Live webchat with David Cameron - this Thursday 19th, 1.45 pm

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Hello all - David Cameron is coming on to Mumsnet to answer your questions this Thursday at 1.45-2.45. Please post advance questions here if you can't make it on Thursday. (And please read our Webchat guidelines above before posting ie only one question each). Many thanks.

sophable - it seemed inappropriate for the occasion

MrsNeil - U-turn is a phrase borrowed from The Sun

So would you say you support inclusion, and if so how would you look to better fund state education for SN children.

Or on the flipside, how much would you invest in SN schools, and would you entertain the idea of more schools such as Treehouse in London so SN children are not 'lumped together'.

Every child matters but every child is different.

'Hear hear' or is it here here to Special Needs comment.

What will you do about making more selective state secondary schools? The local grammar school is massively over-subscribed and only a small proportion of children from within the borough (in West London/ Surrey)actually get in to the school. The nearest state secondary is dire and the next nearest has a streamed top band who can do A'levels but the bands under that HAVE to do BTECS. Not appealing options. We want to vote for you and this subject is a permanently hot topic amongst mumsnetters.

To Mumbot and others who asked about married persons tax allowance

Congratulations on your impending arrival. It?s great that you are so committed to each other and I do want to support couples and families. That?s why I want to get rid of the couple penalty in the tax credits system, which means that people are actually paid more benefits if the split up than if they stay together. It's crazy that the state is giving out that signal to families and encouraging couples to live apart. This isn?t just something which would help married couples ? it would help all cohabiting couples who qualify for Working Tax Credit.

I do also think it's important that as well as ending the couple penalty, the state sends out a positive message that commitment is important. One way of doing that is by recognising marriage in the tax system ? but it?s not the only way we want to reinforce commitment. Our pledge to give every parent the right to request flexible working and our plans to increase the number of health visitors so that new parents have support in the home are designed to support all committed relationships ? whether they are marriages or not.

I am a fairy Godmother and grant you one wish Mr Cameron. What will it be?

[magical emoticon]

That's a no then mumbbot. I am in the same situation as you but our family is second class in Conservative eyes

Mr Cameron, you are living in lalaland if you think families tear themselves apart in order to get a few extra pennies from the government....

Starlight - maybe on his back benchers?

Mr Cameron,

When is your party going to stop treating legal immigrants like second class citizens? You use immigration as a tool to flay Labour, but lets face it, without immigrants there are a huge number of jobs that would go unfilled. When are you going to stop using us as scapegoats?

Thank you.

Which brings me back to my previous question Mr Cameron - will you undertake to continue the support for services to assist people out of abusive homes? And do you agree that it is better to be out of a broken home than still living in one?

Tell you what posieparker, my wish is that David would type faster. The need to craft soundbites must be slowing him down

I am concerned about childhood obesity and how the conservative government are going to combat this.
Whilst I agree that the healthy eating message should start at home, I also think that the message should taught in schools.

Welcome, Mr Cameron.
On childcare vouchers, as well as bringing keeping them, would you think about rolling out to the self employed?

Mr Cameron,

I have two children one of which has special needs. Due to all the appointments, care my son needs and lack of childcare for special needs children I have given up work recently and dropped from a part time take home wage of £650 to £212 careers allowance. As careers allowance is not classed as a benefit carers are not entitled to other things such as free school meals etc which would all help when your income has dropped so much. Does your party have any plans to look at providing careers with more realistic financial assistance?

Regards

agreed slug. he's had days to start answer some of these questions.

NO politico seems to have done better than Alan Johnson yet, IMHO.