. >> julian smith, i just wondered -- there is a balance between genuine scrutiny and the stories for the papers. this sometimes exhibits without the volume in the written questions. sometimes there wasn't no apparent degree of self scrutiny in terms of the questions being asked i just wonder whether or not it is worth looking at whether or not some of the characteristics that you described regarding pmqs. >> i think there was some evidence in the last parliament and reason parliaments. there is an enormous number of unprecedented questions being tabled by colleagues. [unintelligible] [applause] as a matter of fact, i didn't. the reason i think it is great, and i do not want to call out any particular colleague because i really don't. they work for you and a series of websites that monitor and track the performance i think when robin cook was still leader of the house, and certainly when jack straw walls, it discontinued. there might have to be some sort of limit. there is a number of questions that you can table, i think it is five a day. >> you are indeed. >> that you very much. tha

. >> smith: let's start with some of the news of the week, especially the wikileaks. about julian and his collaborators, they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an afghan family. do you know in this last week of any direct link between these leaks and an attack on an afghan or on a u.s. soldier? >> what i said this week is i certainly extremely concerneded about the potential. i very much meant what i said, including what you just quoted of what i said. and specifically endorsed by the taliban leadership, which has come out, in the last day or so, which said that they are looking at the names that are leaked. i certainly think that's an indicator of what's possible. what i don't think people that aren't in the military and in conflict understand is the danger of these kinds of leaks. the ability to net together what is seemingly information that may not be related, and then to take advantage of it. i think it's, you know, irresponsible, and could very well potentially end up in the loss of lives. >> smith: have you all been able to move in