>> my friend is a great advocate for his constituents and i know cheldman and gloucester have made a number of redundancies and i'm happy to meet him to talk about these issues. but let me say our determination is to keep as many jobs as possible in this country and prevent unbloiment where possible except where it gives people new jobs. 150 new jobs have been created in a development of the a flexible deal allowing young people to get jobs and more than 200,000 people are finding new jobs every month. we will continue to provide that support. but again, i have to say to the house, the issue is very clear, we are prepared to provide the investment that is necessary for jobs, the conservatives revealed again as the party of cuts. >> mr. speaker, last month before the local elections the prime minister announced a question from the honorable member of gloucester and said we wanted to demolish the development agencies and want to give it to local governments and he said we would invest and make cuts. this week after those elections the southwest r.d.a. made 60 million pounds of cuts, cu

of the other candidates in today's elections, especially the words of the honorable member for gloucester who said we should all be looking to change the settlement between parliament and the people and the words of the honorable member for auldridge brown hill that this is not a moment for -- but a moment for action. to misquote the misquotes from the honorable member from northwest hampshire, you should now show you are in the office of speaker but not rub by the office of speaker. you will be the near of an institution which you yourself will wish to challenge. we know there are many things everyone agrees on so let us not delay, consult and analyze, but act quickly on reform under your leadership. mr. speaker, you have a mandate for change, not just from the votes you won today across the floor of the house of commons, but from the people whose legitimate anger made this election happen. i urge you to use it. >> my lord, i beg to acquaint the house that a commission has been issued under the great seal to -- therein named authorizing said lords to declare in the name and on behalf of