>> i think it's a first thing for everyone to pay tribute to kathy ashton and the very good work that she's done as the high representative over the last four years in what is a grueling and exhausting job. i think there is an opportunity and we'll be discussing these issues and whether there will be a resolution, i don't know. but there is an opportunity to make sure that britain has an important portfolio one where we can maximize our influence in the areas that we care about most and those are areas to do with our economy and we will look and work very hard to do that. i think that lord hill with his experience in the previous conservative government and in this government holding as it is the equivalent post that baronness ashton hill that he did for our country. >> as you know my constituency is very dependent on the oil and gas industry where the unemployment rate is now half of the percent. you will understand that there is some shuffle with the treasury minister and the energy minister responsible for that industry has changed yet again. will you take this opportunity to recon

had a very good relationship with kathy ashton who was the first rap for foreign affairs.hina isionship with absolutely consequential and that is not just a semantic inference. we have to have a very clear understanding with china which is why we put together the strategic and economic ilog. they are prone to mistreat us and occasionally we are prone to mistreat them so we have to keep the channels open. it is a big danger. and it could have blown up our relationship or years to come. invested sowe had much time and effort into building a relationship, people to people, we were able to weather that. it is such a consequential relationship. this,i don't mention people will write and say i didn't mention benghazi. a new investigation coming up. two questions. what is the question of if there was enough security and if you knew -- you have spoken about that. he did not know but also listens to recommendations made by the first commissions. the other question has to do thingsalking points and that are not necessarily having to do anything with you. is it going to be, do you be

europe as a whole but -- >> i have a good relationship with kathy ashton who is the first high rep foreign affairs. the relationship with china is absolutely consequential and that's not just a semantic difference. we have to have a very clear understand with china, which is why we put together this strategic and economic dialogue, because they are prone to misread us and, occasionally, we are prone to misread them. so we have to keep the channels open. >> charlie: it's a danger. a big danger. and, you know, when i agreed to let the blind dissident chen into our embassy, it could have blown up our relationship for years to come. they stopped talking to people who meet with the dalai lama. but because we invested so much time and effort into building a relationship, you know, really people to people, official to official, we were able to weather that and we need to do more because it is such a consequential relationship. >> charlie: if i don't mention it, a thousand people will write saying why didn't you mention benghazi. two questions, one is the question of whether there was enough secur

>> first of all i think it's a good moan forever across the house to pay tribute to kathy ashton, the very good work is done as the hype represented effectively the foreign minister over the last four years in what is an exhausting job. i think there is an opportunity and we will discuss these issues tonight of whether they'll be a resolution or not, i don't know. i think it is an opportunity to make sure that britain has an important portfolio, one where we can maximize our influence in the areas that we care about most, and those are areas to do with our economy, and that we looked and worked very hard to do that. i think lord hill with his experience in the previous conservative government and in this government holding as it is the equivalent post that baroness ashton held before she became a commission will do a very good job for our country. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as you know, my constituency is are dependent on investment in the oil and gas industry with the unemployment rate is now half of a person i. the prime minister will understand there's some concern with the re- shu

and particularly i would like to thank kathy ashton of the european union and her team whose stewardshipions has been suburb and in this world it's hard to say diplomacy is difficult but diplomacy is our preference for meeting the challenges that we do face all over the world. knowing even as we do that solutions are rarely perfect and nor do they all come at once. but that has never deterred us from pursuing the diplomatic course and that is exactly what we are committed to doing and doing now. president obama has made it a top priority to pursue a diplomatic effort, to see if we can reach an agreement that assures that the iranian nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. in that effort we have built a broad coalition of countries including our p 5 plus 1 colleagues to ensure that the international community is speaking with one voice. despite the difficulties of these negotiations, i am confident that the united states and our partners, in the p 5 plus 1 remain as squarely focused as ever on testing, whether or not, we can find a negotiated solution to this most pressing international