00:00Can I move on to other matters? Scared of the midterms, President Trump has done a deal with
00:07Vladimir Putin to buy Russian diesel, ripping up international sanctions against Putin.
00:14The Prime Minister studiously avoided commenting on Trump's behaviour on Monday, but this House
00:21does deserve to know his position, as does, frankly, President Zelensky and our brave Ukrainian
00:27allies. So let me ask the Prime Minister this. Doesn't he agree this is yet another shameful
00:34Trump betrayal of the Ukrainian people and European security?
00:41Mr Speaker, can I firstly just say I will arrange a new round of cross-party talks on social care,
00:48certainly before the end of the year, but hopefully within the next month. And the former Shadow
00:55Health Secretary from the opposition, a leader of the main opposition came, and I will make
00:59sure it's available to all sides of the House, all parties in this House.
01:04On the question around what is happening in Ukraine, obviously I'm looking very much now
01:11at my meeting with President Zelensky in a couple of hours. I called him on Saturday because
01:17I recognised it was another very dark and difficult moment for him, as they contemplate a winter
01:24that will be severe for his people. I recognise that he is carrying the heaviest of weights
01:31right now, and it is extremely difficult for him. What I have to do in my role is try and
01:39repair bridges
01:40so that the support comes back. And therefore, I should, at this moment in time, be careful
01:46in terms of laying the ground to bring people back together. That is the role I intend to play.
01:53It's the right role for me to play in this moment. I will listen to President Zelensky carefully,
01:58but he won't be going away from Britain today empty-handed.
02:04Can I join you, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, in praising the late
02:11Sir David Amess and sending our condolences to his family? He was a man who had respect
02:18across this House and had friends across this House. Mr Speaker, when the Prime Minister announced
02:23cross-party talks on social care over the summer, I was delighted and immediately accepted because
02:29getting this right really matters. He said then that to build a lasting solution on funding
02:36care, we are going to have to listen to each other and find common ground. And he said when
02:42he tried before, back in 2009, his mistake had been leaving it too close to an election.
02:48Does he still think that now? And if we are to find the common ground well before the next
02:54election, will he tell us when the next round of cross-party talks will be?
03:02Mr Speaker, I am happy to admit that again now. I was working with a colleague of people
03:09on the Lib Dem frontbench, Norman Lamb, and it did get too late and it got caught up in,
03:15inevitably, the climate of the election. And then it happened to Theresa May in 2017. And
03:23this side of the House, perhaps, was doing the point scoring at that point in time. This
03:27is not an issue for point scoring. When is this House going to learn that? How long is
03:32it going to turn away from this issue?
03:35My Honourable Friend mentioned his grandparents. I saw mine go for the care system and then
03:39I vowed as a minister in the Blair Government that I wouldn't let it happen to my parents.
03:44But it's just happened. It's not good enough for him, for many thousands of people like
03:49him, but also for the people who work in social care, who give everything to it. I see his
03:54genuine commitment to this issue. It will be difficult. But let's get on and build this
04:00national care service and raise the esteem of politics with people across this country.
04:07Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister knows I share his passion to get this right. He knows I
04:14share his passion to work cross-party, to find the consensus, which is the only way we
04:19can put this right. But I hope we can get on with the cross-party talks. We can't push
04:24this to the end of the next decade. We have to act now for the millions of people who need
04:29our help. Mr Speaker, can I move on to other matters? Scared of the midterms, President Trump
04:38has done a deal with Vladimir Putin to buy Russian diesel, ripping up international sanctions
04:45against Putin. The Prime Minister studiously avoided commenting on Trump's behaviour on Monday,
04:51but this House does deserve to know his position, as does, frankly, President Zelensky and our brave
04:58Ukrainian allies. So let me ask the Prime Minister this. Doesn't he agree? This is yet another
05:05shameful Trump betrayal of the Ukrainian people and European security?
05:13Mr Speaker, can I firstly just say I will arrange a new round of cross-party talks on social care,
05:20certainly before the end of the year, but hopefully within the next month. And the former
05:26shadow health secretary from the opposition, a leader of the main opposition came, and I will
05:31make sure it's available to all sides of the House, all parties in this House. On the question
05:36around what is happening in Ukraine, obviously I'm looking very much now at my meeting with
05:44President Zelensky in a couple of hours. I called him on Saturday because I recognised it was another
05:51very dark and difficult moment for him as they contemplate a winter that will be severe for his
05:58people. I recognise that he is carrying the heaviest of weights right now, and it is extremely difficult
06:06for him. What I have to do in my role is try and repair bridges so that the support comes
06:14back, and therefore
06:15I should, at this moment in time, be careful in terms of laying the ground to bring people back
06:22together. That is the role I intend to play. It's the right role for me to play in this moment.
06:28I will
06:28listen to President Zelensky carefully, but he won't be going away from Britain today empty-handed.
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