. >> 18 years as a member of the house of common? >> yes. >> leadership positions in there include snd >> absolutely. i was a leader of the house. i was secretary of state for energy. and i was in the treasury at one time. so i had a few jobs. yes. >> you were made a lord in what year? >> it would have been 1994. >> now what does that mean now? 1992 is when i was made a lord after the general election. >> the house of lords is under -- over your shoulder there. it's a live picture. do you still go to the house of lords? >> i'm always there. it's a very nice place to be and i tend now to be involved in the committees which are mostly concerned with the administration of the place, the main political committees that do that. in fact, i had a big part in reorganizing the house of lords' expenses system because as you know we have some terrible trouble with the house of commons systems and we did our very best to avoid trouble in the house of lords. we didn't entirely succeed but we did fairly well. and i was chairing a committee which ha

he was a conservative party member of the house of commons from 1979 to 1986. our interviews were recorded in the studios of westminster located across from the houses of parliament. >> matthew parris, back in april 2010, you said that the truth is simple. we are living beyond our means. the change is change that we were really prepared to embrace. we will have to live within our means. that was seven months ago. that is something that not just on, but a great many commentators have been saying since the early years. all of us in britain, nearly all of us, have the impression of prosperity, a growing prosperity which appeared to be beyond any explanation in terms of anything that we were producing ore exporting. people said that they could not believe that we were getting so much. what were the houses so much more? the reply from the economists says that it all has to do with financial-services. we do not need to make things any more. i have never been convinced by this. over the last decade, over the last 15 years or so, i have the impression that we were incre

as long as the house of commons and the house of lords have representatives of all interest within it, then fine, let them clash. what he's best argument -- let the best argument wind. europe-let the best argument win. leave it to other advocates to have the other argument. there is a principal argument for doing politics like that. >> this is a frivolous thing that i want to ask you about. maybe you do not think it is a frivolous. some time ago, you jump in the water out here and swam across. why did you do that? >> i did that on the 28th of february, 1978. i would have been 27 or 28. it was just down there on the side of the river. there is a building that used to be the local government headquarters of london and i was working for margaret thatcher as her correspondence clark. it was about 10:00 p.m. and i walked towards the station to take a train home. i saw a girl standing there crying and i asked her what was wrong and they said they took their dog out for a walk before bed and it climbed onto the stone parapet and had fallen in the water and because it is high tide, he cannot

fixit. >> you have been house of commons, house of lords. being on the enron board of directors. >> right. >> and the press, you look on it today and you can find all kinds of articles, they suggest you are hammered in this country because you were a member of that board. >> i won't tell you that it wasn't difficult at the time but i don't think many people in britain understood the issues. the truth of the matter is that in the legal proceedings that followed, if i can summarize them in this way, when, as you know the united states something goes wrong everybody sues everybody. we, the non-executive directors, set out our position and those who are originally suing us realized that our position was the sensible position, the ones which they thought was right. so our evidence was used against the other people. in other words what the plaintiffs said we don't need to sue these non-executive directors. they have done their honorable best to try to sort things out. the fact that they were deceived by the management, by some of the bankers, and

>> about 100 appointments. >> do they all come from members of the house of commons? yes. >> if a particular prime minister wants them, he puts them into the house of lords, which he can do quickly. >> what is the restraint on the number of people you can put in the house of lords? >> there is no real restraint. you would be very much criticized if you put too many in, as mr. brown and mr. blair are criticized today. but there are no legal constraints. if they have the nerve to do it, they can do it. >> how long is your assignment as a lord? >> for life. >> the two categories of the people in the house of lords in my time have been on a limited tenure, the church leaders. the bishops have to give up when they cease to be bishops. the judges as well. our supreme court was a part of the house of lords up to two years ago. they have now moved out and they no longer sit as members of the house of lords. >> how is the supreme court justice appointed? >> we have an independent appointments board. they are appointed by an advisory committee of people, of which the senior jud

