and can he now answer the question, has he ever had a conversation for lincoln crosby and cigarette packaging. and never been beyond anything but if he is for lobbying scandals why doesn't he tried to effect that his policies, they even bought and paid for his leadership. they could do something about it. the whole of the country will have heard the same weasel words, can the night, he can't deny a conversation about this issue. even by the standards othis crime ministers this is a disgraceful episode. is unknown hon. member described it as a day of shame for this country. mr. speaker, he is the prime minister of hedge funds and he knows it. can he see there is a devastating conflict of interest between having your key adviser raking it in from big tobacco and advising you not to go ahead with packaging? all of this on a day when this government is doing something they never did for 30ears and that is publishing a lobbying bill. and just remember why we need a lobbying bill. we had former labor ministers who describe tmselves as cavs for higher, ministers giving passports for favors, a prime

and can he now answer the question, has he ever had a conversation for lincoln crosby and cigarette packaging. and never been beyond anything but if he is for lobbying scandals why doesn't he tried to effect that his policies, they even bought and paid for his leadership. they could do something about it. the whole of the country will have heard the same weasel words, can the night, he can't deny a conversation about this issue. even by the standards of this crime ministers this is a disgraceful episode. is unknown hon. member described it as a day of shame for this country. mr. speaker, he is the prime minister of hedge funds and he knows it. can he see there is a devastating conflict of interest between having your key adviser raking it in from big tobacco and advising you not to go ahead with packaging? all of this on a day when this government is doing something they never did for 30 years and that is publishing a lobbying bill. and just remember why we need a lobbying bill. we had former labor ministers who describe themselves as cavs for higher, ministers giving passports for favors, a

. >> he cannote -- deny he had a conversation with lincoln crosby about this issue. even by the standards of this prime minister, it is as disgraceful area -- as disgraceful. ownemorable -- his person described as a shame for the government. he is the prime minister for benson and he knows this. see there is a devastating conflict of interest between having your key advisor raking it in for big tobacco and then advises you not to go ahead with plain packaging? day with this a government is doing something they never did for 13 years at that is publishing a lobbying the bill. that is why we need a lobbying the bill. we have former ministers who described himself for higher. we have cabinet members giving favors. wedding primers are questioned by the -- we had a previous prime minister questioned by the police. remarkable that on the -- fall inssive file unemployment, is this the reason? he said it next year i will plummet will get worse not better. if it time to admit -- isn't it time to admit you were wrong? >> and the reality that he cannot admit it against the advi

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