speaker, that lincoln crosby has never lobbied me on anything but the only opinions that i'm interested in our how we destroyed the credibility of the labour party. [shouting] which he has considerable expertise. i have to say he is not doing as good a job as the party opposite. [laughter] >> thank you, thank you, mr. speaker. last year the prime minister successfully intervened in the case of newly born baby lexi may who is now eventually been confirmed as the daughter of private daniel wade who died in active service in afghanistan. his fiancÉe and then on the counter today. this whole situation, mr. speaker, would not have arisen if the m.o.d. bertini kept -- in a for those soldiers on active duty. are we making any progress on this? >> my friend does make an important point. is quite right to stood up for his constituents in the way that he did. what i would like to do is to convene a meeting with m.o.d. ministers i can get back to them with the very best answer but actually can take to stop these problems happen in the future. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the number of families livin

the prime minister build on lastly, can he confirm that he has never had a conversation with lincoln crosbybout alcohol -- or cigarettes? the question is, has he had that conversation? >> as i said last week i've never been lobbied by lyndon crosby about anything. but the difference between me and, frankly, every member of the party opposite is i can also put my hand on my heart and say i've never been lobbied by trade union after trade union. [shouting] making donation after donation, fixing parliamentary selection after parliamentary selection. that is the real problem in british politics and it's time we cleaned it out the. [shouting] >> order. very important matters. he must be heard. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with armed forces day in mind this weekend, would my right honorable friend join me in supporting a campaign being run supported by support our soldiers, the free press and the telegraph encouraging local residents to send boxes to our troops in afghanistan? we hoped we would have sent 500 to our troops. >> i congratulcongratul ate my honorable friend, every one who has taken par