much. and who knows more and who knows how the machinery works? the lobbyysts, the ones who always stay there. of congress people and senators, it's not really the best way to but i think that "mr. smith goes to washington" is still a very important film for us because we have to remember our ideals, our idealism and fight for it. that's what it's all about. >> so when can we see in the theatres outside of theetribeca film festival earlier your documentary on eliot spitzer? >> has that been officially announced? is he officially a talk show host now? couppe weeks. >> >> that's trre. it's going to -- magnolia pictures will have the film out i believe later this year. so keep your eyes peeled. i think it's a pretty good one. >> alex gibney, our guest. documentary is called "casino jack and the united states of money." thank you very much for joining

us. >> thank you, brian. good to be here. go work for jack abramoff and kind of watch this operation get built, right? and jack was going from really big to the top. >> neil morphed from the original neil who wanted to be the press secretary to the guy who wanted to be part of the abramoff family. >> now, was it unusual to lose a staffer? >> i've had staffers come and go like a revolving door. >> i'm the poster child for the revolving door. >> the revolving door between government ann k street is an essential part of the washington game. >> there's a law that states you're not allowed to lobby your around the one-year ban and then i just flat out violated it. .

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what happened over the last 13 years is that elections used to be determined by a few officials in the home office. now they spend millions of pounds every yeer and employs dozens of people, hold huge and greg reviews, spends gobs of money on advertising. >> from london's, the prime minister's questioos from the british house of commons. this week, david cameron feel the questions on election reform. the prime minister also responded to calls for tougher gun restrictions. in the wake of the recent mass murder of 12 people in northwestern england. prior to this week's question, -- question time, of the parliament held a moment of

silence. me ithanking bothhe honorle member a spse frothe nch.fr his order. i askhe house t stand and to obrv1-minute silence in memory of eho lost their lives a today. [1-minutsince]

>> thank you. questions for the prime minister? >> mr. speaker, as the people of cambria county of a former marcos -- for memorial services, we think of the friends and family of those who were killed or injured. pay tribute to the soldiers -pwho died in afghanistan. from 40 commandermarine rineanthony, from first battion, lanceorralllen webster and soldie roy rse artillery who died yeerday.

we owe them a huge debt of gratitude and our thoughts should be with their family and friends. >> can i associate myself with the words of the prime minister? the reports in the newspaper that the prime minister wants the positive relationship with the a some links in scotland,, wales, and the northern islands, he wants to work in partnership. in the theme, would the minister put to the referendum this often for the wilshire some way? will he come clean with this house and the people oo wales and say if he is in favor of additional power? >> thank you, mr. speaker. first of all, let me be fair and

frank. i want to have a genuine respect agenda between the u.k. government and all those administrations. we have always said that there will be a referendum on a sure powers for the welsh assembly. that referendum will take place next year. if the old gentleman shakes his hand, but if he wants the referendum earlier, the last state could have pushed it through earlier. the refereedum will take place. the people of wales must determine the future. as for my view, for someone who spends a lot of time and wells, there is a debate about powers for the assembly. but there's also a debate for people in wales wanting to know how we will make progress on housing, health care, schools, jobs, the real issues as well as

the institutional ones. >> mr. speaker [unintelligible] man also paid tribute to the emergency services and to all of those who are recuperating from that tragedy. the national counnil states that nobody should have to travel more than 45 minutes to receive a regular therapy treatment. last december, [unintelligible] will the prime minister agree to be with me and ensure that he also makes a commitment? >> we really must have shorter questions. >> thank you, mr. speaker. he will note that, in the coalition agreement, we are

protecting n.h. assspending. there will be real -- will protect nhs spending. there will be real changes and nhs spending. i am very happy to ensure that there is a meeting between the health secretary and the hon. member to discuss this and to make sure that we keep services that took place with the previous -- keeps service as a local. the reconfiguration that took place with the previous government [unintelligible] >> i join the prime minister in paying tribute to our fallen soldiers.