they come from the house of commons. if he wants them in, he puts them into the house of lords. >> what is the restraint of the number of people you can put into the house of lords? >> there is no real restraint. you would be very much criticized if you put too many in. mr. brown and mr. blair are criticized today. if they can have the nerve to do it, they can do it. >> how long is your appointment as a lord? >> it is for life. the two categories of people in the house of lords in my time had been on a limited tenure had been the church leaders. the bishops have to give up when they cease to be bishops. the judges -- are supreme court was part of the house of lords up to about two years ago. they have moved out and no longer sit as members of the house of lords. >> al is a supreme court justice -- hal is a supreme court justice appointed? >> they are appointed by and advisory committee of people. the senior judges have a pretty good site. >> is there a way the public can get rid of a judge? >> i have never heard of it. i

then david cameron at the british house of commons. monday, steny hoyer talks about the 111th congress. -- 112th congress. >> find great holiday gifts at the c-span store. dvd is, gloves, umbrellas, and more. c-span.org/shop. >> on thursday, members of the british house of commons debated and approved a plan that tripled tuition -- university tuition pounds. during the debate, thousands of students protested outside the parliament building in london. now, a portion of the five hour debate. you'll hear speeches on behalf of the government and opposition party. the liberal democrats, part of the conservative party's coalition government, originally opposed the tuition fee hike during the general election, and now face criticism after deciding to support the government's plan. >> mr. speaker, with permission, i wish to move a motion. the terms of the motion are, in terms of a budgetary instrument, but i think you ruled the rest of the evening, to like us to entertain debate on the wider issues involved, and it may arouse strong feelings in

>> about 100 appointments. >> to all those come from the house of commons? >> yes. if he wants them in, he puts them into the house of lords which he can do quickly. >> was the restraint on the number of people he can put on the house of lords? >> there is no real restraint. you would be very much criticized if you put too many interests mr. brown and mr. blair are criticized today. there is no legal constraint. if they have the nerve to do it, they can do it. >> how long is the appointment as a lord? >> for life. the two categories of people in the house of lords that in my time had been on a limited tenure have been the church leaders, the bishops. they have to give up when they cease to be bishops. and the judges because our supreme court was part of the house of lords up until two years ago and they have moved out now and they no longer sit as members of the house of lords themds. >> we have an independent appointments board. they are appointed by an advisory committee of people which of the senior judges have a good say. >> is there any way a -- the public can g

then prime minister david cameron at the british house of commons. en we will show you a discussion on the republican agenda in the next session of congress. >> i am education program specialist here at c-span. each year we conduct a video documentary competition which ask this in grades 6 through 12 to think critically about issues affecting our nation. this year's theme is washington, d.c through my lands. we chose this topic because we would like to explain how the federal government has affected an issue or event in july for community. select a topic that issues you. the goal is to fully develop and research your topic, provide differ points of view, and include -- include c-span footage in your documentary. for more information, you can visit our website. . . .

houses of your parliament and we have to of ours. no. our prime minister has much more power than your president. he has a complete power over the lower house of commons. and the house of lords has very limited power. it has no power over anything that costs money or raises money at all. it has no power in the revenue department. even the powers and the rest of legislation are only the power to delay. it can keep sending bills back that it does not like until a year has passed and then the parliament act can be invoked and it'll go through a. our house of lords is not democratically elected. it has no real democratic legitimacy. it has expertise. it has not been set up to be an opposition to the house of commons. it often looks to us, british, looking to you, that you have two arms of government said up to oppose each other and slow the possibilities of making any change fast. >> if our president selects the treasury secretary, he or she goes before congress and has to be approved. who decided that george osborn would be the exchequer? >> the prime minister appeared entirely his decision. >> how much -- how many jobs does the prime mr. phil? >> he fil

it is all available online. >> on thursday, members of the british house of commons debated and approved a plan that tripled the cap on university tuition fees, raising it to 9,000 pounds, or about $13,000 a year. during the debate, thousands of students protested outside the parliament building in london. now, a portion of the five-hour debate. the liberal democrats, who are now part of the conservative party's coalition government, originally opposed the tuition fee hike during the general election and now face criticism from members and the public after deciding to support the government's plan. >> i think he ruled yesterday evening you would like us to entertain debate because of strong feelings inside and outside the house. the instrument we are discussing here is a central part of a policy that is designed to maintain high quality universities in the long term which tackles the fiscal deficit and provides a more progressive system of contributions based on people's ability to pay. let me just briefly go over the sequence of events which has led to this debate today. i became secret

