will the prime minister join me in congratulating american bedspring manufacturers leggett & platt for investing some $22 million in establishing their european headquarters in grimethorpe in my constituency? that is mainly thanks to the efforts of yorkshire forward and the barnsley development agency. does he also agree with me that places like barnsley and doncaster specifically, and yorkshire and humber in general, are still great places for foreign companies to invest? >> this is exactly the policy that the chancellor is pursuing, and that his pre- budget report is about. it is about recovery from recession by investing in the future, and it is about getting growth in the economy so that we get new jobs in new areas. i applaud the work that my honorable friend does. this is the party of jobs, whereas the opposition would leave millions unemployed. >> sir alan beith. >> what is the prime minister prepared to do about the fact that some of the most vulnerable people who have the greatest difficulty in heating their homes pay the highest tariffs for their fuel, either because they hav

ike leggett is worth bringing out in the public discussions -- i think it is worth bringing out in thepublic discussions -- but in october, 2003, the whole effort in iraq will be won or lost in the center. i saw london as being very concentrated on their particular responsibilities in the southeast. that was what the wednesday morning meeting that the chiefs of staff talked about. that is what the direct ad hoc committee talked about. i made the point to ministers that they need to pay more attention as to what was happening in the center and remember that although they had appointed me to represent the u.k. interest in the center and although we have the% of the responsibility, if we put into% of the resources to the all of iraq, i could not have 50% of people went on the ground for it was likely to have something closer to 5% of the influence because money means influence. quantity means influence with the americans as much as argument or position of first allah. >> how much of that you think was understood when you sent it back in october and then left in march? >> i was personally

ike leggett is worth bringing out in the public discussions -- i think it is worth bringing out in theublic discussions -- but in october, 2003, the whole effort in iraq will be won or lost in the center. i saw london as being very concentrated on their particular responsibilities in the southeast. that was what the wednesday morning meeting that the chiefs of staff talked about. that is what the direct ad hoc committee talked about. i made the point to ministers that they need to pay more attention as to what was happening in the center and remember that although they had appointed me to represent the u.k. interest in the center and although we have the% of the responsibility, if we put into% of the resources to the all of iraq, i could not have 50% of people went on the ground for it was likely to have something closer to 5% of the influence because money means influence. quantity means influence with the americans as much as argument or position of first allah. >> how much of that you think was understood. when you sent it back in october and then left in march? >> i was personally