%+ they fouggt with bravery. we honor the sacrifice they made and the loved ones they leave behind. i join him anin exppessing our heartfelt the empathy's oo those two were killed. can i ask him if he is in a position yet to tell the house if the government has any plans to reconsider the regulation of guns? as the home secretary said last week, we have to learn any lessons we can. >> it is right to reflect on this appalling tragedy and to think how best we go forward. specifically on the gun laws, we have to be clear but the full facts of the case. we also need to determine the type and the scope of reviews

that will take place after this tragedy. of course, the home office will look again at the negun laws. the chief constable is asking for support in a peer review. these reviews will overcome publicly available -- will all become publicly available documents. i do not believe in knee-jerk legislation. we have some of the tightest gun laws in this country. of course, we should look again. in terms of this issue, of what+ sort of review is right or people in west camera, i am meeting with two of the wess came read m p's -- cambria, i am meeting with

two of the west cumbria mp's. >> could i say that i am sure that they do visit that he and the home secretary made to cumbria it is quite appreciative. just before the general election, of the committee published a report that electoral registration offices, there are still serious concerns about the number of people who are eligible to vote bbt who are not on the register. will he undertake not to press forward with these changes on register that excludes 3.5 million people? >> let me agree. it is important that people who are eligible to vote register to

vote. we want to see that speeded up and improved. the deputy prime minister is taking that work. we also waat to see individual voter registtation. there has been a great increase in fraud in recent years. even as that work goes ahead, i think it is important that we have a reform so that we have equal sized constituencies across our country. those of us who support the voting system want to make it more fair y making sure that sits on the same sides are across our country. where is the and fairness in that to? >> the danger is that, it depresses on the way he indicated, he will ake the -- if he presses on the way he indicated, he will make the system less faar. the deputy prime minister had knowledge to the house that there is a problem with the register. the electoral commission study found not only the number of people not on the register, but who they are.

the people who are not on the register are a third of all black people, half of all young people, and half of all private sector tenants who are not on the registee despite the new work that has been undertaken by electoral registration officers. these other people whoowill not be counted if he redraws constituency boundaries now. he says he wants it all coostituencies. but you cannot have whole constituency is based on an unequal register. >> she had 13 years. " it is interesting about what has happened over the last 13 years is that election used to be determined by a few officials in the electoral office.

they have pent millions of pounds every year and holds great revvews and spends a vast amount to money and advertising but has not succeeded in its %+sk. i ave to ask her again. what on earth is unfair about the cold-side seat? -- aboot equal-sized seats? >> he has shown that he is listening to the argument. he is not listening to the argument. heecannot redraw the boundaries which is his government's proposal until the problem on the register is sorted out. he is not listening to argument. pe is pressing on regardless. that is not new politics. it is downright unfair.

can i move to another issue? mr. speaker, can i move to another issue? >> order. quite a bad example is being set by some senior membees to newcomers. order. order. there are far too many private conversations. the public is not impressed. the public wants to see orderly exchanges. >> thank you. the coalition parry talked about and what they called "surveillance society." the home secretary could not tell the house what ii would mean in practice. can the prime minister tell us now? >> not surprising that the hon. lady wanted to move on. let me just make one last point on the previous question. i am sorry if it is painful, but it is important.

she says that it is not right to sorted out the electoral register. we fought the last election on redrawn boundaries. i think we have a long way to go on that one. on the issue of surveillance, let me be clear. i've support closed-circuit televisiin cameras. i have them in my constituency is and they are very effective. but i think everyone understands that the level of service and -- of surveillance has gotten very grave. there's also the issue of how many different sorts of officials are allowed to enter your house without permission. we will be bringing forward legislation to deal with this issue. i know what the labor party has given up on civil liberties. also, she still be the head of the council of civil

liberties and long time ago. in this house, salaries are important. >> i was not asking about entering people's houses. i was as came -- i was asking him about cctv. theresa from the poet's corner [laughter]in my constituency%- -- that is the one that knows about living on a state's -- on an estate. they do not want to be told by this government that is going t3 that they need on their state. will he guarantee that he will

not do anything to make it harder to get or to use cctv? >> she should understand that this is about proportionality, making sure that we have a system that helps protect people and also respects civil liberties. it is extraordinary how of the party is becoming ore and more authoritarian. we have the new [uninttlligible] [laughter] it is one of the biggest u- turns we have seen. there is no word about immigration warrant our borders. -- about immigration or our borders. maybe it is time to move on to immigration and she can+ tell u.

