barbara, rick hampton, darren brown, barbara lopez? >> good evening. i am barbara savage. i have been a registered nurse over 35 years. my concerns are many, but i will speak to the situation of traffic. for the safety of myself and my patients, i am going to carry gloves with me when i take the buses around the city. as a non-driver, i use buses exclusively and travel van ness almost weekly. traffic congestion is so common that they take a book with me so i have something to do. i work labor and delivery at cpmc california campus. we have 18 labor beds, and usually three-five patients -- three-five guests for each patient. after delivery, the patient goes to post part of for mother and delivery care and we have approximately 50 beds. that is 150 cars coming to visit the patients. itadd to this the cars of doctors, nurses, what a challenge. history and research has educated us to know that the support of family and patients results in a quicker recovery and better outcomes. we want people to get visitors. we want people to stay with them. i am very concerned about patient

monkhouse, mark smith from 36 engineer regiment, lance sergeant dale, marine adam brown, john sanderson, rifleman raymond culong, darren foster from 21 engineer regiment, lance corporal bancroft. lance corporal joseph pool. captain andrew griffiths from second battalion. mr. speaker, each of these men were heroic, selfless individuals who have given their lives for the safety of us and the british people. nothing can ease the pain of the loved ones they have left behind, but their sacrifice will never be forgotten. >> hear, hear. >> we also remember dr. karen wu who was killed while providing aid to afghan victims. we also remember a former polie officer who died august 7 whilst mentoring police forces in helmand province. the bravery of our servicemen and women, risking their lives daily to help the people of afghanistan, is both inspiring and humbling. >> mark pritchard. >> yesterday, they announced the laying off of 300 personnel. does the deputy prime minister agree that if it were not for the financial mess left by the last government that many of these jobs and indeed thousands of other public-sector jobs across