speaker, i'm sure the whole house will join me in paying tribute to jim dobbin who died suddenly this weekend. jim gave his life to public service. he worked hard for his constituents. he loved this house of commons and contributed hugely to all its work. with his expertise in microbiology, he also did some outstanding work in this house championing vaccines for children in the developing world. though we may not have agreed on everything, we did agree about the important contribution of faith in politics, although i have to say i'm not expecting to get a knighthood from the pope which jim received, and much deserved. he will be missed by us all, and our thoughts are with his family at this time. mr. speaker, we've also heard this morning that the duke and duchess of cambridge are expecting their second baby, and i'm sure the house will want to join me in congratulating them and wishing them well in the months ahead. mr. speaker, the nato summit in wales saw the successful coming together of this vital alliance. everyone can see its unity, its resolve and its determination in meeting

can i pay tribute to jim dobbin. i appreciated his expertise and shared passion for infrastructure and transport. very much welcome the news of the full commissioning of the hms prince of wales. could he take this opportunity my right honorable friend to debunk this myth that carrier force won't have the aircraft they need and confirm full commitment to the f 35 lightning 2 to provide aircraft to queen elizabeth and prince of wales. >> the point is that we will have fighters on these aircraft carriers as well as, of course, vital attack and other helicopters. there will be platforms of real power. the announcement i made about making sure both are commissioned means that at any time we will always have a carrier available. i think that really does strengthen the defense capabilities of the country. >>> i chair on georgia where the prime minister referred to nato good gbeginning capacity missions. i wonder could he say something more about the enhanced partnership to put georgia along side finland and sweden and how t

speaker, i join the prime minister first in paying tribute to jim dobbin. a member of parliament who put the people first. he was as the prime minister said, a man of faith, which underpinned everything he did. and he was a lifelong public servant having worked in the nhs for many years before coming to this house. mr. speaker, he was also a proud scot and was, in fact, planning to be in scotland this week to help campaign to keep our united kingdom together. mr. speaker, he will be sadly missed, not just by his family, his friends, but colleagues from across the house. i also join the prime minister, mr. speaker in congratulating the duke and duchess of cambridge on their news. i also want to congratulate wales on the successful hosting of the summit. and mr. speaker, i believe we should congratulate the enterprising nature for the picture at stone henge with president obama. i thank the prime minister for his statement. this nato summit was the most important for a generation. today nato faces the gravest challenges in europe, the middle east and beyond.

speaker, i join the prime minister in the tribute on monday to jim dobbin who died over the weekend. he was a proud scot and a hard-working and principled parliamentarian who was respected on both sides of this house. he will be missed. house arets of our with his family and friends. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i join you in paying tribute , a kind andn decent man who will be sorely missed. our prayers are with his wife and their family. the bedroom tax is discriminatory. it is damaging and it is not even working. , willouse was very clear the government now listen? will it strike this wretched policy? if they won't, we will. >> mr. speaker, this is a basic issue of fairness. if you live in private rented accommodations and receive housing benefits, these rules applied through the whole of the last labor government. neighboring households could be treated unequally. she asked about the private members bill. theproposals would cost co

can i also, too, pay tribute to jim dobbin. on the transport select committee as the new member, i appreciated his shared passion for infrastructure and transport, and he'll be certainly missed on the committee. mr. speaker, i very much welcome the news of the full commissioning of the hms prince of wales, our carrier. but could he take this opportunity, my right honorable friend, to debunk this myth that goes around that our carrier force won't have the aircraft that they need and confirm our full commitment to the new joint strike fighter which will provide the aircraft for both hms queen elizabeth and hms prince of wales? >> i can confirm that. we will have joint force strikers on both of these carriers, and there'll be platforms of real power. and the announcement i made about making sure that both are commissioned means that at any time we'll always have a carrier available. and i think that will, you know, really does strengthen the defense capabilities of the country. >> [inaudible] >> back now live to the senate floor a

can i pay tribute to jim dobbin. i appreciated his expertise and shared passion for infrastructure and transport. very much welcome the news of the full commissioning of the hms prince of wales. could he take this opportunity my right honorable friend to debunk this myth that carrier force won't have the aircraft they need and confirm full commitment to the f 35 lightning 2 to provide aircraft to queen elizabeth and prince of wales. >> the point is that we will have fighters on these aircraft carriers as well as, of course, vital attack and other helicopters. there will be platforms of real power. the announcement i made about making sure both are commissioned means that at any time we will always have a carrier available. i think that really does strengthen the defense capabilities of the country. >>> i chair on georgia where the prime minister referred to nato good gbeginning capacity missions. i wonder could he say something more about the enhanced partnership to put georgia along side finland and sweden and how t

can i join in paying tribute to our good friend jim dobbin. he was a kind and very decent man and he will be sorely missed. indeed our thoughts and prayers are with his wife pat and their family. mr. speaker 30 taxes discriminatory. it's damaging and it's not working. on friday this house was very clear. will the government now listen and scrap this wretched policy because if they won't, we will. >> mr. speaker this is a basic issue of fairness here because as you live in private rented accommodation receiving benefits these rules apply. we have a situation which neighboring households could be treated unequally. she asked about the private members bill. the proposals in the bill could cost the country up to a billion pounds. because we introduced a cap on overall spending making those changes would mean finding savings elsewhere. i haven't heard any suggestions from the party opposite. >> thank you mr. speaker. a summing -- assuming a no vote in the scottish referendum and the government will represent england for the new devolution settlemen

speaker, i'm sure the whole house would join me in paying tribute to jim dobbin who died suddenly thiseekend. jim gave his life to public service. he worked hard for his constituents. he loved this house of commons and contributed hugely to all its work. with his expertise in microbiology. also did outstanding work in this house championing vaccines. though, we may not have agreed on everything, we did agree about the important contribution about faith in politics. i have to say, i'm not expecting to get a knighthood from the pope. he will be missed by us all and our thoughts are with his family at this time. mr. speaker, we've also heard this morning that the duke and duchess of cambridge are expecting their second baby. and on behalf of the whole country, i'm sure the house will want to join me in wishing them well in the months ahead. mr. speaker, the nato summit in wales saw the successful coming together of this vital alliance. everyone can see its unity, resolve, and determination in meeting and overcoming all of the threats to our security. i want to thank the local council in n