>> the rime minister and his government will do what they can to help those constituents who are losing nearly 250 jobs in the area, which ii a very rural area.+ will he please assure us what the -- assures that the government will do what they can to help this constituency that has been dealt a very cruel blow at this very difficult time? >> i quite understand why my hon. friend wanns to raise this issue. obviously, the govvrnment will stand ready to do all it can to retrain people who have lost their jobs and to make sure that they get the best opportunity. also, we will make sure to the golan to maae sure we have the best financial services sector. this is not just about the city of london. it is about the fact that millions of people in our country work in financial services, providing good service, and we need to help them.

>> onee of the projects that stands to be affected by the decision of the government to put 600 million pounds of housing investment on hold is the economic recovery. [unintelligible] will the prime minister tell me what priority he will attach to the regenerative affect of the >> eeerybody wants to see regeneration continue in birmingham. i paid tribute to the birmingham city council. we want to see that regeneration continued. the problem with the the previous government's hoosing commitments made a particularly hot social housing is that they simply were not funded.

one of the things we have been able to do in making the 6 billion pounds of cuts made this year is to cut back some of that money back into social housing scheme which the last government promised but never funded. >> has my right hon. friend had the opportunity to reflectton the common [unintelligible] some f -- reflect on the comments of [unintelligible] this is clearly something that should be supported by both sides of the house. [uniitelligible] >> that is rather a good idea on that performance.

i think he is right. he was handpicked by the last government to be a treasury minister nd he absolutely put his finger on the button. he said this, " there's nothing progressive about a overnment that spends more than they can rrise and taxation and nothing progressive that leaves generations to come with liabilities incurred by the current generation." those words are absolutely right. >> i would like to thank the prime minister to tell me that the decision will be fast tracked and waiting for this decision is creating huge economic uncertainty for the region. the decision to rebuild the school, will it go ahead as planned? >> i can confirm that the

specific grants she raised last week will be going ahead. before everyone jumps to their feet, let me explain what the problem is with some of these grants. before the last election, lauren mendelsohn had a udge to checkbook which he went round opening up over the country and promised to sen billion-pound to produce -- promised t$10 billion pounds all over the place. it behooves the government to check all of those decisions one by one parent. a -- one by one. nowwsomeone else is taking out

their checkbooks to write his memoirs. >> order. order. opposition must come down. calm down.%+ >> what action will the prime minister made to make sure that+ hospitals will never again be allowed to put down talk down targets before patient care? >> my friend makes an extremely important point. we all know cases were targets+ were getting in the way a proper clinical outcomes and clinical care. to many people have experience%+ in that in health service. if that is not justifiable, they will go. we will be fulfilling another important pledge. it is a public inquiry into the appalling events at the mid staffordshire hospital.

i remember going to stafford and meeting with the families who have lost loved ones. someone into the hospital for routine operation. because of the tandard of hiding and was not right and the management was not right and because targets were being pursued rather than clinical needlessly.eople died that inquiry is tempereimportan. >> in the coalition program for a government, instead, " we will extend anonymity to defendants." why are dependents -- why are defendants in rape cases more [unintelligible] >> i know that she cares very deeply about this issue, as do i.. it is the quiche issue of getting conviction rates for rape cases. we should not any of a signal or that somehow there is a problem

with this. we know there are a lot of people who are falsely accused, whose careers can be blighted, and, in some cases, people have committed suicide. she commission their reporting to this issue. 8% to 10% of reported rape cases could result in false accusations. on the issue of defendant anonymity, it has often raised a full examination of the issues. we will bring ford proposal so they can be debated. there is aignore that i problem. >> the week by week, a constituency -- >> week by

week, will be colleagues consider [unintelligible] >> i think my hon. an extremely good and positive suggestion. the whole country has seen the people who come reynaud shine, always on the streets and watching -- come rain or shine, always on the streets and watching as they go by. when it comes to this complex, whenever we think of it, will want to support our troops and do what we can to recognize -- it is not just a government saying -- trying to recognize what these people do on our behalf. >> i am sure the prime minister

is aware that it a cross-party group worked extremely hard in the past government to adopt new measures to regulate hmo's. can he reassure me that is+ government will not seek to undermine the legislation that is so important to my and other city-center communities? >> we all know of the problems of houses that are kept a badly and some of the problems in the past with a channel's. i will ask -- with hmo's. we will take over that work so that ww can make this right. >> the legacy of the%former government's disastrous decision making in iraq is still plain to see it. can i ask the prime minister to lock up the existing home office guidance