speaker, can i join the prime minister in paying tribute to kev fortuna and rifleman martin lamb from first battalion the rifles? lieutenant augusta, mahmoud ahmadinejad samuel alexander and lance corporal martin gill from 42 commando royal marines and corporal michael pike from fourth battalion. they all showed enormous bravery and courage and our thoughts are with their family and friends. and as the prime minister said, these number of deaths once again demonstrates the bravery of all of our forces in afghanistan and elsewhere around the world. mr. speaker, we read in the newspapers today that the prime minister has torn up the justice secretary's policy on sentencing. has he? >> what we want is tough sentences for serious offenders. this government produced -- we produced a consultation paper a wide consultation paper that had wide consultation and wide support for the proposals it made and in the coming weeks we'll be publishing our legislation. >> ed miliband. >> but, mr. speaker, we read in the newspapers today that the prime time's torn up the justice secretary's proposals bec