work experiences in to -- [talking over each other] >> things are moving in the right direction in lancashire. >> i am grateful for what he says and i am sure he will be pleased with the order the system has today from saudi arabia which is more good news for british jobs are british investment and british aerospace. >> some of ouron

and i recall a case which affected not my own local newspaper, which is the lancashire telegraph, but the adjacent one where for a very minor defamation where i think the payout was 3,000 pounds. and even that really wasn't justified. the newspaper had to pay out thousands and thousands by way of costs. as a citizen as well as a politician, i'm very concerned that we should not lose the regional and local press. i looked at this, whichever -- i think it was a society of editors who represents the regional and local papers. but they had made representations to me, provided a lot of data. there was also strong representations, however, from the nationals as well. and i thought they had a case, quite a strong case. to cut this short, i then followed it through and i decided that we should reduce it from 100% to 10%. i got ministerial colleagues' agreement to that without any difficulty. as it happened in the rush of legislation as we approached the general election, that proposal was then subject to what i can only describe as an ambush in the particular committee that looked at it. and

work experiences in to -- [talking over each other] >> things are moving in the right direction in lancashire. >> i am grateful for what he says and i am sure he will be pleased with the order the system has today from saudi arabia which is more good news for british jobs are british investment and british aerospace. >> some of our constituents would be hungry today if not for the workers food bank and similar organizations week by week. >> if the current trend continues food bank reckons by the next election they will be feeding half a million of our constituents. might i therefore -- before we complete his engagement today he might plan what the government might do to counter this terrible trend and report back to the house? >> let me join you in welcoming what food banks do and the work that they do and i visited one of the sites myself to see what they do. .. yes we had to cut the tax credit but have increased for the poorest people who receive. >> mr. minister, we don't agree with all things but we agree about certain things. like we both agree that i should never be promoted. and we agr