the river from the house of commons, making his finest speech. there is a tremendous resilience in this country, a tremendous base common sense, and a tremendous instincts for fairness, which, i must say, i find very engaging. canada, a country having to live alongside and on top of a country vastly more powerful than themselves, with remarkable success, they have constructed a kind of alternate society there. it is a society which has bridged the distance between europe and america. they have, for example, a system of medical care which is a hybrid between the american system and the british system. they fought with extraordinary valor in the two wars, the first and second world wars, and again in afghanistan. as anyone in the 49th parallel knows, canada it is an extraordinarily pleasant place. i did not choose it to be so. i it, in some ways, have experienced the best in all three countries. >> i want to make sure that we have something to talk about in the future. because we are a network of books. what has to be done in order to get you to rem

you can find a video archive of past prime minister's question that links to the house of commons and prime ministers website at c-span.org. >> with the house of commons palin recess, prime minister's questions will not be seen live this wednesday. it returns live wednesday, january 12 at 7:00 a.m. on c- span2. coming up next, c-span exclusive interview with supreme court justice elena kagan. then a portion of today's senate debate on the start treaty. after that, a discussion on u.s. strategy toward yemen. >> it's hard to get here and also hard to leave here. but all of us do leave, and the senate always continues. >> search for -- federal speeches in the c-span video library, with every c-span program since 1987, more than 167,000 hours of mine, all free. it is washington, your way. >> justice elena kagan was nominated to the bench by president obama to succeed john paul stevens. she began officially serving on the supreme court on august 7. in her first interview, she talks about her reasons for becoming a lawyer, her first oral argument and her approach to opinion writing. we will

communicators, and on sundays, newsmakers, "q&a", and prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. you can also watch programming any time at c-span.org. it is all searchable at our c- span video library. public service, created by america's cable companies. >> mr. speaker, he is breaking his promise and he does not want to admit it. he wants to leave it to the deputy prime minister. it is time the front end took some responsibility. to turn it into an enterprise zone. >> questn fothe prime minister. heidi alexander. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this point i had meetings and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. >> heidi alexander. >> thank you, mr. speaker. time and time again the prime minister has said he wants to protect the poorest and most vulnerable whilst reducing the budget deficit. so -- [shouting] >> so can the prime minister -- [shouting] >> so can the prime minister explain to me and residents of my constituencywhy he is keeping huge cuts upon local he tends to spend half of the federal budget

1994 but what you were talking about then. >> diane abbott, you are a member of the british house of commons and a member of the minority population here in great britain. does it matter at all in the house if you are an ethnic minority? any difference from other members? >> you've got to remember that when i and my colleagues were re-elected in 1987, it was the first time certainly that people of african descent were elected to british parliament. in the 18th century, they generally created mayhem and i think they felt that black people like the second coming of 18th century irish and the speaker took good care to give a sort of drink earlier on, when we started, they were frightened we would be disruptive, but to their surprise, we were quite pleasant and it's settled down now. but at the advent, there was trepidation. the thing to remember in the house of commons is not about color so much as it's about change. in the house of commons clerk -- cloakroom, we hang up our coats,every peg has a loop of red ribbon to hang up your sword but no one has had a sword to hang up for 200 years so tha

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helpful research tool. >> next, prime minister david cameron at the british house of commons. then a discussion on the republican agenda in the next session of congress. after that, another chance to see q&a with the "n.y. times" correspondent john burns. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal," lawrence yun. abrams and theam c wikileaks issue. and then eric alitk

