we hope that ferver and fundamental reform will lead to the freedom democracy and rule of law which we have so long enjoyed and the people of b uflt burma have too long denied. a journey of 1000 miles must start with a single step. we are proud that one such step will be taken in this parliament today. it is my privilege to welcome the consense of a country. [ applause ] >> lord speaker, mr. speaker, mr. prime minister, my lords and members of the house of commons, thank you for inviting me to speak to you here in this magnificent hall. i'm conscious of the extraordinary nature of this honor. i understand that there was some debate as to whether i would speak here in this blended setting or elsewhere in the setting. i welcome the debate or discussion it is what parliament is all about. it is my first visit there, and yet, for me it was a familiar scene, not just from television broadcasts but from my own family history. as some of you may be aware. the best known photograph of my father taken shortly before this assassination in 1947 was of him standing in downing street with others wi

next up is dan ferver. >> thanks for coming out this morning to hear about this critical, critical issue. and i -- and larry and doug both have sketched out a very clear view of the bigger picture and i want to give you some specifics. and the name of this panel is a new paradigm. so i thought about throwing in some aspects that are not familiar to a lot of people. so talking about projections going forward. we just heard about some of these projections. i worked extensively over the last few years with a scientist in a position named paul epstein who was associate director of the center for health and global environment. we wrote a book together on this that was mentioned. and so one of the things that he did -- one of the projects he and his center did about a few years back is put together a large multidisciplinary team of experts and make projection about snare ycenario planning. you can't, you know, have a mathematical model, computer model, figure out what's going to happen. you can still create scenarios. and using the best educated guess of the top expert. and that's what they di