east anglia is not an assisted area, but that does not rule out development taking place, and other sources funding, such as the regional growth fund, can be applied to. i hope that he will look into those as he stands up for his community. >> following the statement last week by the secretary of state for transport, will the prime minister give a commitment to the people of leeds that the much needed new generation transport system, the trolleybus, will receive the government funding that it has been promised for so long? >> this issue is currently under consideration, and i am sure that the hon. gentleman will be one of the first to find out the result. >> in the year to march, more than 1,000 foreign nationals in northamptonshire applied for indefinite leave to remain in the united kingdom, and a massive 80% of those applications were approved. will my right hon. friend reassure my constituents that, in this government's legitimate efforts to reduce the backlog of asylum claims left by the previous government, people will not simply be waved through and offered indefinite stays? >> my ho

the e-mails posted last november from the climate research unit at the university of east anglia in england exposed the dishonest undercurrent within the scientific community. this incident ignited a renewed public interest in the level of uncertainty of the scientific pronouncements and an increased increase concerned that the policy cap-and-trade may not achieve its objective of reducing the impacts of climate change. while there are only a few scientists involved in in this unethical behavior it only takes a few bad apple to spoil the whole bunch. it is created a general atmosphere with regards to all scientific endeavors involving the government. we need only to look at how the administration responded to deepwater horizon oil spill to see how scientific information was distorted to promote a specific policy agenda or to change people's perception of the government's competence. that ends up to entering -- to follow through on promises to issue basic guidelines for scientific integrity, failure that is only serve to further a road that public trust. given these persistent problems mr. c