. >> each week the house of commons is in session we err prime minister david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons life wednesday mornings here on c-span2. this is expected to be the final prime minister's question time before the house of commons takes their holiday break. and now, prime minister's question time. >> this week we will be sending a paper to the executive board discussion looking at ways to turn it into an enterprise zone. >> question for the prime minister. heidi alexander. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this point i had meetings and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. >> heidi alexander. >> thank you, mr. speaker. time and time again the prime minister has said he wants to

as long as the house of commons and the house of lords have representatives of all interest within it, then fine, let them clash. >> let the best argument win. europe-let the best argument win. leave it to other advocates to have the other argument. there is a principal argument for doing politics like that. >> this is a frivolous thing that i want to ask you about. maybe you do not think it is a frivolous. some time ago, you jump in the water out here and swam across. why did you do that? >> i did that on the 28th of february, 1978. i would have been 27 or 28. it was just down there on the side of the river. there is a building that used to be the local government headquarters of london and i was working for margaret thatcher as her correspondence clark. it was about 10:00 p.m. and i walked towards the station to take a train home. i saw a girl standing there crying and i asked her what was wrong and they said they took their dog out for a walk before bed and it climbed onto the stone parapet and had fallen in the water and because it is high tide, he cannot find the steps underneath

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> next, prime minister but david cameron at the house of commons. then an exclusive interview with elena kagan. then a portion of the senate debate on the start treaty. tomorrow on "washington journal, close crude andrew fieldhouse will talk about how the tax code will pecksniff shares paycheck. stewart baker on concerns about al qaeda and attacking the u.s. over the holidays. and then portions of the tax bill favorable to special interests. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> he is breaking his promise and he does not want to a admitted. he wants to leave it to the back wall, the deputy prime minister to break its promises, accept some responsibility. >> in his last question time before the holiday recess, david cameron talked about recent positive signs to stabilize the british economy. the labor leader challenge the prime minister over the decision to scrap the educational allowance for low-income students. some questions on the irish economy and british unemployment report. report. >>

[applause] >> tony, it must feel like the house of commons all over again. [laughter] >> i don't know, so far they're a little politer actually! [laughter] >> your final rebuttal, please. >> it all depes, i guess, what your experience of religious people is. my experience of the people i was with last week in africa, that include deeply religious people; not actually that they're doing what they're doing because of heaven and hell, they're doing it for love of their fellow human beings, and that's, i think, something very fine. what's more, that they believe that this love of thr fellow human beings is bound up with their faith, so it's not something, you know, yes, of course, it is absolutely true, they might decide to do this, irrespective of the fact that they have religious faith, but their fah, they feel, is an impulse to do that good. and you know, i don't recognise the description of the work that they do in what christopher has said. in sierra leone, where i was, you have christians and muslims working together to deliver healthcare in that country. t

. >> the british house of commons is in recess for the holidays. prime minister's question will resume on january 12, 2011. on our web site, you can find the video archives of past prime ministers questions. >> with the house of commons now in recess, prime minister's questions will not be seen live this wednesday. it will return live on wednesday to a new worry 12 at 7:00 a.m., on c-span2. >> next, our exclusive interview with yelena kagan. after that, q&a with documentary filmmaker dan reid. >> it is hard to get here and it is also hard to leave here. but all of us do leave and the senate always continues. >> search for farrell speeches -- farewell speeches in the c- span video library. more than 100,000 hours on line and friedrich is washington, your way. >> justice elena kagan was appointed to the supreme court by barack obama to replace a justice stevens interfirst tv interview since joining the court, justice taken -- we will get a look at her approach to her relationship with the chief justice and her thoughts on the confirmation process. she

house of commons staff will be on hand to assist you. needless to say, in respect to each vote, you should vote only once. [laughter] the division lobbies are now open. order, order. >> members of the youth parliaments, order, order. thank you. a small number of people led indicated that they would like to raise points of order. there will be an opportunity for points of order, but not just yet. very shortly. equally, i will take great pleasure in asking -- where is natasha? there you are. thank you. let me say a few words. i get the distinct impression that members of the u.s. parliament have much enjoyed their session here today -- youth parliament have enjoyed their session here today. am i right? [applause] i know that you will want me, on behalf of each and every one of us, to place on record our warmest thanks to a number of people without, this event either would not have taken place or what have not done so anything like the smooth and seamless efficiency that we have enjoyed. from the bottom of my heart, i would like to say thank

