and the Secretary of State especially on being caught between "an economic rock and an environmental hard place".
He says he has sympathy with the government but asserts that "we must get this right".
Mayor hopeful gives his inputpublished at 13:08
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Labour mayoral candidate hopeful Sadiq Khan gives his two penny's worth to the debate, saying that the noise pollution of Heathrow already "brings misery to thousands of people's lives in London".
National interestpublished at 13:05
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Sir Nicholas Soames urges the transport secretary to confirm the decision will be taken solely in the national interest. Mr McLoughlin replies yes, adding that the report says all three options are worth considering.
Coming up laterpublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 1 July 2015
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Many MPs eager to speakpublished at 13:01
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MPs across the chamber are "bobbing" - standing to catch the eye of the Speaker to indicate that they wish to speak.
Fuel duty rise planned?published at 13:00
The Daily Politics
Looking ahead to George Osborne's Budget on 8 July, the panel is asked about rumours that the chancellor is to raise fuel duty. Conservative Brandon Lewis cautions against believing rumours. He says he won't prejudge what it going to be in the Budget. He does say, though, that he fully understands that the chancellor has to do what is best for the "overall economy" but he's swift to point out that "our track record" on this is "very clear".
Decision, or consultation?published at 12:59
The Daily Politics
Communities Minister Brandon Lewis insists the decision on Sir Howard's review will be made by the end of the year - prompting BBC political editor Nick Robinson to ask: "Is it a decision, or is it a decision to go to a consultation?" Cue sighs of despair all round at the thought...