we can read lord ashcroft order biography as a entitled dirty politics, dirty times. autobiography he explains how he came to be in the house of lords. he says i owe it all to william. [laughter] >> and he owes it to -- >> does my right honorable and learned friend recollect that we have to fight the falklands war, because the then conservative government withdrew the patrols by offering to handover of sovereignty to the island to the fascist dictator? will my right honorable friend, will my right honorable friend -- they are laughing but they were going to hold over the falkland islands. will my right honorable friend reaffirm staunchly this governments loyalty to the loyalty of the people of the falkland islands, upholder wishes and the rights? >> i will give that assurance. there is no question about the sovereignty of the falklands. there is no question of the right to self-determination, and there is no question that they will be fully defended. >> will the leader of the house confirm that during the course of this parliament, over half of the small businesses whi

how can they ever change as long as lord ashcroft is vice-chairman of their their party? [shouting] >> order. order that i've already told mr. twig i'm worried about him. mr. burns, your heckling is as boring as it is boorish. stop it or leave the chamber. i don't mind which. mr. neil turner. >> mr. speaker,. [inaudible] cannot ask my right honorable friend to guarantee that anything by him will continue to invest in the children, the citizens of my constituency and in our country? >> mr. speaker, i can tell the house we have now built 3400 sure start children's center. there were none in 1997 pick there are about five or six in every constituency of england now. and three and four year olds are now until two early education place. mr. speaker, is a concerted party persist in their policy, which is to cut sure start children's centers, only to a minority of children, and millions of children in this country will lose out on early education. and the whole country will suffer. >> mr. nick clegg. >> i'd like to add my own expressions of sympathy consulted to the family and f

speaker, i have been involved, i've been involved in no such investigation of lord ashcroft. i have to tell the house, i have to tell the house i believe the assurances that were made in december 2007, that lord ashcroft was paying his taxes and was a resident in britain. these assurances were given as an added you by the leader of the opposition. >> mr. david cameron. >> can i first of all echo what the prime minister said about michael, i will say i did not serve with him but i always admired his writing, his brilliant or a tree and his dedication to this house of commons. what i did not agree with much of what he said, at least about the soviet union and disarmament. he held all hoosiers with conviction and with passion, and that is how we should remember him. can i also join the prime minister in paying tribute to the for serviceman who lost their lives in afghanistan in the last seven days. corporal stephen thompson, rifleman jonathon allott, rifleman liam maughan. we pay tribute to their bravery and their service and does the prime minister said, we will not forget what

when it comes to right or wrong, they were wrong on lord ashcroft.rong, wrong, wrong, that is the conservative party. >> order. must calm down. i'm sure they want to hear. >> thank you, mr. speaker. six days ago it was announced that the world's first mass-produced affordable zero emission car would be made in wierside securing thousands of highly skilled manufacturing jobs. and as the prime minister to ensure the investment which has been permitted providing the infrastructure, charging point, and support for the british motors to wants to switch to zero emission cars will be maintained and improved in the coming years to ensure that the u.k. will have its rightful place as our leader and the zero carbon emissions. >> let me thank my right honourable friend for what he has done and what nissan has done. that will mean not only securing and creating jobs, 50,000 vehicles a year produced in the united kingdom. mr. speaker, i have to say that the one reason it was possible to make this investment was that there was support available from government for

>> i've got to about referred to the case of lord ashcroft. [laughter] >> i said right at the beginning that the exchange of tax information is the key to resolving these issues of tax avoidance. that is what we appreciate around the world that we had this huge debate about the saving director two years ago. and people want to create savings tax within the european union. because basically german for examples losing money to luxembourg where people putting their savings in another country and avoiding tax. but we decided that if we do that on our own european union, what would've happened if they would move their accounts not to european union country, but non-european country. so we had to have an agreement about the world. that the g20 move that forward. we britain welcome that because obviously we have benefit already as i said from the inside, and that in my view is a way forward for the exchange of tax information rather than harmonize taxes. just one answer the question on climate change. i see the stand a debate in the country is rivali

