. >> sir bob russell. >> more people lived in essex that voted yes in the scottish referendum. what scotland gets, so should the people of essex and east anglia? >> i think the best answer i can give him is if we are, and i believe we should, keep all of our promises to the people of scotland in terms of additional powers to the scottish parliament including powers over tax raising, then we must make sure that members of the parliament for essex or, indeed, other counties in england have the ability to vote on these issues as they affect england in this house. my concern is that the labour party have given up on this issue. they are happy to have an all party agreement when it comes to scottish and welsh powers, but for some reason, when it comes to england, they have got absolutely nothing to say. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can the prime minister explain why in scotland, northern ireland, and wales it is impossible to reach a settlement on the question of pensions and early retirement, and yet in england, where the new minister was having constructive conversations last week,

the russell 2000 hanging on to the green but not by much. kate rogers is at the nasdaq standing by. first to bobani on the floor of the new york stock exchange. >> modest gains here. want to point out sectors moving. tol brothers giving a nice hit. 10% on the order side, a little below expectations but earnings were good and guidance still pretty good up 3%. retailers are weak. abercrombie preannounced down grades today. we get j.c. penney wednesday and wal-mart thursday. wal-mart's numbers will be lower than last year if they come in in line with the guidance. china's stocks have been small. investors able to buy a lot of chinese based stocks beginning next monday through hong kong. that is a very big change. finally, want to mention we got very good numbers in earnings still up 9% as we bring the quarter to a close. margins near 10%. the ten-year average 8.5%. despite all of the concerns about inflation in some areas as well as revenue weakness overall margins are holding up very, very well. that is one reason the stock market remains at new highs. back to you. >> bob, thank you. let's go to k