. >> hazel blair. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the importance of internships in helping young people get on in life has been much in the news lately. would the prime minister, therefore, take this opportunity to express his support for the new speaker's parliamentary placements? it's a cross-party initiative backed by the honorable members from lancaster and fleetwood and it will give people from working class backgrounds the chance to come to parliament, get vital experience of political life, paid a living wage and who knows? they may well be the politicians of the future. >> no, i fully support what the honorable lady says. this is a very important scheme in opposition in the shadow cabinet we worked with the social mobility foundation in order to give out internships like that to shadow cabinet members and we'll do it again as cabinet members. i think it's a very important initiative and i welcome what the speaker is doing. >> what investigation has the prime minister made of the allegation that the imf was bullied into turnin