it's reported that lord mandleson, baroness sandes have worked for the gadhafi regime. will the prime minister ensure that these are thoroughly investigated. >> i think the honorable gentleman makes a good point and i'm sure those ministers and ex-ministers would immediately like to refer themselves to that committee so their links can be looked into it. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister and the local government government secretary are adamant that there is no need for cuts in local authority front line services. can the prime minister, therefore, explain why conservative-run brumly council is shutting 13 of its 16 children's centers? >> what we have done -- yes, we have made reductions, we have made reductions in local government grant because, frankly, we inherited a complete mess in terms of this nation's finances. but what we have done is we've asked every single local authority to make public every single bit of spending it does so that members of the public can make sure they're cutting bureaucracy, they're cutting accounts for licenses, they're

does it concern him that baroness williams of crosby feels that she is "under no obligation to support police is -- policies outside that agreement?" backrime minister's benchers do not want this. no one wanted. it is not possible for the prime minister to halt -- >> order. we have got the drift. but we must have an answer. >> the question drafted by the labor members have got a bit longer. i think that those in the labor whips' office need to go to remedial writing school. if the hon. gentleman was asking a question about the in a chess -- as i think he was -- and asking who supports the images reforms, let me say this. there is common ground between health professionals,s and political parties. >> this month, soldiers from cian, including many from my constituency, are being deployed to of aniston and our thoughts and prayers are with them. will the prime minister assure that, if our brave soldiers are injured while serving your country, they will receive compensation that recognizes their sacrifice? >> i think this is something with which the whole house can unite on, the result of

it is reported that lord mendelson, baroness simons, and adam and gramm have worked for the gaddafi regime. in short, are these reports thoroughly investigated? >> my hon. friend makes a good point. i am sure that those ex- ministers will want to refer themselves immediately to that committee so that their lives can be looked into. >> the prime minister and the secretary of state for communications and local government are adamant that there is no need for cuts in local authority for on-line services. can he therefore spine why conservative-run bromley council is shutting 13 of 16 children centers? -- can he explain why conservative-run at bromley council is setting 13 of 16 children's centers? >> yes, we have made reductions in local government grant, because, frankly, we inherited a complete mess in the nation's finances. what we have done is ask every single local authority to make public every single bit of spending they do so that members of the public can make sure that they're cutting bureaucracy, cutting counselor allowances, and cutting pay, rather than cutting services. when the

up his office to help sell the government some 2 billion pounds of reorganization of the nhh the baroness is out obligated for outside of europe. nobody wants this. so is it not possible for -- >> we got the drift of it but we must have an answer, mr. speaker? >> the questions they draft have gotten a bit long. i think the labour whips need to go to writing school. if they're asking a question about the nhs and i think he was and asking who supports the nhs reforms i think one of the greatest propenalties of the nhs reforms is labour's health secretary. he said this, the general aims of the roles are sound, more investment of patients, less bureaucracy and less priorities in improving health outcomes. these are common grounds, health professionals and political parties. if life gets too tough for him there's always plenty of room of him over here. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> many are deploying to afghanistan and our thoughts and prayers are with them. will the prime minister ensure that if our brave soldiers are injured serving our country they receive compensation that recognizes their

the first is we are deeply honored to have baroness katherine ashton who is the european uni's ministerf -- union's minister of foreign affairs. that's a fancy way of saying she's the secretary of state of europe. i thanker her for coming. i thank jim steinberg for coming and given all the challenges that they're facing at the state department today, he's probably glad to have an excused absence. but i want -- i have already personally thanks the secretary of state for allowing him to come. [laughter] i want to acknowledge the presence, even though she claimed to be absence of christiane amanpour, and i wanted to say one thing about -- i admire her very much, but the uncharted hell she gave me in the first two years i was president about not marching the entire american army into sarajevo, and i'm only slightly overstating it -- [laughter] was a gift. it was a gift. i -- there are some times, relatively few, when you can say a single journalist had a decisive impact on the lives of people and a set of political decisions that followed. but i've already explained to you, you saw where po