afghanistan since the house last sat -- corporal simon hornby, lance corporal michael pritchard, lance corporal christopher roney, lance corporal tommy brown rifleman aidan howell, sapper david watson and private robert hayes. i would also like to pay my own tribute to david taylor, who sadly died during the christmas recess. i was once one of the mep's for his area, and he had a reputation then -- and always has -- as an outstanding constituency mp and someone who always spoke his own mind. my heart goes out to his wife pam and his four daughters. last weekend, the prime minister said that he was all in favour of aspiration. could he explain to us exactly what is aspirational about a tax system that he has created in which the poorest 20% pay more from their income in tax than the richest 20%? >> it was because of all these things that we introduced the tax credit system, which is the means by which we take people out of poverty. we reward work for people who are in work, and for people who pay income tax it removes their liability by giving them tax credits instead. it is the means by which we bring greater justice, take people out of po

david watson, the duke of lancaster regiment captain simon and the royal and lance corporal tommy brown the rifles lance corporal christopher rooney, and aiden howe. hour thoughts are with the families and friends who can be rightly proud of the courage, the dedication, the bravery and the sacrifice that has been shown by these men and that sacrifice will never be forgotten. we have been reminded once again since the house last met that there are those who seek to harm us with terrorist incidents. we must remain vigilant to all those serving in afghanistan and around the world working for the safety of the british people. mr. speaker, i know the house will also want me to join in sending our condolences to the wife and children of david taylor, who sadly died. he was a tremendous constituency member of parliament who thoroughly deserved the accolade of back-bencher of the year for his tireless work for the people of northwest area. he will be greatly missed and by his families who are here and by all his constituents. mr. speaker, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others an

private robert hayes, watson, riflemen adan howell, lance corporal tommy brown on a lance corporal cristalaley, lance corporal michael prichard and corporal simon homing. they died serving our country and we must always honor them and look after their families. i also join the prime minister in paying tribute to david taylor and his contribution to public service. we too send our condolences to his wife and children. he was diligent, defense, and determined. as one of the jury put it at that billy only he was that rare thing amongst politicians, someone who was lights tenderhearted equally by his constituents, parliamentary colleagues and his political opponents. and he will be sadly missed. this year the government will have to borrow 178 elegant pounds. yesterday one of the largest holders of debt warned that british debt is likely to be downgraded to the oecd, the cbi and the bank of england has all warned there is no proper plan to deal with this deficit. why does the prime minister think that all these people take that view? >> first of all, mr. speaker, let us put this in context. th

captain simon lance corporal michael pritchard, lance corporal kristopher rooney, lance corporal tommy brown aid and how will, david watson and private robert hayes and also to my own tribute to david tayler who sadly died during the christmas recess. on was once one of the ndp is and he had a reputation them and always has as an outstanding constituency and as someone who always, always spoke his own mind. my heart goes out to his wife and his four daughters. mr. speaker last weekend the prime minister said he was in favor of aspirations. could he explain exactly what his aspirations about the tax system he has created where the poorest 20% pay more from their income in tax than the richest 20%? >> mr. speaker does because of all these things we introduced in the tax credit system. the tax credit system is the means by which we take people out of poverty and freeboard the work for people who are in work and for people who pay income tax it removes the liability by giving them tax credits instead. it is the means by which we bring greater justice, taking people out of poverty and making the