. >> the house of commons is in recess, so "prime minister's questions" will not be shown. it will be shown again on wednesday, january 12, 7:00 a.m., on c-span2. coming up, a discussion about politics in south asia. after that, a look at the new rules passed by the fcc on net neutrality. and later, programs on the quality of care for alzheimer's patients. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is "washington journal," our live call-in program. during the week, watched the u.s. house in our continuing coverage of the transition to the new congress, and every night, congressional hearings and policy forum kafka -- forums. on sundays, "newsmakers," "the communicators," and "prime minister's questions." c-span, washington your way. a public service created by american cable companies. >> next, a discussion about politics and economics in south asia. also, a look at the conflict between pakistan and india over the kashmir region. you will hear from regional scholars and the head of pakistan's largest securities firm. this is one

. >> the house of commons is in recess, so "prime minister's questions" will not be shown this week. it will return on wednesday, january 12, with live coverage at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. tonight, a debate between four and british prime minister tony blair and christopher hitchens. later, "q&a," with the differences between the u.s. and british governments. original documentary on the supreme court has been newly updated and ayers on sunday, january 2. usd things only available to the justices and their staff, and you will hear how the board works -- the court works, hearing from all of the justices, including elena kagan. also, hear about the latest developments. this will be airing for the first time in high-definition sunday, january 2, at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a debate between former british prime minister tony blair and christopher hitchens, author of "god is not great." after the debates, they took comments from the audience. this is just under two hours. >> it is my privilege to be your moderator tonight. i want to begin by welcoming the worldwide audienc

use parliament here in the chamber of the house commons. -- u.k. youth parliament. as you have heard already because the point is being made, on the 21st of july of this year, the house of commons voted to allow the u.k. youth parliament to meet monthly to debate the subjects which have decided it should be debated. it was a ringing endorsement that sanding success of the first-ever series of debates which took place exactly one year ago. members of the youth parliament, it was a symbol of the commitment of the house of commons to better engage with civil society in general and with young people in particular, a cause which i imagine by now many of you will know is very dear three days after july 21st, and if i may say so, at my request to the chief executive of the parliament, on july 24th i travel to belfast because i wanted to be present on the occasion of your annual general meeting. i was, i confessed, overwhelmed on that occasion by the warmth and generosity of the welcome that your extended to me. in return for the warmth and generosity of that welcome that yo

william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tense after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to war what the foreign office here had done was this of course is a huge embarrassment for the foreign secretary william hague who when he took office as recently as may this year said that he vowed to improve relations with moscow and him fact went to moscow and met with president dmitri medvedev which is quite a rare occurrence for a lower official than the prime minister and then do a visit by david cam

launched a major investigation into this week's violent student protests which took place as the house of commons approved the hiking tuition fees thursday saw thousands of demonstrators turned out in central london with windows smashed the treasury in the supreme court even attacked a car carrying prince charles and his wife travelling to a west end theatre i was talking to an old student union says more rallies in cities are likely. it was for the past a university fees will triple to a maximum of nine thousand pounds a year opposition labor m.p. jenny corbett says the need for the back to the bottom of the poor from higher education. what we see is the end of access to higher education for people of average and below average incomes it's going to really preserve the wealth here in the future the trend will be we'll have a less well educated less skilled less qualified population i see education as an investment for the future will be vested in young people really vested in skills we're investing in knowledge we're investing in our future that is the economic growth of the future where the adva

launched a major investigation into this week's violence student protests which took place as the house of commons approved a liking to ration fees thursday's demonstrations saw thousands of people in central special there's a treasure in the supreme court and even attacked a car carrying prince charles a boy travelling toward western theatre couple. a student union says while rallies and settings on lighting if the bill is finally passed university fees will triple to a back some nine thousand pounds a year position the abrams germy corben says the move will effectively bar the poor for. higher education. what we're seeing is the end of access to higher education for people of average and below average incomes it's going to really preserve the wealthier in the future the trend will be we'll have a less well educated less skilled less qualified population i see education as an investment for the future will vested in young people revestive in skills we're investing in knowledge we're investing in our future that where is the economic growth of the future where the advantages of to morrow where the

