. >> helen goodman. >> yesterday, the chancellor of the exchequer told the house that, in april 2012,re would be no more children living in poverty than there are today. unfortunately, two thirds of the cuts in tax credits and benefits come after that date. will the prime minister give the house his forecast of the number of children living in poverty by the end of the parliament? >> what i would say to the honorable lady is that, for the first time in any budget -- certainly since i have been in the house -- we have actually published the distributional tables on what happens to income. labour never did that. we have done it for 2012-2013. in terms of what happens towards the end of the parliament, i am pleased to say that there will be at least another three coalition budgets, which we look forward to introducing, to make sure that we go on to protect the poorest in our country. >> peter bone. >> in the closing days of the previous parliament, anthony steen trafficked through the house the anti-slavery day act 2010 to highlight the problems of human trafficking. the government is re

they made the point that the afghan police see goodman has been incredibly pour. >> i am grateful to my hon. friend for that question. i think the problem has not been just the equipment. i think there has been a problem with recruiting and training and retaining. it is an area, and this is a cause that has come out on all sides, but not enough focus was given in which training was key. the effort has been going on. they are turning out now for a good police officers, but until now this was ignored. >> as the prime minister agree that the mine clearance vehicles available to our troops are the best in the world? >> i have a presentation about the equipment now being used and the training undertaken, and it is incredibly impressive what our troops are able to do. the truth is you have to keep investing and keep catching up with the technologies being used by the enemy, because they are incredibly cunning in trying to find new ways of making these harder to find. >> today president obama began a two-day three-state visit. he met with political leaders and residents affected by the deep