speaker, i have been involved, i've been involved in no such investigation of lord ashcroft. i have to tell the house, i have to tell the house i believe the assurances that were made in december 2007, that lord ashcroft was paying his taxes and was a resident in britain. these assurances were given as an added you by the leader of the opposition. >> mr. david cameron. >> can i first of all echo what the prime minister said about michael, i will say i did not serve with him but i always admired his writing, his brilliant or a tree and his dedication to this house of commons. what i did not agree with much of what he said, at least about the soviet union and disarmament. he held all hoosiers with conviction and with passion, and that is how we should remember him. can i also join the prime minister in paying tribute to the for serviceman who lost their lives in afghanistan in the last seven days. corporal stephen thompson, rifleman jonathon allott, rifleman liam maughan. we pay tribute to their bravery and their service and does the prime minister said, we will not forget what

speaker, they don't like hearing the name lord ashcroft, but he is deputy chairman of the conservative party. [shouting] >> a [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the british house of commons is in recess for easter. "question time to speak returns on april 7 live on c-span2 at 7:00 a.m. eastern -- terrific question time" returns on april 7. -- "question time" returned on april 7. -- returns on april 7. >> coming next, a tea party rally in searchlight, nev., with sarah palin. after that, president obama talks to u.s. troops in afghanistan. at 11:00 p.m., it is david martin from cbs news on this week's "q&a." and then another chance to see gordon brown with the british house of commons. >> a tea party rally was held saturday in nevada, the hometown as senate majority leader harry reid. it is one of 44 rallies being held around the country by tea party activists. former alaska governor sarah palin was one of the speakers. >> she loves her family, her god, and her country, and she is determined together we will

speaker, they don't like hearing the name lord ashcroft, but he is deputy chairman of the conservative party. [shouting] >> and the british house of commons is in recess until easter. you can find a video archive of past prime ministers questions and links to the house of commons and prime ministers websites. >> up next on c-span, a house hearing on broadband expansion and then a discussion on board spending by secretary clinton and secretary gates. after that, q&a with david martin. >> monday, a discussion on reaction to the federal communications commission the just released a national broadbent plan. that is on c-span2. now, members of the federal communications committee testified about plans for broadbent. the fcc wants to connect 100 million households lacking broadband today. the plan is part of an economic stimulus package that passed last february. rick d trend in the telecommunications sector is for development of advanced technologies and increased competition. deregulation has successfully promoted investment, innovation, and more competition, benefiting consumers. 95% of a

lord ashcroft lives offshore and is funding the tories without paying taxes in britain. >> is the primeinister listening to the growing number of bytes calling for investment in next week's budget until he agrees the budget should serve not the interest of the speculator is in london the british people as a whole. >> mr. speaker, the budget will be about building a stronger e. economy and taking on the decisions that have taken us through the recession which in every case, were rejected by the conservative party. >> taxpayers own has seven hundred billion pounds less today in loans than a year ago. where has it done? >> we have tried to have a range of lenders and get other banks into the business of lending. 300,000 small businesses have been given held by the government amounting to five billion pounds. the conservative party opposed it. we made it possible. there are more small businesses than there were a year ago. >> ferries have attacked and cause us to close the port of dover accusing them of abuse of power and threatening legal action through the courts. the seafarers and worker

. >> i thought you're going to refer to lord ashcroft.r] the exchange of tax information is the key to resolving these issues. that is what we're pushing around the world. people wanted to create a saving tax within the european union because basically germany, for example, was using money and luxembourg where people were putting money and other countries and avoiding tax. but if we did that in our own, what would happen is that people would not move to european union countries but non-european union countries. so we had to talk about tax information exchange around the world. we had written welcome that because we have the benefit from liechtenstein, and that led be better off with the exchange of tax affirmation rather than harmonizing taxes. the issue on climate change, i think that people have agreed on national emission targets and plans, all the major countries have submitted there's, china, india, their national emissions reduction plan. we agree on financing that climate change objectives that have been set at copenhagen, but what

>> i thought you were about to refer to the case of lord ashcroft. [laughter] i said right at the beginning that the exchange of tax information is the key to resolving these issues of tax avoidance. that is what we are pushing. you know, we had this huge debate about the savings directed a few years ago. people wanted to create a savings tax within the european union. basically germany was losing money to luxembourg where people were putting their savings in another country and avoiding tax. we decided that if we did that on our own in the european union what would then happen is people would move their accounts not to the european union country but a non european union country. we have to have an agreement about the exchange of tax information around the world. we welcome that because obviously we have benefited already from liechtenstein. that, in my view, is the way to exchange tax information rather than harmonize taxes. at me answer the question on climate change. the standard of debate in your country is rivaling hours. the issue on climate ch