derek twigg. >> number one, mr. speaker,. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with ministerial of colleagues and others, and in addition to duties in the house i shall of further such meetings today. >> [inaudible] >> i quote the bedroom tax has hurt thousands of disabled persons. with the prime minister drop his policy? >> first of all let us be clear, this is not a tax. only -- [shouting] let me explain to the labour party. a tax is when you earn some money, the government take some of the money away from you. that is a tax. only labor could call a benefit reform a tax increase. [shouting] let me be clear to him. pensioners are exempt. people with simply disabled children are eccentric people who need round-the-clock care are exempt. those kind of groups of people are all exempt. there's a basic issue of fairness. how can it be fair the people and housing benefit in private rented accommodations do not get a fair rim subsidy where as people in social housing to? that isn't there and we are putting that right. >> over the last one y