launched a major investigation into this week's violent student protests which took place as the house of commons approved the hiking two mission fees thursday saw thousands of demonstrators turned out in central london when their smash hit the treasury in the supreme court and even attacked a car carrying prince charles and his wife who were travelling to the west bank to the world cup of. union says more about it since it is unlikely if the bill is finally passed her city fees will triple to laksmi nine thousand pounds a year is this an labor m.p. jeremy corbyn says the move what effectively bar the poor from higher education. what we're seeing is the end of the axe. to higher education for people of average and below average incomes it's going to be the preserve of the wealthier in the future the trend will be we'll have a less well educated less skilled less qualified population i see education as an investment for the future will be vested in young people reinvesting in skills we're investing in knowledge or investing in our future that where's the economic growth of the future where the adv

federal council because both houses of parliament are very keen to push this medication through soon as possible and so is president of yet if he can hope both the house of commons would do that as soon as possible and that's because russia wants to honor the original agreement there but that the ratification process not only in the us but in the in russia will be synchronized and this is what russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said earlier today. look at the door of this president to us you see you know as the president agreed ratification will be synchronized we have passed all the hearings in the committees of the state duma and federation council the foreign ministry has kept lawmakers informed on the senate plans for its ratification resolutions this is very important because on each text depends what wording our legislators will use in the russian ratification law for me a little girl i just saw one of the club just under twenty four hours that new start treaty eventually was approved was named by seventy one votes to twenty six in the u.s. senate getting there for more support than was expected year. well karen they thought they had seventy so it's o

plan has been passed by the house of commons now so all the students likely to just give up. no they say no it in fact all of the people that we spoke to yesterday said that they will be carrying on processing is important to note the. rise that has been agreed will treble the the amount that it cost students to go to university or some students is any way it's going to go up from just under five thousand dollars to around fourteen thousand dollars but that won't take effect until the next generation of students goes to university so this this is something that will really come into force in around two thousand and twelve we're also seeing a lot of anger against the liberal democrats who are one half of the coalition that's governing the u.k. at the moment the liberal democrats campaigned on a platform of polishing student fees all together but now that a lot of them ministers have voted in favor of increasing student fees so obviously that directly goes against a campaign promise that they've now with nato and so that's something that's not going to go away either mistrust in

david cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. prior to question time, the house is wrapping up other business. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> show strong economic growth in scotland in the second quarter of this year. we're determined to ensure that scotland will benefit as this government tackles the deficit to control growth and provide confidence businesses and individuals need to invest. >> i thank my right honorable friend for those figures. committee tell it would be a kamikaze prime minister that would plunge scott right back to recession? >> he completely disagree with that assessment. i'm pleased to say that the -- not only has the prime minister led the government's efforts to get us away from the danger zone that this economy was in but he has set out a constitutional path for scotland that will enhance its economic growth and keep it right here to the united kingdom >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i returned from zurich write met with decision-makers aiming to convince them of what a brilliant world cup e

lot out london's biggest protest of more than fifty thousand fell on deaf ears as inside the house of commons members voted. make students pay three times as much for that to play as but they insist the vote hasn't dampened the spirits what parliament can do. the movement can do in fact we believe that we still have the chance of defeating the higher education bill which is going to be debated in the new year so far in the u.k. students and trade unions have been the most vocal but veteran politician and campaign attorney says the next move would be set for united front. students support pensioners who are finding their pensions. disadvantaged public support benefits are being cut to the thing becomes. very powerful political movement for justice and once the. right now the cuts are on paper but once they begin to bite so too will an increasingly angry public not even the christmas tree on trafalgar square emerged unscathed from this winter's violence and trying the people of norway and a symbol of peace and goodwill protesters tried to set fire to the tree and stalled graffiti on nelson's ca

. >> student protests have been continuing since the british house of commons approved a plan last week to allow university tuition fees to triple to about $13,000 a years. going to show you the house of commons debate. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. >> students, parents, and teachesers with the student camp competition one month away, c-span stands to answer your questions. we are offering six free webinar's. to sign up for a 30-minute session email us at educate at c-span.org. c-span student cam video competition is opened to middle and high school students. the deadline to enter is january 20, 2011. for more information go to student cam.org. >> once again student protests have been continuing since the house of commons and britain approved a plan to allow university tuition frees to triple. going to show you the house of commons debate on the issue. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> the terms narrow in terms of an instrument, but as i think you ruled yesterday evening you would like us to entertain debate on the wider issues involved because they arouse very strong feelings inside